Welcome 2015 Standard One students! 欢迎2015年一年级新生到校报到

Welcome 2015 Standard One students!

Don’t forget the New Student Orientation on the 31^st this month.

Students are expected to wear proper uniforms to school. They can also wear the name tag given during the registration

There will be teachers to direct students to their classes after they enter the main gate.

Please arrive around 7:30 am and before 8am. The orientation is expected to end around 10:30am.

The school bookstore will be opened on that day for parents to buy the school badge (to be stitched on the uniform) and other exercise books (don't have to purchase text books, they will be provided during the first week of class) . Parents can also arrange for canteen catering for Standard One and Two students.  There will be some day care representatives and transporters at the gates if you are looking for any. 

Parents are also advised to bring a pen to fill out some forms (e.g. consent for dental care, vaccination and insurance etc). It is a good opportunity to meet the teachers and your child's classmates as well as their parents. 

See you there.

欢迎2015年一年级新生到校报到！

不要忘了31号是一年级新生到校报到日。

学生必须要穿整齐的制服上学。也建议要戴上报名时发给的名字牌子
当天会有老师在学校入口处安排学生到个别的课室。

这一天没有上课。目的是要让一年级新生有机会熟悉一下学校环境。

各位同学请在上午7:30 至 8:00之前报到。大约在上午10:30左右结束。

学校贩卖部会有营业，方便家长购买校徽和其他练习簿， 家长无须购买课本，老师将会在上课时发放。（正式上课时必须把校徽缝上制服）。家长也可以安排食堂为一，二年级的学生在开学时包伙食。

以往会有一些安亲班代表和学生车的uncle在门口招生。

当天家长也会填写一些表格 (如签署牙科保健，打预防针和保险等的同意书），所以别忘了带笔和学生资料。

也别忘了借此认识老师们，同学们以及他们的家长。多多沟通，共同为孩子营造有利的学习环境。

加油！加油！

 

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(1) 12月8日晚上7点半《给未来思想家的21封信》在ONE CITY, USJ25，欢迎青少年与家长一起出席。
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游老师将分享新书内容，让孩子们找到 通往成功人生的魔法，与各位大人探讨如何成为孩子成功人生背后的助力。

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Streaming –A very hot Topic indeed.

We have crossed over the half way point of voting  with 12 more days to vote.  Having received 220 votes as at the time of writing with the voting trend quite consistent at 80% not in favour of streaming. While the number  represents just over 5% of the parent population of LH, it is still a fair sample considering many parents may not be aware of the survey and many who use handsets may not want to go through the trouble of voting since it requires a little bit of navigating around the page.

The  comments we received to so far are  likewise encouraging –many are constructive , insightful and courteous irrespectively of their point of view. This is the environment  we want to inculcate namely to  promote constructive exchanges of views . 

Since the start of this topic, I have had the opportunity to engage with a number of teachers and been informed that no decision has been made on this subject  I have also been reminded that streaming is a matter of school policy which in practice means that it can be implemented without input or consultation with parents .  Assuming that an overwhelming majority of parents are against streaming  and LH decides to proceed with streaming , what will be the consequence?  

 Administratively , probably nothing will happen and there is nothing parents can do other than voting with their feet if they  feel strongly about the decision . Practically , there will be lots of stressful parents and children , some wishing to get into the preferred classes , others wanting to get out . The true impact , academic wise will only be delivered some 9 months later . The new breed of students  , having received the  love, attention and devotion they  deserved  (and expected?)   , will hopefully lead us to a new dawn with all rounded excellence .  

Please continue to vote before the closing date which is in 2 weeks. 

By far , our most popular topics have been academic related such as KSSR and STREAMING  and continuing on this thread,  we will be discussing “TUITION-“ at the conclusion of the current survey.

As we come to end of the academic year, we are preparing to welcome new parents attending standard 1 in LH in 2015. We will be organizing several parents get together events to share the joys of attending LH, how to navigate the academic maze and mess of KSSR, what to expect from a HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOL, what to buy and what not to buy, how to survive as banana parents  and many more. Watch this space . 

Drop us a line if you are interested in the event .

Happy Parenting

Ken Koo

LH PIBG Chairman

STREAMING - THE SECRET WEAPON TO ACHIEVING HIGH PERFORMANCE, IS IT ? -- 成績分班制度

Streaming, not the internet kind, is a hot topic among LH’s parents recently. I have received reliable information that the top 25% to 30% students will be placed in elite academic classes starting 2015 affecting standards 6, 5 and possibly 4.

Parents Academic Research Team (PART) are hard at work again getting feedback from parents, teachers and ex LH students on the pros and cons of streaming. 

Conventional Proponents of streaming say:

1. Having students of similar academic ability facilitates teaching, be it contents or speed of delivery, hence better efficiency in terms of completing the syllabus and preparing for exams. It allows an opportunity for the school to explore beyond the prescribed syllabus.
2. It encourages students to compete with a bigger pool of students within a close proximity thus promoting academic excellence.
3. It provides a controlled environment for the school to achieve its academic KPI by directing resources to targeted  areas; best teachers for the high achievers, lower teacher-pupil ratio for the less gifted to allow for more personal attention etc

The Opponents of Streaming say:

1.      It creates different classes of “citizens “within the school compound by virtue of one’s academic ability. This will inadvertently label the success or failure of the children by their inclusion in or exclusion from the elite classes- resulting in different treatment by the school.

2.      Teachers may be less motivated to give their best to the lower ranked classes because of the perception of weaker academic ability and the corollary is children will feel the academic glass ceiling, they will not give their best perceiving that their best may not be good enough to be considered as excellent within the ranking system.

3.      Streaming is a form of segregation which is against the order of nature; children develop at different pace and will benefit from interacting with other children of different academic ability. Those who are more academically inclined will help those who are weaker hence creating a more conducive cooperating spirit as opposed to the win at all cost attitude. Too much emphasis on academic achievement at an early age stifles the natural development of children making them less versatile or adaptable in the future.

Irrespective of whether you support, against or like to put forward alternatives, we invite you to comment and take part in our survey.  
(answer polls: top right of this page, add comments at bottom of this page)****

Once we have a fair sample of say 400 participants, we will publish the results and see how we can move forward.

Please take part and have your say

Happy parenting

Ken Koo

YDP PIBG LICK HUNG

**** if you are using mobile version, switch to web version to answer polls online ***** (Scroll to bottom of the page and select "view web version")

Parents Academic Research Team