2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Ms tay]

xiaozoo:

Ms tay:

[quote=\"xiaozoo\"]

Hi Ms tay, why you will choose bpgh instead of nanhua?

Heard that nanhua standard has dropped .
And bpgh is a band 1 sch

Thank u, Ms Tay, what about crescent girl compared to nanhua or bpgh?[/quote]Crescent girl as good as bpgh , for me I will choose girl sch instead .

[Paddy Field]

I m just tired of hearing him complaining of being bored. Only child so he wants me to play with him almost everyday. And I m going crazy with house packing (we just moved) n settling down aft my US trip. We will be out of Singapore again in dec … So need to plan for e trip etc. but e him bugging me, I can’t do much. Sigh!


Anyone has purchased RI uniforms?

[2ppaamm]

Paddy Field:

I m just tired of hearing him complaining of being bored. Only child so he wants me to play with him almost everyday. And I m going crazy with house packing (we just moved) n settling down aft my US trip. We will be out of Singapore again in dec .. So need to plan for e trip etc. but e him bugging me, I can't do much. Sigh!


Anyone has purchased RI uniforms?

Haha, you really crack me up! But I have to :udawoman: Be careful of secondary school years, I've seen too many RI boys burned out, even at Sec 1. Boys at that age can rebel and there's no way you can control him or manage him like in primary school. All the best in RI! You can get the uniforms now, but the badge is 'commissioned' after the orientation. I am not sure if they have changed the culture anyway.

[jtoh]

Paddy Field:

I m just tired of hearing him complaining of being bored. Only child so he wants me to play with him almost everyday. And I m going crazy with house packing (we just moved) n settling down aft my US trip. We will be out of Singapore again in dec .. So need to plan for e trip etc. but e him bugging me, I can't do much. Sigh!


Anyone has purchased RI uniforms?

How about letting him read the literature text? It's not like he's studying bec he'll be reading a novel.

[OrangeJuice]

Blur Dad:

OrangeJuice:

i was looking at S1 form, a bit confused on instruction re choice of 3rd language, can I put all choices from category 3 for eg. Japanese as 1st followed by German and French ? Or my 2nd and 3rd choice have to come from Category 1 and 2 ?


Thanks for helping !

To my understanding, the answer is no.

Jap, French and German are under the same cat. You can only choose one language from each cat.

Thanks Blur Dad,
u are rite. I sent in S1 form online this morning and the system does not accept all entries from a single category.

Orange Juice

[MandyMummy]

LangMum:

I need some advise here.


My DS is a gepper with score 258, with co into dhs, was rejected by hci.

If distance is just as far, should we stick with dhs or try to appeal into hci.

Ngbrdad mention that hci has a better branding. Is branding of a sch important? Does it affect the childs chances for scholarship in future if all things being the same?

Also program wise, which is more suitable and interesting for gepper?

Understand, hci is better in humanities, what about dhs?

Need all your expert advise. If u are in my position what will u do?

Hi, Langmum, I have pm you.

[MandyMummy]

Paddy Field:

I m just tired of hearing him complaining of being bored. Only child so he wants me to play with him almost everyday. And I m going crazy with house packing (we just moved) n settling down aft my US trip. We will be out of Singapore again in dec .. So need to plan for e trip etc. but e him bugging me, I can't do much. Sigh!


Anyone has purchased RI uniforms?

I bought liao. Hope my son don't get any fatter.
Shirt $11.20, Shorts $13.40.
Got 2 weeks to make exchanges. Tie buy from bookshop.

[2ppaamm]

jtoh:

Paddy Field:

I m just tired of hearing him complaining of being bored. Only child so he wants me to play with him almost everyday. And I m going crazy with house packing (we just moved) n settling down aft my US trip. We will be out of Singapore again in dec .. So need to plan for e trip etc. but e him bugging me, I can't do much. Sigh!


Anyone has purchased RI uniforms?

How about letting him read the literature text? It's not like he's studying bec he'll be reading a novel.

Or how about reading Times magazine, National Geographic. Trust me, these are more important, if you want your child to stand out among all the perfect scorers in a few years when he finish sec school. Think long term, we want our kids to be great thinkers, not bookworms.

[TwaTau]

Paddy Field:

I m just tired of hearing him complaining of being bored. Only child so he wants me to play with him almost everyday. And I m going crazy with house packing (we just moved) n settling down aft my US trip. We will be out of Singapore again in dec .. So need to plan for e trip etc. but e him bugging me, I can't do much. Sigh!


Anyone has purchased RI uniforms?

DS case is like yours, but at least he still has a mei mei to bug. But he still wants me to play with him as he find mei mei too easy to be annoyed or give up. DS is interested in science, and the secondary school section is where he usually end up when we are in bookstores. I know school text are boring and I really don't want him to burn out. So I buy him science books that are written in the fun way, such as those from \"Dummies\" series.

[OrangeJuice]

someone mentioned that in Yr 3 HCI, fees will increase.

is that true for all independent schools ? RGS ?
Sorry i am a bit blur, is the EESIS applicable for the full 6 yrs of study or does MOE review the child’s performance annually before deciding whether to continue to grant the scholarship ?
thank you !