Hong Wen
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nissin:
[/quote]SAP means they are niche in enhancing chinese culture leh....how can be not chinese? I understand is that sap schools offer higher chinese - this cannot run.
Am afraid of the 'too chinese' standard too actually...bought the whole series of si wu kuai du also but have not started.hehe
Btw, are all sap schs such as Tao nan, Pei Chun, Pei Hwa Pres all like dat, very chinese?[quote]
As for academic standards, there is definitely a lot of zzzz (ie no information) from the school. I tried asking a teacher once but she only gave very vague answers. I already all prepared to pull up my son's socks through own efforts.
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at one of the P5 camp pv, i saw one student litter a piece of paper and the teacher did not allow him to do the ‘flying fox’ activity. Flying fox was one of the students favourite so that is a harsh punishment.
Then at the chinese calligraphy class, one naughty pri 2 boy kept talking and anyhow wrote the words. He was told to stand behind the class for half the lesson. The teachers are rather strict with the students, should be similar to most schools.
As for the students communication, the pri 1 are still chit chatting in english but the older kids in more mandarin than english. -
simsl_sg:
Guess the older kids have been \"turned\" so speak more mandarin than english.......at one of the P5 camp pv, i saw one student litter a piece of paper and the teacher did not allow him to do the 'flying fox' activity. Flying fox was one of the students favourite so that is a harsh punishment.
Then at the chinese calligraphy class, one naughty pri 2 boy kept talking and anyhow wrote the words. He was told to stand behind the class for half the lesson. The teachers are rather strict with the students, should be similar to most schools.
As for the students communication, the pri 1 are still chit chatting in english but the older kids in more mandarin than english.
Hope the school does not stop students from communicating in English. When I was in P1 my P did not allow us to speak mandarin outside 2nd lang lessons.
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SAHM_TAN:
This is a SAP school with high conc on chinese lang. I honestly doubt they would stop kids from speaking in chinese
Guess the older kids have been \"turned\" so speak more mandarin than english....... Hope the school does not stop students from communicating in English. When I was in P1 my P did not allow us to speak mandarin outside 2nd lang lessons. -
hquek:
I actually spoke to a HOD before and did raise this to her and she agreed that most HW students converse in mandarin and she added that they are actually trying to do something abt it as to make them speak more English.
This is a SAP school with high conc on chinese lang. I honestly doubt they would stop kids from speaking in chineseSAHM_TAN:
Guess the older kids have been \"turned\" so speak more mandarin than english....... Hope the school does not stop students from communicating in English. When I was in P1 my P did not allow us to speak mandarin outside 2nd lang lessons. -
nissin:
I actually spoke to a HOD before and did raise this to her and she agreed that most HW students converse in mandarin and she added that they are actually trying to do something abt it as to make them speak more English.[/quote]I misunderstood the earlier post from SAHM_Tan. Anyway, I would like to see them convert my kid from English speaking to Chinese speaking. that will be fun to watch.
This is a SAP school with high conc on chinese lang. I honestly doubt they would stop kids from speaking in chinesehquek:
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Guess the older kids have been \"turned\" so speak more mandarin than english....... Hope the school does not stop students from communicating in English. When I was in P1 my P did not allow us to speak mandarin outside 2nd lang lessons.
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During my trip with the kids, they were supposed to write answers on a worksheet. I’m not sure what the class I was attached to is like (whether they are from the ‘better’/‘worse’ class), but honestly, I was dismayed at their lack of spelling ability - some simple words they had no clue (can’t recall the exact word). This is NOT representative of the whole school.
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english or Chinese word?
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reiner:
english or Chinese word?
English word. that's when I started getting worried about standard in english there. But I dont' know what's it like. Have to find out for myself. -
I m a little bit worried abt the academic side of this sch and info is not readily available. Think the English standard is not that good. M half hearted in selecting this sch in fact. Can someone pls shed some light??
Btw do u mummies feel dat the teachers in HW are too strict and seems to have no passion in their job? this is just my impression of them during pv activity..I hope I m wrong..maybe all sch teachers r like dat??
I do not know abt other schs as no chance to pv but I think students from sjij r happier and more confident whereas HW students r more 'neighbourhood' and rebellious? Oops..parents of existing students pls dun stone me!This again is my impression of them only..not concrete though. However from wat I know, sjij's psle results is so so only. Still half-hearted.. :stupid:
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