Maris Stella High

[24hr-mum]

for MS, is eng oral a high percentage for p1 and p2 exams? still hv those show n tell n poetry recitation?


eventually for psle, oral is it 30% for eng and 50% for chinese?

wonder if i shd get a centre that covers oral too

[24hr-mum]

does MS exams test phonics and listening compre?

[cherrygal]

Hi 24-hr mom,

:lol:
You are stressing us out with all your questions and your kid isn't even going to MS yet!

[24hr-mum]

oh i m arranging for classes for my boy and wondering if it is important to find just compo, or also oral ones.


my #1 (girl) - her sch oral is 30%.
she didnt do very well cos her tuition doesnt cover oral. wonder if i shd change the plc. my boy is worse in terms of academic inclinatn

[cherrygal]

MS has no exams for P1. Dun worry so much. What you should do now is to drill your son in Hanyu Pinyin. You are the epitome of kiasuism...

[2DMommy]

vicki:

Hellos everyone...


Can i know if you have received your name tags (the iron on for the school uniform) ? Is it a standard green colour for the name, aka, not = house colour??

Txs/

The colour should be correct (using this year p6 colour). The school categorize levels by name tag colours. P1 will use green colour throughout the 6 years. By looking at the name tag colours, you can tell which level the kids are in.

[24hr-mum]

no exams? that’s gd.


i hvnt started hanyu pinyin.waitg for his childcare to do next year.
he is not even going for any chinese classes also. not for next year too.
cos i plan to self teach.
the only academic class he goes is maths.

so cant say i so kiasu lah.

[vicki]

2DMommy:

vicki:

Hellos everyone...


Can i know if you have received your name tags (the iron on for the school uniform) ? Is it a standard green colour for the name, aka, not = house colour??

Txs/

The colour should be correct (using this year p6 colour). The school categorize levels by name tag colours. P1 will use green colour throughout the 6 years. By looking at the name tag colours, you can tell which level the kids are in.

i c. Colour to reflect the year - interesting concept!! I was beginning to wonder if i need to change the school uniform every year becos of the colour name tag!!

Txs.

[vicki]

24hr-mum:

no exams? that's gd.


i hvnt started hanyu pinyin.waitg for his childcare to do next year.
he is not even going for any chinese classes also. not for next year too.
cos i plan to self teach.
the only academic class he goes is maths.

so cant say i so kiasu lah.

Err.... you mean your boy is not coming in 2011 but 2012 har?

Most CCs dont really touch hanyu pinyin until K2 - per my boy's teacher (they prefer to get English concept n phonics done in K1 and start HYPY in K2 - so as not to confuse the kid with the chinese n english phonics..)

Not sure if all CCs are like this though!

Btw - you still have 1 full year of preparation then.

[cherrygal]

24hr-mum:

no exams? that's gd.


i hvnt started hanyu pinyin.waitg for his childcare to do next year.
he is not even going for any chinese classes also. not for next year too.
cos i plan to self teach.
the only academic class he goes is maths.

so cant say i so kiasu lah.

We must be kiasu otherwise we can't be in this forum... hahaha

It's good you can self-teach Chinese. We all send our kids to Berries coz it's an uphill task to interest him in Chinese. My dh will teach him Maths.

I hope to coach him in English myself. He's fine in his grammar, vocab and comprehension but weak in composition coz they dun do this much in childcare. I just bought an English Creative Writing handbook to study myself first. If it's too difficult, I guess I have to outsource soon.