Marymount Convent

[Happygolucky]

autumn82:

Hi,


anyone can enlighten me if the girls have to take any test during their orientation or 1st day of school so as to split them up according to their ability??

Btw, how does the school split them up into classes?? By ability?? Oh, is there any orientation for P1 kids??

I'm so excited for my gal who will be joining this big family next year!!

There is no test or any assessment to split the girls up according to their ability for Primary 1. At the end of Primary 1, they will be ranked 1st according to their Math results, followed by their English results. They will then be placed into Class C and G for Primary 2 and Class B and D for the subsequent years. The other classes are of mixed ability.

Nonetheless, my observation is that they rotate the teachers around from Primary 2 to Primary 6(i.e don't see any obvious practice to allocate only 'good' teachers to only 'good classes').

[autumn82]

cantbearit2:

autumn82:

Hi,


anyone can enlighten me if the girls have to take any test during their orientation or 1st day of school so as to split them up according to their ability??

Btw, how does the school split them up into classes?? By ability?? Oh, is there any orientation for P1 kids??

I'm so excited for my gal who will be joining this big family next year!!

Hello autumn82,

have u registered under the earlier phase? Are u staying at Toa Payoh? I am also v excited cos first kid mah.

I registered her under Phase 2B.. So pretty safe, confirmed in

[autumn82]

JonC:

As my DS is in boy school, I cannot put my DD in the same school.


So I monitor MOE website for various girl school all Phases before Phase 2C and finally decide on MCS as quite confirm no ballot in Phase 2C.

Which boys sch is your DS in now?? I'm in search for a boys school near my place.. Headache coz non around here.

I'm looking at St Andrews/Maris Stella/St Joseph but all seems difficult to get in w/o balloting.

[autumn82]

Happygolucky:

autumn82:

Hi,


anyone can enlighten me if the girls have to take any test during their orientation or 1st day of school so as to split them up according to their ability??

Btw, how does the school split them up into classes?? By ability?? Oh, is there any orientation for P1 kids??

I'm so excited for my gal who will be joining this big family next year!!

There is no test or any assessment to split the girls up according to their ability for Primary 1. At the end of Primary 1, they will be ranked 1st according to their Math results, followed by their English results. They will then be placed into Class C and G for Primary 2 and Class B and D for the subsequent years. The other classes are of mixed ability.

Nonetheless, my observation is that they rotate the teachers around from Primary 2 to Primary 6(i.e don't see any obvious practice to allocate only 'good' teachers to only 'good classes').

Thanks alot for your info!!! Slightly relieved coz I heard some schools make them do some test on 1st day then split them up.. It's good that the teachers are mixed ard..

Oh, another ques can? I realised P1-2 have 6-8 classes, how come when it's P3 and above, the classes are lesser? I thought by right it shld be no more than 30 students in a class?? Then where did the rest went to? Transferred out?

[autumn82]

JonC:

err... you no read from post 1 in this MCS thread?


Me from Sembawang too.

Neighbourr!!! LOL!! Any idea how much will the sch bus fare be like next year? And roughly what time?? 10.45pm still?? That's very early..

[Happygolucky]

autumn82:

Happygolucky:

[quote=\"autumn82\"]Hi,


anyone can enlighten me if the girls have to take any test during their orientation or 1st day of school so as to split them up according to their ability??

Btw, how does the school split them up into classes?? By ability?? Oh, is there any orientation for P1 kids??

I'm so excited for my gal who will be joining this big family next year!!

There is no test or any assessment to split the girls up according to their ability for Primary 1. At the end of Primary 1, they will be ranked 1st according to their Math results, followed by their English results. They will then be placed into Class C and G for Primary 2 and Class B and D for the subsequent years. The other classes are of mixed ability.

Nonetheless, my observation is that they rotate the teachers around from Primary 2 to Primary 6(i.e don't see any obvious practice to allocate only 'good' teachers to only 'good classes').

Thanks alot for your info!!! Slightly relieved coz I heard some schools make them do some test on 1st day then split them up.. It's good that the teachers are mixed ard..

Oh, another ques can? I realised P1-2 have 6-8 classes, how come when it's P3 and above, the classes are lesser? I thought by right it shld be no more than 30 students in a class?? Then where did the rest went to? Transferred out?[/quote]All schools are the same, except for GEP classes. There are 30 pupils in a class for Primary 1 and 2 and 40 pupils in each class from Primary 3 onwards.

[autumn82]

Happygolucky:

autumn82:

[quote=\"Happygolucky\"]
There is no test or any assessment to split the girls up according to their ability for Primary 1. At the end of Primary 1, they will be ranked 1st according to their Math results, followed by their English results. They will then be placed into Class C and G for Primary 2 and Class B and D for the subsequent years. The other classes are of mixed ability.

Nonetheless, my observation is that they rotate the teachers around from Primary 2 to Primary 6(i.e don't see any obvious practice to allocate only 'good' teachers to only 'good classes').

Thanks alot for your info!!! Slightly relieved coz I heard some schools make them do some test on 1st day then split them up.. It's good that the teachers are mixed ard..

Oh, another ques can? I realised P1-2 have 6-8 classes, how come when it's P3 and above, the classes are lesser? I thought by right it shld be no more than 30 students in a class?? Then where did the rest went to? Transferred out?

All schools are the same, except for GEP classes. There are 30 pupils in a class for Primary 1 and 2 and 40 pupils in each class from Primary 3 onwards.[/quote]Ohhh okies.. I'm noob. My hubby was telling me, cannot be all transferred out right? :lol:

[JonC]

CHS under 2A2

[cantbearit2]

JonC:

err... you no read from post 1 in this MCS thread?


Me from Sembawang too.

Paisay, think I din remember liao. Too much reading. :lol:

[autumn82]

JonC:

CHS under 2A2

So good!!!!