South View Primary

[Castle House]

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[Happy Mama]

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[Castle House]

Anyone going for the Pre-registration later?


Can share the booklist here?

[freshM]

I called south view primary school ask for the information about being a PV (my girl was born in 2008, some schools start the PV application next year 2012). The lady said, any PV of south view is not open yet…even for kids born in 2007. Then what does this mean? what should we do? I live within 1 km of this school.

[coldflame]

freshM:

I called south view primary school ask for the information about being a PV (my girl was born in 2008, some schools start the PV application next year 2012). The lady said, any PV of south view is not open yet...even for kids born in 2007. Then what does this mean? what should we do? I live within 1 km of this school.

Call the school in one year's time, i.e. Dec 2012. South View normally open their PV application in April, 2 years before commencement of P1. i.e. P1 in 2015, Apr 2013 application starts. You may also want to check the school's website for updates on PV application.

[oliveminx]

I have a friend whose child was in the school (just graduated). I understand it’s well-known in the neighbourhood but the school is really obsessive with remedials. Heard that the best class in P6 had remedials nearly everyday in the holidays and the hours were long (more than half a day). The other classes also had a gruelling remedial schedule. Personally, I feel excessive remedials do not do any good.

[xjysg]

oliveminx:

I have a friend whose child was in the school (just graduated). I understand it's well-known in the neighbourhood but the school is really obsessive with remedials. Heard that the best class in P6 had remedials nearly everyday in the holidays and the hours were long (more than half a day). The other classes also had a gruelling remedial schedule. Personally, I feel excessive remedials do not do any good.

But isn't this a common trend in many \"well-known\" schools in this country? This is how our education system has evolved to be with academic pursue being the number one priority.

There are other merits that the school should be accredited with and one can only go in with your eyes open to all the pros and cons of the system.

For statistics sake, the top P6 class produce all the 12 top scorers (top 10) and even those who did not fall under this list score very good scores and/or DSA.

[oliveminx]

xjysg:

oliveminx:

I have a friend whose child was in the school (just graduated). I understand it's well-known in the neighbourhood but the school is really obsessive with remedials. Heard that the best class in P6 had remedials nearly everyday in the holidays and the hours were long (more than half a day). The other classes also had a gruelling remedial schedule. Personally, I feel excessive remedials do not do any good.

But isn't this a common trend in many \"well-known\" schools in this country? This is how our education system has evolved to be with academic pursue being the number one priority.

There are other merits that the school should be accredited with and one can only go in with your eyes open to all the pros and cons of the system.

For statistics sake, the top P6 class produce all the 12 top scorers (top 10) and even those who did not fall under this list score very good scores and/or DSA.

Yes, many top schools (eg NYPS, ATS) conduct remedials but to my knowledge, nowhere as gruelling as SVPS. I was told this might be because the previous year, SVPS did not produce any national top 10 scorers. I do not think that is a good rationale for increasing the frequency of remedials. By upping the ante, did it make it to the list this year? In any case, it's hardly a surprise the top P6 class would have produced the majority of the top scorers, given that they are the top performers in the school, so it's hard to say that the credit goes solely to the remedials.

My friend's child actually did worse than her prelims. Of course every child's learning style is different but having remedials almost everyday in the holidays just doesn't seem healthy to me. Don't get me wrong, I think remedials can help but a balance between rest and study is important, especially at such a young age. After all, we are all humans, not machines.

[sesamestreet888]

Hi all,

My son is in P1 this year. He's in Class 1.7. Hope to know more parents from this class :))

Cheers,
Angela

[GKmum]

Hi,

My son is in 1:7 too! His name is Glenn.
Regards,
Jasmine