GEP 2012 - Screening & Selection

[JAR]

Ragamuffin shinobi:

JAR:

[quote=\"PiggyLalala\"]Anyone back fr the briefing today? Any latest news to share?

Glad that we went for the briefing. DS is convinced that GEP curriculum is something he would like to try, he thinks the student briefing is great and he actually enjoyed the session. From not wanting to go to he is definitely going for it.

For the benefit of other who might want to know, this year out of 4000 who cleared first round, 557 made it to GEP, of which 325 are boys and 232 girls.

School posting result out on 26th Nov.

Hi JAR, I went for the briefing this morning and just realise that although I know the posting will be on 26th nov, I don't really recall how they said they would inform us... :oops: did you or any other parent happen to catch that?[/quote]They did not really say how during the briefing. From past year, think they send it to your home address.

[marcolisa]

Ragamuffin shinobi:

JAR:

[quote=\"PiggyLalala\"]Anyone back fr the briefing today? Any latest news to share?

Glad that we went for the briefing. DS is convinced that GEP curriculum is something he would like to try, he thinks the student briefing is great and he actually enjoyed the session. From not wanting to go to he is definitely going for it.

For the benefit of other who might want to know, this year out of 4000 who cleared first round, 557 made it to GEP, of which 325 are boys and 232 girls.

School posting result out on 26th Nov.

Hi JAR, I went for the briefing this morning and just realise that although I know the posting will be on 26th nov, I don't really recall how they said they would inform us... :oops: did you or any other parent happen to catch that?[/quote]
When I submit the form jus now after the briefing, the staff tell me to check the address on the form if it is correct, they will post the result to us to this address.

[Melodies]

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[teddy]

You would rather to believe gep kids can't do the difficult questions than the easier questions! :evil:


I kapohed and gathered from some gep kids after the psle la....

ss501:

teddy:

...Please do not think that psle exams is all about the drilling. The fact is many gep kids can't answer those psle questions are those high order thinking questions which mainstreamers obviously find difficult to answer.
So, don't say gep kids are not expected to do well. They have all it takes to do well in psle than mainstreamers :please:

I wonder where you derived that \"fact\" from? How do you know that gep kids can't answer those PSLE questions? No offense, but are you a PSLE marker?

[laikiasu]

Any thoughts about GEP at ACS, anyone?

[PiggyLalala]

laikiasu:

Any thoughts about GEP at ACS, anyone?

Refer to the link below.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4460&start=230

There is also some discussion in the acs primary sch thread.

[porcupine12trade]

laikiasu:

Any thoughts about GEP at ACS, anyone?

Hb and I like the ACS principal. We nearly asked if they would take our little girl

We visited nhps, nyps, hpps, rgps booths. Still unsure which to put as 1st choice, hpps or nyps, though nyps is nearest. My own opinion, I feel the children are most happy and humorous at hpps out of the ones we visited.

[Lock]

We have made our choice, submitted the form and now all we can do is wait for the posting.

[porcupine12trade]

Lock:

We have made our choice, submitted the form and now all we can do is wait for the posting.

Hi Lock,

Is it ok to share your choice and how did you arrive at the choice, thank you.

[meekopeeko]

Interestingly, spoke to a few teachers at the booths and all of them emphasized that our GE kids will be prepared adequately for PSLE.


Of course expectations can be different. What the teachers mean by being prepared may not be good enough for some of the parents and busybodies here.

Now I really understand what our kids are robbed of. LEARNING JOURNEY. It’s not just the GE kids, it’s also the same for mainstreamers taking PSLE. When we adults say we want to protect the children’s childhood, it should include the space for children to explore, learn and grow freely.

Being brilliant at P3 whether in GEP or mainstream does not mean that the same child will do fantastic at P6. Or at sec 4. Or jc2. Or uni. I don’t think parents ought to be over-confident about the prospects of a child regardless of the programme he enrols into, because there are many challenges yet to be overcome. It’s probably not wise to make decisions based on pigeon-holes.