Queenstown Primary

[glchua]

Bakugan:

:idea: I think it really reflects badly on the school when the Principal is the one \"undermining\" the contribution and efforts of his/her staff by telling the parents to hire their own tutors for their children. :x


Is he/she insinuating that the teachers are not capable of helping and guiding their students or he/she is not willing to help?

Either way, it speaks volume abt the Principal's management of the school itself :?

ps. I agree. Sleeping habits are vital...

I think it got something to do with the parents that send the kids to the top school. Most would be more \"keen\" (understatement maybe) for their kids to do well. Hence, they are probably more likely and can afford to send their kids to grilling centres. When it becomes a norm for most of the kids in these schools, the school actually don't need to do much.

My boss's son was also in another top school. Same situation and he did quite badly and quite demoralised.

Entry into \"top\" schools are not based on student's abilities, but rather, the parents \"abilities\". So I always felt these schools are over-rated.

[glchua]

Did any one went to the QtPS swimming carnival last Saturday? I thought it was rather nice. I also got to see the new Principal and vice-Principal for the first time.


I gotta say, QtPS is very fortunate to have these current leaders.

[mjl]

I didn’t go to the swimming carnival.


It is true that it can be demoralising for an avg or slightly above avg student to be in top schools. However, there are students who will be spurred to work harder around their high ability friends.

It is also true that kiasu/rich parents who send their kids for endless enrichment classes are more likely to produce students who do better academically. I just hope school teachers are not shirking their responsibilities, as it is all too common for them to recommend weaker students to engage private tutors. The tuition industry is booming and I feel it is rather unhealthy! All because our society put too much emphasis on academic success rather than creativity and social values :x

[spiderplant]

I’m amazed… my daughter graduated from QPS in 2003. In her year, only two girls went to RGS, one to NYGH, and about two to River Valley. There were very few top scorers. It’s really good that their results have improved tremendously.

[mjl]

The results are about there every year … not really tremendous improvement like you mentioned, but good enough for a typical neighbourhood school.


Top PSLE score in Queenstown Primary for past few years:
2005-268/9, 2006-269, 2007-275, 2008-267, 2009-270

Every year quite a number (I think 5-10) would enter top schools like RGS/RI/HCI/NYGH, some others would choose DHS, RV, NJC and Crescent even though their PSLE scores were higher than the COP of the so-called 4 top schools.

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I am new to this …my son will be joining QTPS next year. We only found out that Mrs Kumar is retiring during the P1 Orientation. We find her to be very caring towards the students … hope that Mrs Chua will maintain the similar culture.

[mjl]

hi HY, welcome to the Queenstown family!


On the last day of school, there was a special tribute paid to Mrs Kumar - a group teachers sang songs dedicated to her and many teachers, office staff and students queued up to hug her and gave her a flower. It was a touching moment, many teachers and parents could be seen tearing.

I think Mrs Grace Chua was VP from Kuo Chuan Presbytarian Sec, I do not know her style yet.

It is more important to have caring teachers. In QtPS, the lower primary teachers are usually the most caring and patient teachers in the school. Your son should be in good hands!

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Thanks mjl! Do you know what kind of food (and how much?) is being offered at the school tuckshop? Still struggling with the appropriate allowance to give my son and I am worried that he may use the allowance on unnecessary stationary or junk food.

[mjl]

HY:

Thanks mjl! Do you know what kind of food (and how much?) is being offered at the school tuckshop? Still struggling with the appropriate allowance to give my son and I am worried that he may use the allowance on unnecessary stationary or junk food.

hi HY, the kind of food available in the stalls - noodles, roti prata, muslim food, chinese food, chicken rice, fried rice, etc. I pack lunch box for my girl, simple food like 2 slices of bread with nutella, or cereals (without milk), biscuits, cakes etc that she would eat during recess. She will also eat something (usually cereals with milk, bread or cakes) in the morning, before leaving for school. If she needs to stay back, then she will buy chicken rice (60 cts) from the canteen for lunch. The food is cheap, about 60 cts for the food that I mentioned above. She does not buy any drink as she drinks plain water from her water bottle. She has a small purse with about $1-$2 worth of coins, which I would top up whenever she has left with less than 60 cts. She does not buy unnecessary stationary or junk food, but I know some of her friends are doing that.

If you are giving your son a fixed daily allowance, I think $1 is more than enough. When my elder daughter was in QtPS, I gave her $1 a day when she was in P5-P6, 60 cts in P1-P4. She managed to save quite a lot each month as she did not spend the money on unnecessary items.

[hsukhor.011800gmail.011800com]

Thanks so much for the info ... we'll probably start with zero allowance in the first couple of weeks! My son still can't handle money well. 2 more days to D-day .... :shock: