Augmum:

Hi nightrace,

So how was the PTM session ??
Pl Pm me for any updates/info....thks.....

Hi Augmum,

Pm-ed you.

jtoh:

What is this enrichment class? Is it for better students to do more advanced material in the subject they were selected for? How many of such enrichment classes can a student take?

Hi jtoh,

At end of Y2, students choose their subj-combo option and at the same time, they can opt for subject/s to go for enrichment in Y3 and 4. It can be Math enrichment, Hist enrichment or Geog enrichment etc. I do not know how many such classes can a student take. :oops:

Students selected for specific subj will be grouped together for enriched and/or accelerated learning (in-class enrichment) and selection is merit-based. There are 30+ students in each of the two such subject classes that I know , that's top 10% for each subject.

Yo, Augmum,


Finally I asked because Augmum is like the ambassador of this thread. So when Augmum asks, have to *salute* and YES MADAM! hahaha...

Yes, likely to attend PTM as I have some doubts to clear regarding Y3 subject enrichment. Other than that, no news is good news.

Haha...listen to P's words, i.e. washes own dishes. Now must iron own school U to start develop enduring skills (from home).

Augmum:

Fat Mama:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]

Hi Augmum,
Which grade did ur dd opt for? 5 or 6?
Examples are so easy? Wow! her std must be very high.
According to DS, the trial paper they did was not easy.
They had to listen to whole long compre and do 50 mcq.
Another component, they have to read 1000 words passage in 10mins and do summary based on memory of the passage as the passage will be collected after reading. :yikes:

hi fat mama
Well....this is what i heard from my gal......
Dont think it is becos of her HCL std, she said that all her frens were saying the same thing during the briefing....
\" So easy, straight forward questions, as compared to their existing HCL std \".
i am not too sure which grade she had chosen as i recalled 
she did ask me this question before as which grade to choose,
and i told her that it was up to her to decide on it.

Yes, she did tell me  yesterday that the trial paper had near to 50 MCQ questions for the listening comprehension,
And abt 10 short passages for comprehension questions.
The last component being the 书写 。
Or Perhaps, they both might be referring to diff grade ??
 

Fat Mama:

No oral for the written component, you have to pay extra $60 to opt for oral.

Arhh.....i also cant remember how much did we pay for it as it was sometime ago.
Nowadays, i cant keep track of all her stuff as they are really loaded with too much stuff,
their school workload is unexpectedly high.....
so many things all due on the same day.....poor kids.... :roll: :faint:

[/quote]Hi Augmum,

Last night DS said that the trial paper was easy, can score 100% kind. :roll: . That is for grade 5. Btw, the students were given a copy of it.

Hello Fat Mama, your child is taking grade 6? Becos G5 has no summary writing component that you mentioned. DS said his classmate taking G6 had also commented that G6 trial paper was tough.

Nowadays, I also seldom check his stuff...getting lazier. DS has to wash own dishes and iron own school U.

oldmummy:

Hi Nighttrace


Thank You. I will email the FT.

You're welcome.

oldmummy:

Hi


Re PTM with the teachers, what happens if parents have to work full day on Saturdays and it's not possible to take leave? Can we arrange for a separate day to meet? or do we have to do it over the phone?

Hi oldmummy,

You can give a call or drop an email to inform the FT, request him/ her to help to inform all subject teachers to contact you if they have any issue with your child.

So far, in my case, the teachers are very helpful and pro-active. They are more ganchiong than me. :oops:

Augmum:

Pen88n:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]During my gal's yr, there was a Tea session held on the PTM day.

( oh yes, i recalled that we parents, here, were complaining why must we pay for the PTM,
and the refreshments offered were :slapshead: lol)
U would be sitting with the FT on the same table.
There was no time allocation to meet diff subj teachers,
U would need to move fr 1 table to another, if u wanna to meet and talk to the subj Ts,
T's names were clearly displayed on each table.
And yes, it was a saturday's afternoon.......provided there is no change.

Thanks, Augmum :hugs: . You are the best, always patiently answering we newbies DHS parents' questions :snuggles: !

u're welcome, Pen88....thanks.....

Pen88n:

Like that I must get my DS to give me list of subject teachers, then scrutinised the tables to look for teachers :idea: ! Ok, seems like afternoon leave is enough
So, the teachers do not have a list of \"must meet\" parents - those that they want to see to highlight student's \"inadequacies\" :evil: Moreover, it is so open (not one-to-one) so when teacher communicate to parents, all other parents can hear since they are sitting around the table? Must tell DS he better be good and do ok, else everyone is going to know about his reputation! :rotflmao:

No worry....
You will be given the list of the subject teachers' names on that day,
u only need to know which class yr child is in
Oh yes, def no privacy in this case as there are parents crowding ard the teacher.
I think for any sensitive issue, usually parent would arrange with the teacher on another day for discussion.[/quote]Oh yes, this was how it was conducted when I attended PTM for Y1/2010. But it was different last year. It was 1-to-1 and you have to queue to see each subject teacher. More privacy But we were only given a few minutes with each teacher and there was a student besides as a time-keeper.

Pen88n:

hmmum:

Don't worry, from past experience, most likely is on Saturday

No lei, stated in DHS letter 18 May. Check it is on Fri, so need to plan for leave

Y3 PTM will be on Saturday 19 May.

Augmum:

Nightrace:

Hi Augmum, saw your post in RV thread regarding HSK. Didn't know that there is this oral component. Was it stated in the memo? Maybe I have missed it.


Thanks for sharing.

Nightrace,

How yr son feels abt today's briefing on the HSK test ??
Gal feedback that it was a waste of time of 2 over hrs sitting in LT,
And pupils were making noises abt the whole briefing,
which was so slow-paced and time consuming......
As they want an earlier dismissal so as they can make use of the time for chionging other stuff which are more urgent,
Some of them even had CCA to attend to.....
Btw, she said that the examples of questions given by the speaker (trial paper) were so Easy, as compared to their HCL std.

Also, there is no oral component,
dunno why the other day her teacher told them that there would be an oral test,
even prepared them for oral test by doing class presentation. :?

And yes, she heard from her frens that some classes' chinese teachers made it optional to take this test,
But for her class, her CL teacher made it compulsory for every1 ?? :scratchhead: :evil:

DS did not mention anything about the briefing. He said that the test is compulsory though.

I asked him to consult his CL teacher whether to take grade 5 or 6 and I think he is taking 5.

naggo-nitemare:

WeiHan:

So in fact GEP is a better education which we should aim to give to more kids or even all kids and not scrap it.

There is a reason why gep is a pullout program. Already numerous people are complaining abt coping with the current primary sch coursework. Do we want to accelerate ALL kids? Obviously, some are suited for gep while most are not. PL don't view a child as being deprived if he isn't in gep. Those in the mainstream has the same opportunities in other moe-run programs and competitions eg primary math masterclass, debate competitions and science quizzes. All who can prove his potential n innate talent will not be deprived.

The programme should be there to stretch the naturally gifted ones. If not, they will be bored and the one-size-fits-all curriculum will stifle their learning.

It is those trained ones who are not only wasting resources but also depriving some other kids with real potential of getting a place in it.