GEP 2012 - Class Starting P4 in 2013

[HyperKiasu]

Lock:

CLA-Chinese alive, CEP-computer enrichment programme

Science reading lists can all be borrowed from National library. The science teacher is very on. He keeps the parents up to date on classroom progress thru emails.
So far DS likes all his teachers n the Sch v much. In fact he adapts to the Sch very fast n very well.

i yet to see the science reading list. According to my DS, the teacher said Horrible Science should not be in the list.

glad ur DS adapts well. Mine also settled into new enviornment fast and already made his own best friends.

Cheers!

[HyperKiasu]

monmon31:

HyperKiasu:

your child already chose CCA?

can parents share whether adisable to have 2 CCAs when at P4?

Yes, was asked to sign up online.

It actually depends on whether your child has good time management. In DS's school, it needs to be approved by the teacher.

no online registeration for DS's school.

approved by teacher? neither for my DS's school...they just advised the kids be mindful to manage time if sign up more than 1 CCA.

[metz]

HyperKiasu:

monmon31:

[quote=\"HyperKiasu\"]your child already chose CCA?

can parents share whether adisable to have 2 CCAs when at P4?

Yes, was asked to sign up online.

It actually depends on whether your child has good time management. In DS's school, it needs to be approved by the teacher.

no online registeration for DS's school.

approved by teacher? neither for my DS's school...they just advised the kids be mindful to manage time if sign up more than 1 CCA.[/quote]Does your child have other commitments outside of school? If not, then taking up 2 CCAs should be fine.

[HyperKiasu]

metz:

HyperKiasu:

your child already chose CCA?

can parents share whether adisable to have 2 CCAs when at P4?

Does your child have other commitments outside of school? If not, then taking up 2 CCAs should be fine.

no except swimming. anyway it is still P4, let him enjoy first and see whether can manage.... :celebrate:

[adafew]

Lock:

DS already chosen n given the CCA. CLA, IRS n CEP will all start next week. He's already been given the Social Studies project instructions n datelines n also ERP n Science reading list. Looks like it's going to be full gear soon after 1 wk of games n grp work.


What about the rest?

Is there any science reading list ? Is this a standard for GEP or only different school practise?

[Lock]

adafew:

Lock:

DS already chosen n given the CCA. CLA, IRS n CEP will all start next week. He's already been given the Social Studies project instructions n datelines n also ERP n Science reading list. Looks like it's going to be full gear soon after 1 wk of games n grp work.


What about the rest?

Is there any science reading list ? Is this a standard for GEP or only different school practise?

Could be the teacher's own initiatives as he has given 2 stacks of notes on study strategies and mindmapping skills.

[adafew]

Lock:

adafew:

[quote=\"Lock\"]DS already chosen n given the CCA. CLA, IRS n CEP will all start next week. He's already been given the Social Studies project instructions n datelines n also ERP n Science reading list. Looks like it's going to be full gear soon after 1 wk of games n grp work.


What about the rest?

Is there any science reading list ? Is this a standard for GEP or only different school practise?

Could be the teacher's own initiatives as he has given 2 stacks of notes on study strategies and mindmapping skills.[/quote]Which school is yours ?

[Lock]

adafew:

Which school is yours ?

HPPS

[monmon31]

Lock:

adafew:

Which school is yours ?

HPPS

So ON the teacher! :salute: DS's school hv no Science reading list ...just a notification to tell one about the topics touch on in the different terms. :sad:

[Just relax]

All GEP schools will have the same English reading list which is the ERP list. There is a long list of books, some of which are hard to find because they are out-of-print. Encourage DC to read as many as possible although some books are boring according to DSs.


There is no GEP-wide science list so what your child may have got is a list the particular teacher prepared. There are many science text books at Popular to choose from. But what I have learnt is that for Science, despite it being a very heavy content-based subject, it is not the fact that you can regurgitate the facts but rather whether your answer contains the correct key words. So by all means get your DC to read any of the popular science text books, but make sure the child learns key words usually through mind-mapping for each topic and then applying those key words in the answers.