Nan Chiau Primary
-
dombry:
According to my girl, it's not compulsory. Those who did not submit on last thurs will not be able to join the contest.Hi
Can i check with P1 parents re the colgate colouring contest? Is it a must to join the contest? -
Weemy:
My child also took the test but the paper is not returned yet. I feel that it is still too challenging for the P1s to be tested on composition writing so fast - just my opinion.
Agreed. I am quite shocked to hear they hv composition writing test on 2nd term. I tot this will be done fr P2 onwards. I hv asked my girl again regarding this test and she claimed that there are some helping words given so maybe it will not be that difficult for them. Anyway, my girl scored average on her composition worksheet and hence don't hv high hopes on her for scoring high mark. -
ectanz:
Yes, compo writing starts from P1 Term 2, same as last yr for my son. It should be reflected on the Term's Assessment Schedule, together with mastery tests and other assessments like Show & Tell, Reading etc. There is no marks but is based on rubrics system, same for Show & Tell, Reading, then convert to certain weightage of the percentage allocated for the term (e.g. 30% of the term's 25% etc).Weemy:
My child also took the test but the paper is not returned yet. I feel that it is still too challenging for the P1s to be tested on composition writing so fast - just my opinion.
Agreed. I am quite shocked to hear they hv composition writing test on 2nd term. I tot this will be done fr P2 onwards. I hv asked my girl again regarding this test and she claimed that there are some helping words given so maybe it will not be that difficult for them. Anyway, my girl scored average on her composition worksheet and hence don't hv high hopes on her for scoring high mark. -
ectanz:
Thanks...
According to my girl, it's not compulsory. Those who did not submit on last thurs will not be able to join the contest.dombry:
Hi
Can i check with P1 parents re the colgate colouring contest? Is it a must to join the contest? -
My son was among the few selected to go for the han yu ping yin class on a fixed day every week as he was very bad in that. And coincidentally, that day he was supposed to do his chinese spelling test, and he had to skip it. Anyway, I still teach he the words for his knowledge.
On that particular day weeks ago, he was asked to go back to his normal chinese lesson, he was ready for the spelling but he did not bring along the spelling book, as we knew that he was not taking the spelling on the day.
The chinese teacher told him that he cannot take the spelling as he did not bring the book, and he will get zero for that (This is what my son told me and I believe in him). I can imaging how hurting the child can be and it will definately affect his confidence in future, that night, I wrote to the teacher asking for the reason for the sudden change in schedule. She did not even reply me until my wife called her a few days later, then she told my wife that the other teacher was on MC and she had to take back the class.
I felt that the teacher was totally not flexible at all even if there’s a valid reason, she’s just so stiff that she sees the child never bring the book, he’ll be barred from taking the spelling, but she did not realise that the child was not informed on the schedule change, with the valid reason, the child will at least be given a piece of paper to do the spelling, now the situation is showing that the teacher’s MC, will be the child’s fault. -
Rodney Lee:
Really felt for u & ur son.My son was among the few selected to go for the han yu ping yin class on a fixed day every week as he was very bad in that. And coincidentally, that day he was supposed to do his chinese spelling test, and he had to skip it. Anyway, I still teach he the words for his knowledge.
On that particular day weeks ago, he was asked to go back to his normal chinese lesson, he was ready for the spelling but he did not bring along the spelling book, as we knew that he was not taking the spelling on the day.
The chinese teacher told him that he cannot take the spelling as he did not bring the book, and he will get zero for that (This is what my son told me and I believe in him). I can imaging how hurting the child can be and it will definately affect his confidence in future, that night, I wrote to the teacher asking for the reason for the sudden change in schedule. She did not even reply me until my wife called her a few days later, then she told my wife that the other teacher was on MC and she had to take back the class.
I felt that the teacher was totally not flexible at all even if there's a valid reason, she's just so stiff that she sees the child never bring the book, he'll be barred from taking the spelling, but she did not realise that the child was not informed on the schedule change, with the valid reason, the child will at least be given a piece of paper to do the spelling, now the situation is showing that the teacher's MC, will be the child's fault.
Putting aside the teacher's behaviour (at times we hv to pick our battles & think of our kids under their administration
), it would b good to feedback to the principal & question the rationale of scheduling hypy remedial class that clashes w tingxie everytime, if this is a long-term thing. Is tingxie unimportant for these affected kids? Ur feedback would also send a signal to the teacher not to \"play play\". :evil:
-
timtim:
Yes, compo writing starts from P1 Term 2, same as last yr for my son. It should be reflected on the Term's Assessment Schedule, together with mastery tests and other assessments like Show & Tell, Reading etc. There is no marks but is based on rubrics system, same for Show & Tell, Reading, then convert to certain weightage of the percentage allocated for the term (e.g. 30% of the term's 25% etc).[/quote]Hi Timtim, thks for yr info. I hv confirmed this with my girl's FT that they will be doing more comp writing n group writing after holiday. More tougher than the 1st n 2nd terms. So she was asking whether my girl attends any tuition regarding creative writing. I am searching for one but long waiting list.ectanz:
[quote=\"Weemy\"]My child also took the test but the paper is not returned yet. I feel that it is still too challenging for the P1s to be tested on composition writing so fast - just my opinion.
Agreed. I am quite shocked to hear they hv composition writing test on 2nd term. I tot this will be done fr P2 onwards. I hv asked my girl again regarding this test and she claimed that there are some helping words given so maybe it will not be that difficult for them. Anyway, my girl scored average on her composition worksheet and hence don't hv high hopes on her for scoring high mark.
How's abt Chinese compo writing? Will they start fr P1 onwards? Hopefully not otherwise I will be :faint: . -
ectanz:
Hi Timtim, thks for yr info. I hv confirmed this with my girl's FT that they will be doing more comp writing n group writing after holiday. More tougher than the 1st n 2nd terms. So she was asking whether my girl attends any tuition regarding creative writing. I am searching for one but long waiting list.timtim:
[quote=\"ectanz\"]Agreed. I am quite shocked to hear they hv composition writing test on 2nd term. I tot this will be done fr P2 onwards. I hv asked my girl again regarding this test and she claimed that there are some helping words given so maybe it will not be that difficult for them. Anyway, my girl scored average on her composition worksheet and hence don't hv high hopes on her for scoring high mark.
Yes, compo writing starts from P1 Term 2, same as last yr for my son. It should be reflected on the Term's Assessment Schedule, together with mastery tests and other assessments like Show & Tell, Reading etc. There is no marks but is based on rubrics system, same for Show & Tell, Reading, then convert to certain weightage of the percentage allocated for the term (e.g. 30% of the term's 25% etc).
How's abt Chinese compo writing? Will they start fr P1 onwards? Hopefully not otherwise I will be :faint: .[/quote]Last yr not so much writing, and we were complaining school didn't place enough attention to this area, but this yr seems tempo is higher, probably they suddenly see the \"need\" to let the students write more.
Don't worry about chinese writing. Until now in P2, they still have no compo writing and mastery test still no comprehension (not even MCQ type!). I would say the standard for chinese pretty low which I am quite surprised. Probably majority of students are still very weak in chinese so school has to slow down the pace. -
Yes, compo writing starts from P1 Term 2, same as last yr for my son. It should be reflected on the Term's Assessment Schedule, together with mastery tests and other assessments like Show & Tell, Reading etc. There is no marks but is based on rubrics system, same for Show & Tell, Reading, then convert to certain weightage of the percentage allocated for the term (e.g. 30% of the term's 25% etc).[/quote]
Hi Timtim, thks for yr info. I hv confirmed this with my girl's FT that they will be doing more comp writing n group writing after holiday. More tougher than the 1st n 2nd terms. So she was asking whether my girl attends any tuition regarding creative writing. I am searching for one but long waiting list.
How's abt Chinese compo writing? Will they start fr P1 onwards? Hopefully not otherwise I will be :faint: .[/quote]
Last yr not so much writing, and we were complaining school didn't place enough attention to this area, but this yr seems tempo is higher, probably they suddenly see the \"need\" to let the students write more.
Don't worry about chinese writing. Until now in P2, they still have no compo writing and mastery test still no comprehension (not even MCQ type!). I would say the standard for chinese pretty low which I am quite surprised. Probably majority of students are still very weak in chinese so school has to slow down the pace.[/quote]
slow down the pace?.. that is a good one.
P1 and 2 still in honeymoon, when you come to P3, u will be surprise of the jump and P4, you might faint... :slapshead:
with the recent SA1 exam, I can see that the school is trying to make the students really crack their brain and probably rising the school standard.
this is of course good but how much the teachers prepare the students?
this is a big question. At the end, some students get depress and disheartened when their results drop from 90+ to 80 or 70+.
it really depends on the teachers. How much effort they put in and want the students to achieve?
I have teachers who give out books for revision when the exam is the next day!!
parents, how do you find this SA1 exam for your kids? -
My son drops from band 1 to band 2 for his maths. Honestly, I went thru the maths paper. I think it has too many questions rather than difficult ones.
It is a wake up call for me that my son has pretty poor time management.
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login