[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools
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Anyway, RGPS is a good primary school, we are all hope our child can go into the best school.
Who know the result of 2C’s RGPS registration result? -
ctct61t:
Many of my friends went to RGPS to register for their children on last day.
may i know what's the compelling reason for registering on the last day? sorry for missing out the obvious
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andrew
still have 13 more vacancies unfilled. may not need to ballot. -
Hi
It is not fair to say that the teacher in RGPS don’t teach. My daughter has been in RGPS for 3 years. Due to her serious illness in the earlier years, her development is slightly slower than kids her age. The teacher there has been wonderful & try to help my daughter out & advise me that she will soon catch up with her class mate. When my daugther remedial class for a subject clash with another, the other teacher try to re-schedule so that my daughter is able to attend both remedial lessons. I have even heard of a teacher helping out another student as the child’s father was missing.
There are some parents that I know while doing parents volunteering. The children there comes from all walks of life. Their parents can be rich, average or poor. Their parents can be a minister, lawyers, doctors, manager, executive, technician, secretary, clerk etc all with the aim of getting the best education for their kids.
The biggest problem is actually the distance. The stress level is not perceived. RGPS don’t have CA. They have topical test instead. Papers are generally more difficult than neighbourhood school. The difficult qs are usually the last few questions in the papers. -
andrew:
They are waiting for the result of first 2 days.
may i know what's the compelling reason for registering on the last day? sorry for missing out the obvious -
EN:
if they r all over n frm diff walks of life, what is the 1similarity tat they all haf,thus ending up as PVs for RGPS?btw,do they all stay nearby?i mean nt far away in another part of the island?Hi
It is not fair to say that the teacher in RGPS don't teach. My daughter has been in RGPS for 3 years. Due to her serious illness in the earlier years, her development is slightly slower than kids her age. The teacher there has been wonderful & try to help my daughter out & advise me that she will soon catch up with her class mate. When my daugther remedial class for a subject clash with another, the other teacher try to re-schedule so that my daughter is able to attend both remedial lessons. I have even heard of a teacher helping out another student as the child's father was missing.
There are some parents that I know while doing parents volunteering. The children there comes from all walks of life. Their parents can be rich, average or poor. Their parents can be a minister, lawyers, doctors, manager, executive, technician, secretary, clerk etc all with the aim of getting the best education for their kids.
The biggest problem is actually the distance. The stress level is not perceived. RGPS don't have CA. They have topical test instead. Papers are generally more difficult than neighbourhood school. The difficult qs are usually the last few questions in the papers. -
EN
I think your case is exception. Wait till your girl is on par with her classmates. Now she is P3? I think by now, perhaps you would gradually see that teachers just write the answers on the board and ask them to copy (especially Maths). Worksheets given without teaching, expect parents to teach. In another topic, I read someone who is now in NIE has relief in sch before and has many teacher friends and all commented not much teaching.
With regards to PV, sch choose who they want. Doctors, Dentists. Not like last time traffic warden, painter, gardener.
To be explicit what deardear07 said, the whole stretch of Bukit Timah are all freehold properties -
Hi
I was one of the PV. Although a graduate, at the time I applied for the PV, I was just a service rep, working odd hour so that I can spend time with my kids & doing PV.
My daughter is now catching up. Her marks range from 40-60s (it was better in P1). For those borderline cases or fail, they pull the students from the normal class & are put in a slower class. All in all there are less than 10 students attending the math class. They go at a slower rate when compared to the rest. My daughter will join back the class for her other subjects.
Those who marks range from 55-65, will attend remedial class after school. The remedial class are not compulsory. You will need to give consent if you want your daughter to be in this class.
At the start of the year, the teachers gave the parents their e-mail or handphone number so that we are able to be in touch with them. May be not all teachers there are like that, but so far, I have been in contact with most of my daughter’s teachers and vice versa.
For a girl that is slightly late in development, she has so far enjoy the drama class held during the English lesson. Learn how to use the computer & submit her homework via online.
My son’s school is one in the west area. Although just a P1 students, he has no qualms in approaching the teacher when he don’t understand the questions. The teacher conveniently tell him to look at the board without explanation. I posed some questions to the school went unanswered and many other things that irks me eg when I call the office, the person conveniently hangs up on me. -
Hi deardear07
Not sure what their motivation are in applying PV in RGPS. I do know mine & I have no regrets. I do talk to other parents in different classes. Some are not happy with the teachers which I did not probe further.
Here are the places that I have heard where the students live. Jurong, Bukit Panjang, Chua Chu Kang, Kembangan, Bedok, Changi (this one I’m not sure if they move nearer), Bishan, Clementi & Bukit Timah. I am sure there are other places which I am not aware off. -
for schools in BK as they are not known as neighbourhood schools…more like schools in town area, unlikely majority will come from the neighbourhood.
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