Pei Chun Public

[bridesep]

LollipoppyS:

Callie Tan:

[quote=\"belly\"]Callie


I noticed you posted a lot of negative comments about the school. If you are so dissatisfied with the school, who not transfer your child out?

Why stay and be miserable?

Are my comments negative? I don't think so... if by stating the facts means I am negative and dissatisfied about the school, I think you are being too judgemental.

Btw, we (my girl and myself) are not miserable at all in PCPS and we are defintely staying till she graduates at P6.

I have been reading this thread silently for a long time. Mainly because I have plans to put my little one in pcps and hope to find out more.
While Callie's comments don't sing praises, she has just been sharing her experiences. I don't specifically recall her postings to be putting down pcps.

Even if callie is really unhappy with pcps, To suggest pulling a kid out simply because of unhappiness felt by a parent is unwise. To stay or go, should be assessed from the child's perspective and for the benefit of the child.

I do not know Callie personally nor am I Callie's proxy. sort of \"followed\" her journey from the point her girl was accepted at pcps, to this day. Hence, I am speaking from my opinion formed from her posts.[/quote]I agree that Callie's views are not negative nor thumbing PCPS down We are not saying that PCPS is not good enough for our kids. But what we are sharing here is that there room for improvement in terms of communication. Leaving results aside, the school does not tell us much. As the child grows older, he shares less (or at least for my child). We parents know much more about what is going on from this forum than from anywhere else. Eg. I learn to know more about what getting into Sports Class mean. So views of every parent is respected, whether it is so called positive or negative. Am sure we dont just want to hear nice things but true things, right ?

[bridesep]

LollipoppyS:

Callie Tan:

[quote=\"belly\"]Callie


I noticed you posted a lot of negative comments about the school. If you are so dissatisfied with the school, who not transfer your child out?

Why stay and be miserable?

Are my comments negative? I don't think so... if by stating the facts means I am negative and dissatisfied about the school, I think you are being too judgemental.

Btw, we (my girl and myself) are not miserable at all in PCPS and we are defintely staying till she graduates at P6.

I have been reading this thread silently for a long time. Mainly because I have plans to put my little one in pcps and hope to find out more.
While Callie's comments don't sing praises, she has just been sharing her experiences. I don't specifically recall her postings to be putting down pcps.

Even if callie is really unhappy with pcps, To suggest pulling a kid out simply because of unhappiness felt by a parent is unwise. To stay or go, should be assessed from the child's perspective and for the benefit of the child.

I do not know Callie personally nor am I Callie's proxy. sort of \"followed\" her journey from the point her girl was accepted at pcps, to this day. Hence, I am speaking from my opinion formed from her posts.[/quote]I agree that Callie's views are not negative nor thumbing PCPS down We are not saying that PCPS is not good enough for our kids. But what we are sharing here is that there room for improvement in terms of communication. Leaving results aside, the school does not tell us much. As the child grows older, he shares less (or at least for my child). We parents know much more about what is going on from this forum than from anywhere else. Eg. I learn to know more about what getting into Sports Class mean. So views of every parent is respected, whether it is so called positive or negative. Am sure we dont just want to hear nice things but true things, right ?

[happymommy]

Hi, can I check when and where can we get the booklist from for next year for P2? Thanks.

[Daddy D]

I also silent follower of this thread.

人逼人气死人

So no need get defensive.

Appreciate the honest feedback and updates from the KSP parents here.
:celebrate:

[Callie Tan]

Thank you LollipoppyS, Precious2.lee and bridesep for speaking up for me...


My intention at this PCPS thread is to learn (finding out info) and share whatever I can. In the midst of it I might be a bit emotional but I have always tried not to involve too much judgements... definitely wouldn't want to sound negative about my girl's school. Will be more careful with how my words are being put across in the future to avoid any unnecessary tension or misunderstanding.

Let us focus on what we can help our children and the school our children is studying rather than what you can get from the school.
I can't say that I am selfless nor i am not expecting anything from the school but I am definitely prepared to do my part for the school too. Like what Precious2.lee mentioned in her previous post \"If the school need parental support, tell us. We give full support.\" My main qualm is that the school is not communicating effectively with parents for us to be more involved. It is precisely due to the fact that I hope to help our children that's why I am here to learn and share. I am not here to just grumle, whine, protest or make a fuss out of nothing. I have also being contributing whenever I can to this thread.

There, this is how I feel... Let's move on to better and more constructive discussion.

[Callie Tan]

Freesias:

Just to share. I do not think that it is true that the school assigns the best teachers only to the top / bottom 2 classes. From my experience, the school does rotate the teachers among the different classes. For instance, the teachers teaching the A class in my child's year are now teaching the \"average\" classes.


If you are keen to know where your child stands, in terms of T-score, as a rough guide, just add up the total score of the 4 subjects and divide by 3.

I also not sure how true this is... I choose to believe that all teachers are good in their own ways....

When I mentioned in my previous thread about PCPS deployment of teachers for my girl's P2 class, I was referring to the Chinese relief teachers (at least 3) due to the reason that the original teacher went on maternity. It was very disruptive to my girl due to the inconsistency in teaching methods and instructions. The school didn't keep in touch with us at all about this. When my DS got the 3rd relief teacher, I was wondering would there be a 4th or 5th or was the school ever going to get a permanent one?? Well, I fully understand that teachers go on maternity or need to be excused etc, but I hope that the school can commute more efficiently with parents so that we know how to help.

[Callie Tan]

Precious2.lee:

By chance, I saw his article... and yes, I remember Mr Chen and I truly admire his unconditional love and fartherly care for all his students. I am probably dreaming, if only we have more principals like him in our schools...


Tuesday, November 15, 2011Someone I respected most
Today, I was reading an article on Yahoo News about Jeremy, a Singaporean who was born with brittle bone. Jeremy is very famous in Singapore for although he wasn't born as a normal person, he done and did a lot of things for Singapore. He mentioned a special person who made a different in his life. He mentioned Mr Chen Keng Juan, his primary school principal.

And it made me recalled how Mr Chen Keng Juan had also made a big different in my life.

Without him, I still believe I could never make it in Secondary School with the good \"O\" level result and come to where I am now. I was doing badly in Maths during primary school. All teachers in school gave up on my class whom deemed us as \"gone case\". But our principal never do that, not even once had he even looked down on us. He went extra mile to give us free Maths tutition in school, before lesson and during sat and even public holidays.

From my 38 marks, I scored 50 to finally a \"B\" grade in PSLE. I remember when I scored 50 marks after being tutored by him, he was so pleased with my result. I remember the acknowledgement he gave me when I scored that 50. It was something very important to me as in my whole 6 years in Primary School, no teacher had ever gave me acknowledgement. I was stupid accordingly to them 'cos I couldn't score good result.

His acknowledgement gave me a sense of \"achievement\" that I had never felt before that until today I still remember his nod of acknowledgement which is so easy to give but it meant world to me. Because of that \"nod\", I found something that I never felt before this.

Thank you, Mr Chen. You will always be remember by me for ever and ever. Thank for making a different in my life.

Very touching... and encouraging. I have a few very important teachers in my life too... and I am very grateful to them for all their guidance...

[Callie Tan]

happymommy:

Hi, can I check when and where can we get the booklist from for next year for P2? Thanks.

The booklist was given to us before the holidays started... alternatively, you can find the list from Popular Bookstore website...

[belly]

As a parent who works closely with schools, I believe things have to be put in perspective.


1) It is beyond the control of the school when and where the teacher goes on leave. What I like about Pei Chun is they engage retired / resigned teachers as relief teachers compared with other schools that engage students waiting to enter NUS/ NTU as relief teachers. It may not be easy to engage the same relief teacher every time a teacher goes on leave as it depends on the availability of the relief teacher.

2) It is easier for a parent to communicate with one to three children at home compared with a teacher with 30-40 pupils in class.
For Pei Chun, the enrollment is 9-12 classes per level which makes communication with parents more challenging compared with a school with 3-5 classes per level.
I know my child has some classmates who do not copy the homework the teachers has written on the whiteboard into their pupil’s diary.

3) A school cannot cater to the needs and requests of all parents. Different schools have different strengths. Instead of asking the school to run programmes for your child, the key is to find a school with programmes that can match the skills and aptitude of the child. I am speaking from experience. I transferred my child out to a school that run programmes that match my child’s interests and strengths.

4) The primary responsibility for the child should be the parents. The school is only playing a supporting role. When a child misbehaves, we say the child does not have 家教. In this age of social media, complaining about the school does not help as I am sure teachers from the school knows who are the ones who are active participants in KSP forum.

[elvkus]

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