Pei Chun Public
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angie69:
angie69, I was also in touch with Mrs Bernadette Chen prior speaking to Mrs Seah... She was the one who told me that the final selection is only done in Term 4. Then when I emailed her last week asking about the results of selection, Mrs Seah called me.Callie Tan:
Mrs Seah has called just now saying I will be allowed to attend the dialogue session this evening. At the same time, she stressed that although my girl is selected but in actual fact, there will be only 16 girls be selected into the volleyball team and my girl might not be one of the 16... ??? So out of the 10 Primary 2 classes, a total of 300 students, the school only select 16 girls and 16 boys into the volleyball teams respectively? No wonder it's called the niche CCA...
Once again, after the earlier conversation I am even more confused.... at first said she's selected then now said she might not be selected... confusing...
Callie, I spoke to Mrs Bernadette Chen (HOD PE) and she did explain to me that for the 3 niche CCAs, they selected 16 boys and 16 girls for each CCA. This will mean that out of 300 students, about 96 students were selected. Do you have an option? Is it only VB? My son has an option of basketball or table tennis. I am getting puzzled how the selection process works too. I suppose attend the briefing tonight and hopefully can have a better idea.
So tonight's session is for the 96 students right? So where does my girl stand now? Is she in the 96 or not?? This is what I am confused about... If she's not, then why did Mrs Seah ask me to make a choice between CO and volleyball?? What if I withdraw my girl from CO and yet she's actually not selected for volleyball (eventually), where does my girl go now?? -
angie69:
Since there are only 2 classes of 40 each (I assume), they are expecting 16 pupils to drop out of the sports class. We shall ask how many pupils are there max in each sports class and what happens if more than 80 pupils are interested?Callie Tan:
Mrs Seah has called just now saying I will be allowed to attend the dialogue session this evening. At the same time, she stressed that although my girl is selected but in actual fact, there will be only 16 girls be selected into the volleyball team and my girl might not be one of the 16... ??? So out of the 10 Primary 2 classes, a total of 300 students, the school only select 16 girls and 16 boys into the volleyball teams respectively? No wonder it's called the niche CCA...
Once again, after the earlier conversation I am even more confused.... at first said she's selected then now said she might not be selected... confusing...
Callie, I spoke to Mrs Bernadette Chen (HOD PE) and she did explain to me that for the 3 niche CCAs, they selected 16 boys and 16 girls for each CCA. This will mean that out of 300 students, about 96 students were selected. Do you have an option? Is it only VB? My son has an option of basketball or table tennis. I am getting puzzled how the selection process works too. I suppose attend the briefing tonight and hopefully can have a better idea. -
One of the reasons for sending my kids to Pei Chun is that the school encourages a holistic education. Not only does it has a very robust academic program, its CCAs are of high standards. The school hires outside highly qualified coaches and instructors to train the kids, and for that parents pay almost nothing. I know many schools make parents pay for all/ substantial portion of the costs involved.
My eldest girl graduated from PCPS 3 yrs ago. She was in CO. She continues her interest in her sec school. She feels that the real learning was during her primary sch days when she had some v fantastic instructors. The std at PCPS is comparable to that of her secondary sch today.
Sports classes are excellent. They learn to be a teamplayer, learn to lead, be disciplined and be more tolerant. The program enhances self-confidence, teaches how to take failure and how to reivew their mistakes so as to win the next time.
One of my kids was in the VB team and ultimately got into her dream sch thru DSA. Now her P3 sister is also in the sports class doing VB. The P3 sports classes this year produce very good academic results. One of the classes top the cohort in their Math average marks for both SA1 and CA2, and also attained high ave marks for other subjects. Another class has more than a quarter of the kids went for 2nd round GEP tests. So, the heavy training schedules and tired bodies have not affected their grades! -
My DD was in VB school team n her form teacher at P4 told us that evenif she has VB, as long as she has good results, she will go to P5A. and she did. in the end, she did not use VB for DSA . i don’t believe in depending on sports to gain sec school. no matter what n whether we like it or not, academics is still king. My girl is now in cedar n still playing VB in school team. i think if children are doing the sports that they like, we can use it as the carrot to further motivate them.
I know of parents withdrawing their kids from niche cca n not be penalized. as u know, it is not compulsory to hv a cca in pcps. my DS2 is not taking any cca now. he is just not interested in anything.
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Table Spoon:
Thanks for sharing. Does CO have the DSA route to secondary schools?
My eldest girl graduated from PCPS 3 yrs ago. She was in CO. She continues her interest in her sec school. She feels that the real learning was during her primary sch days when she had some v fantastic instructors. The std at PCPS is comparable to that of her secondary sch today. -
Yes, CO has DSA route. Top schools that conduct CO audition under the DSA program include Nanyang Girls, Dunman High and River Valley.
My CO daughter didn’t use the DSA route but is now in St Nicks based on results. St Nicks only has DSA for sports. -
Table Spoon:
Really? I am not aware... so there were peichun students went to these schools via DSA? Spoken to the CO teacher but she didn't mention leh....thanks for the infoYes, CO has DSA route. Top schools that conduct CO audition under the DSA program include Nanyang Girls, Dunman High and River Valley.
My CO daughter didn't use the DSA route but is now in St Nicks based on results. St Nicks only has DSA for sports. -
Table Spoon:
Really? I am not aware... so there were peichun students went to these schools via DSA? Spoken to the CO teacher but she didn't mention leh....thanks for the infoYes, CO has DSA route. Top schools that conduct CO audition under the DSA program include Nanyang Girls, Dunman High and River Valley.
My CO daughter didn't use the DSA route but is now in St Nicks based on results. St Nicks only has DSA for sports. -
Can anyone share with me - is there any cca or any school activities on saturday? Thanks.
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Imami:
Can anyone share with me - is there any cca or any school activities on saturday? Thanks.
I know volleyball is trying to arrange all training in the weekdays... not sure about the rest... but think when there is a competition it is unavoidable to hv trainings on Saturdays
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