Nanyang Primary

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XXXX:

Go to school:

Dear NYPS Parents,


Do your kids go to tuition centre? I am very concern whether a tuition is a must even for NYPS students? Is it too stressful for the kids?

I am curious whether there are some kids withdraw and transfer to other school when they find they cannot cope with the stress?

thanks!

I asked a similar question a couple of pages back and got a patronising response that if we had doubts about our child's academic ability perhaps we should apply elsewhere! I was asking more about the quality of teaching, not for disparagement about my child's intelligence. Seems like nobody wants to open the tuition vs. in school teaching can of worms.

I think tuition is endemic, most don't see it as an issue and I'd guess that the top 5% (who don't really need it) have the most extra tuition, ironically.

It's a shame that the teaching in the class room is evidently not sufficient to stay in the higher percentiles.

I hope parents here can enlighten me.

We cannot judge a kid if he/she can cope with the school task in NY from the beginning. We cannot judge that he/she is bright or not before he/she begin the school journey.

I know a boy who was in a neighbourhood school but transferred to Nanyang because he plays badminton very well. Later I saw his mother bring him to tuition centre. Last year his younger sister enrolled to NY too and she started to the tuition centre from K2. they live quite far from NY and I see the family are very stressful....

If the kids cannot catch up his classmates, will you transfer him out and make him not so stressful?

[Atan]

it is true that many NY kids attend tuition but there are some who do not attend tuition at all and some who only attend tuition for the subjects that they are weak in.

[Go to school]

stonston:

I've already planned out my boy's tuition classes.
It's because I'm KIASU (tt's why I'm here in this forum right?) and also because I may not be adequately quipped to guide him properly, want him to go to proper centre to learn. I will just do the supporting role of revision at home.

Schools have their challenges with many kids in 1 class. I don't blame the teachers. So for tuition I select small class size so the tutor can pay more attention to my boy and provide feedback to me so I can work with him at home.

Also, when he go tuition, I get some 'me time'.

And of course, we have discussed before that in event he really can't cope and not happy in the school, we will let him transfer to neighbourhood school.
As much as I want my boy to be challenged to do well, I won't push him over the edge. If we tried and realised he can't be pushed, then we'll take a step back and put him somewhere he can enjoy school better.

So you get him tuition centre before your boy started P1 in NY? I think most parents are as Kiasu as you :oops: :

I am not sure if I should plan early too...

I can understand that students start tuition from P5 or P6 to prepare for the PSLE, but not from P1. Otherwise I feel the kids too miserable :sad: : .....

[Atan]

I agree with go to school. From experience, I think it is important to start some form of enrichment (NOT tuition) for Chinese fm young as it is the main killer subject as the kids progress to higher primary.

[lovinglife]

stonston:

I've already planned out my boy's tuition classes.

It's because I'm KIASU (tt's why I'm here in this forum right?) and also because I may not be adequately quipped to guide him properly, want him to go to proper centre to learn. I will just do the supporting role of revision at home.

Schools have their challenges with many kids in 1 class. I don't blame the teachers. So for tuition I select small class size so the tutor can pay more attention to my boy and provide feedback to me so I can work with him at home.

Also, when he go tuition, I get some 'me time'.

And of course, we have discussed before that in event he really can't cope and not happy in the school, we will let him transfer to neighbourhood school.
As much as I want my boy to be challenged to do well, I won't push him over the edge. If we tried and realised he can't be pushed, then we'll take a step back and put him somewhere he can enjoy school better.

You sounded very well prepared! :imcool:

[stonston]

His Chinese classes are more ‘enrichment’ type than tuition. He hates Chinese so any academic type of Chinese class will just kill him. LOL!


For Math and English, it’s more of those problem solving/creative thinking type. Not really following school syllabus type too. Considered tuition?

We have been thinking about him going to P1 since a long time ago. So naturally very kancheong and over-excited. Everything has been prepped (except the school bag which I’ve eyed but yet to order).

Now teaching him to count money, get correct change. Order food and bring food to table so issues already.

[Go to school]

Just to double confirm, Is NYPS single session or double session? P1 ?

[rains]

Go to school:

XXXX:

[quote=\"Go to school\"]Dear NYPS Parents,


Do your kids go to tuition centre? I am very concern whether a tuition is a must even for NYPS students? Is it too stressful for the kids?

I am curious whether there are some kids withdraw and transfer to other school when they find they cannot cope with the stress?

thanks!

I asked a similar question a couple of pages back and got a patronising response that if we had doubts about our child's academic ability perhaps we should apply elsewhere! I was asking more about the quality of teaching, not for disparagement about my child's intelligence. Seems like nobody wants to open the tuition vs. in school teaching can of worms.

I think tuition is endemic, most don't see it as an issue and I'd guess that the top 5% (who don't really need it) have the most extra tuition, ironically.

It's a shame that the teaching in the class room is evidently not sufficient to stay in the higher percentiles.

I hope parents here can enlighten me.

We cannot judge a kid if he/she can cope with the school task in NY from the beginning. We cannot judge that he/she is bright or not before he/she begin the school journey.

I know a boy who was in a neighbourhood school but transferred to Nanyang because he plays badminton very well. Later I saw his mother bring him to tuition centre. Last year his younger sister enrolled to NY too and she started to the tuition centre from K2. they live quite far from NY and I see the family are very stressful....

If the kids cannot catch up his classmates, will you transfer him out and make him not so stressful?[/quote]hi hi,

My elder kid just graduated from nyps last year

If my experience with my elder kid is anything to go by, nyps's P1 to P3 years were quite relaxed and the 'standard' at lower primary was not as high as what many had imagined, so there's no need to be so worried. Even at upper primary, although there were higher expectations, I felt that there was good support from the teachers. However, parental support is still the most important element in our children's studies.

My kid only started going for English enrichment in the later part of P4, and it was bcos she wanted to go where 'all her friends were going'. I became actively involved in her studies only at P6 as my work had prevented me from being more involved thro out her primary school education earlier on. To a large extent, I 'threw' her education to her teachers who were mostly responsible and dedicated. Of course there were the not-that-great ones but which school doesn't have them?

Nyps does have its share, albeit a smaller share, of weak students. They do have lsp to support the weaker students. And they do have students going to Normal stream after psle.

Hope I have helped to clarify some doubts.

[XXXX]

rains:

hi hi,

My elder kid just graduated from nyps last year

If my experience with my elder kid is anything to go by, nyps's P1 to P3 years were quite relaxed and the 'standard' at lower primary was not as high as what many had imagined, so there's no need to be so worried. Even at upper primary, although there were higher expectations, I felt that there was good support from the teachers. However, parental support is still the most important element in our children's studies.

My kid only started going for English enrichment in the later part of P4, and it was bcos she wanted to go where 'all her friends were going'. I became actively involved in her studies only at P6 as my work had prevented me from being more involved thro out her primary school education earlier on. To a large extent, I 'threw' her education to her teachers who were mostly responsible and dedicated. Of course there were the not-that-great ones but which school doesn't have them?

Nyps does have its share, albeit a smaller share, of weak students. They do have lsp to support the weaker students. And they do have students going to Normal stream after psle.

Hope I have helped to clarify some doubts.

Many thanks for an informative post.

Do the classes each have one \"Form teacher\" for all subjects or do they move around the school for different lessons? After 80+ hours of PV I'm still none the wiser about the teaching that goes on.

I'd like to think that my girls can get through to PSLE with the in-school teaching, and some occasional parental help, but I fear I'm being unrealistic in the modern education arms race. The idea of relying on third party tutors for the basics alarms me.

(It is single session from P1 to answer the qn above.)

[Dnls_mum]

Go to school:

XXXX:

[quote=\"Go to school\"]Dear NYPS Parents,


Do your kids go to tuition centre? I am very concern whether a tuition is a must even for NYPS students? Is it too stressful for the kids?

I am curious whether there are some kids withdraw and transfer to other school when they find they cannot cope with the stress?

thanks!

I asked a similar question a couple of pages back and got a patronising response that if we had doubts about our child's academic ability perhaps we should apply elsewhere! I was asking more about the quality of teaching, not for disparagement about my child's intelligence. Seems like nobody wants to open the tuition vs. in school teaching can of worms.

I think tuition is endemic, most don't see it as an issue and I'd guess that the top 5% (who don't really need it) have the most extra tuition, ironically.

It's a shame that the teaching in the class room is evidently not sufficient to stay in the higher percentiles.

I hope parents here can enlighten me.

We cannot judge a kid if he/she can cope with the school task in NY from the beginning. We cannot judge that he/she is bright or not before he/she begin the school journey.

I know a boy who was in a neighbourhood school but transferred to Nanyang because he plays badminton very well. Later I saw his mother bring him to tuition centre. Last year his younger sister enrolled to NY too and she started to the tuition centre from K2. they live quite far from NY and I see the family are very stressful....

If the kids cannot catch up his classmates, will you transfer him out and make him not so stressful?[/quote]

rains:

hi hi,

My elder kid just graduated from nyps last year

If my experience with my elder kid is anything to go by, nyps's P1 to P3 years were quite relaxed and the 'standard' at lower primary was not as high as what many had imagined, so there's no need to be so worried. Even at upper primary, although there were higher expectations, I felt that there was good support from the teachers. However, parental support is still the most important element in our children's studies.

My kid only started going for English enrichment in the later part of P4, and it was bcos she wanted to go where 'all her friends were going'. I became actively involved in her studies only at P6 as my work had prevented me from being more involved thro out her primary school education earlier on. To a large extent, I 'threw' her education to her teachers who were mostly responsible and dedicated. Of course there were the not-that-great ones but which school doesn't have them?

Nyps does have its share, albeit a smaller share, of weak students. They do have lsp to support the weaker students. And they do have students going to Normal stream after psle.

Hope I have helped to clarify some doubts.

:goodpost:
It really depends on the expectations of parents, right? My elder kid has graduated from NYPS and he did not have enrichment except Chinese tuition until P6, and that was also becos he asked for it as his friends were attending those English classes. He is in an IP school now, although not one of the top 2 creme de la creme schools.. My youngest is in NYPS now , P1 and coping well, only has Chinese tuition becos I can't help her there. So it is not true that every kid has loads of enrichment classes.

I also \"threw\" my kids education to their teachers as I have a full time demanding banking job. I do not take sabbatical to coach my kids even at PSLE. I save my leave for vacations during school holidays as I want my kids to remember time with me as happy family times rather than grueling studying times.

XXXX was keen to know if a kid can get to top school without tuition and concern about perceived \"poor teaching quality\" in NYPS, so it really depends on the kid's ability right? And also expectation of the kid's parents. Whether the parent take it easy and is ok so long as their kid is happy or parent must have kids attend top schools, will determine how much extra help that kid need. No one school is perfect to all kids. As the saying goes : One man's poison is another man's meat. And if you believe the teaching quality is bad resulting in kids needing to go extra lessons to do well, then you should choose a school which you think the teaching quality is better. We all have choices. Extra lessons is a choice, which school to send your kids is also a choice.