Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]

[Choco05]

OrangeJuice:

hello everyone,


understand from DD that they are learning abt integers in class for math and that she is going to have a test on non-routine math questions in 5th week. Today, she came back with Math worksheet that covers combination and permutation among other topics. Appears to be coverage of math is wide and teacher in class may not cover topics in details. Now DH is her \"tutor\" for the time being...

I was wondering if the senior girls in this forum could advise whether there are any books/assessment books that DD can use as reference on her own ?

Thanks again for any advice

oh oh non-routine math is not worth studying.

Anyone wants a scanned copy of last year's questions?(i bet some of you do:P)

[OrangeJuice]

Choco05:

OrangeJuice:

hello everyone,


understand from DD that they are learning abt integers in class for math and that she is going to have a test on non-routine math questions in 5th week. Today, she came back with Math worksheet that covers combination and permutation among other topics. Appears to be coverage of math is wide and teacher in class may not cover topics in details. Now DH is her \"tutor\" for the time being...

I was wondering if the senior girls in this forum could advise whether there are any books/assessment books that DD can use as reference on her own ?

Thanks again for any advice

oh oh non-routine math is not worth studying.

Anyone wants a scanned copy of last year's questions?(i bet some of you do:P)

Thanks choco05, DD was given a copy of last yr's questions by her math teacher.

Not worth studying ? Meaning no need to worry too much ???
Just curious, how do you and your peers prepare/study for Math tests/assessment at RGS ?

[Choco05]

OrangeJuice:

Choco05:

[quote=\"OrangeJuice\"]hello everyone,


understand from DD that they are learning abt integers in class for math and that she is going to have a test on non-routine math questions in 5th week. Today, she came back with Math worksheet that covers combination and permutation among other topics. Appears to be coverage of math is wide and teacher in class may not cover topics in details. Now DH is her \"tutor\" for the time being...

I was wondering if the senior girls in this forum could advise whether there are any books/assessment books that DD can use as reference on her own ?

Thanks again for any advice

oh oh non-routine math is not worth studying.

Anyone wants a scanned copy of last year's questions?(i bet some of you do:P)

Thanks choco05, DD was given a copy of last yr's questions by her math teacher.

Not worth studying ? Meaning no need to worry too much ???
Just curious, how do you and your peers prepare/study for Math tests/assessment at RGS ?[/quote]because math non-routine problem solving is well, non routine, so it's more or less logic. Can't exactly study to be logical. yes and most of us score well on it.

I just go through whatever i did wrongly before, or revise some old topics and things like that.

I personally find Real Numbers the hardest topic. Ugh. Haha i forgot everything about real number systems already. Oops.... :nailbite:

[OrangeJuice]

Choco05:

because math non-routine problem solving is well, non routine, so it's more or less logic. Can't exactly study to be logical. yes and most of us score well on it.

I just go through whatever i did wrongly before, or revise some old topics and things like that.

I personally find Real Numbers the hardest topic. Ugh. Haha i forgot everything about real number systems already. Oops.... :nailbite:

I see...so I suppose the teacher will give out worksheets on a regular basis for practise ? Sorry to ask so many questions cos DD seemed to be struggling on some of the questions on worksheets. Hopefully she will get the hang of it and do better with time Thanks !

[fix_you]

OrangeJuice:

hello everyone,


understand from DD that they are learning abt integers in class for math and that she is going to have a test on non-routine math questions in 5th week. Today, she came back with Math worksheet that covers combination and permutation among other topics. Appears to be coverage of math is wide and teacher in class may not cover topics in details. Now DH is her \"tutor\" for the time being...

I was wondering if the senior girls in this forum could advise whether there are any books/assessment books that DD can use as reference on her own ?

Thanks again for any advice

actually non-routine is a lot about on the spot thinking and using logical deductions- and there isn't a fixed way of studying for it. to be very honest, it just depends if you are able to see the permutation there and then, but then the teachers will make it do-able. I have this classmate whose math is really really good. like 39/40 that type. but she got 0 for non-routine so yea

your DD is year 1 right? year 1 math coverage is rather limited in the sense that a lot of things are linked like after learning algebra you learn how to draw graphs and etc (if I remember correctly- sorry I was year 1 quite awhile back).

hmm and with regards to what friendship said about the lab technicians- I don't think its very nice that you say \"thought the chem lab is suppose to provide and what is the lab assistant doing the whole day? washing and cleaning laboratories apparatus is part of her/his job scope.\" because while it is part of the jobscope, this is about contamination of lab apparatus which is unavoidable considering how we do our practical (hehe :P) and yea actually I'm very grateful for the lab technicians- they help a lot during like all our weird projects (especially Year 2- SIP, CSI) and cleaning laboratory apparatus is actually something we ALL do at the end of practicals because it isn't very fair to leave your mess for others to clean up (?)

yep thats all hehe. oh and with regards to my previous post about banding and all I forgot to include that like actually when you get to Year 4 you do get banded- one of the most obvious ones is Chinese, where you hear everyone talking about which \"ban\" they are in (there are 3- A, B and C) and there are others that are a bit weirder (?) too. like haha my class is banded for physics, and I hear of other classes banded for Chemistry and all hmm so justsaying.

hope everyone's having fun in RGS

[OrangeJuice]

fix_you:

actually non-routine is a lot about on the spot thinking and using logical deductions- and there isn't a fixed way of studying for it. to be very honest, it just depends if you are able to see the permutation there and then, but then the teachers will make it do-able. I have this classmate whose math is really really good. like 39/40 that type. but she got 0 for non-routine so yea


your DD is year 1 right? year 1 math coverage is rather limited in the sense that a lot of things are linked like after learning algebra you learn how to draw graphs and etc (if I remember correctly- sorry I was year 1 quite awhile back).

hmm and with regards to what friendship said about the lab technicians- I don't think its very nice that you say \"thought the chem lab is suppose to provide and what is the lab assistant doing the whole day? washing and cleaning laboratories apparatus is part of her/his job scope.\" because while it is part of the jobscope, this is about contamination of lab apparatus which is unavoidable considering how we do our practical (hehe :P) and yea actually I'm very grateful for the lab technicians- they help a lot during like all our weird projects (especially Year 2- SIP, CSI) and cleaning laboratory apparatus is actually something we ALL do at the end of practicals because it isn't very fair to leave your mess for others to clean up (?)

yep thats all hehe. oh and with regards to my previous post about banding and all I forgot to include that like actually when you get to Year 4 you do get banded- one of the most obvious ones is Chinese, where you hear everyone talking about which \"ban\" they are in (there are 3- A, B and C) and there are others that are a bit weirder (?) too. like haha my class is banded for physics, and I hear of other classes banded for Chemistry and all hmm so justsaying.

hope everyone's having fun in RGS

Hi fix_you, thanks for info. It is \"comforting\" that your classmate scored 0 even though she is good in math, i guess it just takes some adjusting, guess I shouldn't be unduly worried, well my DD isn't ...and she is enjoying school v much, I can tell by her happy moods when she is going to/coming home from school and she is always chatting to me and her dad abt what happened at school

[Choco05]

OrangeJuice:

Choco05:

because math non-routine problem solving is well, non routine, so it's more or less logic. Can't exactly study to be logical. yes and most of us score well on it.

I just go through whatever i did wrongly before, or revise some old topics and things like that.

I personally find Real Numbers the hardest topic. Ugh. Haha i forgot everything about real number systems already. Oops.... :nailbite:

I see...so I suppose the teacher will give out worksheets on a regular basis for practise ? Sorry to ask so many questions cos DD seemed to be struggling on some of the questions on worksheets. Hopefully she will get the hang of it and do better with time Thanks !

Does she have the math file contents page for unit 1? If she does, whatever is listed up there, is all that you'll be getting for the unit:/ Might not be enough, but for every unit, it's like that. You can get only 2 worksheets for 1 unit even.

[OrangeJuice]

Choco05:

OrangeJuice:

[quote=\"Choco05\"]

because math non-routine problem solving is well, non routine, so it's more or less logic. Can't exactly study to be logical. yes and most of us score well on it.

I just go through whatever i did wrongly before, or revise some old topics and things like that.

I personally find Real Numbers the hardest topic. Ugh. Haha i forgot everything about real number systems already. Oops.... :nailbite:

I see...so I suppose the teacher will give out worksheets on a regular basis for practise ? Sorry to ask so many questions cos DD seemed to be struggling on some of the questions on worksheets. Hopefully she will get the hang of it and do better with time Thanks !

Does she have the math file contents page for unit 1? If she does, whatever is listed up there, is all that you'll be getting for the unit:/ Might not be enough, but for every unit, it's like that. You can get only 2 worksheets for 1 unit even.[/quote]thank you thank you...to all of you for your help/info/advice, really appreciate everyone chipping in with all the information. thanks for being patient with me too

[Tinkerbelle]

MummySTay:

The list of year 1 students selected for Math Olympiad training is out.

A total of 36 students altogether and equally represented by both the GEPper and non-GEPper classes. In fact, the most number of representatives comes from 108.

This ought to put to rest some parents' fears that only certain classes are given opportunities to shine. The truth is the opportunities are there, but then again, there are talents everywhere. So not being selected does not equate to no opportunities being provided.

Congratulations to the 36 girls and hope you do the school, your parents and yourselves proud!

Yes, congratulations to all the gals selected for Math Olympiad training. :rahrah:

MummySTay, is your DD one of these gals?

[Tinkerbelle]

dawnpingpong:

Anyway just want to ask where can you find the results of the CCA trials? Hehe I'm interested to see, but then apparently no one knows where it is (at least from my batch)

So far, only results for English Drama is posted on inet under 'Yr 1 2012' link. No news from the other CCA.
DD mentioned CCA results will be known on Monday. :xedfingers: