St Andrew's Junior

[snoopy]

My boy will also be joining the sch nxt yr. Thought the misc fees are standardised across the schs…

[LindaYong]

Hi,

I just join this group. My son is in P3 this year. You pay the same misc fees as any other Primary school.
Do encourage your son on his Chinese, somehow children in this school don’t like Chinese.

[ChiefKiasu]

LindaYong:

Hi,

I just join this group. My son is in P3 this year. You pay the same misc fees as any other Primary school.
Do encourage your son on his Chinese, somehow children in this school don't like Chinese.

Ah... the mystery of my Chinese handicap is finally solved!

[LindaYong]

Learning Chinese now.

[Stressed-Father]

my elder son will be in P2 next year. SAJS has a mixed group of students from different races, which i think contributed to their relatively lower standard of chinese. My son told me he hardly speaks chinese in school, other than during Chinese lessons !! Most of them (if not all) communicate in English. A lot of them face problems in their chinese oral exam. I tried talking to him in Chinese at home, but he always replies in English ! I have surrendered liow …

[Happygolucky]

But many schools have a lot of students who can converse better in English too but results for Chinese not as 'bad'. Wonder if it's because the school is not putting enough effort or most parents there think that it's ok not to do well in Chinese,because (their fathers from the same school) also did not do well in the subject. Just afraid that if the teachers in the school or parents, like Stressed-Father, surrendered, how is the school able to raise standard of chinese in the school. ''

[Stressed-Father]

Dear HappygoLucky,


During the P1 parents-meet-the-principal session early this year, the principal acknowledged that Chinese language has been a problem for the school. Looking at their past few years PSLE results, the performance for both A/A* and passes were well below the national average. Based on these results, may I suggest that we, the parents put more pressures on the school & the principal to improve on this during the next PMTP session ? SAJS should at least meet the national average standard right !!

For reference : SAJS’ PSLE CL performance

Year (SAJS/AA*) National (SAJS/Pass) National
2009 (57.7%) 81.1% (93.0%) 97.4%
2008 (50.8%) 81.4% (95.3%) 98.1%
2006 (50.0%) 81.0% (93.3%) 97.9%

Thanks.

[moo8787]

Hi Sweetheart, did ur son attend Pre-P1 enrichment class?

[ooptimizer]

Stressed-Father:

Dear HappygoLucky,


During the P1 parents-meet-the-principal session early this year, the principal acknowledged that Chinese language has been a problem for the school. Looking at their past few years PSLE results, the performance for both A/A* and passes were well below the national average. Based on these results, may I suggest that we, the parents put more pressures on the school & the principal to improve on this during the next PMTP session ? SAJS should at least meet the national average standard right !!

For reference : SAJS' PSLE CL performance

Year (SAJS/AA*) National (SAJS/Pass) National
2009 (57.7%) 81.1% (93.0%) 97.4%
2008 (50.8%) 81.4% (95.3%) 98.1%
2006 (50.0%) 81.0% (93.3%) 97.9%

Thanks.

This same problem happens in other \"English speaking\" schools like ACS.

[northviewsq]

My son just graduated from SAJS. Even though he was in a mixed-ability class, he had very caring and responsible teachers, who motivated him to excel. The principal of St Andrew’s is very capable lady - she impressed me with her people skills and management skills. I trust that she is doing her best to raise the MT levels in the school. So, please let the professionals do their job. ( and not increase their stress level unnecessarily).