Rulang Primary

[gaagaa]

Lock:

My son is in P2 and I remembered seeing his exam papers before. After knowing that some of you are looking for 2010 P1 papers, I went and searched but couldn't find them at home. I couldn't remember if we had returned the papers to the teachers.


Will continue to search tomorrow but if still can't find, then I am sorry that I can't be of any help.

Thanks Lock, appreciate your kind help. If everyone needs to return the papers to the teachers, guess it'll be hard to get it unless someone scanned it before returning.

[buds]

RRMummy:

Hi gaagaa, Hi Sotong1209,


Buds informed me that she doesn't have it...

My deepest apologies, ladies... I recall tt my dd did Rulang Maths papers (not sure which year) and said it was very hard as many concepts/topics have not been taught by her school/teacher. I recall telling RRMummy to check out Rulang's past year's papers when I knew of her dd's successful entry to the school during her P1 registration, just as a tinkle from a friend...cos I found their papers were very challenging for lower primary students to attempt unless of course if because of the school's high standards, they expect students who are enrolled in Rulang to have received intensive external coaching/enrichment prior to starting out school years with them.. :nailbite: The part abt students being tested out of curriculum context... I seem to hear a lot of similar grouses mainly from parents with students in top/SAP schools.

In our neighborhood schools like the two diff schools my girls hv attended, students have a level playing field and all teachers make extreme efforts to prepare all the students for any major exams from advance n extensive show n tell practices for every student, feedback to parents on how to up child's potential, to dishing out past year's papers as revision n preps for the real big thing and more. Parents are also informed six months in advance of topics tt wud be taught n tested and all the dates for all school events, closures, exams etc. Yes, we receive a memo calendar of everything plus a thick wad of curriculum planning and all parents/students need to know what will be covered/tested at the beginning of the year n after school reopens aft the June hols. Parents are not required/expected to prep the children at all as all the teachers do everything and even inculcate in them tt the responsibility to study, do homework, finish assignments are entirely the students', not the parents. Parents work, care for the family n home and children go to school to study hard.

Knowing how tough papers are set for Rulang students, i thought i could help to dig, thinking I still had tt huge stack of P1 past year's papers chucked somewhere, I offered to check for u guys but realized I must've sold them away to hoard other stuff. :oops:

With regards to not having much luck with Rulang papers with vendors, it probably has something to do with intellectual property rights bah... but tts just my guess. Cos perhaps Rulang wants to keep their content within themselves so tt only their Rulang students will have the edge in order to protect the best interests of the school, parents n also students. Rulang is after all the top school in Jurong. :salute:

All my best wishes for all Rulang students for the coming big exams.. :grphug: Sorry I couldn't be of much help.

[jedamum]

buds:

My deepest apologies, ladies... I recall tt my dd did Rulang Maths papers (not sure which year) and said it was very hard as many concepts/topics have not been taught by her school/teacher.

hi buds.
my boy did Rulang past year paper last year (P2/2009 papers) and fare not so well too.

[buds]

Hi jedamum, same here. She left those topics not covered by her school blank and told me to just teach her after marking everything. She just wanted to see how much she scored if left at that. I think she managed to get a 79. Then she said to herself, \"Was that the toughest paper I've done or what? I definitely need a break now..\" (heaving a big sigh)

[Lock]

So far, my son (P2) does not have much difficulty doing the Rulang Maths exam papers. I agree that the questions were difficult but my son was 'taught' and exposed to those questions in class. Weeks before exams, the teachers will give many practice papers (worksheets) for them to practise. Questions found in exam papers are those found on the practice papers. So, I don't agree that the kids were not be prepared to handle the tough questions.


Eg: the chicken's and cows' legs question. He was 1st exposed to this qn with a 2 pg worksheet where the steps to the solution were very clearly explained to them (they have a mtd and dun use guess and check like most schs), after that there's a follow-up with a few worksheets of the similar questions for practice and recently I see the questions again in his e-learning. Hence, now my son can solve such question with ease.

I remember I had to teach my daughter the same type of question when she was in P3 as it came out in her exam but prior to that she was not exposed at all.

No doubt, Rulang papers are tough but so far, my son's teachers have prepared them before exam. So far, I have not come across any exam questions that surprised me as I've seen them in his practice work before.

[Lock]

I feel that Rulang has prepared my son very well for exam. Till date he has written on aveg 1 compo fortnightly and has filled up 1 exercise bk already, whereas my dd (in another sch) only managed 2-3 in the whole year. There will be many practice papers to be done before exam and they dun cram that in days before exam, the papers were spread out over the weeks before exams. So, actually I am happy with the way Rulang has prepared my son academically.


So far, till date, I dun need to send my son for any tuition, other than Chinese as we dun speak the language at home and I am unable to revise with him.

I was given the topics and areas to be tested for CA and SA, percentage, components for all subjects in the beginning of the year. We even have the whole year's schedule printed in the handbk and they rarely make changes. On the whole, I feel Rulang is very systematic and organised. (I can compare cos my dd is from another sch and all these were not provided till nearer exam dates)

[starlight1968sg]

Lock,

Well said and a very good sharing from you who has 2 kids but in different schools and thus can make a comparison between the schools.

[phtthp]

Rulang has Parents Support group or those SFE meetings ?


do they meet up each month, networking ?
if Yes, perhaps can attend PSG / SFE - get to know some parents there (those 1 or 2 yrs older than yr child), borrow their child’s past year Rulang papers and zap ?

sometimes i go Bras Basah complex - ground floor hidden at one corner that is this shop that sells 2nd hand assessment & guide books, past year papers. Maybe can ask shop owner - if they happen to sell Rulang past papers ?

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