2010 PSLE Discussion
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Augmum:
Oh.....time really flies...so fast the 2010 PSLE results will be out soon....it has been a year from this exciting day.
ya right! i recalled the exciting moment of this day last year... with parents n students filled with joys, laughters and tears in the school hall upon collecting the psle result. -
Pen88n:
Suggest you liaise with some of his friends / teacher / friend's mums etc. to \"alert\" you in case his results is \"unexpected\", and keep him in sight till you arrive to fetch him. This is the advice some friends give. Hope it helps.[/quote]hi Innovate - Good suggestion, will do so on the day itself... tks
My ds also start to worry for his results too.... He told me no need to accompany him there cos he wants to go with his friends to collect..... :faint: but will promise to give me the 1st hand news.... :callme:worried_mummy:
[quote=\"JieTing\"]PSLE Result will be release next Thursday, 25 Nov.
My son starts worrying about his result.
I told him, not to worry as I will be there to support him.
hi Pen88n... thks for your advice too....
wow... as anxious an the kids..... :nailbite: -
noob:
that's right...exciting moment of this day, could see some every emotional scene such asAugmum:
Oh.....time really flies...so fast the 2010 PSLE results will be out soon....it has been a year from this exciting day.
ya right! i recalled the exciting moment of this day last year... with parents n students filled with joys, laughters and tears in the school hall upon collecting the psle result.
parents hugging their chidren tightly and smiling contendedly or
pupils consoling another pupil who was sobbing uncontrolledy.
one scene which has a deep impression in my mind
was a mummy angrily fished out her mobile and called her hubby
talking at the top of her voice, \" u know what your daughter has got???\"
she was so angry, wonder what she would do to her daughter next :shock: -
As the annoucement date is approaching, its timely to contribute this article in an attempt to assist parents in schools selection.
One can observe that in many threads, COP and schools’ name recognition rank highly in decinding kids’ sec schs. On this occassion, I hve had observed that it may not be adequate in many instances. The criteria can be expanded to hve all these factors taken into account:
1. Value added
2. Name recognition-branding
3. School achievement-banding
4. CCA achievement
5. COP
6. Distance
7. Suitability
I consider pts 1 and 7 to be the most critical and shall briefly expand on it. For pts 2-6, information are easily available.
Value added
Parents must consider how much the schools can add value to their kids academic achievement over the 4-yr period. Example, a pupil with a T-score of 227, a school with a higher value added is able to improve on the child’s 0-Level performance vs-a-vs another pupil with similar T-score from another sch. In fact, this factor alone is the most crucial for selection of neighbourhood schs. For the top 4 schs, it is not relevant as they draw their students from the top PSLE performers- not much to improve.
Suitability
A top school which is suitable for a top performer may not be so to another high scorer. This mistake is repeated every yr. The pt must be considered with all other above factors. Example, a pupil with a high T-score of 263 living in the east may needs to consider the travelling distance to RGS/RI/HCI/NGHS. In addition, this kid may feels inferior as score of 263 is in the lower band. What about ccas and other factors? In short, this pupil may be more suitable attending Dunman High, or Victoria.
This pt is the most difficult one. A top achiever with T-score 0f 275 and above which sch should he/she chosses RI/RGS or HCI/NGHS. I hve been asked on numerous occassions. Academically, there isn’t any difference in standards. My take is if yr kids are science oriented and are better in MT than english, RI/RGS is the way to go provided the distance is not a problem. Conversely, if your kids are humanities oriented and are better in english than HCL, than HCI/NGHS is the way. Of course the latter should also be selected for pupils whose HCI is outstanding with the ultimate aim of securing a PSC China scholarship.
In all, there isn’t such thing as a perfect school. Parents must excercise wisdom. -
Thank you so much for this info
I was confused over choosing schools and how to put them accordingly to the 6 choices given :? Being educated overseas, I am still getting to know the education system here. Hope this would be useful to the rest of the Expat parents in this forum. THANK YOU once again. -
INNOVATE:
I don't understand your statement (which I have highlighted in bold). Why should a student who's stronger in English than HCL choose HCI, and conversely a student who's stronger in HCL rather than English choose RI. I thought it would be the other way around?As the annoucement date is approaching, its timely to contribute this article in an attempt to assist parents in schools selection.
One can observe that in many threads, COP and schools' name recognition rank highly in decinding kids' sec schs. On this occassion, I hve had observed that it may not be adequate in many instances. The criteria can be expanded to hve all these factors taken into account:
1. Value added
2. Name recognition-branding
3. School achievement-banding
4. CCA achievement
5. COP
6. Distance
7. Suitability
I consider pts 1 and 7 to be the most critical and shall briefly expand on it. For pts 2-6, information are easily available.
Value added
Parents must consider how much the schools can add value to their kids academic achievement over the 4-yr period. Example, a pupil with a T-score of 227, a school with a higher value added is able to improve on the child's 0-Level performance vs-a-vs another pupil with similar T-score from another sch. In fact, this factor alone is the most crucial for selection of neighbourhood schs. For the top 4 schs, it is not relevant as they draw their students from the top PSLE performers- not much to improve.
Suitability
A top school which is suitable for a top performer may not be so to another high scorer. This mistake is repeated every yr. The pt must be considered with all other above factors. Example, a pupil with a high T-score of 263 living in the east may needs to consider the travelling distance to RGS/RI/HCI/NGHS. In addition, this kid may feels inferior as score of 263 is in the lower band. What about ccas and other factors? In short, this pupil may be more suitable attending Dunman High, or Victoria.
This pt is the most difficult one. A top achiever with T-score 0f 275 and above which sch should he/she chosses RI/RGS or HCI/NGHS. I hve been asked on numerous occassions. Academically, there isn't any difference in standards. My take is if yr kids are science oriented and are better in MT than english, RI/RGS is the way to go provided the distance is not a problem. Conversely, if your kids are humanities oriented and are better in english than HCL, than HCI/NGHS is the way. Of course the latter should also be selected for pupils whose HCI is outstanding with the ultimate aim of securing a PSC China scholarship.
In all, there isn't such thing as a perfect school. Parents must excercise wisdom. -
Augmum:
that's right...exciting moment of this day, could see some every emotional scene such asnoob:
[quote=\"Augmum\"]Oh.....time really flies...so fast the 2010 PSLE results will be out soon....it has been a year from this exciting day.
ya right! i recalled the exciting moment of this day last year... with parents n students filled with joys, laughters and tears in the school hall upon collecting the psle result.
parents hugging their chidren tightly and smiling contendedly or
pupils consoling another pupil who was sobbing uncontrolledy.
one scene which has a deep impression in my mind
was a mummy angrily fished out her mobile and called her hubby
talking at the top of her voice, \" u know what your daughter has got???\"
she was so angry, wonder what she would do to her daughter next :shock:[/quote]Oh dear!! -
jtoh
Statement base on personal encounters with parents from my work place, kids’ schools, church, friends and media. It also includes applying the principle of comparative advantage.
Right enviroment is the key to learning a language. A pupil who is strong in MT and wants to improve english, the natural choice is RI/RGS as oppose to HCI/NGHS. Similary, if a pupil wishes to improve Higher chinese, the choice is HCI/NGHS. Obviously, all are factors must be taken into account. Think for a moment, why pupils from China arrived here few yrs ago are able to excel in english within a relatively short time?. The answer is ‘positive enviroment’. If parents of pri 1 going kids are able to adopt this practice, the hotly debated topic of lowering the weightage for MT no longer stand.
Parents must hve courage to exercise their choices. -
INNOVATE:
I see. Although I wonder if it would be a good idea for someone who's not that strong in HCL to be in HCI. Yes, his Chinese would probably improve given the environment, but he may be demoralized given that his results would be much weaker than his peers. Just my experience with parents whose kids' HCL results are less than ideal in HCI/NYGH.jtoh
Statement base on personal encounters with parents from my work place, kids' schools, church, friends and media. It also includes applying the principle of comparative advantage.
Right enviroment is the key to learning a language. A pupil who is strong in MT and wants to improve english, the natural choice is RI/RGS as oppose to HCI/NGHS. Similary, if a pupil wishes to improve Higher chinese, the choice is HCI/NGHS. Obviously, all are factors must be taken into account. Think for a moment, why pupils from China arrived here few yrs ago are able to excel in english within a relatively short time?. The answer is 'positive enviroment'. If parents of pri 1 going kids are able to adopt this practice, the hotly debated topic of lowering the weightage for MT no longer stand.
Parents must hve courage to exercise their choices. -
jtoh
My son’s has a classmate whose PSLE T-score was 268 despite his grade profile of only 2A* AND 2A. The boy was strong in eng and maths, average in sci and weak in mt. He opted for HCI instead despite coming from a english speaking family. You will see this in many SAP schs.
My pupose of writing in is to point to parents that an increasing number of parents excercise wisdom in this respect. Long are the days when the decisions were rather sterotype. Competence in another language not only opens more doors, but it also forms the basis in the training of minds and independent thinking. The same piece of news may be interpreted differently in different language papers.
The exposure is very good for critical thinking.
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