Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[verykiasu2010]

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

it is our experience that school's prep for MO is insufficient - even for the 'select' group under AMEC - inadequate and insufficient exposure

if your child is truly passionate about math, invest in systematic math training, not just in MO. There are also courses conducted by NUS SMS... held in June / Dec, $150 for 5 mornings over a week

[S6169]

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

Agree! Like what you said, we try our best to build son's interest from foundation of math.
BTW, what is IMHO?

[verykiasu2010]

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.

NYPS affiliation is only for the girls going to NYGH - cut off point is 250.

Boys from NYPS has no affiliation

your quoted 150 must be a mistake

[verykiasu2010]

IMHO = in my humble opinion

[hl124273]

verykiasu2010:

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.

NYPS affiliation is only for the girls going to NYGH - cut off point is 250.

your quoted 150 must be a mistake

Yes, sorry about that, meant to say 250.
Any thoughts from parents here?

[php]

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?

Aiyo, don't need to ask for me ma....i said openly that i will coach my girl in Maths myself lei....so must ask verykiasu2010 where to buy MO papers ma....

but serious, intensive training should start in P4...P3 too early liao...basic foundation ok to start P2/P3...

[markfch]

janet_lee88:

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.

Does that mean that come P3, I must keep all of ds's science text till P6?

Cham lor :<

[S6169]

verykiasu2010:

IMHO = in my humble opinion

Oh I see. Thought it is another name of competition. :lol:
Like to read your post and learn a lot.

[verykiasu2010]

S6169:

verykiasu2010:

IMHO = in my humble opinion

Oh I see. Thought it is another name of competition. :lol:
Like to read your post and learn a lot.

aiyo, argue a lot one ........ y u make me malu 1 ?

[php]

lizhi:

Happy Mama:

[quote=\"lizhi\"]
haha... I have tired to watch show already, would like \"两耳不闻窗外事， 一心只读...KSP fourm\" :lol: and is dreaming to set up a ks center.

Hahha... Lizhi, why do you want to set up a KS centre?

Hehe, that is my dreaming only. I have to be planning for my retirement. :oops: How about PHP set up a KS centre together... [/quote]PHP??? are you talking about me? why me?