Petition to Review the Singapore Education System

[LOLMum]

sall:

linden2000:

On a separate note, if there are comprehensive notes given out by some schools (popular schools I suppose?)

My dd comes from a very low-profile, unpopular neighbourhood school. Her teachers gave comprehensive good notes. :hi5: So it's not true that popular schs give good notes and neighbourhood sch don't.

:hi5:

[janet88]

sall:

linden2000:

On a separate note, if there are comprehensive notes given out by some schools (popular schools I suppose?)

My dd comes from a very low-profile, unpopular neighbourhood school. Her teachers gave comprehensive good notes. So it's not true that popular schs give good notes and neighbourhood sch don't.

That's SUPER TRUE...teachers from low-profile schools will compile good compos to give the students, NOT the popular schools. A friend showed me the 2 EL compo books compiled by the teachers...I'm very impressed with the effort put in. The teachers are GREAT.

[pixiedust]

Hence, the points we can conclude are that some schools give out notes, some schools give out "good" notes, some schools NO notes, and NOT all schools order assessment books. Hence, the unlevel playing field is evident and a need to re-write textbooks.


Let’s steer the discussion back to original topic.

[janet88]

pixiedust:

Let's steer the discussion back to original topic.

In a nutshell, I hope the minister reviews the PRESENT education system SOON, so that primary school kids will enjoy childhood...also give us textbooks which provide information to what will be tested in exams.

[1amber]

janet_lee88:

pixiedust:

Let's steer the discussion back to original topic.

In a nutshell, I hope the minister reviews the PRESENT education system SOON, so that primary school kids will enjoy childhood...also give us textbooks which provide information to what will be tested in exams.

Spot on! :hi5:

[Chenonceau]

1amber:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"pixiedust\"]Let's steer the discussion back to original topic.

In a nutshell, I hope the minister reviews the PRESENT education system SOON, so that primary school kids will enjoy childhood...also give us textbooks which provide information to what will be tested in exams.

Spot on! :hi5:[/quote]Yeah!! :hi5:

[janet88]

1amber:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"pixiedust\"]Let's steer the discussion back to original topic.

In a nutshell, I hope the minister reviews the PRESENT education system SOON, so that primary school kids will enjoy childhood...also give us textbooks which provide information to what will be tested in exams.

Spot on! :hi5:[/quote]Not too much to ask for right ?
Parents are buying 'SLIM-FIT' textbooks which serve no purpose at all.
I rather have a solid good textbook in my hand which I can rely on to find answers...rather than standing long hours at bookstores to check out guidebooks which are relevant.

[linden2000]

pixiedust:

Hence, the points we can conclude are that some schools give out notes, some schools give out \"good\" notes, some schools NO notes, and NOT all schools order assessment books. Hence, the unlevel playing field is evident and a need to re-write textbooks.


Let's steer the discussion back to original topic.

:goodpost:

It's great to hear that some neighborhood schools give good materials as well.

The point that I was trying to make in my previous post is :
Let's make the playing field more level for the kids by looking into rewriting the P5 and P6 Maths & Science textbooks.

[1amber]

In a few sec sch I know, there are NO english text books. An RI student told me they use literature books e.g. poems and shakespeare during english lessons.

[sall]

1amber:

In a few sec sch I know, there are NO english text books. An RI student told me they use literature books e.g. poems and shakespeare during english lessons.

Ya. It's called English Lang Arts. Combination of English and Literature. My dd's sch is doing that too. They do have English Compre, vocab ex, etc. These are printed by the tr, sometimes, the students download them.