All About GEP

[cluelessmama]

blur-daddy:

Hi TwaTau,


Thanks for your response. Clear for me now. Will wait for the outcome before I see if DS1 need any help from me.

I kanan assigned by DW to help DS1 with his hated subjects i.e. SS and IRS.

TwaTau:

They are given a choice, but the school will decide on who will go on what ISO, depending on resources available to the school. For FPS, they will have a teacher assigned to oversee the team, and for troublemaker, the team and the teacher will deal with them. There is alot of reading up, but I don't remember they having to submit report. They will get practice topic that will allow them to go through the format of the problem solving techniques, and then they go for a preliminary round of competition, a final national round and the top team in Singapore will attend the international competition.

Well, at least there's \"division of work\" for you. :lol:

[blur-daddy]

Hey cluelessmama,


Ya... DS1 hated IRS, SS and MT... so I kanan 2 out of 3, with DW handle MT. But my DS1 already ask both of us to fly kite as he don't need any of our help. I'm ok and kind of glad for his stand. He is so INDEPENDENT...

I PM you liao... glad yours and mine are in the same school. Their results will be out today after class party.

cluelessmama:

Well, at least there's \"division of work\" for you. :lol:

[keroppi]

notsokiasu mum:

I am not sure about P4 and P5 because those who took higher chinese did not take the normal chinese paper. Thus it would be comparing apples to oranges. Only in P6 SA1 the school will let them take 2 papers so that the DSA process is fair. In my son's school about half had to take GAT, i.e. score less than 80%. However I think in P4 and P5, the proportion scoring above 80% should be much lower simply because higher chinese score tend to be lower. Hope this info helps.

Thank you notsokaisu mum. This is what I had wanted to know. I am relieved that they will only be taking CL into consideration. It would seem more fair this way although I'm not sure if my DS will fare any better in CL than HCL. :oops:

[notsokiasu mum]

Zann:

notsokiasu mum:

I am not sure about P4 and P5 because those who took higher chinese did not take the normal chinese paper. Thus it would be comparing apples to oranges. Only in P6 SA1 the school will let them take 2 papers so that the DSA process is fair. In my son's school about half had to take GAT, i.e. score less than 80%. However I think in P4 and P5, the proportion scoring above 80% should be much lower simply because higher chinese score tend to be lower. Hope this info helps.

I have the same concern. So is it better to choose normal chinese? School said the GEP higher chinese is tougher than the mainstream HCL. How about the normal chinese which GEP students take?

Whether to take higher Chinese or not depends on whether you think your child can handle. Can stretch them if they can take it. In my son's school, almost everyone takes HCL, the 2 who don't take still attends same class as the rest except they sit for CL paper instead. I think the GEP CL paper is not more difficult than mainstream

[Nebbermind]

Some people don't see it as whether the kid can handle or not. They see it as minus-2 pts for 'O' level agg which will help the child in getting into a premier JC!!

[INNOVATE]

For those without HMT at junior high 4, must take H1 MT or MTB during senior high yr5 to meet our unis second lang entrance requirement.

[notsokiasu mum]

Nebbermind:

Some people don't see it as whether the kid can handle or not. They see it as minus-2 pts for 'O' level agg which will help the child in getting into a premier JC!!

Sorry, I am referring to GEP students who mostly end up in 6 yr IP programme where o levels are not required. Besides, HCL at primary level does not determine whether the child can do HCL at secondary level. Option for HCL at secondary level depends on PSLE results.

[cluelessmama]

blur-daddy:

Hey cluelessmama,


Ya... DS1 hated IRS, SS and MT... so I kanan 2 out of 3, with DW handle MT. But my DS1 already ask both of us to fly kite as he don't need any of our help. I'm ok and kind of glad for his stand. He is so INDEPENDENT...

I PM you liao... glad yours and mine are in the same school. Their results will be out today after class party.

cluelessmama:

Well, at least there's \"division of work\" for you. :lol:

Haha, I can't imagine mine telling me to \"fly kite\" - will end up with a black eye. :!:

[Herbie]

My DD chose to do IVP but was given IRS… I am not sure how the school decide on the allocation of project type… I thot IVP was a better choice… i hope she can handle IRS…

[KSmom8]

Neko:

Herbie:

Hi Neko, my DD HCL overall score is 85+.

hmm, then surprisingly dd got distinction too. Some scored abv 90! :!:

Herbie and Neko, I think your children did very well in HCL. Congrats!

Surprisingly, DS school's (SAP school) max score for GEP P4 HCL is less than 90% (based on analysis in report book). :shock: Could this mean that the teachers were more strict when marking compositions and orals? Or perhaps the P4 GEP students this year were simply poor in Chinese?

Are your children's schools also SAP?