Maris Stella High

[ninenine]

So sad to hear stories like this… but their exam papers are selling outside the school too right?


Cherry c, did your boy did well last year? i guess that is the reason why their standard has dropped so much but afterall are they better than neighbourhood schools? They are actually SAP school which is suppose to be better schools.

[cherryc]

Didn’t make it back to MSHS and now in neighbourhood school in express course. His PSLE was 2 years ago. I felt bad for those boys who got well below 200 points cos I knew these boys from young and believe they are capable of better results. The class was big, 40 boys with teacher screaming all the time . As you know by now, his ex principal and ex- vice principal were in newspaper for the wrong reason so I thought he definitely had experienced more things in his pri sch than others !!

[flametree]

i have 3 sons. 2 graduated from maris in year 2006 and 2010. my youngest is p3 this year. The PSLE prep experience that my elder 2 boys received was very different from what was described in the earlier 2 posts.


With the youngest in p3 now, I felt that the standard has gone up a lot compared to years ago.

I guess my boys were lucky to have their commited teachers.

hope this helps.

[cherryc]

That’s great to hear as despite my Grievances , my younger son is going p1 next year. I think our elder sons are in the same batch and I think the top score was below 265 and only 1 person got above 260?


Anyway, it is in the past , I hope the current principal and teachers will restore MSHS to its former glory .

[ninenine]

so cherryc your boy is going to P1 of MSHS next yr? if yes, it would be the same as my boy.

[cherryc]

Yup! No idea how to get into other schools!

[barbie88]

flametree:

i have 3 sons. 2 graduated from maris in year 2006 and 2010. my youngest is p3 this year. The PSLE prep experience that my elder 2 boys received was very different from what was described in the earlier 2 posts.


With the youngest in p3 now, I felt that the standard has gone up a lot compared to years ago.

I guess my boys were lucky to have their commited teachers.

hope this helps.

I guess the

Agree, teachers make the world of difference. Just thought that most schools would give the best and most committed teachers to the P6 classes.

[cherrygal]

Thanks to the P6 mums who shared their experiences. This has opened our eyes to the varying standards of different teachers. I also noticed in the school yearbook that there is always a class in upper primary that only has less than 15 students or so. Is this the supposed "worst" class? I understand that they start streaming the kids after P4 or P5.


I am really quite worried now as DS is not the hardworking sort and I would hate to have to place him in a tuition class for every subject.

[cherrygal]

I also agree that MSHS standard is unpredictable. I had a cousin who came from MSHS and for his O level prelims, he scored ten points and happily went to Temasek JC. After the results were out, he had to go to a much lesser JC. This happened to many other MSHS boys that year. Apparently their teachers spotted the wrong questions…


Dunno lah, just pray that our kids will get the better teachers and have more personal drive…

[SPIES]

Namie:

For parents with children in P2.


In Chinese Spelling involving dual-character words, how many marks are deducted when 1 character is wrong?

dual-character words, 1character wrong deduct 10 marks.

Sentences, 1 character 2 marks.