Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[lizhi]

periwinklejoy:

lizhi:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
No wonder my mum told me she is busy today changing the 神灯 on the altar.

:lol: :lol: yes, yesterday my father, mother and my china colleagues were all said \"小年愉快\" to me in skype. :love:

hello lizhi, belated 小年愉快 to you n family!
Janet, lizhi, belated Happy Birthday to yr kids![/quote]thank you, periwinklejoy, 小年愉快! :love: :celebrate:

[periwinklejoy]

Hi comfy! So great to hear fr u! Hope r everything is goin well n yr dd is enjoyg new school n friends! Happy Chinese new year!

[periwinklejoy]

Lizhi, tks for dropping Chinese phrases now n then. I can then refresh my memory of some distant learngs acquired long ago … N also the new phrases dat I cld learn fr u!

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E3:

IJJ:

[quote=\"dyh\"]ok. i will ask my son. he did mention in the past that the driver is very fast, but i did not know he also hits curbs! :!: thanks for the info.

Mine said last week, driver hitted curbs more than thrice and then this tuesday again.

This is bad!
[quote]She buckles and ensures everyone in the family does.[/quote]Why does it sound so familiar? My dd1 will nag at my dd2 if she's slow in buckling her seatbelt. It's good to be safety-conscious. 8)[/quote]My dd always says ... Please lock the door

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comfy:

E3:

[quote=\"Happy Mama\"]
...but we will miss her very soon come next year when her DD gets out of PH (her DD is confirmed a GEPper!)

Not true. Nothing is confirmed yet. Why do you want to chase me out? Just kidding... She'll most likely still go for the 1st screening test and God-willing, go for the second. Decision comes after that. If I am the P, I will not train my students too intensively from P1 - P3, specifically for GEP. Instead, train them AFTER P3, like offering the Thinkers Today, Leaders Tomorrow programme, so that on one hand, you develop many excellent students for PSLE, on the other hand, you keep the brains. One year makes a big difference in terms of maturity. My thinking is a little warped, I know, that's why I will probably make a lousy P. Just my humble opinions.

Hello everyone, I am back and wow! the page is now 6xx plus really many active moms & dads here.To add on to what E3 has just shared. Personally I feel that P did not really 'train' PHPPS for GEP. If she did, I believed more students would be selected. I found out that NYPS starts so called 'GEP' training in P3. Some selected P3 students are put into 'GEP' prog & the class size is keep small about 25 unlike PHPPS expand to 40+ for top classes., so you see, they can achieve to have 50 selected gep stds. For math, you have to expose your kid to different types of Math like IQ, OLP math, ICAS papers topics besides the mainstream topics before she sit for the GEP screening test else your kid will be at a disadvantage and might be demoralised. Anyway, a happy chinese new year to everyone and I am surely glad that I don't have to send my DD to school for those few days. (the horrible traffic jam every morning to NYPS is really a very stressful one! up to till now, still trying out different route)[/quote]Welcome back. Hope you dd is enjoying the program in NYPS.

[dyh]

IJJ:

E3:

[quote=\"IJJ\"]speed is also another factor. Maths papers are timed for the selection test.

Ermm...aren't all exams timed? Do you mean that to say that the time is very short, but they have to attempt many, many questions?

Sorry, I should be clearer on this. For Maths papers, the respective sections were timed individually. If one finished Section A earlier, he/she cannot use that left over time to attempt Section B.[/quote]i didnt know that. my ds did not complain about not enough time. will ask him.

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E3:

IJJ:

speed is also another factor. Maths papers are timed for the selection test.

Ermm...aren't all exams timed? Do you mean that to say that the time is very short, but they have to attempt many, many questions?

Definitely timed. I think generally screening test should be able to finsih. But Speed is important for Selection Test

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lizhi:

谋事在人 成事在天

My favourite chinese quote in life.
Bible quote would be Ecc 9:11. :celebrate:

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comfy:

I found out that NYPS starts so called 'GEP' training in P3. Some selected P3 students are put into 'GEP' prog & the class size is keep small about 25 unlike PHPPS expand to 40+ for top classes., so you see, they can achieve to have 50 selected gep stds.

Hi comfy, sorry to intrude in your conversation. I'm wondering where you get the information, cos' my dd and her friends are in P3 in NYPS, but we never hear anything about the special \"GEP\" prog of class size about 25. Every P3 class in NYPS is at least 32 and more. In fact, the high ability classes have the most students (40 +- 2) leh. Also, one friend was kinda worried that her dd was in the \"low ability\" class cos' there is only about 32 students in the class...

[lizhi]

periwinklejoy:

Lizhi, tks for dropping Chinese phrases now n then. I can then refresh my memory of some distant learngs acquired long ago ... N also the new phrases dat I cld learn fr u!

welcome! :celebrate: me too. i'm trying to adapt to the EL environment through exchanges and discussions with you, thank you. :love: