All About GEP

[porcupine12trade]

sleepy:

porcupine12trade:

Thanks, Can I assume schools that don't stay back go/teach faster, coz they can squeeze everything during curriculum time?

Really no idea. Only know own school, didn't compare another school curriculum.

However, I like Nanyang's timing the best, spreading the extended hours over entire week instead of staying back till 2+pm or 3+pm on certain days. At least more rest time, can be home by 2pm if live reasonably near?

Nanyang would have been my preferred choice. My dd1 is not in Nanyang though, difficulty in transferring dd2 together with dd1. Nanyang is way too popular!

Thanks!

[limjasl]

Anyone knows how many boys from Catholic High got in?


I lived in the North and have shortlisted CH as our first choice. DS will need to take school bus, go to after school care & etc.

Anyone keen to exchange more info, please pm me.
Thanks.

[zakashi]

24 children from Pei Hwa were selected. Wonder where to get the numbers from the rest of the schools?

[sweetbaby]

Hi

Anyone knows how many from st hilda got in to gep?

[Lock]

zakashi:

24 children from Pei Hwa were selected. Wonder where to get the numbers from the rest of the schools?

14 from Rulang and 35 from ACS(Pri) & ACS(jR) combined

[Kiatkhim]

zakashi:

24 children from Pei Hwa were selected. Wonder where to get the numbers from the rest of the schools?

I am wondering if there is any special training for the children from Pei Hwa. The number seems higher than many schools, including some of the GEP schools. This is really impressive!

[GiftedGem]

Kiatkhim:

zakashi:

24 children from Pei Hwa were selected. Wonder where to get the numbers from the rest of the schools?

I am wondering if there is any special training for the children from Pei Hwa. The number seems higher than many schools, including some of the GEP schools. This is really impressive!

Yes. Heard it fr one of the parents as well. Pei Hwa has been consistently producing high no for the past years already. For last yr's batch, most opt for NYPS.

[Happyboy]

ck123:

Hi gifted,


Personally I hope he can take and at least know what is GEP (so that next time he can tell his children ... too far right :lol: )

I was discussing with my son when he brought back the notice from school, he was asking me what would it be like in the GEP, so I started saying first round testing english and maths and 2nd round maths , english and general paper. He asked what is general paper? I answered should be testing general views and creativity. So he answer me \" I am creative cause my classmates always find my ideas interesting!\" Then I said but you must go through the first round which will be slightly more difficult than school exams. He answered \"then I am not going.\"

So what should I do? :roll:

I think that you should let your son have his own choice.

[onemore]

comfy:

Although NYPS has 4 classes, the teaching or demands from the teachers are not so 'on' if you know what i means as compared with RGS and CH (from parents that I know of). I heard that some of the GEP schools will have 1st draft, 2nd draft etc but not so in NYPS (in certain subjects). The most only 1 draft esle how to mark and return on time based on the big no of geppers.
Yes the competition could be tough when come to contests, debates, sports, camps and leaderships (esp prefects). Some of the programmes also included the mainstream kids, so very competitive. :evil:

Yes absolutely agree with you on the “not so on” attitude. Personally encountered this once, when I asked a GEP teacher on why some details were not covered with the class, the reply was “I assume they have outside help”. Some of the worksheets were not even marked and some marked with errors. There are indeed several teachers with that kind of attitude, perhaps attributed to the big GEP population. But fortunately not all teachers are behaving that way; there are quite a few dedicated ones too.

[jtoh]

onemore:

comfy:

Although NYPS has 4 classes, the teaching or demands from the teachers are not so 'on' if you know what i means as compared with RGS and CH (from parents that I know of). I heard that some of the GEP schools will have 1st draft, 2nd draft etc but not so in NYPS (in certain subjects). The most only 1 draft esle how to mark and return on time based on the big no of geppers.
Yes the competition could be tough when come to contests, debates, sports, camps and leaderships (esp prefects). Some of the programmes also included the mainstream kids, so very competitive. :evil:

Yes absolutely agree with you on the “not so on” attitude. Personally encountered this once, when I asked a GEP teacher on why some details were not covered with the class, the reply was “I assume they have outside help”. Some of the worksheets were not even marked and some marked with errors. There are indeed several teachers with that kind of attitude, perhaps attributed to the big GEP population. But fortunately not all teachers are behaving that way; there are quite a few dedicated ones too.

:yikes: That remark is so unlike the remark my dd's teacher gave, which was 'Your GEP child does not need to go for tuition. Pls do not send her for tuition.\" That was a few years ago when she was in primary GEP. I wonder if things have changed.