Guangyang Primary

[ngkokeng]

Dear Marzuki,


I thought I should jump in to share my perspective because I am also a supporter of GY.

I have one nephew who studied at GY who graduated several years ago with fairly good PSLE score. He is now doing his National Service and will be going to university next year. His parents were very thankful to the teachers and the Principal. At that time, GY was not only very strong in Maths and Science, the students were also very discipline and innovative. Many parents opted to choose GY as their first choice school despite competition from neighbouring schools offering double session.

My current niece who is studying at GY hasn’t graduated and the school is in a temporary holding school at Ang Mo Kio. I think this explains why the enrolment is much lower. Maybe, there are not enough facilities in the holding school to accept more students and probably kiasu parents like us may prefer our children to join a school with a permanent premise. When the school shifts back to its brand new premises, I am sure there will be many more places available for students and teachers could also be happier as they are able to do their teaching more effectively with the new facilities.

Although I agree with you that GY overall results recently have not been satisfactory, I think this has to do in part with the poorer facilities. I think this could be the reason why the Principal has to take the lead to teach in the classroom, probably to show the newer and inexperience teachers how to do better. I don’t think the Principal will neglect her duty to manage the school at the expense of teaching.

The principal is probably unaware of the negative feedback by some teachers because, my sister recently shared with me that one of the teachers blackmouth the principal as useless and unapproachable on one hand and on the other hand, some other parents saw the teacher curry favour with the principal. I don’t think it is true that the principal is so useless. If she is really so useless, she would not have been appointed Principal by MOE. I have confidence in MOE’s selection of principals.

As parents, let us compliment what is not done well at the school by giving more home support and tuition for our children. I believe things will get better as the school re-establish itself in the neighbourhood with a spanking new premise.

[phtthp]

so it’s some internal politics going on inside the school …

[ngkokeng]

Maybe but it is none of my business as long as the school do their work to deliver results for the students.

[Amethyst11]

I always believe happy teachers will in turn be happy teaching in the school. If they are not happy or even disgruntled, they could affect the children under their charge. Not my problem really, my kids will not be going to the school.

Anyway, I was trying to find out more about GYPS for a relative. Not needed anymore.

[Amethyst11]

Thanks, Marzuki, for sharing. Think what you mentioned is real. I also heard from my neighbour whose children are in GYPS that some of the teachers are complaining about the P after one of the recent school events. My neighbour is thinking if she should transfer her kids to another school ever since a few of the best teachers in her opinion have transferred out/ are thinking of leaving. Maybe those parents in this forum monitor for another 1 or 2 years to see if really more teachers are transferring out?

[Amethyst11]

Can anyone share how we have our replies threaded? I was trying to reply to Marzuki in my earlier message. Click "pm" and it’s "send private message".

[Rafy]

just chanced upon this forum, and just want to comment that teachers who blackmouthed their (new) principal, esp. within earshot of parents or members of the public, perhaps shouldn’t be entrusted with the great responsibility of teaching young children, they seem to me to be bad examples.

[NYmummy]

I think we all have our fair shares of positive and negative reviews. If all schools are so positive then i think something is wrong… Surely got some not so good comments about school / teachers / principals. But i think as long as the children are happy, enjoy learning and thats what we parents want.

So far, i find the Prinicpal in gyps is not as bad as mentioned as i personally met her before (though its only one time, during the P1 registration). Anyway, its all our own opinion i guess…

[RCSH]

I am very sure QYPS can do well in the coming years because the new P was from Pei Hwa Presbyterian primary school, everybody know that all the while PSLE results in Pei Hwa was good, and secondly the new P is very ambitious person, and so many teachers were unhappy with her leadership style, maybe because they are not used to the style,cant reach her standard of leadership, though they are unhappy with her, they shouldn’t blackmouthed their new principal within earshot of parents or members of the public,they should open to the P and tell her their feeling and solve the problems, teachers , P and all the staff should work as a team,treat each others like a family members and care for one another, teachers should have a heart to learn from new P, and the new P also should humble herself and listen to her teachers’ feeling.


As parent, I really wish that the P and the teachers in QYPS can work together happily, like loving parent, fair, respectful, flexible and able to bounce back after even the gravest challenges, dont quit so easily !

Teach not only with your knowledge, but also teach with your heart, the children will remember you all in their life time.

[phtthp]

agree, well said!


because once your own internal house is divided up with internal rivalry, with problems unresolved, there is no peace. Easily prone to external enemies outside who may seize the opportunity to attack.

in contrast, if everyone inside the house / school is united, then there is UNITY. When there is Unity, there is STRENGTH! Unity and Strength come together. One school, one heart in unison. Then the school can progress forward, advance faster.