Gan Eng Seng Primary

[Maozai]

And Breezy, its nice of you to share so much about the school with us. Thanks!

[breezy]

Maozai:

And Breezy, its nice of you to share so much about the school with us. Thanks!

:rahrah: The pleasure is all mine, maozai

Wishing your child a happy and fulfilling primary sch life in GESPS! :rahrah:

[zanshen]

just enrolled my ds into the school. Wonder how is the pre school care?

[Dino]

Hi every 1,


May I know what is Maths olympaid? does GESPS has this?

[ksks3mum]

zanshen:

just enrolled my ds into the school. Wonder how is the pre school care?

U meant before school care?

[zanshen]

yes before school care

[winnie_pooh]

GESPS has a inhouse studentcare…

[breezy]

Dino:

Hi every 1,


May I know what is Maths olympaid? does GESPS has this?

hi dino,

Maths olympiad is mathematics at a higher order covering topics like combinatorics and geometry etc.. Usually out of the normal maths curriculum.

An example of a maths olympiad question at P5 level is as follows:
In a playgroup, there are 5 boys and 3 girls. how many ways are there to arrange the children such that girls sit together?

In GESPS, students who did well in P4 mathematics will be asked to sit for a maths olympiad selection test in P5. About a group of 20+ students will be selected and maths olympiad lessons conducted by both GESPS teachers and an external vendor. These students will be preped for the following national maths olympiad competitions:

Pri 5 - NMOS (organised by NUS High)
- Mathlympics (organised by ACS Independent)

Pri 6 - SMOPS (organised by HCI) ...etc.

While Maths olympiad in GESPS starts only at Pri 5, I do know that there are many other schools starting such classes at Pri 3.

[Dino]

breezy:

Dino:

Hi every 1,


May I know what is Maths olympaid? does GESPS has this?

hi dino,

Maths olympiad is mathematics at a higher order covering topics like combinatorics and geometry etc.. Usually out of the normal maths curriculum.

An example of a maths olympiad question at P5 level is as follows:
In a playgroup, there are 5 boys and 3 girls. how many ways are there to arrange the children such that girls sit together?

In GESPS, students who did well in P4 mathematics will be asked to sit for a maths olympiad selection test in P5. About a group of 20+ students will be selected and maths olympiad lessons conducted by both GESPS teachers and an external vendor. These students will be preped for the following national maths olympiad competitions:

Pri 5 - NMOS (organised by NUS High)
- Mathlympics (organised by ACS Independent)

Pri 6 - SMOPS (organised by HCI) ...etc.

While Maths olympiad in GESPS starts only at Pri 5, I do know that there are many other schools starting such classes at Pri 3.

Hi Breezy,

Very informative. Tks a lot.

so am i correct to say its like higher maths? if the child does well in his normal maths, but not in this maths olympaid thing, is the child considered lousy and will have difficulty in psle later on???

[breezy]

Dino:

so am i correct to say its like higher maths? if the child does well in his normal maths, but not in this maths olympaid thing, is the child considered lousy and will have difficulty in psle later on???

Yeah, it's like enrichment in maths. To teach kids how to think out of the box. Traditionally, PSLE Maths will have 1 to 2 math olympiad type of questions (which are tougher), presumably to sieve out the A* from the A scorers.

By no means will the child be termed as 'lousy' if he/she is not put into the school math olympiad team. Remember, in this school, only about 10% of the students are into this.

The school does however, arrange for holiday program 'Think Tank' starting at Pri 4, to expose kids to solving math questions by thinking out of the box. Rather beneficial, i feel.

Great wkend to ya!