Rivervale Primary
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Hey thks Supportive mum!
That's very good advice. As a 1st timer parent of a pri sch kids, I think I'm still learning to strike a balance to instill a holistic learning approach towards my kids. I do give him assessments though, but not excessively cos I believe there's still a need to get him into momentum, to at least get the basic foundations right. Yes, reading books is very impt.
Thks for the advice on grammar and reinforcement math. Will take note..
Personally, I find it abit challenging to gauge my son's performance in school, since most works are done in school. I appreciate the school's new approach towards a holistic learning (and not just academic) for the pupils. However, it's still early to see what kinda effects it will have.
Like what u mentioned, the teachers will gauge them based on informal testing. haha.. think my kid will face a challenge since he's very easily distracted. *headache :scratchhead: . Still figuring how to help him on that..
I think some parents r more experienced n some r newbies like me. So hope we can use this platform to share our experience with our kids, so that we can be better parents! :snuggles: -
Hi, any of your child in P2. Do you know if they have SA1 or CA1?
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Little Rainbow,
yes, there is a CA in term 3 and SA in term 4 . My child was P2 two yrs ago, dun think the sch has chg this process. My child was the first batch for this type of holistic assessment since P1,2010 . -
It seems that the Term 2 test for P1 Chinese has been increased from 5 sections of 20 questions (last year) to 9 sections of 45 questions (Revision Paper) this year. Generally, it’s fine if more than half the class is scoring full marks last year. The school will probably try to raise the standard of their test papers to maintain a bell curve.
However, I do find some imbalance in in terms of the number of questions between Chinese and English. There are only 10 questions for English test versus 45 for Chinese. But Term 2 overall percentage is still 20% for both Chinese and English subject. So if you child is strong in English, you tend to get a better result. 10 questions may be too few to assess if your child is coping well with the subject. On the other hand, there should not be too many questions until the child cannot complete the paper within the given timeframe. It seems that P1 is tested on tenses this year (revision paper) but I don’t remember that being taught except for words in the spelling list.
There are some good practices I saw in some schools.
1. P1 Spelling list is a phrase rather than words. (Helps in their composition later,learn capitals and punctuations.)
2. P3 Spelling list is all the phrases needed for creative writing.
3. Each Term, they have a theme for English and Chinese composition (just like topics for maths)
(Student is able to focus on creative phrases for the theme to be tested and not be overwhelmed by open-ended assessment. By year end, they still cover everything but systematically.)
4. In the report book, the average result for the band is shown so that at least we are able to assess if our child is above or below the average standard and take necessary actions if we fall below. Someone scoring 85 marks (band 1) when the average is 98 shows that the child is still below the average standard and also that the paper is too easy.
5. Items that will be tested (esp on Oral, Compo) are communicated in handbook versus being informed at each term. More time for parents to prioritise what to teach each term. -
Cube, but there is no streaming for P1, it is holistic assessment indicate by the number of smiley faces. I see that the Chi syllabus is a lot as there is a TB to follow. As for EL, it is on Stellar - no TB , a lot of story readings.
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MyPillow:
Cube, but there is no streaming for P1, it is holistic assessment indicate by the number of smiley faces. I see that the Chi syllabus is a lot as there is a TB to follow. As for EL, it is on Stellar - no TB , a lot of story readings.
Yes. Yes.
Term 2 to Term 4 summative assessments, as well as formative assessments, are recorded in the report book but will not be used to dictate if the child will progress to P2. All P1 proceed to P2 by default. This gives my child more time and I can keep him on track as it will be too stressful for him to catch up both P1 and P2 work only in P2.
I like the Rivervale Breakfast, I think the school is allowing late comers to enter the hall nowadays. -
How would you feel if your child is in Primary 6 and his/her form teacher does not collect assignments for marking but merely go through the papers with them for self-corrections?
Will reveal more if any riverlite’s parent is interested to know more. -
MdmGiveup:
They are doing this at mid-primary too. Can understand that with PSLE, parents would be more kan-cheong. Which subject?How would you feel if your child is in Primary 6 and his/her form teacher does not collect assignments for marking but merely go through the papers with them for self-corrections?
Will reveal more if any riverlite's parent is interested to know more. -
English & Science. For English, I am OK with the multiple choice sections but not on open comprehension. The teacher would need to check if alternative ways of presenting their answers are acceptable and highlight the common mistakes made by the pupils. P6 English is also based on Stellar. So for the past 2 terms, they are given 12 sets of practice papers. The teacher only marked the first 3 papers in term 1 and none of the subsequent papers.
For Science, besides the workbook, this teacher did not go through any of the 5 worksheets and 2 practice papers in term 2. (I gave up checking whether he did in term 1). He printed a set of model answers for the kids and their parents to digrest over the weekends before SA1. The practice papers were done around mid April, collected by the teacher and returned unmarked/untouched 22 days later. Same thing ever happened when he was teaching the same class last year. How do you find this? -
MdmGiveup:
Oh dear. Got chance to speak to him personally or email?English & Science. For English, I am OK with the multiple choice sections but not on open comprehension. The teacher would need to check if alternative ways of presenting their answers are acceptable and highlight the common mistakes made by the pupils. P6 English is also based on Stellar. So for the past 2 terms, they are given 12 sets of practice papers. The teacher only marked the first 3 papers in term 1 and none of the subsequent papers.
For Science, besides the workbook, this teacher did not go through any of the 5 worksheets and 2 practice papers in term 2. (I gave up checking whether he did in term 1). He printed a set of model answers for the kids and their parents to digrest over the weekends before SA1. The practice papers were done around mid April, collected by the teacher and returned unmarked/untouched 22 days later. Same thing ever happened when he was teaching the same class last year. How do you find this?
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