River Valley High School [*IP]

[Augmum]

sall:

snowman.697:

Never experienced it before but i'm year one so yeah. anywayys any year 1 parents here? Had a maths test today, finished with 10 seconds left (25 minutes test) and apparently i was one of only seven ppl in my class that finished =.=

Yes. According to dd, a lot of her classmates didn't manage to finish. For her, din manage to do the bonus qn, just finished on the dot.

as for my gal's maths test or pop quizzes,
the shortest being 10 mins, while the norm are betw 20-30 mins long....
most of the time, there is no time to attempt the bonus question/s or
she rather use the few mins left for error checking

[sall]

Augmum:

as for my gal's maths test or pop quizzes,
the shortest being 10 mins, while the norm are betw 20-30 mins long....
most of the time, there is no time to attempt the bonus question/s or
she rather use the few mins left for error checking

Is pop quizzes some kind of surprise test? I think 10 min is really v stressful, how do majority of students perform?
Ya. Better use any remaining time to check, and if there's any more time after checking, then attempt bonus qn.

[Augmum]

sall:

Augmum:

as for my gal's maths test or pop quizzes,
the shortest being 10 mins, while the norm are betw 20-30 mins long....
most of the time, there is no time to attempt the bonus question/s or
she rather use the few mins left for error checking

Is pop quizzes some kind of surprise test? I think 10 min is really v stressful, how do majority of students perform?
Ya. Better use any remaining time to check, and if there's any more time after checking, then attempt bonus qn.

yes sall, pop quizzes are \"untold\" short tests........and they're graded.
almost weekly, there bound to have, appliacable to maths and science.

but some teachers are kind enuff to drop hints of when likely will the pop quizzes or
the pupils hear fr other classes who already had it.
hence, pupils need to revise the topics constantly.

i remembered there was once with 10 short algebra questions, and they were only given 10 mins for it (yes, 1 Q 1 min )

[sall]

Hi Augmum,

For important subjects like Maths and Science, it's ok for trs to give many tests to reinforce their concept.
For dd's music tr, I think he's :siao: . At least 2 pieces of homework after every music lesson, music project and a written music test coming up soon.
Perhaps he thought RV is a music sch.

[daisyt]

I guess they want to train them speed and accuracy. And nowadays, seems to have more topics about politics and current affairs. Be it for Chinese, LA and of course SS is unavoidable.

[WeiHan]

Are there more students applying for RV DSA this year?

[Augmum]

sall:

Hi Augmum,

For important subjects like Maths and Science, it's ok for trs to give many tests to reinforce their concept.
For dd's music tr, I think he's :siao: . At least 2 pieces of homework after every music lesson, music project and a written music test coming up soon.
Perhaps he thought RV is a music sch.

hi sall,
oh......there are HW for music....ic...

i juz ask my gal abt her music lessons.....as i din hear her talk abt or mention music lessons
she said that for music lessons, they can really relax and switch off......
as they are shown some videos, listening to talks and
playing of instruments, recent ones being the angklung....

their music lessons is only half yearly, rotating with art lessons.

[sall]

Augmum:

hi sall,
oh......there are HW for music....ic...

i juz ask my gal abt her music lessons.....as i din hear her talk abt or mention music lessons
she said that for music lessons, they can really relax and switch off......
as they are shown some videos, listening to talks and
playing of instruments, recent ones being the angklung....

their music lessons is only half yearly, rotating with art lessons.

Ya. That should be the way music is taught, relax and enjoy the lesson, not about giving them so much facts, with hw, project, test. :mad: Now , all her classmates HATE music lessons.
For the lst half of the yr, they did art. It was so much better compared to music.

[Augmum]

sall:

Augmum:

hi sall,
oh......there are HW for music....ic...

i juz ask my gal abt her music lessons.....as i din hear her talk abt or mention music lessons
she said that for music lessons, they can really relax and switch off......
as they are shown some videos, listening to talks and
playing of instruments, recent ones being the angklung....

their music lessons is only half yearly, rotating with art lessons.

Ya. That should be the way music is taught, relax and enjoy the lesson, not about giving them so much facts, with hw, project, test. :mad: Now , all her classmates HATE music lessons.
For the lst half of the yr, they did art. It was so much better compared to music.

agree......music shd be something appreciative
and not to burden the pupils with HW and tests.....
these pupils have enuff stress .....give them some time to relax

so RV same as DHS, having Art for 1 st half of the yr .

[justsay]

Was told by dd that they were told that by end of the year, every students will be issued with an i-pad free. They have to return at the end of year 6. She said they double check with the teacher and the teacher said it’s true.

I jokingly asked her i-pad or eye-pad…