Ngee Ann Primary

[sugarpie2honey]

Hi!


How would you compare Haig Girls' School to Ngee Ann Primary? Which one is better?
My P1 son is at Xinghua Primary where we have no complaints whatsoever; however, living in the east, it is not ideal. So my son has been on the waiting list for Ngee Ann Primary.

My P3 daughter is at Haig Girls' School and while we are pursuing a more convenient school choice for my son, we were considering moving our daughter to Ngee Ann Primary as well --but only IF IT IS A BETTER CHOICE THAN HAIG GIRLS' SCHOOL.

Does anyone have any comments or advice for comparing these two schools? Ngee Ann Primary has called and scheduled meeting with my two children...

:please: Would greatly appreciate your insight.

[porkypig]

Mummies,

i received a letter on the mandarin streaming for the P1 kids, does anyone have any information on that?
TIA!

[Myeo]

I have also received the letter. I did not know that they already started streaming in P1.

[chloecube]

Dd got the letter too. But I do not know what it meant by ‘core’. Haven’t got chance to see the MT teacher

[Musings]

The school explain the grouping for mandarin during orientation. They will assess the child’s oral communication skills in first term to see if they will be grouped ‘core’ or ‘basic’ - i cant remember the exact terms.


In the chinese textbook, there is a ‘basic’ section, ‘core’ section and ‘enrichment’ section. For the group who needs more help with communication ie the ‘basic’ group, they will cover the ‘basic’ section before going to the ‘core’ section.

I dont think there is anything to be concerned about - the grouping is just to identify kids who are not exposed to Mandarin at home and to give them closer attention.

[chloecube]

Hi Musing,

now that you've mentioned, i recalled the school did mention abt MT evaluation for P1, but i cant remember the exact details.
thks for reminding

[Musings]

Hi have some question on the P1 Holistic Assessment


It was mentioned that for the Maths assessment, heuristics like ‘Guess and Check’ and ‘Logical Thinking’ will be tested. The issue is are the kids even taught these heuristics? My DS hasn’t heard of it and I haven’t seen anything like it in their worksheets.

[chloecube]

Musings:

Hi have some question on the P1 Holistic Assessment


It was mentioned that for the Maths assessment, heuristics like 'Guess and Check' and 'Logical Thinking' will be tested. The issue is are the kids even taught these heuristics? My DS hasn't heard of it and I haven't seen anything like it in their worksheets.

hi musings,

sorry for late reply

i saw some of such questions in DD's worksheets.
such as:

there are 9 cows and birds in a farm, there are total of 26 legs. how many many cows are there?
i suppose they will be tested on such questions during the test.

[Myeo]

Does anyone here knows if i can get the uniform (bottom) from other places besides the school uniform supplier?


I almost vomited blood when talking to her.

[pingathot]

Hi Myeo

I think it is a bit difficult cos now the girl’s skort n the boy’s are a bit different from outside supplier. What’s wrong with the supplier? How about the supplier in the school?