Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Jennifer]

janet_lee88:

Told him I wash my hands off where Maths is concerned...but the other 3 subjects still ok.

This happened to me. By P5, I cant follow the MA syllabus anymore. My elder boy was on his own.

[janet88]

Jennifer:

janet_lee88:

Hope you can share your experience how you prepared your child for PSLE then. A million thanks !!

I am going to disappoint some parents here. Becos I did not do much with him other than making sure he went to bed by 9.30pm, ate-play-rest well. And nagging him to read more CL materials.

Come P5 and P6, you will find that the sch is doing a great job (borrow your previous post \"pile like nobody's biz). How can we as parents pile some more?
Guess the most impt thing I did was to manage my expectation and learnt to let go as early as possible. If my elder boy did not wake up on his own and become an independent worker cum learner, he might not hv done well in sch.

Can I say your son is mature for your age ? I dare not say that for my son...still waiting for him to wake up. I don't pile on more work for him, but ask him to do selected questions for practice. As for Science, I ask to do some practice for P5...read through P3/4 notes.
So far he doesn't have tons of homework this year as compared to P4.

[janet88]

Jennifer:

Funx3:

A Kind of Wake-Up Call and to Shake the Kids out of their Complacency ....

After CA1, Normally EveryOne Sit Up and Pay More Attention, esp the Parents ....

U r right. By SA1, you will see the highest score in the cohort back in the 90+ range for almost all subjects.

So the shock will happen for CA1, then kids (and parents) quickly find a way to wake up from the scare and results go back to the norm of Band 1s again ? Wow, the kids in Pei Hwa sure can bounce then. Is this for the top 3 classes or across the level ?

[Funx3]

Jennifer:

dyh:

Anyone knows when we have to hand back the School Donation Card? I did not see any deadline.

The sch letter states collection in May.

Mmmmmmmmmmm ....
Wonder By then How Many Intact Cards R still Around?

Probably had to Get Every One in the Whole House to DO a \"Mid-Year Spring Cleaning\" to Hunt for the Miserable Little Card ....

[Trapwithin]

Happy Mama:

S6169:

Always heard that P3 to P4 is a jump, P4 to P5 is a bigger jump. In P5, almost a PSLE standerd. What does these mean? Jump as in the suject or exam difficulties or the marking standerd.

I find Pri 2 to Pri 3 already a very big jump and DD has a hard time coping with all the homework.

Wow everyone has increased workload from P3. All the P1/P2's .. we better enjoy our time now.

[Mum1113]

[quote=\"janet_lee88]Can I say your son is mature for your age ? I dare not say that for my son...still waiting for him to wake up. [/quote]


Like HOD said out loud and clear during last sat's session and parents blurted into laughter :' esp for boys....some flowers bloom / blossom later.....'
DH was like why pick boys and not girls.
Well, I'm also hopeful ds will kai qiao sooner and my worries can be shifted to else where

[janet88]

Hi Happy MaMa,

I don’t know if this ‘piling on homework’ for P4 is the norm in PH but just be ready if it happens. At P5 this year, teachers don’t give homework in terms of quantity but more in-depth.
Was expecting tons of homework for son this year…but son’s homework so far was more of challenging Maths problems and English worksheets to practice more Comprehension OE.

[janet88]

Mum1113:

[quote=\"janet_lee88]Can I say your son is mature for your age ? I dare not say that for my son...still waiting for him to wake up.

Like HOD said out loud and clear during last sat's session and parents blurted into laughter :' esp for boys....some flowers bloom / blossom later.....'
DH was like why pick boys and not girls.
Well, I'm also hopeful ds will kai qiao sooner and my worries can be shifted to else where :P[/quote][/quote]

Hubby said boys tend to mature later...around O levels. These 'flowers' will suddenly wake up. In the meantime, we can only motivate and encourage them. My son is still playing with his Nerf guns at the slightest opportunity.

[Trapwithin]

Funx3:

We have 2 potential members for our L-F Club!

:laugh: :laugh:

Can you kindly explain what is L-F Club? I have read it a few times now but still could not figure out what is it.

[Happy Mama]

janet_lee88:

Hi Happy MaMa,

I don't know if this 'piling on homework' for P4 is the norm in PH but just be ready if it happens. At P5 this year, teachers don't give homework in terms of quantity but more in-depth.
Was expecting tons of homework for son this year...but son's homework so far was more of challenging Maths problems and English worksheets to practice more Comprehension OE.

Thanks for sharing Janet. Looking on the bright side, I think it's PH way of drilling their kids to achieve excellent results for PSLE.

All I can do is to encourage DD and give her all my support and keep telling her that her hard work (from PH) will reap results and she will enjoy the fruits of her labour when she gets her PSLE results.