Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[GyGy]

Jennifer:

GyGy:

[quote=\"Jennifer\"]
This centre is Jing Cai, stuck in an extreme corner of L2 facing the escalator. Only my elder boy is enrolled. My P4 boy is still with the Bt Timah Plaza centre.

The tutor in charge of my elder boy is a no nonsense type, dun think she is suitable for my P4 boy who is still very playful.

Hi Jennifer,

You mentioned your P4 boy still with a chinese centre at Bt Timah Plaza, May I know which centre issit? issit good? What is the charges like?

Thank for answering my qn.

My P4 boy is with Hua Cheng @L2. There is a diagnostics test to take before the centre decides to put the child in Normal Chinese or Higher Chinese class.

My P4 boy has improved in his paper 2 whereas his other friend (in PH too) has not seen much improvement in the recent CA1. A review of the CA1 paper 2 revealed that he lost many marks due to carelessness as the tutor has covered those. The boy's mum claimed that they revised the tuition material and the vocabulary book (SAP shouze) regularly. I think she is more hardworking than me, maybe her teaching style at home does not suit the child.

There is a new centre \"Xue Lin\" @L2. We attended its Dec hols creative writing programme last year.

I cant comment much between the 2 centres as they operate on a very diff basis. It's really an issue of which matches the learning style of a child.[/quote]How is their fee likes? What did they cover? I'm look at either a 1-1 tuition or an enrichment centre at Bukit Timah Plaza if better... There is a 1-1 tuition quoted me $40per hour, I find it rather steep... Is that the norm rate for 1-1 chinese tuition?

[Trapwithin]

markfch:

S6169:

[quote=\"php\"]
she is assuming that there is 2 students having the same mark in a class of 40 students...so it will end up 20 sets of mark...again assuming that every set of mark is 1 mark difference, therefore the diff betw highest and lowest will be 20 marks....

Thank you php for helping me to explain this clearly.
It is my personal conclusion from last year p3 Top 10 students marks and several other classes top 3 students marks. It may not correct for others.

But you all didn't consider E3's dd1 marks. Hers will be MANY marks difference from the next lower one. Ok better siam now before I kenna scolding :siam: .[/quote]That case a bit unique :lol:
Usually it is 1 marks diff per position for lower primary

[Trapwithin]

E3:

Tomorrow she'll be going to a classmate's place to play. It's also her Bday so it's no work day. :love:

I have planned her timetable for next term and we'll only start our engines next week.

Good to have break and take a breather.
May she has a blessed BD tmr. :celebrate:

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:thankyou: lizhi and Trapwithin!

[JRLam]

E3:

Lizhi, good of you to restrict. Dd uses the computer to check mails, work on the SpellingCity and the Science Cards for the google docs which FT assigned. She only played games on the iphone or ipad.


Dd wanted to enjoy our trip so she completed most of her homework last Thursday after the Leadership Training Course. Although she reached home late, she stayed focused and completed main bulk of it. She finished her 周记 this afternoon with pictures from the trip.

After the trip, she suddenly felt \"lost\" and was asking for work to do!! I told her to do whatever she enjoys...and she started playing her favourite pieces on the piano, played with the guinea pigs, read and did Math and Science challenging questions! Haha...

Tomorrow she'll be going to a classmate's place to play. It's also her Bday so it's no work day. :love:

I have planned her timetable for next term and we'll only start our engines next week.

Wow! That sounds like the perfect, ideal child that every PH parents will like to have :love: So sensible, she definitely deserves a great day tomorrow

Haha, I just plan the timetable 1 month in advance and my kids are already complaining .. :roll:

[janet88]

E3:

:thankyou: lizhi and Trapwithin!

Hi E3,
I hope your girl has a great birthday. You deserve a break too. :celebrate:

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janet_lee88:

Hi E3,

I hope your girl has a great birthday. You deserve a break too. :celebrate:

Thanks, Janet... we'll be having a little, simple celeb...

[hl124273]

Hi, I will like to ask if you have a private chinese tutor that you can recommend ? I am thinking of replacing my daughter’s private tutor that I mentioned some time ago in this thread. Thank you!

[GyGy]

hl124273:

Hi, I will like to ask if you have a private chinese tutor that you can recommend ? I am thinking of replacing my daughter's private tutor that I mentioned some time ago in this thread. Thank you!

How much did you pay for the private tutor?

[hl124273]

GyGy:

hl124273:

Hi, I will like to ask if you have a private chinese tutor that you can recommend ? I am thinking of replacing my daughter's private tutor that I mentioned some time ago in this thread. Thank you!

How much did you pay for the private tutor?

Hi,

I am paying her $60 a 1.5 hour for my P2 who started with her since she was in P1 , and I just started my K1 younger gal with her and she charges $50 a lesson ( 1 hr) for pre-primary. My younger girl has little exposure to mandarin and hence I wanted her to start early. Also, both have lessons twice a week since that is the tutor's recommendation.


The rates to me are professional tutor rates. However, I feel that she is not producing results. My daughter was getting high 90s in Primar y1 PHPPS end of the year exam, and her recent CA1 P2 higher chinese result is only 85, losing most marks in her comprehension (15 marks for compre). Prior to the CA test, this tutor told me to go get the past yr exam papers and she gave them to my gal as home work and feedbacked that my gal is weak in comprehension and told me to get comprehension assessment books ( my gal has quite a few assessment books already). However, I see no improvement.
Also, last year, when my gal was in P1, I found out that the tutor dozed off during lessons though my gal. I casually asked if she's too tired (knowing that she has alot on her plate) which served as a gentle reminder to her and ever since then she has not dozed off.