Pei Tong Primary

[fuzzybee]

sunnyh2000:

Dear parents, anyone has girl/boy going to Pei Tong P1 in 2013? Could you please share the \"things to bring on the 1st day\" list with me? I didn't attend the orientation in Nov. Thanks much!!

Hi sunnyh, I believe the essentials will be

- FTGP book as it is a Wednesday
- school diary (everyday)
- the 1st booklet of all the english booklets which we purchased from the bookshop.
- P1A Math textbook and workbook
- Stellar Handwriting
- 2 broadlines exercise book
- 1 big square exercise book for Chinese spelling

Of course, water bottle and snacks & food for tea-break and recess.

Have to wait for the timetable which will be issued on Monday. And please ensure the school tie is worn every Monday as there is assembly. I think that's all to it.

BTW, my boy's P1 teacher is following up with them to P2. So I'm quite happy about this.

[Tweety77]

Hi,

My boy is going to pei tong P1 next year, care 5.
The things to bring for 1st day are:
- language usage booklet 4
- stellar handwriting book
- my pals are here (workbook 1a and homework math 1a)
- 1 recent passport size for library card (pl indicate yr child name and class on the back of the photo)
- report book

To bring everyday are:
- PTP school diary
- storybook (mother tongue on every thu)
- colour pencils
- water bottle
- pencil case
- a4 white board with marker

Do u have email add? I email you the info on the things to bring fm 1-4th day of school.

I could not get jotter books. Do you have extras? Can sell to me 3 jotter books?

[Tweety77]

Sorry… Shld be language usage booklet 1-4

[sunnyh2000]

Tks for sharing, fuzzybee and Twenty77.


One more question, I saw the orientation day presentation PowerPoint from pei tong 's website, saying there’s a program for parents on the first 3 days of school. Do u know what’s it about? Does it require all parents to attend? Where’s the venue? Tks.

[sunnyh2000]

Hi Twenty77, my email is [email protected]. tks much for sharing. I also couldn't get jotter books as they're sold out. Will try to buy again from school book store next week.

[Tweety77]

Hi sunnyh,


Ooooo… Been trying to get the jotter books since late nov and its always out of stock. I will email you the programmes as well…
We are encouraged to attend and it’s $2 per pax.

[Tweety77]

I have emailed you the info.

[tinywings]

Insider news is the past few yrs psle results, majority of the P6 students gotten into normal (tech). Most of the pupils are weak in maths, due to weak foundation during P1 & 2, as i heard that most teachers in P1n 2 not experience n too laid back.

of coz there are also very bright students in the best clasd, but reason why psle results so bad is becoz those very bright students are transferred to GEP schs after P3.

[returning]

tinywings:

Insider news is the past few yrs psle results, majority of the P6 students gotten into normal (tech). Most of the pupils are weak in maths, due to weak foundation during P1 & 2, as i heard that most teachers in P1n 2 not experience n too laid back.

of coz there are also very bright students in the best clasd, but reason why psle results so bad is becoz those very bright students are transferred to GEP schs after P3.

Tinywings,

I wonder where u get the 'insider' information from regarding Pei Tong Primary School. The past 2 years PSLE results have improved and 2012 has the best result with top student scoring 266 entering RGS. There are 5 students who scored more than 260, a 500% improvement from 2011. P1 registrations have been full for the past 2 yrs. In 2012, balloting was required for Phase 2C Sup and there is a long waiting list for transfer into Pei Tong. There is also an increase in Parent Volunteers these 2 years who will be eligible for Phase 2B. The P1 FT will follow up to P2 which is important to both parents and students. They are professional and committed, definitely not laid back. There is a clear and systematic channel for any feedback, so parents comments will be heard and if reasonable, acted upon. This is my personal experience with the school.
GEP students will have to be transferred to GEP schools since Pei Tong does not offer GEP. The same goes to the other schools in the same area other than Nan Hua.

[cassteo74]

Returning: your child is in which lvl? do u want to share more info with us , at least we can get a better idea.

thanks!

seems like not much discussion here for pei tong pri. Just to add a little from what I heard from my friend as her DS is in pei tong. Not as bad as some mothers sounded, my friend has her son there this year and so far everything seems good. As I am considering my gal there, if nan hua fails. It seems like the young Principal is very nice and teachers there are very caring towards the children too. they have interesting activities which they call Pal, not too sure what’s that, but doesn’t matter so long it’s good for kids. They also have Chinese speech and drama for P1 and my friend’s DS loves it a lot. one thing that nan hua and clementi might not have could be the music programme. It seems like the school pays for instructor to teach the children flute and it’s free!!! I have friend’s chidren at Pei Hwa, they need to pay for instructor fees even though it is school cca! i think that’s not fair. Only complaint my friend has so far is the food, think it’s little priceyI guess. The rice with some meat and vegs cost $1.50 or $2? a bit too ex for children I feel. I went to the school website and seems like there is open house for parents to sign up, I might consider if I can spare the time.