Nan Chiau Primary

[ectanz]

timtim:

Daddy101:

Hi,


I am new here. Hoping to enrol my son in NCP in 2017, haha. Understand its a super ks question. Is it true that we can only try for pv 2 years before p1 registration? Possible to start much earlier?

Why start PV (if you get chosen) so early when it makes no difference?

If you are hokkien you can try the Shhk route to get into phase 2b, however, if you are staying > 1 km, then even u got into 2b by whichever way, chances of balloting are high, you may want to check the balloting history to assess this.

[sc88]

Daddy101:

Hi,


I am new here. Hoping to enrol my son in NCP in 2017, haha. Understand its a super ks question. Is it true that we can only try for pv 2 years before p1 registration? Possible to start much earlier?

Different schools request different years in PV. Have to check with the school.

[timtim]

ectanz:

timtim:

Parents will hear P talk and watch performance. Children will go into their classes and brought to their classrooms for some \"assessments\". Last year, they were tested on Eng, Maths and Mother Tongue.

Hi Timtim,

So what's the purpose of conducting this assessments? Is this assessment meant for their class allocation?

The class already assigned. It should be stated in the Orientation Letter. The assessment is more to assess the ability of the students in the 3 subjects. The assessments are in the form of games and not written papers and from there, teachers will know their initial ability. NCPS's PSG organises holiday programmes and the weaker ones are encouraged (students will be given a letter after the assessment) to attend the 10 days Chinese or English programmes. There is no Maths programme however.

[dankhim]

timtim:

Daddy101:

Hi,


I am new here. Hoping to enrol my son in NCP in 2017, haha. Understand its a super ks question. Is it true that we can only try for pv 2 years before p1 registration? Possible to start much earlier?

Why start PV (if you get chosen) so early when it makes no difference?

Oh yea. U may have better chance if happen no one having same skill set on that year. If fail this year, u can try next year. And early also can take longer time to complete or u may want to go for extra mile to do 100 hours? Got diff one.

[yym]

ectanz:

larkspur:

hi,


also want to ask if we need to buy the books and uniforms on orientation day itself? or we can do e-ordering of book first?

ectanz, i have alos thought of getting a trolley bag as my girl requested that i get one for her in p1. A lot of my frens warn me the danger and also it might hurt my girl back cos if she has to climb stairs, they are not allowed to drag the bag. I will consider to get an ergonomic bag for her

Larkspur, I hv bought a trolley bag for my girl before when she was in k1. Ended, i was the one carried the bag when fetching her from school.

My in-laws worried tat my girl might hurt her back carrying heavy textbooks in normal type of bag when she is in p1 and would like us to consider a trolley bag.

My girl in P1 now is also very petite.. when I got her an ergonomic bag (medium sized) at start of p1, she looked like she will fall over. Everyone said the bag looks too big for her...Anyway, she has gotten used to it and no issues with it so far...

[timtim]

dankhim:

timtim:

[quote=\"Daddy101\"]Hi,


I am new here. Hoping to enrol my son in NCP in 2017, haha. Understand its a super ks question. Is it true that we can only try for pv 2 years before p1 registration? Possible to start much earlier?

Why start PV (if you get chosen) so early when it makes no difference?

Oh yea. U may have better chance if happen no one having same skill set on that year. If fail this year, u can try next year. And early also can take longer time to complete or u may want to go for extra mile to do 100 hours? Got diff one.[/quote]What I meant is for 2 PVs, one did 40 hours (meeting min. requirements) and one did 100 hours. Both will be qualified for P2B. Hence, what's the difference? Unless PV is your passion, then that's another matter altogether.

[larkspur]

i learnt from one mummy whose kid in p1 this year that there are no test or games to guage the standards of the kids during the orientation and yet when i read the previous thread right from the beginning of this year, there seems to be some tests or something, and if the students are weaker, they will be asked to attend the Han Yu pin Yin class or the phonics class. I wonder who is actually right?

[larkspur]

timtim:

ectanz:

[quote=\"timtim\"]
Parents will hear P talk and watch performance. Children will go into their classes and brought to their classrooms for some \"assessments\". Last year, they were tested on Eng, Maths and Mother Tongue.

Hi Timtim,

So what's the purpose of conducting this assessments? Is this assessment meant for their class allocation?

The class already assigned. It should be stated in the Orientation Letter. The assessment is more to assess the ability of the students in the 3 subjects. The assessments are in the form of games and not written papers and from there, teachers will know their initial ability. NCPS's PSG organises holiday programmes and the weaker ones are encouraged (students will be given a letter after the assessment) to attend the 10 days Chinese or English programmes. There is no Maths programme however.[/quote]Timtim when you mention the Orientation letter, do you mean the green form? but i din see any class being assigned.

[ectanz]

larkspur:

i learnt from one mummy whose kid in p1 this year that there are no test or games to guage the standards of the kids during the orientation and yet when i read the previous thread right from the beginning of this year, there seems to be some tests or something, and if the students are weaker, they will be asked to attend the Han Yu pin Yin class or the phonics class. I wonder who is actually right?

I personally feel tat the school shd abolish this assessment as this may cause unnecessary stress to both parents and child. If the child is not given this kind of experience on handling the test or rather games as most of the preschools are adopting \"learning thru play\", this doesn't mean tat the child is weaker than other children. They are simply not given the exposure to such tests.

Just my personal opinion.

[timtim]

ectanz:

larkspur:

i learnt from one mummy whose kid in p1 this year that there are no test or games to guage the standards of the kids during the orientation and yet when i read the previous thread right from the beginning of this year, there seems to be some tests or something, and if the students are weaker, they will be asked to attend the Han Yu pin Yin class or the phonics class. I wonder who is actually right?

I personally feel tat the school shd abolish this assessment as this may cause unnecessary stress to both parents and child. If the child is not given this kind of experience on handling the test or rather games as most of the preschools are adopting \"learning thru play\", this doesn't mean tat the child is weaker than other children. They are simply not given the exposure to such tests.

Just my personal opinion.

I understand quite a number of Pri Sch also have some extent of such assessments during orientation, not unique to NCPS. Well, maybe they just want all P1 students to start on equal footing as some may not be exposed to HYPY or phonics during their kindergarten years. I think it'll do them good if they have some exposure during the holiday before school starts.