Nanyang Primary

[verykiasu2010]

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[Atan]

In general, MA refers to Mixed Ability .

[VooVoo]

What does mixed ability means? Does the school tell you which class your kid is in - HA and not HA etc?

[8228]

verykiasu2010:

8228:

Sorry, what is MA?

math, or mixed ability

more likely 'math'

math banding in NYPS has been around for many many years

Thanks.

[8228]

Atan:

In general, MA refers to Mixed Ability .

HA is straightforward. Mixed Ability - what are the criteria? :?

[verykiasu2010]

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[BigDevil]

Pacific Bookstores' website is active now.

Maybe can order online already?
http://www.pacificbookstores.com

[VooVoo]

Can start ordering from next Mon

[Atan]

verykiasu2010:

VooVoo:

What does mixed ability means? Does the school tell you which class your kid is in - HA and not HA etc?

If in HA (High Ability), will be notified by school.

I don't know about other levels, but for P3, we were only informed of the classes that our kids are allocated to and not HA or MA,etc. We guessed what are the HA classes based on where the top 5 achievers fm the P2 classes are streamed to. Later I learnt that for this year's P3, there are 4 classes with a mix of the top kids and the next tier, in each class. Hence, there is no 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th classes (unlike prior years) but a mix of HA kids in all 4 classes. For the rest of the 7 MA classes, I think they are allocated to classes based on their P2 results. Note that there are many kids I know who scored in the 80-90+ range in MA classes so they probably just missed the HA class requirement. There is basically no difference in P3 HA or MA classes except that the teachers probably teach at a faster pace in the HA classes and competition is very very firece!

[verykiasu2010]

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