St Gabriel's Primary

[BlackVelvet]

Hi chic_mom


Err… Monfort and St. Gab’s are sister schools. Out of curosity, what’s Monfort like?

I was considering Monfort years ago, but registered my son into St Gab’s because the holding school then was nearer to my home.

[chic_mom]

BlackVelvet:

Hi chic_mom


Err.. Monfort and St. Gab's are sister schools. Out of curosity, what's Monfort like?

I was considering Monfort years ago, but registered my son into St Gab's because the holding school then was nearer to my home.

brother schools..
Montfort is a pretty gd sch i must say.. with a long history. Niche: badminton. 'ey expose boys to lots of CCA fm P1. Everything was ok until recently, wif d change of principal. Discipline wise, therz a tremendous drop. Well, i wasn't d only 1 who whines abt it.. most others whom i spoke to share pretty much d same frequency.

[eetsc]

Hi Blackvelvet, thks for the info on sch shoes. I just received the info pack from st gabs last night on orientation n was wondering if necessary to buy sch embrossed shoes n socks. Think better anyway does not cost much.


You mentioned that the kids are streamed according to their std in P2. Btw, which is considered first class - coz classes have names instead of a-z. From ur exp w the sch are there a couple of classes that usually do better than others in the same std? Of coz for p1, no diff, but just wondering for the other stds.

I noticed tt the info pack shows tt the boys r already divided into houses. Do they sit in houses too in class? How is the sitting arrangement done in class? Does the teacher rotate the seats allocated?

[BlackVelvet]

Hi eetsc, classes are named according to the school’s 8 virtues, and I’ve come to realise that there is no fixed best class name. E.g., when my first son was in P1/P2, he was in 1 & 2Orderliness, then, in P3 he was in Generosity. There were only 3 or 4 P1 classes then. I noticed it would go like S G P S L O R D. P1 / P2 had classes until D (diligence), so when P3 comes, they start all over again - best class P3 Sincerity, 2nd class Generosity, etc.


This year, my son is in the Self-Discipline - found out on first day of school that this class is known as the "siblings" class, as most of the boys has elder brothers in the school. However, not sure whether this is purely coincidental.

Colour houses are really meant for Sports Day when the boys will compete according to their houses.

No idea how other class teachers would allocate the seating, but my 2 boys were not seated according to their colour houses. My son’s teacher would change the seats of a couple of boys when necessary, eg., if she feels that 2 boys seated together are too noisy, etc.

Hope this helps.

[BlackVelvet]

chic_mom:

BlackVelvet:

Hi chic_mom


Err.. Monfort and St. Gab's are sister schools. Out of curosity, what's Monfort like?

I was considering Monfort years ago, but registered my son into St Gab's because the holding school then was nearer to my home.

brother schools..
Montfort is a pretty gd sch i must say.. with a long history. Niche: badminton. 'ey expose boys to lots of CCA fm P1. Everything was ok until recently, wif d change of principal. Discipline wise, therz a tremendous drop. Well, i wasn't d only 1 who whines abt it.. most others whom i spoke to share pretty much d same frequency.

Thanks, chic-mum. Hope you are successful in your request.

[eetsc]

Hi blackvelvet,


i was going thru the staff list of classes n following ur S G P S L O R D formula - hey! It works! But funny, 2010 they had SGPSLO for p1 so by right it should LORDS for 2011 p1 as there r 5 p1 classes next yr. However, based on docs i received they named the classes SGPSL this time for 2011.

Oh well thats not impt but definitely an interesting observation.

[eetsc]

Hi again,


I noticed that there is a list of reference optional books which amt to $124+. Is it necessary to get them? From your exp, do your sons use them?

Thks

[BlackVelvet]

Hello eetsc,


Can't recall offhand what are the optional references, but I bought the following which the teacher did not use:
[list]

[eetsc]

Hi blackvelvet,


Reference optional:
CLIPS supplementary readers set B (bk 11-20-chinese)
Exploring Reading Book 1
MPH The grammar handbk P1&2
MPH The grammar wkbk P1
Longman photo dictionary w CDRom
Chinese Fun Fun Fun P1
My First Picture Dictionary - chinese
Maths Olympiad (junior)

[BlackVelvet]

Hi eetsc


Apart from My First Picture Dictionary - chinese & Maths Olympiad (junior), I did not buy the others. I figured if the books were needed during the year, I could still get them from the bookshop.

You may want to check with his form teacher on orientation day when you meet her.