Nanyang Primary

[BigDevil]

thankgod:

agree. its better for nyps to manage and estimate the number of RC applicants and only accept PVs that realistically stand a chance of having their child admitted into the school. while its true that PVs are not guaranteed that their child will gain admission, i guess its only in the interest of the parent that his/her chances are made known at the soonest opportunity. thumbs-up to the school for that!

Guess they failed miserably last year, with 22 going for 7 places in the beyond 2km category.

[Jrjunior]

Hi to all


Want check with all parents if your kid has also went thru the same tests when they were in P1… because I find the way they are doing it is abit strange in the sense that they are like trying to identify something that we as a parents do not know…

my ds is currently in P1 and recently came back and told us that the school has been doing some tests to check their knowledge… apparently ds has already sit for 3 tests and according to ds

. the first test was a 1 to 1 test, qns asked seems quite general on shapes, pictures, numbers, some puzzle like qns… this one seems like everyone in the class gets a chance to do…

. the second one, DS says their names was called out after one of the assembly and there was only abt 5 to 7 kids from each class being called and they were then asked to report to a teacher and then were led to a room to do a maths test … according to DS this 2nd test qns comprises of multiplication, subtraction, addition of 3digits numbers and there was 1 division qn… kid says he got to skip the division qn cos he don’t know…

. the most recent test, DS was tested by the same teacher on a PE test which according to DS, he was asked to do follow some very simple instructions like picking a ball and throwing it at a target, walking in a straight line, use a pencil and trace on a path, use a piece of string and string up some pieces of shapes in some way…

Wifey first thought was that this is some kind of IQ tests… but I really thought it seemed abit early for this… especially when the school term first started…and division has yet to be thought… and looking at the way the tests was done … this seems to be more than a knowledge check on the P1 kids…

Do you have any idea roughly what are these tests for? have your kids experienced the same tests?

TIA!

[BigDevil]

This should be something new they are doing this year.


DD didn’t tell us doing any of such tests in P1 last year.

[verykiasu2010]

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[Busymom]

Think my dd mentioned "mock exams" out of the blue the other day… but I didn’t probe, thinking that her teachers may have just conducted some mock tests ahead of the holistic assessment for some subjects in the next couple of weeks. Will ask her more tonight.

[Jrjunior]

Thanks… yah this sure sounds like something new this year…

[hamster]

Jrjunior:

Thanks.. yah this sure sounds like something new this year....

Just PM you.

[thankgod]

hamster:

Jrjunior:

Thanks.. yah this sure sounds like something new this year....

Just PM you.

... :?

[Busymom]

checked with DD. She doesn’t seem to know what I was talking about, so my conclusion is… she hasn’t been subject to those 3 tests.


She said there were some tests last week for Chinese and Math, but I don’t think these are the same as what Jrjunior has mentioned.

[MissAshley]

verykiasu2010:

thankgod:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
err, it has actually increased from 20+, 30+ last time....we actually counted how many landed houses are within 1 km to gauge on potentially how many kids are within 1 km ..... lol

Better now then when D'leedon is up. The place brings another 1700+ units within the distance.

the former Farrer Court is outside 1 km, for most of the blocks, likewise for Sommerville Park, Spanish Villa etc, not every block is within 1 km....fret not[/quote]The former Farrer Court is within 1km of NYPS except for 2 blocks (nearer to the Holland Road) which is outside of the 1km border. Spanish Villa is also within 1 km. FYI.