All About GEP
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Hi gifted,
My younger sister (P3) and I (P6) are currently in the same school. In P1, she was in another different primary school.She joined me at P2 level in the same school while I was at P5.
Mum intended to use GEP as a springboard to jump into another different school.If she didn’t make it (passing GEP), Mum will encourage her to perform well in this upcoming P3 SA2. Hopefully, her strong SA2 results will be able to help her application for a transfer to a better primary school.
Warmest regards. -
Vanilla Cake:
That's exactly what we did. P3 was also the year the school allows the pupils to participate in the New South Wales International Exams. My elder boy was able to get into a SAP school based on his results in these tests as well as his grades in school.Mum intended to use GEP as a springboard to jump into another different school.If she didn't make it (passing GEP), Mum will encourage her to perform well in this upcoming P3 SA2. Hopefully, her strong SA2 results will be able to help her application for a transfer to a better primary school.
Warmest regards.
Wish your sister all the best. -
Jennifer:
Hi Jennifer,That's exactly what we did. P3 was also the year the school allows the pupils to participate in the New South Wales International Exams. My elder boy was able to get into a SAP school based on his results in these tests as well as his grades in school.
Wish your sister all the best.
Thanks for your useful tips.My lovely P3 sister got high distinction for English (top 1%) , distinctions for Maths & Science (top 3% & top 5%) in 2008 ICAS for schools conducted by the university of New South Wales.
Will remind Mum to photocopy a set of these results plus P3 SA2 results when applying for a better primary school.
My younger sister wrote this thread in another forum about the Maths area problem -> http://www.1800-teacher.com/forums/showthread.php?t=385
None of her classmates could solve this GEP's Maths area problem.
Warmest regards. -
Vanilla Cake:
I was very kiasu- photocopied the SA1 and SA2 since P1 to P3, the NSW distinctions cert and also the letter from the GEP 2nd screening. Plus the swimming bronze cert too.Will remind Mum to photocopy a set of these results plus P3 SA2 results when applying for a better primary school.
Your sister is very blessed to hv you
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In my opinion, it would be better if parents can avoid to post GEP questions online as it may let some intended parents to prepare their child into the programme which is not fair to those students who do not explore to this type of questions obtained from internet. Preparation is discouraged by MOE and this is the reason why the past year paper of GEP test is not available for the public.
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Vanilla Cake:
Sorry to say this, but gifted children are supposed to know things which are far beyond their school syllabus.
Booklet B, Q8
This question came with a diagram.It was a square with 2 diagonals crossed at the centre of the square.The length of each diagonal of the square was 8 cm.Find the area of the square.
My younger sister told me that her neighbourhood primary school's Maths teacher didn't teach her how to solve this kind of question - Booklet B, Q8 at P3 level as this was not in her school's P3 syllabus.Not fair and as expected, she got this wrong due to ignorance.
This question is easily solved using the Pythagorean theorem. I am not sure at what level do they teach this theorem ? It is a simple theorem, I am not surprised that a 9 year old child who is highly gifted in maths would know about this theorem.
I will be truly shocked if they test the P3 child on differentiation and integration.
But I want to say that you have a very bright sister, and she is highly motivated, which is most important.
However, a gifted child should be able to learn things on their own. For example, he/she can just read a secondary maths text book and learn. Or take a biology book and read all about biology. -
vicky:
In my opinion, it would be better if parents can avoid to post GEP questions online as it may let some intended parents to prepare their child into the programme which is not fair to those students who do not explore to this type of questions obtained from internet. Preparation is discouraged by MOE and this is the reason why the past year paper of GEP test is not available for the public.
Even if the questions are not posted, GEP preparatory courses still abound. And there are plenty of Math Olympiad questions that are much harder than those posted so far, to be found in bookstores. The only way to prevent parents from trying to prepare their children for GEP is to remove the GEP programme in the first place. -
Tamarind wrote: [quote]Sorry to say this, but gifted ch ildren are supposed to know things which are far beyond their school syllabus.
[/quote]Question 3 can be solved using creativity (draw another square along with the inner diagonal lines) & P3 math has already covered area (L X B).
It is a test of out of the box thinking or for a gifted kids, they are motivated enough to \"devour\" math syllabus a few years ahead.
Hello Vanilla Cake
Both you and your sister are extremely bright kids. Wishing you both all the best in your studies. -
ChiefKiasu:
The only way to prevent parents from trying to prepare their children for GEP is to remove the GEP programme in the first place.
I agree. Actually from this thread, I realize that there are parents who are making using of the GEP to get their kids into better schools, or rather, more famous schools. I think that defeats the purpose of the GEP. It has become like an entrance exam.EN:
I agree with you about thinking out of the box. Either the kids are motivated enough to learn on their own, or their parents can make them study maths which are far beyond their level in school. This is already happening in many enrichment schools.It is a test of out of the box thinking or for a gifted kids, they are motivated enough to \"devour\" math syllabus a few years ahead.
My hubby tried to teach my 5 year old girl about negative numbers. He is not trying to get her into the GEP. He just think that it is an interesting concept to teach a child. This is his way of bonding with the kids. -
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Any one has an idea if any class is offered to perpare for the GEP math exam?
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