CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity
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Ya my daughter just got in this sch for next yr p1 n heard there is a test… But I heard from my auntie that it is good as there is remedial class for those weak student
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Hi everyone,
My daughter will also be in P1 at CHIJ OLN next year. Glad there is such a forum for all of us to network. -
hi,althought i escaped the balloting,i am still waiting for the confirmation letter.i wonder if besides jan that they get to go home early,what bt the rest of the mths for p1?is it gonna b a long hours schooling?is it rather stressful for the students to cope in the sch?i wonder…
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kikilalamummy:
hi,althought i escaped the balloting,i am still waiting for the confirmation letter.i wonder if besides jan that they get to go home early,what bt the rest of the mths for p1?is it gonna b a long hours schooling?is it rather stressful for the students to cope in the sch?i wonder......
Hi, i think in Feb, every Thursday the girls have to stay back till 4pm. My niece is in P1 this year, and going to P2 next.
Ha ha...don't get stressed too early...we are attending the orientation on 19 Nov at 8.45am and you can ask the teachers all your queries then.
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is it,did u call and ask?have you gotten the letter?ooh,i cant wait!tue staying back for extra class?anyway thxs!
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I got the letter coz I went thru balloting. The stay back is on every Thursday, not Tues.
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thxs.nitzz
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hi guys, my girl will be starting P1 next year… just wanna knw… on the CHIJ website, it says tht there is silent reading at 7.20-7.45am.
is this for every student? or for those weak in reading?
and why do the students need to stay back till 4pm on thursdays? is it coz of extra classes? or 'coz of CCA? -
Just sharing my experience with tutoring girls from OLN.
1. They do have alot of remedials for weak students. However, depending on the teacher, some of the remedial may not be beneficial and I have a parent who pulls her girl out of these remedials.
2. Again, depending on teacher, they usually teach at a slow pace, finishing short topics in like 2 months. Which means they RUSH through the other topics 1-2 weeks before exams/tests. This is very frustrating for the students as they did not have adequate chance to practise questions on those topics (especially for Maths & Science).
Example (P3 Science):
Topics to be covered: Diversity (Classification, Plants, Animals, Fungi & Bacteria, Materials) and Cycles (Animals, Plants, Insects, Matter)
Most schools finish Diversity in Sem 1 and Cycles in Sem 2.
By now, most schools are on Cycles (completed animals, plants - on insects now). However, my P3 students from OLN are still on Diversity (Materials - just started). This means that they have less than 8 weeks of school weeks to complete Cycles! Cycles is a large topic with alot of discovery and concepts. I have no idea how much the girls can understand the topic if it has to be taught so quickly in such a short timing.
Another example (P5 Science):
For SA1, they were taught the topic on Cells just 2 weeks before exams. However, in the exam paper, more than 50% of the questions were on Cells!
In my school, we set the exam paper according to the amount of time we spent on each topic. Which means that if we spent 50% of lessons in Semester 1 on topic A, 50% of the marks in the SA1 paper will be on topic A. However, it seems that the teacher in OLN either does not practise this or has no time management in teaching the topics on time.
3. Silent reading is school-wide. It's every morning, before flag-raising. It's to inculcate a habit of reading on a daily basis to improve English. It's best for you to purchase a few suitable books for your girls to bring to school to read. My students usually borrow books from my collection of storybooks as they can finish 1-2 books a week and their parents are not willing to buy so many books for them every month (plus they have no time to bring them to the library).
4. Common complaint from my students: the teacher used Science lessons for English or Maths, leaving little time for Science (or the other way round, depending on the teacher). They also take up PE lessons for curriculum lessons (which I find is not healthy as the girls also need a break and need to exercise to release some stress).
I think that you need to monitor their work very closely and constantly keep in touch with the school teachers to enquire about their progress. Especially now that they do not have CAs for the lower Primary, it's hard to gauge whether your girls are doing well or coping well until the final exam. They do have mini tests but they are rather simple and test mostly on basic concepts only. -
hi.mrswongtuitiom,
thxs for the information given,my girl is going to OLN P1 next year,at least nw i know what’s happening.in any case,has the school been hightlighted about whats happening?shouldnt them be following the teaching speed of all sch?i still have lots to monitor cause i am totally new to Pri sch’s standard now…