Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[markfch]

XYZ1:

Aiyo....we are only aware of CL hw leh...that's all.........is this diff for each class? I do not see any art hw or any EL hw at all.....in ds handbook.

I'm quite sure that different classes have different h/w cos I've another friend whose ds is in a different class from my ds and the h/w given was different.

mrsbongz,
Just read the handbook and also double confirm with ds. What I mentioned above is correct. There's really the EL & art h/w to be done during this march holiday. It'll be totally out of character for ds to write extra optional items for h/w in his handbook :lol: .

[Mrsbongz]

Xyz1, our ds r in int8, urs?


Markfch, thanks!! I asked ds, he just shrugged n say he forgot?! Lucky i still have e weekend!!

[XYZ1]

Mrsbongz:

Xyz1, our ds r in int8, urs?


Markfch, thanks!! I asked ds, he just shrugged n say he forgot?! Lucky i still have e weekend!!

Mine is in int 5......so i guess from what mark said...shd be diff hw for diff class then....just hope that nothing is missed....whenever instructions get a little more complicated from teachers, most of DS's answer will be \"i dunno\", \"i forgot\", \"I'm not sure\"..... :x

[Trapwithin]

markfch:

Interesting to note that there's a difference between the two. More interested to know why so ....

Because even if the GEP school train them .. they will still be staying in the school if the get into GEP. For non=GEP school, the student will be posted out .. into a GEP school. So the non-GEP school will lose a good student.

[markfch]

Mrsbongz:

Markfch, thanks!! I asked ds, he just shrugged n say he forgot?! Lucky i still have e weekend!!

You're welcome and I understand your frustration. During jan, ds also exhibited the same problem. So I went into nag overdrive + some scolding + some threats which caused him to buck up a bit.

XYZ1:

whenever instructions get a little more complicated from teachers, most of DS's answer will be \"i dunno\", \"i forgot\", \"I'm not sure

Phrases like \"I dunno\", \"I forgot\" from ds will be immediately counteracted by phrases from me like \"How come you can forget?\", \"Do you know that it's your responsibility .....\" and my fav phrase which is \"I don't care, you must remember.\"

Last phrase is not exemplary but it's just to get the frustration out from my chest. :lol:

[markfch]

Trapwithin:

markfch:

Interesting to note that there's a difference between the two. More interested to know why so ....

Because even if the GEP school train them .. they will still be staying in the school if the get into GEP. For non=GEP school, the student will be posted out .. into a GEP school. So the non-GEP school will lose a good student.

Actually I was asking what do you think caused the diff in ratio between non-GEP 'popular' and neighbourhood schs that you stated (0-0.75 vs 0-0.25)

[Trapwithin]

markfch:

Trapwithin:

[quote=\"markfch\"]
Interesting to note that there's a difference between the two. More interested to know why so ....

Because even if the GEP school train them .. they will still be staying in the school if the get into GEP. For non=GEP school, the student will be posted out .. into a GEP school. So the non-GEP school will lose a good student.

Actually I was asking what do you think caused the diff in ratio between non-GEP 'popular' and neighbourhood schs that you stated (0-0.75 vs 0-0.25)[/quote]Parents who bother to do PV and move house to near a popular schools usually are parents that bother about their kids education. So they would bother to get involved and monitor their kids progress in general. So naturally results will improve.

Caveat .. I belong to the school of thoughts that gifted child also need to be trained and monitored. Just like the Olympiad sportsman .. clearly they are gifted in their respective areas and cream of the crop .. but if they do not want to work hard and train ... the result will not be there.

[lizhi]

markfch:

Trapwithin:

[quote=\"markfch\"]
Interesting to note that there's a difference between the two. More interested to know why so ....

Because even if the GEP school train them .. they will still be staying in the school if the get into GEP. For non=GEP school, the student will be posted out .. into a GEP school. So the non-GEP school will lose a good student.

Actually I was asking what do you think caused the diff in ratio between non-GEP 'popular' and neighbourhood schs that you stated (0-0.75 vs 0-0.25)[/quote]Means the 'popular' sch's P are more kiasu than neighbourhood schs P... By the statistical calculation, the GEP probability is 3 times.

[Picolo]

lizhi:

markfch:

[quote=\"Trapwithin\"]
Because even if the GEP school train them .. they will still be staying in the school if the get into GEP. For non=GEP school, the student will be posted out .. into a GEP school. So the non-GEP school will lose a good student.

Actually I was asking what do you think caused the diff in ratio between non-GEP 'popular' and neighbourhood schs that you stated (0-0.75 vs 0-0.25)

Means the 'popular' sch's P are more kiasu than neighbourhood schs P... By the statistical calculation, the GEP probability is 3 times. [/quote]They may be more kiasu but definitely have no vested interest in doing so. From what I notice, the % of high ability kids from the first day of P1 in the popular schools are already higher than the neighbourhood schools. 学生素质与家长栽培 play a key role.

[markfch]

Trapwithin:

Parents who bother to do PV and move house to near a popular schools usually are parents that bother about their kids education. So they would bother to get involved and monitor their kids progress in general. So naturally results will improve.

Makes perfect sense to me, thanks for the explanation.

Trapwithin:

Just like the Olympiad sportsman .. clearly they are gifted in their respective areas and cream of the crop .. but if they do not want to work hard and train ... the result will not be there.

Sensitive qn here. Are you open to GEP training in order to increase chance of being selected? Hope I don't invite a flood of opinions on this one.

lizhi:

Means the 'popular' sch's P are more kiasu than neighbourhood schs P... By the statistical calculation, the GEP probability is 3 times.

This to me is a perfect example of an abnormally. If non-GEP schs train their top cohort too well in lower pri, they will suffer a few yrs down the road during PSLE when more of these smart kids eventually leave the sch for GEP at P4.
It's like I'll get less performance bonus if I do exceptional well at work. Strange logic isn't it? Wonder how does MOE reconcile that? :?