2009 GEP Screening And Selection
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:celebrate: Congrates! Pinkgorilla and ur dd for getting through GEP. I'm anxiously awaiting for my girl's result, should be out today as it was school marking day yesterday.
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pinkgorilla:
If you are wavering, the talk will probably convince you to join GEP. Go with an open mind, ask lots of questions, speak to the schools which will all have representatives there, and attend the Open Houses.Sorry, my 'today' refers to Thu. I posted past midnight so it's Fri already.
There is a brochure from Tao Nan Pri about their BICEP program. It's something about Bi-cultural Chinese something something. Haven't read the package in detail because I'm very tired. Does any parents from Tao Nan know anything about this program? Is it tough, interesting? That school seem to want to recruit the GEP kids for the program. They mention assessment test is on 26DEC.
We're undecided whether to let dd join program. It seems so tough. She's happy with the ways things are now. As for enrichment, she has her challenges in arts and music which she enjoys very very much. Thank goodness we have until 16 NOV to decide...
School hours are very long in P4 GEP. I remember my dd staying back 4 times a week then for GEP classes and CCA. But the GEP programme is very interesting and intellectually stimulating, and the pedagogy appeals to the kids. My dd will tell you it's really fun.
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kiasimom:
I'll be even more calm next year :lol: I promise. The excitement may come in year 2013 for my No.3 - if there's till the GEP thingy! :lol:Hi puffer,
You will go through this GEP thingy again next year since you have another child who is going to P3 next year
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Hi,
My dd has also been offered. She just called me from school. Now, we have to seriously think about whether to join or not.
She's doing competitive swimming which trains minimum 3 times a week and her coach has already \"advised\" them not to go into gep during the selection test.
On top of that, I am a FTWM and have a son doing PSLE next year and a baby to tend to. I'm more worried about myself and fear for my sanity. I read about the amount of parental involvement needed and that scares me! Just coaching the kids for SA2, especially my son, has already taken years off me and given me lots of white hair
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Congrats, musette!! :congrats:
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musette:
Parental involvement doesn't have to be extensive. I, for one, left my daughter to do all her own assignments, projects, revisions etc throughout her 3 years in GEP. I think it's the kiasu parents who feel they need to help their kids with their projects etc. If parents get too involved in the schoolwork, the child will not learn as much and that defeats the purpose of being in GEP. And at the end of the day, will the child be proud to call her assignment/book review/project her own? Or was it Mummy's?Hi,
My dd has also been offered. She just called me from school. Now, we have to seriously think about whether to join or not.
She's doing competitive swimming which trains minimum 3 times a week and her coach has already \"advised\" them not to go into gep during the selection test.
On top of that, I am a FTWM and have a son doing PSLE next year and a baby to tend to. I'm more worried about myself and fear for my sanity. I read about the amount of parental involvement needed and that scares me! Just coaching the kids for SA2, especially my son, has already taken years off me and given me lots of white hair
Having said that, parents must be on hand to offer moral support, to give them a listening ear when things get too tough. In short, be a parent. -
:congrats: :congrats: musette and ur dd.
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:congrats: to all who made it!
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I totally agreed with turquoise. My son is in P5 GEP and he would do and completed his homework / project by himself. He is always in bed before 9pm as he had to wake up early to catch the school bus. Some of his classmates parent that I talked to also find that they are too relax and not much homeworks other than the project. So no worry she will be able to manage on her own.
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musette:
I can feel the strain you are subjected to.Hi,
My dd has also been offered. She just called me from school. Now, we have to seriously think about whether to join or not.
She's doing competitive swimming which trains minimum 3 times a week and her coach has already \"advised\" them not to go into gep during the selection test.
On top of that, I am a FTWM and have a son doing PSLE next year and a baby to tend to. I'm more worried about myself and fear for my sanity. I read about the amount of parental involvement needed and that scares me! Just coaching the kids for SA2, especially my son, has already taken years off me and given me lots of white hair
How about leaving the coaching of your son to a tutor?
How does your daughter feel about it? Is there any way that she can get more first hand info so that she can decide?
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