phtthp:

tigressina:

I'm considering a few secondary schools in Bedok and Tampines area for my DD.


Does anyone have any feedback on these few? Academic and non-academic wise...

- St. Hilda's Sec
- Dunman Sec
- St Anthony Canossian Sec
- CHIJ KC

TIA!

The 2 better schools absent in yr list are

Temasek Secondary and Tanjong Katong Girls Sec. These two schools offer gce o level economics in Sec 3 and 4, a subject if yr child can do well, will benefit him / her in future. Econs is a useful subject, and the gce o level exam subject syllabus to be tested is Econs, 2286.

Temasek Secondary school also offer o level principles of Accounting


http://temaseksec.moe.edu.sg/programmes/academic-programmes/subjects-offered

Those 4 schools inside yr list :
Do not offer gce O level Econs.

It is wiser & more beneficial, to study O level Econs, than to study O level History / Geography, given a chance.

Thanks! I am aware of Temasek and TKGS. I am not overly optimistic about her results but those two could be considered if her t score meets their COP range. Otherwise we will resort to going with good school and not top schools in the east zone.

Anyway, my DD likes Science a lot and is her best subject. She told me she wants to be studying medicines one day :xedfingers:

phtthp:

fisherman friend:

so is st hildas a good school?

St Hilda primary is a GEP school, but for the Secondary school, class fight ...

http://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/st-hildas-sec-students-fight-in-class-while-adult-stands-and-watches


https://mothership.sg/2017/09/spore-secondary-school-students-brawl-in-classroom-while-adult-watches/

It's actually a better school than others in Tampines neighborhood if you get a chance to walk around the estate and observe the students' behavior in the public. Petty fights happen. Just look at another mission school like Hai Sing. The \"fight\" video went viral on the Net as well. Have friends and friends' kids graduated from St Hilda's Sec. They turned out fine

Anyone knows Dunman Sec (Tampines) and Bedok South Sec ( near Tanah Merah)? Studies wise, I'm asking. Their students seem to behave well in the public

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Thanks for your concern!

She is busy reading her chinese 小说 now!

Whoa, got墨水! My DD is enjoying her console games and story books she deprived for soooo...long...haha

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Thanks Tigressina!

She commented why MOE is cruel this year and asked me to search for Secondary school with lowest COP requirement to express stream.

No worries! Jiayou 加油!(^ω^) We all need that now and later. Cheer her up, keep her preoccupied with things she likes to do which she couldn't do when prepping for the exam. Most importantly, keep the family closely knit, happy and when she feels the love and care she needs from her loved ones, she will be more open and willing to share her thoughts and feelings as she becomes a teen (instead of turning to peers and get influenced negatively by others). :snuggles:

@chanus88: sorry to hear about how your DD is feeling. My DD also refused to talk about some of the Qs I asked her in order to gauge where she stands in her results. As such, I decided to let her know the harsh reality she would have to face if her score isn’t up to her and our expectations. She didn’t utter a single word but just nodded her head.


Right now all we can do is to adjust our own expectation and theirs and slowly guide them through this phase and then the next phase which is their sec school life - and that will be a different set of problems/challenge to face…

Cheer her up and let her know she is not alone out there. Don’t let this exam set her back. Life doesn’t depend all on this. She will be special in her own way when she adopts a positive thinking!

My DD has concluded that all papers were either tougher or trickier than all prelim papers and past psle papers she had done.


In any case, what's done cannot be undone as I explained to her and consoled myself as well. So we got to move on now and plan for the worst, if she is not going to meet her dream score. If her score gets her to Express stream but not her dream school, then how? If her score only allows her to go Normal stream then which school is a good school to go to - 'cos now every school is a good school, right? :roll:

Twinkle Belle:

My daughter just completed her PSLE. She is not a slacker and has been a consistent worker all this while. After she had completed her science paper yesterday, she came out feeling shaken because the paper was difficult. There were many answers which she was unsure of. She spent a lot of time mulling over the options in the MCQ section. In short, it was a nerve-wrecking experience for her.


There were other pupils who could not complete the paper. Her classmates, mostly above average performers, commented that it was a 'hard' paper.

I felt for my dd and her friends and all the pupils who sat the PSLE this year. Having completed 6 years of primary education, they sat for a National Examination and came out feeling unsure of themselves. The papers in the various subjects were tricky and mind-boggling this year. It was a confidence-rattling experience. There is no 'feel-good' factor that resulted from reaping what they have sown - hours, days, weeks and months of sheer hard work and practice. I feel for them because they ended up questioning why they couldn't confidently tackle the paper despite the sheer amount of hard work invested into the exam preparation. While this may be a gross generalisation, I feel that many pupils emerged from the exam halls feeling that they had been cornered during the exam and booby traps implanted everywhere to 'catch them failing'. Take the Chinese Listening Comprehension for example. The problematic turn-taking conversation question is one such example of a trap to catch the pupils 'not listening'.

Yes, of course, at the end of it, we know that if a particular paper was pitched at a difficult level, it would undergo some moderation but I am more concerned about the insidious messaging in the whole exam system. By setting such challenging PSLE papers, it will reinforce the belief that PSLE is difficult. Nobody needs to debunk the myth that PSLE is challenging any more. And so the vicious cycle begins where teachers, parents and pupils embark on this paper chase - tuition, supplementary classes, setting tear-spilling and nail-biting prelim papers to fully prepare the pupils/children to battle the PSLE monster.

Of course, we can all console ourselves that if the PSLE was difficult, we can teach our children about resilience, about being prepared for the unexpected challenges in life BUT my point is, should this culminating final examination erode the pupils of their self-esteem and make them feel that they could not apply what they had learnt in school in answering the questions? Are such difficult papers necessary? Do we really need to break their spirit to see them grow?

Thanks for hearing me out...

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Same sentiment here. My kids keep asking why, why, why. Why they have to sit through such a difficult national exam when they are only 12 yo. Why the Qs need to be so difficult, so challenging and why \"they must trick us\" in the Qs :sad: Many kids cried when they received their prelim results as the papers were tough. Now this PSLE is going to hurt their little feeling further.

Estéema:

tigressina:

Whatever they are studying today is so different from what we studied before (haha, that's why tuition businesses thrive!), even language subjects are so different...the format, the bombastic words they learn and got to use. It's accelerated learning they have to adapt to :sad: at such a young age.


Nonetheless, it's time to destress! Let them go enjoy their well deserved break. We need that too. Go bond with them and show them we care :snuggles:

tigressina,

You took the words out of my mouth!

Kids deserve lots of hugs & affirmation after a major milestone. Whatever the results, I always let kids know I see their effort, and celebrate their perseverance to complete their tasks and we do things with them as a family - kids' things (as parents we bring them for their ice-skating or rock-climbing tho we hardly know how to but hey, just hv fun together), daddy's things (men's hobby such as car rides, photography and let the kids hv a go with daddy's guidance), mummy's things (snorkeling, baking, whatever).

They'll learn, they'll grow & ustand that exams (PSLE O/ levels) are just passing snapshots of life. More to come, but each trials & tribulations they'll see their muscles stronger in every area (decision-making muscles, reflexes, coping with stresses, etc) as they develop into adulthood, they need mummy/daddy to let them go abit, abit and abit more & they're flying on their own to conquer their new world!

Chill mummies & daddies with the family! Don't look back, you can change nothing. Look forward as you can curve your new path.

@Esteema: Glad you and some parents here concurred with my POV. I am a kiasu mom but I am also an understanding mom. I could see how my DD tried her best in every attempt when we were prepping her for PSLE. Every homework, every revision, every tuition, she obliged and tried her best. Sometimes she fell asleep half way through her work and I know I need to give her the space and pace she needed. She tried her best I always reassured myself.

So whatever results our kids get, don't blame them. Give them a pat, a hug and the comforting words they need to hear and help guide them choose the next education path. They will need all the right guidance to make it through their next phase of life.

I chanced upon a video a friend of mine shared recently when prepping DD for her exams. I told DD it is grit that you need to reach your dream. Don't give up. It is perserverance and passion you need in life! Take a look and share with your kiddos:
https://youtu.be/H14bBuluwB8

Have a good rest and till we talk again...like in next month

Whatever they are studying today is so different from what we studied before (haha, that's why tuition businesses thrive!), even language subjects are so different...the format, the bombastic words they learn and got to use. It's accelerated learning they have to adapt to :sad: at such a young age.


Nonetheless, it's time to destress! Let them go enjoy their well deserved break. We need that too. Go bond with them and show them we care :snuggles:

Looking at how my DD enjoyed herself so much when we allowed her to play console games after she completed her papers yesterday (like a freed bird being released from cage) and how she slept through soundly like a baby, I can only pity her that our education system has taken a toll on her at such a young age. Being my first born, I have a lot of hopes and dreams for her. But reality is different. We must learn how to accept the truth. Every individual is different. Kids have tried their utmost best despite papers were being set tough or tricky. I chose to believe that the system is harsh on them at such young age. Poor kids. Once my European colleague said this to me "I can’t believe you Singaporeans make your kids attend nursery and preschool education at such at young age…where is childhood, where is fun?" Sigh, yes, this is how important Asians value education…


So come the results release day, it will be nerve wrecking for all, including the kids. But being parents, we must continue to give them our moral support and guidance, regardless of how their score is. All they need is assurance, love and care from their mommy and daddy.