Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

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janet_lee88:

You mentioned P5 will be named Loyalty...but for which classes pls ?

Rather confusing. :?

Pm you, Janet.

[janet88]

Hi E3,

Got it.
So the whole lot of P5s will be just given 1 name - Loyalty…interesting.

[verykiasu2010]

Funx3:

periwinklejoy:

hi Janet p5 wil b named loyalty. My dd happy as it's short n sweet. My gal brought back a memo abt change of class names, summarized as follows....

Can't Help But Notice ....
Emphasis On Chinese ....
More Emphasis on Chinese .....
And Some More Emphasis on Chinese ....

What Exactly is Happening Here???? :?
Is PH CL and HCL Sliding ????

is this the result ??

Nov 17, 2010
Why mark P3 paper by PSLE standard?
I AM the parent of a Primary 3 pupil in Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School and I question the practice of using Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) standard to grade the Primary 3 Higher Chinese examination paper.

When my daughter came home with her Higher Chinese Paper 2 answer paper on Monday, she was distraught. I found out she did not do well, scoring 39 out of 50. After I went through her paper, I discovered that there were actually three questions which deserved to be marked correct. I queried the school about this and the head of department called to explain that they were marked based on the PSLE scheme of marking.

My daughter was penalised for writing in an informal tone for her sentence construction question. The other issue was in her comprehension; she got the first part of a two-part question correct, but did not pick the exact portion of the passage to substantiate her answer, and was penalised for it.

The school's practice of preparing pupils for the PSLE early is commendable, but it should be a gradual introduction of standards. Such disheartening results in the name of following the PSLE marking scheme is counter-productive.

As parents, we are already finding it hard to motivate our daughter to take an interest in Chinese. We are language educators and specialists ourselves, yet we are also struggling against the prevailing English-speaking environment to excite her about Chinese.

Tan Tong Jen

http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_603942.html

[Funx3]

Funx3:

Is PH CL and HCL Sliding ????

OR PH is Trying to Groom the Students to B the FIRST \"XIAO ZHUANG-YUAN\" School in S'pore????

:lol: :lol:

[Trapwithin]

verykiasu2010:

Why mark P3 paper by PSLE standard?

I AM the parent of a Primary 3 pupil in Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School and I question the practice of using Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) standard to grade the Primary 3 Higher Chinese examination paper.

When my daughter came home with her Higher Chinese Paper 2 answer paper on Monday, she was distraught. I found out she did not do well, scoring 39 out of 50. After I went through her paper, I discovered that there were actually three questions which deserved to be marked correct. I queried the school about this and the head of department called to explain that they were marked based on the PSLE scheme of marking.

My daughter was penalised for writing in an informal tone for her sentence construction question. The other issue was in her comprehension; she got the first part of a two-part question correct, but did not pick the exact portion of the passage to substantiate her answer, and was penalised for it.

The school's practice of preparing pupils for the PSLE early is commendable, but it should be a gradual introduction of standards. Such disheartening results in the name of following the PSLE marking scheme is counter-productive.

As parents, we are already finding it hard to motivate our daughter to take an interest in Chinese. We are language educators and specialists ourselves, yet we are also struggling against the prevailing English-speaking environment to excite her about Chinese.

Tan Tong Jen

http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_603942.html

What a news on a holiday! There will be damage control coming up, in addition to the already existing issues, It would be interesting to see the P response.

[Funx3]

Trapwithin:

What a news on a holiday! There will be damage control coming up, in addition to the already existing issues, It would be interesting to see the P response.

Wah !!!! to Highlight Pei Hwa Specifically in a Public Forum Complaint ....
Tsk .... Tsk ....

PH P must Definitely NEED to Improve HER EQ ....
:lol: :lol:

[verykiasu2010]

Funx3:

Trapwithin:

What a news on a holiday! There will be damage control coming up, in addition to the already existing issues, It would be interesting to see the P response.

Wah !!!! to Highlight Pei Hwa Specifically in a Public Forum Complaint ....
Tsk .... Tsk ....

PH P must Definitely NEED to Improve HER EQ ....
:lol: :lol:

may be is the Chinese teacher who in a moment of ...(??)... blurted out ...\"psle standard\"...probably referring to the marking scheme which most teachers will align to the way it is in PSLE

[Jennifer]

I don’t see any issue with the CL HOD’s claim "marking according to PSLE stds". If at every level, every teacher marks according to their own liking, imagine the shock the child & parent gets at PSLE. Better learn how to answer properly now than later.


Sentence construction’s criteria is clearly stated by my P3 boy’s class teacher that dialogue and question format are strictly prohibited. If her child had written in informal tone and does not get penalised, then sth is really not right.

[Jennifer]

[quote]In 2011, wil intro form teacher guidance period to p3 top6.[/quote]


What is this \"form teacher guidance period\"?

[quote]Cv education wil b done in hall n reinforced during recess programme. [/quote]

I think this is due to lack of preachers volunteering in the school. My boy's class has a few parents volunteers coming in to do CV. As expected, class mgt skills are lacking and there were some unhappy incidents during the CV periods.

[quote]To give continuity, art n music periods wil b conducted in chin in p3 next year.[/quote]

Do take note some CL teachers will make use of these periods meant for Arts, Music for teaching the core subj. Still undecided whether to buy P4 textbooks for Arts, Music.

My boy's FT was absent ytd, so he did not bring home any memo.

[janet88]

Jennifer:

I don't see any issue with the CL HOD's claim \"marking according to PSLE stds\". If at every level, every teacher marks according to their own liking, imagine the shock the child & parent gets at PSLE. Better learn how to answer properly now than later.


Sentence construction's criteria is clearly stated by my P3 boy's class teacher that dialogue and question format are strictly prohibited. If her child had written in informal tone and does not get penalised, then sth is really not right.

It's better to mark exam papers according to PSLE standards. This way, the kids will know where they stand now and 'wake up' if need to, rather than have teachers mark the way they like. It's harsh but honestly I prefer it this way. BTW, PH is swift to conform to PSLE standards.