CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace

[sinsin]

hi luvmum,


thks for the reply.....the orientation will be on 29th nov at 9am

anyone can share how is the school academic? is it very 'on'?

[luvmum]

gracey109:

Hi! My kid is in K1 now and am still undecided on which school to register her next year. Since I live in Bukit Panjang area, I am thinking of registering her to CHIJ. I am also a Catholic. My husband, on the other hand, is a graduate of Pei Hwa which I feel is quite far. But we can be at Phase 2a2 right? But academically and with regards to moral/spiritual values which school is better? Thanks.

Most impt is to assess which school is a better fit for your child and what you want out from your child. Make a trip down to both schools, hv a good feel and come here constantly to hear from other parents whose kids are already there. That helps esp when you still have one year before you registered her. :ugogirl:

[landmark]

gracey109:

Hi! My kid is in K1 now and am still undecided on which school to register her next year. Since I live in Bukit Panjang area, I am thinking of registering her to CHIJ. I am also a Catholic. My husband, on the other hand, is a graduate of Pei Hwa which I feel is quite far. But we can be at Phase 2a2 right? But academically and with regards to moral/spiritual values which school is better? Thanks.

I have done a fair bit of research of the CHIJ family school on their past academic results, and this is my initial assessment.

on general, CHIJ schools do very well in English and chinese. For example, 80% of CHIJ LQP's PSLE students had obtained quality passes in English, way above the national std of 43.9%. However their weaknesses seem to be in the science and maths, which their % of quality passes hovering in the range of 50%. in terms of overall passes, CHIJ still performs satisfactory as compared to national or other neighbourhood std.
(These statistics can be obtained from the website).

The strange thing about LQP is that the school fails to turn out top scorers lately, maybe that is why it is conveniently ignored when it comes to school selection.

Based on the remarks, the environment seems safe and conducive, as most girls are happy there.

My conclusion? CHIJ LQP is a very under-rated school that i think potential parents should seriously relook at this school

[gracey109]

Thanks landmark and luvmum for the tips and info.

[Lock]

landmark:

I have done a fair bit of research of the CHIJ family school on their past academic results, and this is my initial assessment.


The strange thing about LQP is that the school fails to turn out top scorers lately, maybe that is why it is conveniently ignored when it comes to school selection.

Based on the remarks, the environment seems safe and conducive, as most girls are happy there.

I think the reason that the sch fails to turn out top scorers is that they do not only focus on academics and overpush and drill the kids or set extremely difficult questions like most branded sch. Personally, I think OLQP allows the girls to learn at their pace and in the process gain confidence. Many parents may frown at the streaming system but I find that this system allow the better ones to be stretched further without demoralising the weaker ones.

The school environment is such that the girls are involved in various non-academic projects throughout the year which take time away from academic pursuits. And probably that's why the girls are all generally very happy in school cos they do not go to school to just do worksheets after worksheets, there's all the other fun things to explore as well.

My girl is very happy in the sch, so much so that she doesn't want to take the GEP papers cos she said she doesn't want to be transferred to another sch if she gets selectd. :roll: (not that she will be selected in the first place )

[sinsin]

can any parents out there to share which after school to send? any good recommendation? how is the after school located in st joseph kindergarten?



thks

[gracey109]

Hi! I just want to know how the Chinese language is in OLQP? My daughter is not reall fluent in Mandarin. I’m worried about Chinese composition as well.

[snowyqueen]

Lock:

My girl is very happy in the sch, so much so that she doesn't want to take the GEP papers cos she said she doesn't want to be transferred to another sch if she gets selectd. :roll: (not that she will be selected in the first place )

Hi Lock,

My opinion is just to ler her try, to see where she stands and to gain an experience. If there is no expectation, then there will be no pressure.
just my kaypo view lah!

I saw some discussion on no top scorer for PSLE. Since our daughters are the first batch that got enrolled after the rebuild of the school, I think the girls in the top two classes are doing fairly good. So may be there will be suprise when they finally sit for their PSLE or their seniors may stage some suprise in term of results performance before them.

I am benchmarking my girl with my friend's daughter who is top few in a SAP school and i seriously think there is no significant gap in the standard. Anyway, maybe it is still early, lets see and hope for the best.

[landmark]

snowyqueen:

Lock:

My girl is very happy in the sch, so much so that she doesn't want to take the GEP papers cos she said she doesn't want to be transferred to another sch if she gets selectd. :roll: (not that she will be selected in the first place )

Hi Lock,

My opinion is just to ler her try, to see where she stands and to gain an experience. If there is no expectation, then there will be no pressure.
just my kaypo view lah!

I saw some discussion on no top scorer for PSLE. Since our daughters are the first batch that got enrolled after the rebuild of the school, I think the girls in the top two classes are doing fairly good. So may be there will be suprise when they finally sit for their PSLE or their seniors may stage some suprise in term of results performance before them.

I am benchmarking my girl with my friend's daughter who is top few in a SAP school and i seriously think there is no significant gap in the standard. Anyway, maybe it is still early, lets see and hope for the best.

i am quietly confident about the potential of students of this school in doing well in PSLE. i believe its only a matter of time before we see some top scorers from this school.

Regarding the chinese std, in 2009 almost 89% of students have quality passes in chinese. if this is not a good result then i wonder what more you can ask for.

[luvmum]

I've received the orientation slip from the school but there is no mention on the purchase of books, uniforms etc? Will all these be done on the orientation day? Will we be informed of all these details separately before the orientation day? OLQP mummies, kindly advise.


Thanks!
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