Raffles Girls' Primary
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ctct61t:
My DD ask me to sign, so I think she need to return the letter...not sure.[/quote]Mine still at home.
Do we need to return the letter? I thought we just read and keep the letter.KSP:
[quote=\"Luanee\"]
Same here, my dd asked me to sign so I signed lol.. But I think we signed just to acknowledged we received and read the letter. Doesnt mean we consent or anything mah.. -
Not all the GEP kids are good in all four subjects some may be strong in maths but not sci and some may be good in english… Hence, some parents may send their GEP kids for tuition.
Gep kids do learn thing beypnd their level… Like sec one maths, history (social studies) and their HCl is more difficult than the mainstream hcl.
I dun know how the sch ‘tune’ the GEP kids to sit for their PSLE.
You can read the All about GEP thread if you wish to know more abt GEP. -
curious … why would parents want to send kids to NUSH ?
you mean … want to groom them to be engineers so young ? they can’t possibly become medical doctors, because Biology not taught at NUSH ?
if go NUSH, i suppose kids lose out also on language part … since it’s unlikely that they become lawyers, journalists ?
if they go normal Secondary school instead of NUSH, kids can still turn out to be engineers when grow up … so what’s the lure / attraction of channelling to NUSH … at such young age ? -
i see … so GEP is something like Secondary 1 level subjects being customized / brought down /taught at Pri 4, 5, 6 level … hence it’s called acclerated learning primary programme ?
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greenbean2011:
This is said different people have different aspirations, 人各有志in chinese.curious ... why would parents want to send kids to NUSH ?
you mean .... want to groom them to be engineers so young ? they can't possibly become medical doctors, because Biology not taught at NUSH ?
if go NUSH, i suppose kids lose out also on language part ... since it's unlikely that they become lawyers, journalists ?
if they go normal Secondary school instead of NUSH, kids can still turn out to be engineers when grow up .... so what's the lure / attraction of channelling to NUSH ... at such young age ?
Those kids have strong interested in math, and science. -
From what I understand, gep teachers are chosen by moe and not the individual schools so the schools do not assign the best teachers to the gep classes. However, there is a common belief that schools generally do assign the better teachers to the top mainstream classes so if your kids are not in gep, it would be good if they can get into the top classes.
greenbean2011:
just curious ... if a child has been offered GEP but choose to opt out and continue in mainstream ... but later go say, RGS Secondary, won't this child lose out later when she goes to Secondary school .... because all GEP primary school students had been trained for 3 long solid years from P4 to P6 - in accelerated effective training methods of learning / quick thinking ?
if a rgps child is not in GEP class but in normal, mainstream class ... will she gets the same, equal chance to be exposed to, and be able to receive these type of good training methodology and thinking, as well ?
bcos i heard that RGPS tend to assign the best teachers, best training resources to GEP classes, plus perhaps one or two top mainstream classes (pls correct me if i am wrong). The rest .... i not sure ... the flip side of the coin i heard often is .... some rgps teachers dont teach much... they leave it to the parents. -
aqeqiq:
From what I understand, gep teachers are chosen by moe and not the individual schools so the schools do not assign the best teachers to the gep classes. However, there is a common belief that schools generally do assign the better teachers to the top mainstream classes so if your kids are not in gep, it would be good if they can get into the top classes.
I see. Thanks aqeqiq very much!
No wonder my friend's son who was in NYPS last year mentioner, his class' (Top class) PLSE overall score is better than GEP class, his teachers are very happy. -
Luanee:
Yes, agree with Luanee. Also just want to share that there are gep kids who attend enrichment for all subjects. One parent informed me that he/she strongly believes that it is a necessity and said that there are many gep students in this centre To each his own, I suppose.
I agree on this. How many tuition or enrichment classes ur kids go generally depend on the parents' gan cheongness... if ur kid is good enuf, even if she is not in GEP also no need tuition.jtoh:
GEP kids are of higher ability, so in general shouldn't need tuition and indeed, are encouraged NOT to have tuition. BUT there are kiasu parents who will send their kids for tuition. Then there are ganchiong parents who will still fuss and worry over their kids, creating stress for themselves. So whether it's stress-free for the parents depends on the kid and the parents.
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ctct61t:
which class is that ? curious !
I see. Thank you for aqeqiq very much!aqeqiq:
From what I understand, gep teachers are chosen by moe and not the individual schools so the schools do not assign the best teachers to the gep classes. However, there is a common belief that schools generally do assign the better teachers to the top mainstream classes so if your kids are not in gep, it would be good if they can get into the top classes.
No wonder my friend's son who was in NYPS last year mentioner, his class' (Top class) PLSE overall score is better than GEP class, his teachers are very happy.
the top class teachers in NYPS also teach the bottom class. of course the targets are different
this bust the myth that if your kids not in top class will be sidelined - simply not true, at least for NYPS -
verykiasu2010:
which class is that ? curious !
I see. Thank you for aqeqiq very much!ctct61t:
[quote=\"aqeqiq\"]From what I understand, gep teachers are chosen by moe and not the individual schools so the schools do not assign the best teachers to the gep classes. However, there is a common belief that schools generally do assign the better teachers to the top mainstream classes so if your kids are not in gep, it would be good if they can get into the top classes.
No wonder my friend's son who was in NYPS last year mentioner, his class' (Top class) PLSE overall score is better than GEP class, his teachers are very happy.
the top class teachers in NYPS also teach the bottom class. of course the targets are different
this bust the myth that if your kids not in top class will be sidelined - simply not true, at least for NYPS[/quote]In many schools, the best teachers in the school are assigned to the best classes and the poorest classes. So the ones in the middle classes are the \"sandwiched\" class.
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