All about Transferring to Other Primary Schools
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How about CCAs ? Do you think transfer for the sake of CCAs as the child like a particular CCA in the other school is worth the effort ??
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h530251:
How about CCAs ? Do you think transfer for the sake of CCAs as the child like a particular CCA in the other school is worth the effort ??
Unless the kid is a potential sch player n need the exposure that the transfer sch can provide, if not What if the preferred cca needs entry selection tests? -
My DD was transfer to another school P3 this year. If she stay on with the old school, she will be in the best class. But in this new school, no doubt her results can be in the best class too, the school can only put the transfred students in mix ability class. IT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE ! in term of teachers , quantity and quality of learning. THINK TWICE if your child is in good class, just stay put for P5P6 , where teachers really push these so call HA class for the school PSLE performance. Your child will gets better coaching and may be better result for PSLE compare to MIX Ability class in transfered school, he may feel demoralize .May be end up need more helps from private tutor to fill up thr gaps between the HA and MA class.
Thats what my DD feel now, she sometimes felt that the school treated them ( transfred students) so unfair and demoralize. What we can do now is work a lot more harder ourselves insteed of depends on school teachers. Wait for vacancy to promote, or else till p4 year end streaming. WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE, BUT IF YOUR DD IS PUT IN MA CLASS IN P5, ITS GOING TO STAY IN THE SAME CLASS THROUGHOUT P6. I should say NOT WORTH IT . -
Puzz...zzle:
Oh.. are you saying that the new school does not treat your DD good enough ? Any examples to list ? BTW, Pri 1 or 2 there is no best class right ?My DD was transfer to another school P3 this year. If she stay on with the old school, she will be in the best class. But in this new school, no doubt her results can be in the best class too, the school can only put the transfred students in mix ability class. IT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE ! in term of teachers , quantity and quality of learning. THINK TWICE if your child is in good class, just stay put for P5P6 , where teachers really push these so call HA class for the school PSLE performance. Your child will gets better coaching and may be better result for PSLE compare to MIX Ability class in transfered school, he may feel demoralize .May be end up need more helps from private tutor to fill up thr gaps between the HA and MA class.
Thats what my DD feel now, she sometimes felt that the school treated them ( transfred students) so unfair and demoralize. What we can do now is work a lot more harder ourselves insteed of depends on school teachers. Wait for vacancy to promote, or else till p4 year end streaming. WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE, BUT IF YOUR DD IS PUT IN MA CLASS IN P5, ITS GOING TO STAY IN THE SAME CLASS THROUGHOUT P6. I should say NOT WORTH IT . -
Exp :
Best class gets senior teachers/ HOD vs DD's class gets young teachers even needs to go for NIE trainning/ attend courses. So very often will see teacher on leave.
Best class gets more others exposure / technics on problem sums solving, vs
DD's class ONLY taught base on school My Pal Maths text Book + 5 problem sums a week, which is very little to handle sch exam questions which came out questions / solving technics that they never expose before. THEY HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT BUT TESTED ON THE SAME SET OF PAPER THAT GIVEN TO HA CLASSES.
DD no need tuitions in p1p2, now we had to get tuitions in order to learn what has miss out in school. :moneyflies:
School will send HA students for external competitions, exp SMOS, even they had not practising , teacher said let them gain experience. Vs my DD's class had not even asked / told about it, although my DD had been practising on MO, she missed the opportunity.
I find school has this mentality, if you are in MA class, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT. DON'T WASTE TIME. JUST LEARN WHATEVER IN TEXT BOOKS. -
Puzz...zzle:
Wa.. that sounds quite serious ... any idea how the other parents in your dd class feels about it or they just feel it is ok as their child are \" not so clever \" ?Exp :
Best class gets senior teachers/ HOD vs DD's class gets young teachers even needs to go for NIE trainning/ attend courses. So very often will see teacher on leave.
Best class gets more others exposure / technics on problem sums solving, vs
DD's class ONLY taught base on school My Pal Maths text Book + 5 problem sums a week, which is very little to handle sch exam questions which came out questions / solving technics that they never expose before. THEY HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT BUT TESTED ON THE SAME SET OF PAPER THAT GIVEN TO HA CLASSES.
DD no need tuitions in p1p2, now we had to get tuitions in order to learn what has miss out in school. :moneyflies:
School will send HA students for external competitions, exp SMOS, even they had not practising , teacher said let them gain experience. Vs my DD's class had not even asked / told about it, although my DD had been practising on MO, she missed the opportunity.
I find school has this mentality, if you are in MA class, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT. DON'T WASTE TIME. JUST LEARN WHATEVER IN TEXT BOOKS. -
50% of my DD class are transfred students. so there are 2 groups of different ability students in a class. One ~ HA students score band 1 results ( that was the requirement for intake ,90% and above) Another One~ low ability students score range 20% -60% ++
Teacher cannot teach fast/ more due to the wide gaps between the 2 groups.
1st group will find bored in class,things too easy, little HW. My DD ask for home school ,feel learn more at home, waste time in school. many times ask to stay at home. DD used to be aggressive , fast learning momentum in p1p2. Now everything take it slow and easy , which i worried. I feel that 1st group of parents don’t involve/ bother much in sch, but send their DDs to tuition classes even they are good. There is competition among the transfered students, fighting a place to HA class.
2nd group of students / parents complaint too much HW, children cannot complete Hw in times. Sometimes never do HW, sometimes never learn Spellings or TingXie, teacher got to postpone the test. That made 1st group of parents upset, because it delay the progress. Feel that 2nd group of parents very pampered their children.
So I had give up ! Told my DD, don’t depend on school, lets work hard ourselves. -
Puzz...zzle:
wow...school accepting up to 20+ transfer students...they must have alot of outgoing students too ba....50% of my DD class are transfred students. so there are 2 groups of different ability students in a class. One ~ HA students score band 1 results ( that was the requirement for intake ,90% and above) Another One~ low ability students score range 20% -60% ++
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yes...have to factor in the 'risk of potential top class student not getting into top class after transfer'.
those going transfer-route, have to ask yourself, if u know your kid will not get into HA class, will u still effect the transfer? it is a very tough decision to make. even for transfer students taking up vacancies left by out going P3-GEP-kids, it is up to the sch policy to fill in these gaps with their existing HA secondtop class students or let transfer students fill it in, or line up all the scores and reallocate (some schs stream every year while some stream every 2 years at end P2 and end P4 only). go and ask the school for advice on their policy before jumping ship.
as pointed out by other parents here, unless parents are looking at the preferred school offering ccas that your kid is already excelling in (ie benefit child), affiliation benefits(ie benefit child), priority registration for younger siblings (erm....and if u want to consider grandchildren's priority also hor :faint:...)(ie benefit parents and siblings), proximity(ie benefit all, although some kids don't mind the distance because they get chauffeured everyday)....these are 'solid' benefits that u stand to gain regardless of class allocation of your transferred kid, transferring at end of p4, at P5, there are possibilities that your kid may be allocated to and remain in MA class until psle. best to consult the kid's opinion on this too as they need to know what's coming up for them.
with so much considerations and uncertainties of decision to be made wrt to transferring of school, it is no wonder P1 registration is a very hot event every year.
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Failed ballot 2b for hws; but one point that principal shared was can try transfer on p3.
1.Wonder when can do that?
2. How to do that?
3.y there r more vacancies in p3 ?
4. We r not moving hs juz prefer sap school wth chinese culture/value. Can this be accepted?
Pls share, thx -
Learningparents:
Fill in a form to join their waitlist.Failed ballot 2b for hws; but one point that principal shared was can try transfer on p3.
1.Wonder when can do that?
2. How to do that?
3.y there r more vacancies in p3 ?
4. We r not moving hs juz prefer sap school wth chinese culture/value. Can this be accepted?
Pls share, thx
Email them half yearly to seek updates on vacancies n also update them of your child's achievement if any.
More vacancies in p3 could be cos p3 bigger class eg if intake 210 with 7 p1 class of 30, when go p3, class size increase to 40 per class, they can take in another 30 more students eg 6classesof40students.
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