Hi Sally,



You may refer to this web site http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg/curriculum.htm. :lol:

Hi Vanilla Cake,


I sure you are a very loving big sister to your younger sister. I just wonder what if your sister manage to get through the screening and what are you next plan for her?

Hi NJmom,


Let your girl goes through the 2nd round first, you can make your decision after she is being selected for the GEP.

There are also all rounder in the GEP class. Some of them still score an average of 80 marks for every subject. Some are also talented in music, sports and arts too.


The basic three subjects that they are taught in school are higher than P6 level. They learnt math topics which are teach in Sec 2 and for English is Sec 1 level. They are required to do reseach and study the topics first before the teacher even teaches them. They are required to attend remedial classes too if they do not do well enough. My girl was make to stay back during recess time for English remedial. It is true that they are less prepared for PSLE, they will only be prepared at the last three month before PSLE started. [/quote]

Hi wswslim,


Every P3 students in Singapore will get the chance to go through this screening if you sign up the consent form that the child brings home. There will be 2 round of tests. The 1st round will conduct in their own school for Math and English sometime in August. If the child manage to get through the 1st round, he/she will be invited to the 2nd round and this time it will be conducted in 2 days in a primary school selected by MOE. One day for English and a general paper and the next will be Math and a general paper. Both test will take about half a day each.

Last year, I had this problem with my girl too. I told her I was curious on the setting of screening and wat kind of question she was expected to answered. I told her the outcome is not important and she need not to specially prepared for it but she had to do her best. I told her to make her own decision and we would respect whatever decision she made. She asked wat if she get through, wat will happen to her? I told her we would only discuss the matter if she really get through. After some thought, she decided to give a tried.

Hi ck123,


wats your decision then, to let your son try or not?? wats your view toward the screening??

Yes, she started off in a neigbourhood school and really enjoyed her school life there. She still keeps her old friends and plays with them as and when they met at the park. Her childcare teacher made her the little teacher during her younger days in the childcare and in P1. Actually, she is not really happier in the GEP class. She said she still prefer her old school and friends as they are more sincere and the GEP kids only be friend to you with motive which I find that my girl has grow up too fast. I always tell her that's the real world she is going to face when she grow up and she has to learn the basic trust.

Hi Tamarind,


The GEP not necessary have better teacher. They only have teachers that are specially trained to handle them. They are already very smart, learning very fast and most of them already know even before the teacher teaches them. They also have relief teacher which allow them to do their own things and later play catch up by supplmentary lesson.

Before my girl opt for the programe, I also think why it is necessary to have GEP. When you have your so called special child enrol in a just normal neighbourhood school, the child will be bored. Not in P1 or P2, but P3. Imagine only less than 10 children go through the first round. She will complain to you that the teacher is slow in teaching. Why can't she has more freedom to do whatever she likes. Why her friends just dun understand her? She has to lower herself to be on par with them which make her very unhappy.

With the GEP, she is allow to learn at a much faster pace and learn things that she always long for. But there are some other problems too. Actually, sometime I find that the GEP students are quite relax. They dun really have a lots of worksheets to do and some task are given amples time to do research. With that they can learn more outside the classroom and time management. Trust me, GEP isn't that bad. The programe have improved a lot. They have cater to the need of the child and not like the drilling method when you and I were in school.

Make sure they get to mix around with children of all level and always remain them that they are no different from anyone of them. If you dun tell everyone that she is from the GEP, then no one will know rite. :lol:

tamarind wrote:

[quote]From what I read, West Grove offers the high ability students extra classes in more advanced maths, research, etc. These students continue to attend normal classes with other medium/low ability kids every day. This is very different from the gifted program, where the kids attend \"special\" classes every day. Kids in the gifted program are separated from other kids of \"lower ability\", and in a way they seem to be more superior than others.

West Grove also has extra classes for the low ability students, to help them catch up with other students. They have special classes for students who cannot read at P1. They have parent volunteers to help teach these students. [/quote]Hi tamarind,

Please dun get offended. If you have kids in the P2 or higher level, you will properly know after finishing P1, the top 5% will be single out and put in the top class and they are also mixed with children with \"high ability\" just like themselve only. Is only the recent Banding system allow them to mix. But how many of this \"lower ability\" student get the chance??? No one know.

I just want stressed that the GEP kids are just normal kids like yours and mine. Dun label them like some people use to label children from EM3.