All About Preparing For Primary One

[Majella]

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Need to admit my daughter to P1 next yr. Gosh I work hard with her. But reading things on this site worries me as to how much I must prepare her more. But poor kids.

I am considering CHIJ (OLPS) at Serangoon Garden or Paya Lebar methodist. Prefer OLPS as its a Catholic school & morning session. heard that PLMS is better with academics though. Pls advise

[kiasumama]

Salute & Applause Buds!!!


Thanks for all the wealth of info u have.

I personally do not like STELLAR PROGR, my son’s school (Northland Pri) uses both STELLAR and MY PALS ARE HERE text…kiasuism in place!

[UmmuMuadz]

Hi,


The registration date is drawing near. I'm not so stressful about the registration part. I'm more kan chong about my son's \"ready-ness\" for Primary 1. :shock:

Currently, he is attending weekly phonics lessons. He can read books now. Started him on the spelling also. On top of that, bought him some pre-primary 1 enrichment books for maths and english.

Just wondering if the above is enough. Should I send him for prep classes? If yes, any suggestion? :?

If I decide to prep him myself, which are the areas that I should focus on? :?

Mummies, your advices pls. Very much appreciated. :?:

Thank you

[turquoise]

I personally don’t think prep classes are necessary for P1, especially as your son can read and write. You don’t want him to get too bored in school.

[pocupine]

hi my dd is going to p1 next year. and i am in the 2a2 pharse for Rosyth. currently, she is attending phoinc, speekiasuch n drama which are enrichment courses provided by the childcare. (of course need to pay :lol: ). i send her to BeiJing Language for her Chinese. which i find it very good for her speech and interest in chinese.


by the way , do you think that it is adequate for her.
i try not to be kiasu BUT my friend told me cos she is gg Rosyth thus i shd send her for something more...

i hope that some seniors can advise me..

thks :idea:

[ChiefKiasu]

pocupine:

hi my dd is going to p1 next year. and i am in the 2a2 pharse for Rosyth. currently, she is attending phoinc, speekiasuch n drama which are enrichment courses provided by the childcare. (of course need to pay :lol: ). i send her to BeiJing Language for her Chinese. which i find it very good for her speech and interest in chinese...

If your child can read and speak simple English and Chinese books at this point, she is doing fine already. Have you read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/preparing-primary-school yet?

[pocupine]

THANK YOUFOR THE TIPS ..

i will check it out,,

Cheer... :celebrate:

[metz]

Many parents equate well-prepared for P1 with having an easy time and doing well in P1. Not sure if this is true but I’m certainly believe that being "not well-prepared for P1" does not equate to having a tough time in primary school.


My niece wasn’t exactly reading well at end of K2 last year. On top of that, she doesn’t have a fantastic memory - meaning she’ll forget things if taught too early. Hence, my sister decided against preparing her too far ahead. Instead, she follows her girl’s pace (of course, with some stretching here and there) and works on her weaker areas. My niece, in my view, performed excellently in her school mid year tests (SA?) this year, scoring ard 90 to 90+ for all 3 subjects and was ranked fifth in her class. She’s from a popular and much sought after school in Punggol.

Just a thought, instead of constantly worrying if our kids are well prepared and equipped for the P1, perhaps it’s better to look inwards at our kids’ abilities and help them accordingly and consistently.

[ChiefKiasu]

chamonix:

Many parents equate well-prepared for P1 with having an easy time and doing well in P1. Not sure if this is true but I'm certainly believe that being \"not well-prepared for P1\" does not equate to having a tough time in primary school...

chamonix, this is a very valid point. But I still wished I have better prepared my P4 boy for Chinese, when he was in preschool... sigh.

[sunset_dae]

Henry park is also a GEP school, but it seems that there is not much info abt the sch. The website also does not show the recent PSLE results and achievements.

Anybody can comment abt this school?