Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[janet88]

verykiasu2010:

janet_lee88:

Hi Parents,

For Science, I guess it should be whole of 'Cycles' to be on safe side.

Hi Janet,
my dd wrote down the followg as the scope for Science CA1:
Cycles:
Unit 1 - Heredity
Unit 3 - Water Matters
P4: - Life cycles of plants/animals
- Light
- Heat
- Magnet
P3: - Living and non-living things

That means all previous topics will be tested in CA1 and it applied to P4 also, right?[/quote]

For CA1/SA1/SA2, there will be questions tested from P3 to ensure the student still remembers the concepts...however students will be informed...except that I didn't hear this from son's teacher this time.

[lizhi]

Jennifer:

markfch:

[quote=\"lizhi\"]Does PH have Mathematical Olympiad extracurricular classes? My dd1 has joined such class before in Chongfu...I'm thinking to let my dd to join maths hub's MOT programs, is it necessary or too earlier?

other maths olympiad competitors are actually having training consistently on a weekly basis throughout the year.


I thought the most impt competitions are at P5/P6 level so not so sure whether starting formal training at P3 is too early. Is it possible to train her yourself for the moment or die-die must outsource? Nevertheless, if your dd is really keen & can afford the time (you did mention that she looked tired after TLL lessons), then go for it lor.

If I am not mistaken, there is a MO competition organised by Raffles for P5 before Jun. If a child starts training only in P5, it might be insufficient preparation for the Raffles MO competition. This was what happened to my elder boy then. He was ranked 25% percentile.

Subsequently with more training, he performed better for the NMOS and ACS MO competition.

There are many MO training materials available now, targeting at lower pri levels.

Mathshub MO program seems to be quite vigorous. Many of their students attained very good results.

IMO dun wait for PH- really inadequate preparation.[/quote]hmmm, there is more competition than before. few years before, my friend's ds was trained by his father not so much, got HCI MO ranked ard 10+, then his DSA's applications of two top school, all were success. seems boys have more advantage?

[markfch]

php:

if i remembered correctly, one from each section, do at least 5....complete by term 2 - hand in after Jun holiday...


If your ds on, then do all lor....

What? Do all and spoil market. In the army there's a word for these type of pple. They're called sabo king. We ain't gonna to do, brudder. :lol:

[verykiasu2010]

markfch:

lizhi:

Does PH have Mathematical Olympiad extracurricular classes? My dd1 has joined such class before in Chongfu...I'm thinking to let my dd to join maths hub's MOT programs, is it necessary or too earlier?

I read somewhere here that PH will select students good in maths (is it in P5?) and co-pay for one term of math olympiad course conducted by maths hub. Iirc, vk2010 mentioned in the maths olympiad thread before that this is insufficient, as other maths olympiad competitors are actually having training consistently on a weekly basis throughout the year.

I thought the most impt competitions are at P5/P6 level so not so sure whether starting formal training at P3 is too early. Is it possible to train her yourself for the moment or die-die must outsource? Nevertheless, if your dd is really keen & can afford the time (you did mention that she looked tired after TLL lessons), then go for it lor.

Most imptly, come back here and update us whether the course is good. We are all waiting patiently for your evaluation. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

starting math olympiad too early may result in :-

1. loss in interest due to more effort needed to understand questions of higher difficulty pitched at P5 / P6 level....child will lose interest if always \"don't understand\" .......

2. burnt out by the time competition are in P5 / P6

IMHO, starting in P4 would be alright and build the interest from foundation onward

Caveat : every child is different

[lizhi]

markfch:

php:

if i remembered correctly, one from each section, do at least 5....complete by term 2 - hand in after Jun holiday...


If your ds on, then do all lor....

What? Do all and spoil market. In the army there's a word for these type of pple. They're called sabo king. We ain't gonna to do, brudder. :lol:

spoil market... :lol: here should be called kiasu king. hehe

[php]

markfch:

php:

if i remembered correctly, one from each section, do at least 5....complete by term 2 - hand in after Jun holiday...


If your ds on, then do all lor....

What? Do all and spoil market. In the army there's a word for these type of pple. They're called sabo king. We ain't gonna to do, brudder. :lol:

hey...if do all, maybe end of the year the school presents him a Most Hardworking Student Award....

[markfch]

lizhi:

anyway, once we try, will update to you. hehe ... :lol:

Actually I'm not asking for myself lah, I'm asking for my brudder, you know the one that posted one post before yours.

php:

hey...if do all, maybe end of the year the school presents him a Most Hardworking Student Award....

What about PH most on-the-wrong ball award?

[lizhi]

verykiasu2010:

starting math olympiad too early may result in :-


1. loss in interest due to more effort needed to understand questions of higher difficulty pitched at P5 / P6 level....child will lose interest if always \"don't understand\" .......

2. burnt out by the time competition are in P5 / P6

IMHO, starting in P4 would be alright and build the interest from foundation onward

Caveat : every child is different

:roll: :roll: It does make sense for your saying so ...thank you, verykiasu2010

[markfch]

lizhi:

verykiasu2010:

starting math olympiad too early may result in :-


1. loss in interest due to more effort needed to understand questions of higher difficulty pitched at P5 / P6 level....child will lose interest if always \"don't understand\" .......

2. burnt out by the time competition are in P5 / P6

IMHO, starting in P4 would be alright and build the interest from foundation onward

Caveat : every child is different

:roll: :roll: It does make sense for your saying so ...thank you, verykiasu2010

Makes sense to me too :celebrate:

[hl124273]

Hi,


My gal is currently in PHPPS P2, and I started thinking about whether to transfer her to pri schools with affiliation to sec school e.g MGS. Not sure if this is worth it, but I was told that 2 of her friends are considering transfering to NanYang! I read that the cut off points for reputable sec schools are at least 150 and above.