West Grove Primary

[Giggler1]

Hi mother777, which class is your dd in? How’s the PAL trip yday? My gal very excited and told me that she learnt lots of new things from the musuem.


Hi JR, thanks for your posting. I checked my gal’s bag and saw the alt assessment memo. I got no clue on what’s Authenticity assessement for Math and Web Art for Chinese too. Maybe can email the Maths HOD, Mr Chong to check? I find him very helpful.

[mother777]

Hi Giggler1,


The PAL trip was good.
All the kids were so excited to go there.

Saw many types of mushrooms and how they are grown. The farm even fried up some mushrooms for us to taste. Kids were all eating them with so much eagerness…at home my DD will just shy away from veggies…sigh…

Kids were also able to buy shitake and other types of mushrooms from the farm. I bought a packet of fresh shitake and 1 pack of mushroom floss (vegetarian stuff…but taste very good)…

I going to try it with porridge this weekend…am sure your DD would have enjoyed the museum trip.

I got to know tht kids are actually trying to grow mushrooms as part of PAL education in school. sounds good. My dd told that she learnt that mushroom is not a plant and it is a scavenger which feeds on rotten things… This is good I feel… she is learning basics of science. Will be useful for next year… ha ha ha…

[kohbee2.06303gmail.06303com]

The following is some info I found out for the Chinese alternative assessment for P2:


1)"For Oral AA part 2 Role Play, the teacher will create a life scenario such as buying something from the bookstore, ask for directions, or to ask for help to look for a specific book in the library for example. Then, the teacher will assume the role of the seller or the librarian. Props such as money made of cardboard and some stationary will also be provided. There is a "task" that the pupil need to accomplish by communicating with the teacher. For example, he/she has to successfully buy 5 erasers. 2 mechanical pencils and 1 ruler, ask for the total amount and pay for it. So through this, we will assess if they pupil have the ability to express his/her needs in real life scenarios, do they know how to say pencils, erasers in mandarin etc."

According to the teacher the students will have chance to practice in class before the assesssment.

2) As for web art, the student will be using the paint programme to draw a picture of a house, or their dream house. After which, they will add the picture into a PowerPoint and add some description to the PowerPoint. The drawing and typing need to be finished in class. The teacher has already taught them how to use the paint programme and asked them to do a draft of what they want to type on paper first before going to the computer lab to finish the project.

For authencity assessment for Maths, the student will be tasked to do measurement in real life situation like taking the measurement of the table etc.

[mother777]

thank you JR for sharing the information with us.

I will try to check with my DD1 if the teacher has told her about these tests.

[Giggler1]

JR, thanks alot for sharing all these info!


My gal completed the maths authencity tests on length but haven done on weight.

For the chinese tests, I didnt hear anything from her.

[ABEASH]

hi

anybody know based on what criteria they band children in p3…actually my girl will be missing a weekz class ofcourse topical tests and spelling.she is in p1 now.will it affect her.?anybody know abt this pls rep me as soon as possible.

[mother777]

ABEASH:

hi

anybody know based on what criteria they band children in p3..actually my girl will be missing a weekz class ofcourse topical tests and spelling.she is in p1 now.will it affect her.?anybody know abt this pls rep me as soon as possible.

hi,

if your daughter is in P1 now, then you need not worry. Only P2 marks are considered for banding in P3.

[ABEASH]

hi mother 777,

thank u so much.i am much relieved now.

[kohbee2.06303gmail.06303com]

mother777:

thank you JR for sharing the information with us.

I will try to check with my DD1 if the teacher has told her about these tests.

The info that I got is from the Chinese teacher's email reply. She has already started getting the children to prepare for the Web Art which according to the schedule issued by the school will be in Week 9.
As for the Role Play it will be in Week 6 which I understand will be conducted over a few days just like the normal Oral & Picture Discussion assessment.

[Giggler1]

JR, may I know what class is your kid in?