GEP 2010 - Screening & Selection
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comfy:
Nevermind, he's enjoying himself in secondary school already.
Sometimes I think there is a certain no. of boys and girls to be selected each yr for GEP but the GEP department say no. Imagine if there happen to have 90% selected are boys then who are going to fill up the places in RGPS. Hee..Hee... or vise versa no gep stds in CH and ACS. That will be disaster, right? So, your ds could have been selected if there are no such restriction. This is just a thought.phankao:
LOL - my ds1 also loved such when he was 2yo. He loved building such complex lego structures, and sometimes in the opposite direction before he overturned it to complete - I failed to understand how a 2 to 3yo could have such imagination. And later he went into deconstructing toy cars. But then he didn't get into GEP. And unlike what some parents shared in the earlier threads, he didn't think anything further about it. He totally enjoyed his p4 year nevertheless bc he was in a combined class with gep. I still remember him happily running to me on the last day of school and saying \"mommy, i got in the best class!\" - gee, i didn't even know that was the best class. But we took him out of that programme in p5 bc we didn't think it was appropriate for him to continue with HCL.
So also having a problem-solving nature in their choice of games & books may not also result in them getting through the GEP screening. Maybe my son didn't get exposure to the GEP type questions, lah. haha! :lol:
But I do know that he has no problem with abstract-type questions. So maybe it was language, which he is poor in. -
phankao:
Nevermind, he's enjoying himself in secondary school already.[/quote]happy to hear that.
Sometimes I think there is a certain no. of boys and girls to be selected each yr for GEP but the GEP department say no. Imagine if there happen to have 90% selected are boys then who are going to fill up the places in RGPS. Hee..Hee... or vise versa no gep stds in CH and ACS. That will be disaster, right? So, your ds could have been selected if there are no such restriction. This is just a thought.comfy:
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LOL - my ds1 also loved such when he was 2yo. He loved building such complex lego structures, and sometimes in the opposite direction before he overturned it to complete - I failed to understand how a 2 to 3yo could have such imagination. And later he went into deconstructing toy cars. But then he didn't get into GEP. And unlike what some parents shared in the earlier threads, he didn't think anything further about it. He totally enjoyed his p4 year nevertheless bc he was in a combined class with gep. I still remember him happily running to me on the last day of school and saying \"mommy, i got in the best class!\" - gee, i didn't even know that was the best class. But we took him out of that programme in p5 bc we didn't think it was appropriate for him to continue with HCL.
So also having a problem-solving nature in their choice of games & books may not also result in them getting through the GEP screening. Maybe my son didn't get exposure to the GEP type questions, lah. haha! :lol: But I do know that he has no problem with abstract-type questions. So maybe it was language, which he is poor in. -
comfy:
no la .. It is very unlikely to be in this case. First of all the purpose of the gep screening is to screen out the brightest and gifted children. And to limit the no of boys and girls serve no meaning at all lo ...
Sometimes I think there is a certain no. of boys and girls to be selected each yr for GEP but the GEP department say no. Imagine if there happen to have 90% selected are boys then who are going to fill up the places inphankao:
LOL - my ds1 also loved such when he was 2yo. He loved building such complex lego structures, and sometimes in the opposite direction before he overturned it to complete - I failed to understand how a 2 to 3yo could have such imagination. And later he went into deconstructing toy cars. But then he didn't get into GEP. And unlike what some parents shared in the earlier threads, he didn't think anything further about it. He totally enjoyed his p4 year nevertheless bc he was in a combined class with gep. I still remember him happily running to me on the last day of school and saying \"mommy, i got in the best class!\" - gee, i didn't even know that was the best class. But we took him out of that programme in p5 bc we didn't think it was appropriate for him to continue with HCL.
So also having a problem-solving nature in their choice of games & books may not also result in them getting through the GEP screening. Maybe my
son didn't get exposure to the GEP type questions, lah. haha! :lol: But I do know that he has no problem with abstract-type questions. So maybe it was language, which he is poor in.
RGPS. Hee..Hee... or vise versa no gep stds in CH and ACS. That will be disaster, right? So, your ds could have been selected if there are no such restriction. This is just a thought.
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vlim:
no la .. It is very unlikely to be in this case. First of all the purpose of the gep screening is to screen out the brightest and gifted children. And to limit the no of boys and girls serve no meaning at all lo ...
Sometimes I think there is a certain no. of boys and girls to be selected each yr for GEP but the GEP department say no. Imagine if there happen to have 90% selected are boys then who are going to fill up the places incomfy:
[quote=\"phankao\"]
LOL - my ds1 also loved such when he was 2yo. He loved building such complex lego structures, and sometimes in the opposite direction before he overturned it to complete - I failed to understand how a 2 to 3yo could have such imagination. And later he went into deconstructing toy cars. But then he didn't get into GEP. And unlike what some parents shared in the earlier threads, he didn't think anything further about it. He totally enjoyed his p4 year nevertheless bc he was in a combined class with gep. I still remember him happily running to me on the last day of school and saying \"mommy, i got in the best class!\" - gee, i didn't even know that was the best class. But we took him out of that programme in p5 bc we didn't think it was appropriate for him to continue with HCL.
So also having a problem-solving nature in their choice of games & books may not also result in them getting through the GEP screening. Maybe my
son didn't get exposure to the GEP type questions, lah. haha! :lol: But I do know that he has no problem with abstract-type questions. So maybe it was language, which he is poor in.
RGPS. Hee..Hee... or vise versa no gep stds in CH and ACS. That will be disaster, right? So, your ds could have been selected if there are no such restriction. This is just a thought.[/quote]Because the system is not 100% transparent, so we will never know, lah.
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comfy:
It is ok, I think I am getting use to this hyper active 'ah-go-go' chick. Does your dd like to read? and read alot? Somehow I am curious that someone who likes to play computer and handheld games can have time for other things. I read or hear from someone that it is better not to expose to such things as an young age it would interfere with their learning or lost interest in other things. (get addicted to it)
Thanks to DH, my dd has a great love for books. She can 'devour' a book of about 3 cm in 2 weeks if she is interested in that book, even when school workload is heavy. Her taste has become more varied due to peer influence and GEP Reading Lists, comprising of more fictional books which we feel it's good for her. More balance and exposure to different genres. She also started reading the Straits Times when she entered P4.
While I was still pregnant with DD, DH and I attended a parenting seminar by the late Dr Anthony Yeo (a renowned local family counsellor) and he encouraged parents to cultivate a love for reading in their young children. He commented that once the love for books is instilled in a child, the child will become a lifelong learner. He also commented that computer skills can always be picked up in schools. He recommended that some control should be exercised by parents over handheld and electronic games. He provided 'live' examples on the adverse effect that computer and electronic games addiction can cause.
DH and I felt that Dr Yeo's advice was sound and good. That's why we made it a point to encourage reading from young with our 2 kids. Selected computer games are limited only to 1 - 2 hours during weekends and they will 'see' their handheld games only after the exams and for a specific period of time during the school holidays. During school term, only reading and board games are allowed with our 2 kids.
Of course, we face constant battles with our kids for more computer time.
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comfy:
Sometimes I think there is a certain no. of boys and girls to be selected each yr for GEP but the GEP department say no. Imagine if there happen to have 90% selected are boys then who are going to fill up the places in RGPS. Hee..Hee... or vise versa no gep stds in CH and ACS. That will be disaster, right? So, your ds could have been selected if there are no such restriction. This is just a thought.
I am also wondering about the GEP boys to girls ratio myself.
You see, during the GEP Parents Briefing which I attended, the Head of MOE GEP Branch announced that the ratio of the gender for the selected batch of GEP students was 1 girl to 1.9 boys.
I have spoken to several friends who have children selected for GEP in different years before my dd and the ratio is coincidently 1 girl to 2 boys.
Do you suppose that there is some kind of trend here? :? -
Hi, yes... the trend is there... more boys than gals... in my DS1 class, it is like 3 boys to 1 gals... I suppose this got to do with boys being stronger in logical thinking e.g. Logical-Mathematical, while gals being stronger in linguistic intelligence. hahaha... MI... and given GEP focus on GA and maths, on top of english... so boys may fair slightly better.
As for reading, agreed. It is very important to expose them and let them pick up the reading habit. As the chinese proverb \"Give a kid a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach the kid to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetimeβ.
We try to do the same thing about electronic device but failed miserably... xbox game is one of my key bonding sessions with my kids. AppleCrumble:
I am also wondering about the GEP boys to girls ratio myself.comfy:
Sometimes I think there is a certain no. of boys and girls to be selected each yr for GEP but the GEP department say no. Imagine if there happen to have 90% selected are boys then who are going to fill up the places in RGPS. Hee..Hee... or vise versa no gep stds in CH and ACS. That will be disaster, right? So, your ds could have been selected if there are no such restriction. This is just a thought.
You see, during the GEP Parents Briefing which I attended, the Head of MOE GEP Branch announced that the ratio of the gender for the selected batch of GEP students was 1 girl to 1.9 boys.
I have spoken to several friends who have children selected for GEP in different years before my dd and the ratio is coincidently 1 girl to 2 boys.
Do you suppose that there is some kind of trend here? :? -
But why the ratio is almost the same each year??? :? To me, 1 girl to 1.9 boys is not much difference from 1 girl to 2 boys.
Find it difficult to believe that the ratio is about there every year. Even if it means that more boys are selected for GEP, think it will be more credible that the ratio varies each year (e.g. 1 girl to 3 boys), right?
I remember that when the annoucement was made during the GEP Parents Briefing regarding the GEP girls to boys ratio, there was quite a commotion amongst the parents. I looked around and caught a few parents looking at each other with that 'I told you so' smile. Seems like it is a known fact that the ratio of GEP girls to boys will hover about this ratio.
Btw, since the GEP Parents Briefing is last Saturday, did the Head of GEP Branch make any indication of the ratio of GEP girls to boys this year?
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Well, I just faxed over the form for the GEP School. Really feel release after doing it.
Just now,spent almost a hour to surf through the last year GEP forum, very interested. Also noticed that nobody chose TNS and SHPS for the last year GEP. Would like to following them. List out all the 9 schools and see who selected which school.
ACS Primary
CHS Primary
Henry Park Primary
Nan Hua Primary
Nanyang Primary
Raffles Girls' Primary
Rosyth School
St Hilda's Primary
Tao Nan School
Opt out THE GEP
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AppleCrumble:
This year the ratio is roughly about the same. Slightly more girls , so that why I think there is high chance of fixing a prefer no. boys and girls. I think the no of girls selected for GEP is going up gradually slowly (good sign).Perhaps more girls being exposed to more challenging math and IQ books. Parents with DD are also KS mah. If the population that year, have more girls than boys and the rstio still remain the same, you know perhaps we might right.But why the ratio is almost the same each year??? :? To me, 1 girl to 1.9 boys is not much difference from 1 girl to 2 boys.
Find it difficult to believe that the ratio is about there every year. Even if it means that more boys are selected for GEP, think it will be more credible that the ratio varies each year (e.g. 1 girl to 3 boys), right?
I remember that when the annoucement was made during the GEP Parents Briefing regarding the GEP girls to boys ratio, there was quite a commotion amongst the parents. I looked around and caught a few parents looking at each other with that 'I told you so' smile. Seems like it is a known fact that the ratio of GEP girls to boys will hover about this ratio.
Btw, since the GEP Parents Briefing is last Saturday, did the Head of GEP Branch make any indication of the ratio of GEP girls to boys this year?
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