River Valley High School [*IP]

[daisyt]

First day, new P has been walking around the school, talking to students. So far she has portrait a motherly feeling. Hope she can provide a family feel to the students School is their second home mah.


My dd so lucky, witness 3 Ps in 5 years. Haha

[MXYMum]

daisyt:

First day, new P has been walking around the school, talking to students. So far she has portrait a motherly feeling. Hope she can provide a family feel to the students School is their second home mah.


My dd so lucky, witness 3 Ps in 5 years. Haha

Great to hear that! But I heard that her English isn't too good? She has strange pronunciation for some words?? Not sure if my source can be trusted though ... :roll:

Daisy, Maybe your dd can help to 'rate' the 3 Ps later on. For some reason, the younger kids have grown to like Mr Koh and haven't adjusted to the style of the new P. Hopefully, their attitude will change with time.

[WeiHan]

Last time, it was moving to new premises every few years…now is changing principal every few years…

[33mama]

WeiHan:

Last time, it was moving to new premises every few years...now is changing principal every few years.....

so true!!!

[naggy]

agree with mxymum. we as parents and rv students pray hard together. New P’s capability to run an IP sch really worries me.

[WeiHan]

naggy:

agree with mxymum. we as parents and rv students pray hard together. New P's capability to run an IP sch really worries me.

Is there any rationale for your worries?

I think RV already has a robust system in place. A school is not run by a single person. There are vice principals, HODs, level heads who know what their respective jobs are.

Is not so much of the running of the IP programme that I worry but whether the new principal has well thought plan and the capability to bring RV to greater height.

[daisyt]

MXYMum, Mr Koh’s English also so so. Seems that Koh and current P are Chinese pai while Miss Eek (before Mr Koh) is angmo pie. I personally prefer Chinese pai.

[Poet2010]

MXYMum:

WeiHan:

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HCI done the right thing to kick him out of their school early in his career, however, the RV alumni sitting in the board must certainly be all sleeping and let this guy trash the good name of the school.

The alumni of a government school unlike independent school has no admin power to negotiate with MOE for a principal candidate. That is one of the shortcoming of a government school.

HCI managed to discontinue his contract because an opportunity arised due to implementation of IP...no school will veto MOE under normal circumstances.

The new P has a tough job to do. I am looking forward to a better year for RV under her leadership.

Wonder if there'll be any changes to the iPAD programme. As a parent, I am against the programme. It has caused more harm than benefits to my child, and created more work for me. Just wonder how many parents out there having problems managing their children on the proper use of iPAD? :frustrated:[/quote]MXYMum,
Participating (i.e. to hold ownership) in the IPad programme is an option, the school had some units of IPad for loan and use during the lessons.

If your kid lacks the self-discipline in the use of the IPad, it's of utmost priority as parents to institute strict usage protocol of the mobile technology. Else, you should have opt out of the IPad 1:1 programme and loan the unit for use in school as mentioned by the former principal.

All programme and workplan instituted by the school would not be successful without the unyielding support of both parents and students.

A thinker for thoughts.

[MXYMum]

MXYMum,

Participating (i.e. to hold ownership) in the IPad programme is an option, the school had some units of IPad for loan and use during the lessons.

If your kid lacks the self-discipline in the use of the IPad, it's of utmost priority as parents to institute strict usage protocol of the mobile technology. Else, you should have opt out of the IPad 1:1 programme and loan the unit for use in school as mentioned by the former principal.

All programme and workplan instituted by the school would not be successful without the unyielding support of both parents and students.

A thinker for thoughts.[/quote]


Hi Poet2010, Thanks for your reply. From my understanding, the iPAD units for loan are limited and tailored for those with financial difficulties. Moreover, the students are to bring their iPAD home as assignments and notes are loaded online. For some classes, students were to complete assignments using iPAD and send them to teachers. If parents opt out, the kids may have problems accessing the teaching materials and completing their homework. So do we parents really have a choice??

As raised by many parents during the discussion with P, not all pupils are so disciplined that they use their iPAD solely for learning purposes. Just pick out a few iPAD randomly from any student, browse through the apps installed on their iPAD, and you will know what I mean. While using their iPAD during their 'learning', they also get distracted by other 'fun' apps on iPAD. Kids also use them to chat all the time. They have class IDs for i-message and I see their iPAD constantly bombarded with messages from fellow classmates.

My kid is one with poor discipline, but I know there are many facing similar issues. I have spoken to other parents and they share similar sentiments. :frustrated:

[MXYMum]

daisyt:

MXYMum, Mr Koh's English also so so. Seems that Koh and current P are Chinese pai while Miss Eek (before Mr Koh) is angmo pie. I personally prefer Chinese pai.

Well, it's just comments from the kids. Personally, I prefer Chinese pai too, especially since RV is a SAP school. Many older Chinese pai write better than they speak. Haa! Maybe she should just speak to the kids in Chinese.