Pei Chun Public
-
rainbow05:
Good then it serves as a wake up call for pcps to work harder to raise their standards as many neighbourhood schools are doing better than them. Their average really not as good for many years...... Correct me if im wrong..... They never even show clear indicatives of their results. Heard from some mummies during a P1 talk lately that positioning is kind of unimportant during the session but then how does one gauge one's child since of these statistics are so secretive..... Something need to improve, pcps!
Yes, I was there for the level briefing and during the QA time, 1 mummy asked if it's possible to show the mean score in the report book so that we know how is our child performing as compare to the rest of the cohort. However, a male teacher (so call \"lao jiao\" who has grown up children) kept stressing do not compare but I disagree. Without statistics, we can't gauge the child's performance. Is he doing fine or he is actually falling behind the average and needs some support to improve on the grades. I know PCPS is generally a good school but PSLE results are not that fantastic over the recent years as the neighborhood schools are producing even better results. -
I’m from PCPS’s 2012 P6 cohort and for last year, they gave a separate sheet of paper stating the mean, highest and lowest scores for each subject. They also gave a rough guideline to where we stand as they gave the minimum score of the above 75% of the cohort, 50% and 25%. I’m not sure about this year though.
-
For p1 and p2, there’re no positions shown in report cards. The form teacher will let u know the mean scores of the class if u ask. For these 2 years are the foundation years, the tests or MA set by pei chun are not killer papers. They test on matters that are very similar to the daily work of the students or what have been taught. So u should expect him to score well if he understands his work and has good study habits (which we should be instilling in him) If he does not get high marks, the focus is on whether he can improve on his own scores every tests with his own effort. If he does, we should celebrate with him and not be hard tight abt his marks or how his classmates are faring. There will be full marks by other children all the time. Just my 2 cents worth.
-
With no information on how the child is actually doing compared to his peers and clueless of how the posting of P3 is actually done. One cant really help the child much. I understand from this forum most assumed the deciding factor is based on CCA but is this really so? so simple… I doubt so! It makes plain sense to group children of similar calibre together so as to ease teaching. It will then not be a waste of time to both the teachers and students. Some fast and some slower and hence repetition on a topic may drag longer than usual. If my child is slower, she may not want to ask or participate in class knowing that others already have good understanding of the topic and this will thus make her fall further away from her peers. Not so encouraging right?
Having said the above, we all know 5A and 6A are the best class for their levels but what about those in P3 and P4? If our children are not in the top 2 classes, we can then encourage and motivate them to work harder. This will then serves as a goal for them. I don’t expect pcps to label the last class but at least disclose the top 2 classss for each level. I know of schools who will review the students based on year end results so as to allow these children who worked hard, join the top 2 classes and those who have slacken will be transferred out. We definitely need to know where our childrenn stand, as we do not want to be too hard nor too relax on em. Another helpful point here, the top 25% cert that one received at the end of the year from our constituency, kind of telling us if they qualify to be in the top 2 classes of 80 children. Last but not least, all the above also only my 2 cents worth! -
As there is no formal exams for P1 & P2, I guess the school is not too concerned about positioning. My daughter was P3 last year and after the year end exams we received some form of information on how the cohort did. Like what mystery1432 has mentioned, parents were informed of the minimum scores of 75%, 50% and 25% of each subject of the cohort. Thus, from there we know where our child stand in terms of the overall academic performance for the whole year.
Losing bright pupils to the GEP programs may be one of the reasons for fewer top scorers for PSLE but I think there is much more that the school can do to focus on academic performance for the many more bright students left with the school. PCPS is a good school overall, equipped with good facilities, experienced teachers and interesting programs to provide a holistic education. It is not that they are not doing well now but I sincerely hope that more kids from PCPS will get into better secondary schools. Of course, parental support and home environment play an important role, too. -
I did not have the Modular Assesments when I was in P1 and 2, so I don’t know what that is all about. When I was in P3, the so-called ‘best class’ was 3J or 3E. However, I don’t think there are any best classes in P3 and 4, bcos of the sports class. I think they were mainly grouped by CCAs, as 3G had the most CO members, while 3D had the most Choir members. As for getting into top schools, I was from the A class so I know quite a few got into NYGH, while one of my friend got into RGS.
-
bridesep:
Oic... The teacher is very accomodating...
Hi Callie
At first, his vb was on Wed 4 to 6pm. I called up the teacher in charge to feedback that the timing was not good for the pupils. So we received a 2nd notification on 16 Jan that it is now changed to Thu 1.30 to 3.30 pm. But because we cannot make it due to tuition, the teacher allowed him to attend the Fri 3.30 to 5.30 pm. I read that that slot was meant for P4,5 and 6.
When is yr girl's practice? My son is not in the school team. I don't think the school team practice with the non school team, right ?
My girl is in the sports class, hehehe not yet school team lah... their trainings are on thursdays 1.30pm to 3.30pm.. -
JTS…for each class inclusive of P1, actually the top 3 is known…every yr there will be an annual award presentation for each class top 3.
But agree that most other sch do share median/mean as I know of. -
rainbow05:
Hi Rainbow05With no information on how the child is actually doing compared to his peers and clueless of how the posting of P3 is actually done. One cant really help the child much. I understand from this forum most assumed the deciding factor is based on CCA but is this really so? so simple..... I doubt so! It makes plain sense to group children of similar calibre together so as to ease teaching. It will then not be a waste of time to both the teachers and students. Some fast and some slower and hence repetition on a topic may drag longer than usual. If my child is slower, she may not want to ask or participate in class knowing that others already have good understanding of the topic and this will thus make her fall further away from her peers. Not so encouraging right?
Having said the above, we all know 5A and 6A are the best class for their levels but what about those in P3 and P4? If our children are not in the top 2 classes, we can then encourage and motivate them to work harder. This will then serves as a goal for them. I don't expect pcps to label the last class but at least disclose the top 2 classss for each level. I know of schools who will review the students based on year end results so as to allow these children who worked hard, join the top 2 classes and those who have slacken will be transferred out. We definitely need to know where our childrenn stand, as we do not want to be too hard nor too relax on em. Another helpful point here, the top 25% cert that one received at the end of the year from our constituency, kind of telling us if they qualify to be in the top 2 classes of 80 children. Last but not least, all the above also only my 2 cents worth!
Just to share my experience. Other than the sports class and the CCA class, the rest of the pupils are indeed sorted randomly in my child's year, with very good and not so good pupils in the same class. While this could affect the teaching, on the other hand it gives children more time to grow and develop. A child who has done well in P1 and P2 may not do as well when they are in P3 and P4 as there is a new subject and the standard is significantly raised. For a child who is branded as not so good at the end of P2, and is sorted to the last few classes, this could be quite a blow to the child's self esteem. I do not see any negative effects on my child, although he was in a class with children of mixed abilities.
I also like it that the school does not change the class of the pupils when they move from P3 to P4, and then from P5 to P6 (unless it is due to special circumstances like dropping of HCL). So, a child in 5A who did not do as well as someone in 5B at the end of the year will not be transferred to 6B the next year. This will be less disruptive to both the children and teachers and they can devote their time to preparing the children for the PSLE.
At P3 and P4, the teachers usually give out a slip of paper at the end of the exams showing the class mean, highest and lowest. You could ask the teachers for this if they do not give this out.
The above is just my opinion which I hope will help to alleviate your concerns. -
So may I check for P3 this year, are we still using the MA and AA system?
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login