Pei Chun Public

[Daddy D]

Any1 read the 晚报 report yesterday about tuberculosis case at PeiChun? :yikes:

Primary 1 level...
How come no letter from school to inform parents?

[mamemo]

really? oh gosh!!

[Callie Tan]

Really??? I hv the newspaper will go read about it.

[Callie Tan]

Callie Tan:

999happygolucky:

Actually it's the volleyball coach that will decide whether your child will be selected for volleyball as a CCA. Anyway, the selection should have been completed by now and if I remember correctly, you will receive a letter from the school whether he/she is selected or not, maybe in Oct.


You may want to contact the teacher directly to find out whether your child is already selected to take volleyball.

Oh you mean the kids are not allowed to choose volleyball as a CCA unless they are being selected?? A bit puzzling... so I think that goes for the basketball too? My girl has chosen Chinese Orchestra but she is also keen in the basketball or volleyball too... ok let me call the school to speak to the teacher directly. Thanks!

Would like to share an update I have gotten from the HOD PE/HE/Aesthetics & CCA...

The selection for basketball and volleyball will be conducted this term... it's either you \"have talent\" and be selected into the school team directly or you can opt to join it as a CCA...

[angie69]

Thanks Callie, appreciate the info. I was about to call for an update too.


Anyone knows if Wushu can be taken as a CCA, if not chosen as school team?

[kin]

Hi mummies, my girl is currently in 4H , the volleyball class. Towards the last term, the selection process at P2 for the sports class gets more defined. There r a few rounds of selection. In fact, the kids will know Because they will be singled out for further selection. All these done during the PE lessons. There is both volleyball CCA in the sch but these pupils do not belong to the sports class. The sports class kids belong to the niche CCA where they are trained to be in the school team. They receive special and more training than normal class kids. Usually, you can’t get any info from the teachers until the selection process is over because these are all done by the professional coaches. For me, my girl only received the invite to sports class in the last wk of school.

[Callie Tan]

kin:

Hi mummies, my girl is currently in 4H , the volleyball class. Towards the last term, the selection process at P2 for the sports class gets more defined. There r a few rounds of selection. In fact, the kids will know Because they will be singled out for further selection. All these done during the PE lessons. There is both volleyball CCA in the sch but these pupils do not belong to the sports class. The sports class kids belong to the niche CCA where they are trained to be in the school team. They receive special and more training than normal class kids. Usually, you can't get any info from the teachers until the selection process is over because these are all done by the professional coaches. For me, my girl only received the invite to sports class in the last wk of school.

Hi thank you for the valuable info!!

To clarify, those who take volleyball/basketball as CCA wont have chance to be picked into the school team anymore?? I mean subsequently will they be selected for school team if they do well?

Any other CCAs your girl is taking?

[kin]

Hi Callie,

I remember going for a parent’s talk once and this issue was brought up. I think the selection process is final and because the sports class training is really quite different, personally, I think it is quite unlikely that any other student will be selected to go into the sports class or sports team. The class has extra one or two PE lessons more than normal classes. Training is rigourous. My girl doesnt take any other CCAs because theirs is considered niche. However, I know there are many other kids in the class who do other CCAs too. Unfortunately, my girl suffers from asthma and has since stopped
volleyball training since the middle of the year. Hope this helps.

[denisepby]

Hi, I’ve registered for Parent Volunteer next year for my girl born in 2008. Just wonder how’s the interview goes. Anything need to get ready for the interview. 20-30 over 102 only will be selected. I really hope I can pass the interview because we purposely bought a ‘very expensive’ house there hope that my kids will have a good school.

[bridesep]

Hi 999Happygolucky and Kin


My p2 son received a letter to opt for sports class at p3 and p4. The notification mentioned once opted in, there is no withdrawal from the sports class. I know some parents would be delighted but for me, I am not sure what that means. At p3 and p4, how much time is taken away for volleyball practice? There isnt any competition at this stage, right? I would assume that p3 and p4 is to train them and the actual competition starts at p5 and P6? Is it true that for the sports class, empahsis is on sports as they are in the school team and need to bring up the name of the school. So while the teacher will help the pupils to catch up in terms of the school work, they have very little time left to do their homework, let alone any other enrichment or tuition classes? Sorry to post so many questions, hope to hear the experience from parents whose children are in the sports class. Thanks a million !!