Why screen kids in P1?
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GLORYmum:
Me lor... I would complain in the same way that I have been complaining the last 2 years because everyone is sending kids for tuition. My kid... never get tuition... risks being denied opportunities to get into good schools.
Why would anyone complain if they put their sperms through gep prep course voluntarily. complain coz kept in the dark only ba. :please:
It's bad enough that I have to teach my own kid. :gloomy: I certainly dowan to have to regularly fiddle with my husband's balls to ensure my kids get into good schools.
Besides, my child-bearing days are over and the next lot of kids will come from DD and DS.
Now, imagine what my son-in-law will say to me if I tried to convince him to let me ummm... fiddle with HIS balls.
I already know what my son will say to me if I tried to fiddle with HIS balls - \"Mom, the market has fish balls, sotong balls, beef balls and pork balls... WILL you PLEASE play with those instead of with MINE!\" :nunchuk:
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Chenonceau:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Chen, you crack me up early in the morning.
Now, imagine what my son-in-law will say to me if I tried to convince him to let me ummm... fiddle with HIS balls. I already know what my son will say to me if I tried to fiddle with HIS balls - \"Mom, the market has fish balls, sotong balls, beef balls and pork balls... WILL you PLEASE play with those instead of with MINE!\" :nunchuk: -
alng:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Chen, you crack me up early in the morning.Chenonceau:
Now, imagine what my son-in-law will say to me if I tried to convince him to let me ummm... fiddle with HIS balls. I already know what my son will say to me if I tried to fiddle with HIS balls - \"Mom, the market has fish balls, sotong balls, beef balls and pork balls... WILL you PLEASE play with those instead of with MINE!\" :nunchuk:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Needed that , thanks Chen -
Chenonceau:
Chen, u're so funny (I mean the 3rd paragraph) !!!
Me lor... I would complain in the same way that I have been complaining the last 2 years because everyone is sending kids for tuition. My kid... never get tuition... risks being denied opportunities to get into good schools.GLORYmum:
Why would anyone complain if they put their sperms through gep prep course voluntarily. complain coz kept in the dark only ba. :please:
It's bad enough that I have to teach my own kid. :gloomy: I certainly dowan to have to regularly fiddle with my husband's balls to ensure my kids get into good schools. Besides, my child-bearing days are over and the next lot of kids will come from DD and DS.
Now, imagine what my son-in-law will say to me if I tried to convince him to let me ummm... fiddle with HIS balls. I already know what my son will say to me if I tried to fiddle with HIS balls - \"Mom, the market has fish balls, sotong balls, beef balls and pork balls... WILL you PLEASE play with those instead of with MINE!\" :nunchuk:
I'm worried of that too (those in blue)! -
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Playing with balls and hothousing tadpoles :scratchhead: ??? You KSP sure know how to make topics interesting.....
Make me always want to come back for some laughter :rotflmao: -
No more mid-year screening for P1 pupils
11 Sep 2012
From next year, Primary 1 pupils will no longer need to participate in a little-known screening exercise used to identify weaker children.
Currently, there are two screening exercises, one in January which is more commonly known, and the other in July.
But the mid-year screening exercise will no longer be held. It will be replaced with \"better ways\" of identifying pupils, said a Ministry of Education spokesman, without giving details.
MOE revealed the change in its reply to a parent who wrote to The Straits Times Forum Page last Friday, and in response to queries from The Straits Times.
The parent, Mr David Chin, 42, a lecturer at Republic Polytechnic, complained that his Primary 1 son was made to take a test without his knowledge or approval in July. The test, according to him, resembles an IQ test.
In its reply, MOE said that the July screening exercise which the boy went through is \"not for making conclusions about a child's intelligence, nor is it linked to the Primary 3 GEP (Gifted Education Programme) selection\".
Together with their academic performance, it is an exercise used to identify pupils who are progressing poorly.
Schools will then find \"appropriate strategies\" to help these pupils, such as providing remediation.
The January screening, meanwhile, identifies children who have not acquired basic literacy and numeracy skills by the time they enter Primary 1.
An example of this could be the inability to say and write the letters of the alphabet, count or write numbers below 10.
Those who are identified as needing help in the January screening are given learning support. There are two programmes for these children, the Learning Support Programme (LSP), for English and the Learning Support for Mathematics (LSM).
LSP was launched in 1992 and LSM in 2007. Support in LSP is provided at Primary 1 and 2, while the LSM stops at the end of Primary 1.
\"Both LSP and LSM aim to enable the children to measure up to the same level of literacy and numeracy as their peers,\" said the spokesman.
In the past four years, about 10 per cent and 5 per cent of the cohort were identified as needing LSP and LSM respectively.
The MOE spokesman said that \"the programme is working well and helping many students learn better\".
He explained that they do not seek parental consent prior to the assessments \"so as not to cause parents undue concern; especially since the majority of students would not need additional intervention in Primary 1\".
This year, the ministry also started a school-based dyslexia remediation in 20 primary schools. A screening process, which is carried out at the end of Primary 2, identifies pupils who continue to have difficulties in reading and writing, despite receiving help earlier. The ministry said it plans to refine and extend the programme to other schools in phases, starting next year.
When contacted, Mr Chin said that he was not completely satisfied with the explanation. \"Teachers can easily identify those who possibly need help, why do all pupils need to sit the assessment'\"
The topic of testing in Primary 1 is sensitive among parents. Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC MP Hri Kumar Nair said in a recent Facebook post that some parents were concerned about banding Primary 1 pupils according to ability.
MOE has clarified that schools should not conduct testing for the purpose of allocating pupils to similar-ability classes for Primary 1 and 2 pupils.
By Stacey Chia
Source: The Straits Times
Singapore Press Holdings Limited
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I have read 2 deleted posts before I post the above article to clarify some points.
Bottomline, MOE never confirmed that it was an IQ test. -
ksi,
I'm beginning to suspect your identity......Kekeke :evil:
Don't disturb u later I'll be :pokeeye: :heresmyfish: :spank: .
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Mychildren:
:skeptical: :skeptical: :skeptical:ksi,
I'm beginning to suspect your identity......:
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Mychildren:
She is the doctor in Dr Woffi's clinic, don't you know that?? Check up the avatar thread whereby she has done wonderful make-over (esp. for some members)ksi,
I'm beginning to suspect your identity......Kekeke :evil:
Don't disturb u later I'll be :pokeeye: :heresmyfish: :spank: .
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Also the Ajumah who :drool: over korean hunks in the korean drama thread..... :rotflmao:
Dr Ksi, am I helping or adding more confusion to your identity?? :oops:
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