Nan Chiau Primary
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Hi larkspur,
Ok, my mistake. It’s not the green form (last yr was a blue form). You should receive another letter in early Nov on details of the orientation and in there will state the class your child will go to in 2012. On orientation day, they will go into their own class and lead to classroom by their form teachers. What they did in class nobody really knows but from what we found out from our kids, it’s some kind of assessments on basic language ability and numeracy knowledge. -
I have a boy in P5 and a girl going to P1 in 2012. My boy was lucky to get into the school through balloting. Might join Nan Chiau PSG next year when my girl goes to P1. Any kiasu parents with kids in P5 this year?
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larkspur:
i learnt from one mummy whose kid in p1 this year that there are no test or games to guage the standards of the kids during the orientation and yet when i read the previous thread right from the beginning of this year, there seems to be some tests or something, and if the students are weaker, they will be asked to attend the Han Yu pin Yin class or the phonics class. I wonder who is actually right?
I have a P5 boy in nan Chiau. During his year, the school let the kids sat for a written paper on orientation day. He was unable to complete the paper and the school recommended him to take the phonics class during the dec holidays. Han yu pin yin was optional. I was also told by a P1 parent that her kid did not sit for the paper last year. According to another parent, it has been replaced with games to test the kids. -
EllaEmma:
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Hi larkspur, from my understanding, the MOE Primary School Syllabus only require students to learn swimming at primary 3 level. My girl in Pri 1 this year does not have swimming class in school.larkspur:
Hi,
i want to ask currently my girl is learning Wushu at the cc and swimming , i understand for primary 1 ( or dunno which level) students ,they have swimming for nan chiau, can they be exempted if they have already learning swimming outside? Also next year when she goes P1, will she have to choose her CCA first?
And CCA is not compulsory @this level, unless your child is interested in representing the school in future competition because some CCA choose school team members from children who joined since year 1.[quote]
P3 swimming is not compulsory and it is a 3 months basic course for the non swimmers. If your kid is learning at the CC, then she does not have to join the swimming course when she goes P3.
P3 swimming class is not compulsory and it is a 3 months basic course for non swimmers. Since your girl is taking swimming at CC, she does not need to go for the swimming lessons when she goes P3.
E.g. to represent the school in badminton team, one has to be a member since Pri 1. -
micollh:
TODAy paper page 18 said NCP will become SAP school and principle face in the photo
Are you refer to nan Chiau high? It will become a Sap school next year. Already came out in last year paper. -
VJA:
P4 to P5 is worse .... will :faint: many times over ...BlueBells:
[quote=\"VJA
but be prepare for the huge jump when go to P3 next yr! :slapshead:
Believe so.. but cannot worry too far , otherwise will age very fast.
one step at a time.[/quote]
Huge jump can be better, might not be worse. All the best! -
BlueBells:
It is true that the 3A / B / C classes this year are pupils who scored better in P2, and the Principal had asked parents of 3A & 3B to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese. But frankly, as a parent who has sit through the session (more than once because I have another child in upper primary), the impression I get is, unless you want to target SAP secondary school, higher chinese will only spread your child's time thinner. For the P5 this year, 5A and 5B takes HCL, 5E (or F), if I am not wrong, also takes HCL.mc_007:
My son is in P3 this year and I think the school actually just focus on Class A & B. We had a Meet the Principal session and only Class 3A & B parents are asked to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese etc..
And the class size gets smaller for the classes like F,G...
Difference is, 5A / B are recommended by school, 5E (or F) are parents'
decision. For the P6 this year, more than 20 pupils dropped HCL after P5, so it is not an easy subject to start with, in addition to the current 4 subjects.
Anyway, I am not sure how the classes are segregated (didn't bother to find out), but if they are based on targeted learning, smaller classes might actually be good for the pupils, could also be due to pupils who transferred out of the school, etc. ...
It is 5E not recommended by the school to take HCL. Not all students in 5B taking HCL. My boy is in 5B and he is not taking HCL. No point for the students to take HCL if he or she is not aiming or qualify for SAP schools. Students need to get distinction for their HCL in order to get the 3 extra points and these 3 points can only be used to apply for SAP schools. If your child might get more than 3 points if he put in more time in the other subjects. In fact, the class size is very big for 5A,5B and 5C, 44 to 45 students. Smaller class size equal to more attention given to the students. -
BlueBells:
It is true that the 3A / B / C classes this year are pupils who scored better in P2, and the Principal had asked parents of 3A & 3B to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese. But frankly, as a parent who has sit through the session (more than once because I have another child in upper primary), the impression I get is, unless you want to target SAP secondary school, higher chinese will only spread your child's time thinner. For the P5 this year, 5A and 5B takes HCL, 5E (or F), if I am not wrong, also takes HCL.mc_007:
My son is in P3 this year and I think the school actually just focus on Class A & B. We had a Meet the Principal session and only Class 3A & B parents are asked to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese etc..
And the class size gets smaller for the classes like F,G...
Difference is, 5A / B are recommended by school, 5E (or F) are parents'
decision. For the P6 this year, more than 20 pupils dropped HCL after P5, so it is not an easy subject to start with, in addition to the current 4 subjects.
Anyway, I am not sure how the classes are segregated (didn't bother to find out), but if they are based on targeted learning, smaller classes might actually be good for the pupils, could also be due to pupils who transferred out of the school, etc. ...
It is 5E not recommended by the school to take HCL. Not all students in 5B taking HCL. My boy is in 5B and he is not taking HCL. No point for the students to take HCL if he or she is not aiming or qualify for SAP schools. Students need to get distinction for their HCL in order to get the 3 extra points and these 3 points can only be used to apply for SAP schools. If your child might get more than 3 points if he put in more time in the other subjects. In fact, the class size is very big for 5A,5B and 5C, 44 to 45 students. Smaller class size equal to more attention given to the students. -
BlueBells:
It is true that the 3A / B / C classes this year are pupils who scored better in P2, and the Principal had asked parents of 3A & 3B to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese. But frankly, as a parent who has sit through the session (more than once because I have another child in upper primary), the impression I get is, unless you want to target SAP secondary school, higher chinese will only spread your child's time thinner. For the P5 this year, 5A and 5B takes HCL, 5E (or F), if I am not wrong, also takes HCL.mc_007:
My son is in P3 this year and I think the school actually just focus on Class A & B. We had a Meet the Principal session and only Class 3A & B parents are asked to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese etc..
And the class size gets smaller for the classes like F,G...
Difference is, 5A / B are recommended by school, 5E (or F) are parents'
decision. For the P6 this year, more than 20 pupils dropped HCL after P5, so it is not an easy subject to start with, in addition to the current 4 subjects.
Anyway, I am not sure how the classes are segregated (didn't bother to find out), but if they are based on targeted learning, smaller classes might actually be good for the pupils, could also be due to pupils who transferred out of the school, etc. ...
It is 5E not recommended by the school to take HCL. Not all students in 5B taking HCL. My boy is in 5B and he is not taking HCL. No point for the students to take HCL if he or she is not aiming or qualify for SAP schools. Students need to get distinction for their HCL in order to get the 3 extra points and these 3 points can only be used to apply for SAP schools. If your child might get more than 3 points if he put in more time in the other subjects. In fact, the class size is very big for 5A,5B and 5C, 44 to 45 students. Smaller class size equal to more attention given to the students. -
BlueBells:
It is true that the 3A / B / C classes this year are pupils who scored better in P2, and the Principal had asked parents of 3A & 3B to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese. But frankly, as a parent who has sit through the session (more than once because I have another child in upper primary), the impression I get is, unless you want to target SAP secondary school, higher chinese will only spread your child's time thinner. For the P5 this year, 5A and 5B takes HCL, 5E (or F), if I am not wrong, also takes HCL.mc_007:
My son is in P3 this year and I think the school actually just focus on Class A & B. We had a Meet the Principal session and only Class 3A & B parents are asked to stay behind to talk about Higher Chinese etc..
And the class size gets smaller for the classes like F,G...
Difference is, 5A / B are recommended by school, 5E (or F) are parents'
decision. For the P6 this year, more than 20 pupils dropped HCL after P5, so it is not an easy subject to start with, in addition to the current 4 subjects.
Anyway, I am not sure how the classes are segregated (didn't bother to find out), but if they are based on targeted learning, smaller classes might actually be good for the pupils, could also be due to pupils who transferred out of the school, etc. ...
It is 5E not recommended by the school to take HCL. Not all students in 5B taking HCL. My boy is in 5B and he is not taking HCL. No point for the students to take HCL if he or she is not aiming or qualify for SAP schools. Students need to get distinction for their HCL in order to get the 3 extra points and these 3 points can only be used to apply for SAP schools. If your child might get more than 3 points if he put in more time in the other subjects. In fact, the class size is very big for 5A,5B and 5C, 44 to 45 students. Smaller class size equal to more attention given to the students.
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