2009 GEP Screening And Selection

[cchew]

karmeleon:

Full.Cream:

i) \"If you do not want to do HCL, do not go to Tao Nan, Nan Hua, Catholic High and Nanyang (those Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Schools which offer only Chinese Language as Mother Tongue).\"

Do you mean these schools only have HCL ONLY? No normal CL or ML?
:celebrate:

Wrong.

Even in SAP schools like Catholic High, you can opt to take Standard Chinese. Not all classes that HCL. Only 1 GEP class in CHS takes HCL.

Sorry, what i am refering to is that at P4 level, you have to do HCL at SAP school, but you would have a choice of NC or HCL at P5/P6.

This is what i gathered from my GEP leaflet at GEP invitation, may be it is outdated.

[vlim]

Full.Cream:

Are we talking about the same thing here?


i) \"If you do not want to do HCL, do not go to Tao Nan, Nan Hua, Catholic High and Nanyang (those Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Schools which offer only Chinese Language as Mother Tongue).\"

Do you mean these schools only have HCL ONLY? No normal CL or ML?

ii) So GEP can still take normal CL in some schools. Even this is different from the non-GEP (\"GEP CL\"). Ya?

iii) For some schools, they only offer 2 types of CL, HCL and normal. There is no GEP-CL specially for the GEP. Ya?

From what I gathered, acsp seemed to have only 2 types of CL in P4 coz there's where they are encouraged to mingle with the rest of the cohort. But in P5, I thought I heard comments that the normal CL for GEP is more difficult than the 'normal' CL, ie, there's a socalled GEP-CL. I never bothered to confirm this so wonder if someone can verify :oops:

So perhaps some kind soul can enlighten us on the above before we continue to hamtam each other :celebrate:

My son is in Rosyth p4 gep this year and all of them (chinese) have to take hcl and as you guys has mentioned earlier the gep hcl are more difficult then mainstream hcl in term of work sheet and exam..... so those whose chinese is not good will suffer ... My advise for those parents who are going to choose gep school for their children to check with the respective school whether they offer CL . If I am not wrong Rosyth use to off CL but this year all students has to take up HCL. :shock:

[vlim]

Full.Cream:

for those whose children will be going for the 2nd GEP screening, have u already made up your mind on which GEP school?


Don't shy! This is a KSP forum after all!!

Last year when my son got into 2nd round screening, my husband and I were quietly discussing which school we like him to go if he qualify for the gep. But when it come to the final decision when he was confirmed of getting into gep, our choice chance. Firstly we were concern about whether it is a mix or all boy school, secondly distance as they need to stay back at least once or twice a week for extra lesson and thirdly the school culture.... And last but not least we wanted to choice tns as our first choice but found out that as we stay a bit far from it their school bus don't service us???!!! :stupid: But so far we have no regret of putting my son at the current gep school ... it is nearer and he like and adore the form /english teacher. :love:

[david59]

Merlion:

david59, what you said here is correct. GEP students do not have to take HCL if they do not feel like it. BUT I think your student did not explain in details to you. For those who are taking HCL, their chinese test paper is not the same as the mainstream HCL.

Yup, you are right. Tougher than the normal HCL. In fact, all subjects are more difficult than the normal schools; and esp. for Maths and Science are a few notches up. So when it came to PSLE, it was just a piece of cake for him.
In fact, he is already offered a place to study in RI, Hwa Chong and NUS High. Others got stress whether can get to their dream school, he got stress which is the best choice to make. :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

[MdmKS]

watmekiasu:

No leh. Don't want to raise hopes. Realise that chances of being selected is not high for my dd. First there's the unspoken 1:3 girl:boy quota. Then dd's only an above average student, not like some of her super-duper smart whizz kid friends - they scare the pants off me with their 98% average in every single exam since P1.

Hard to say and you will never know ... in my school there were those who perceived as only above average in their academic performance, some even got filter out for P3 high-ability class at yr-end P2 screening, got selected. There were also those who perceived as super-duper and top top in their exam did not get in.

[vlim]

david59:

Merlion:

david59, what you said here is correct. GEP students do not have to take HCL if they do not feel like it. BUT I think your student did not explain in details to you. For those who are taking HCL, their chinese test paper is not the same as the mainstream HCL.

Yup, you are right. Tougher than the normal HCL. In fact, all subjects are more difficult than the normal schools; and esp. for Maths and Science are a few notches up. So when it came to PSLE, it was just a piece of cake for him.
In fact, he is already offered a place to study in RI, Hwa Chong and NUS High. Others got stress whether can get to their dream school, he got stress which is the best choice to make. :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

oh congratulations!!! Keep us update of where he goes .. I hope my son can go RI in future.. :celebrate:

[turquoise]

MdmKS:

watmekiasu:

No leh. Don't want to raise hopes. Realise that chances of being selected is not high for my dd. First there's the unspoken 1:3 girl:boy quota. Then dd's only an above average student, not like some of her super-duper smart whizz kid friends - they scare the pants off me with their 98% average in every single exam since P1.

Hard to say and you will never know ... in my school there were those who perceived as only above average in their academic performance, some even got filter out for P3 high-ability class at yr-end P2 screening, got selected. There were also those who perceived as super-duper and top top in their exam did not get in.

It's not surprising because in P1 & P2, and even in P3, so long as you are hardworking, even if you're not very smart, you can score very well during the exams.

On the other hand, someone with a high IQ may attain only average scores during the exams if that person doesn't bother to put in the effort to study for it. So this person will not have demonstrated his full ability.

The GEP test incorporates a general ability test and therefore students with higher IQs will score better. Your hardworking top student may not do as well because he may have an above average, but not high IQ.

[kittybank]

In fact, he is already offered a place to study in RI, Hwa Chong and NUS High. Others got stress whether can get to their dream school, he got stress which is the best choice to make. :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:[/quote]


So how are you or him going to decide which school he's going to?

[vlim]

p4 gep students just finished their exams .. my son found the science exam very difficult as some question were not taught at all... would like to have feedback from parents of current p4 gep students. He found the chinese compre very difficult too

[Rosie]

[quote]p4 gep students just finished their exams .. my son found the science exam very difficult as some question were not taught at all... would like to have feedback from parents of current p4 gep students. He found the chinese compre very difficult too [/quote]
My DD found the P4 GEP English, HML and Science papers manageable while Math was tough for her. She does not expect herself to meet the 70% passing mark for math. I told her if she has already done her best, then don't worry about the rest just relax and enjoy all the after-exam activities organised by her school. It has been a real challenging year for her...