Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]
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VALyap:
ultimately is how your DD finding the fit. during my DD time, GEPPers class, many of her friends depending on family background, good numbers preferred to go NYGH, some to NUS High, NJC, of course RGS........... as parents, just give unconditional love and support, as long as your DD enjoys the school culture. in Year2, some friends from from RGS crossed over to NYGH, and some from other \"side\" crossed over to RGS. It happens ..not surprising........... each school has its uniqueness culture.... DD loves RGS (dream school) since she was in Primary.... we wanted DD to relocate overseas due to DH overseas posting, DD refused to relocate, in the end we gave DD unconditional support not to relocate her to overseas international school, grphug:
Thanks for the gentle reminder, VALyap.
Academic and school culture fit have been, and will continue to be carefully considered especially as the SA1 results are almost out. We have also been asking around and reading up on the school culture.
I do agree that the school culture fit makes all the difference in whether the student willingly and happily goes to school. I hope my DD will come to love her secondary school life as much as yours does wherever she is eventually posted to.
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osim:
We had bad experience with the Primary school which was run by a principal who was an ex-P of Chinese based school. Her style was very communistic. Kids have to kowtow to her, communication is top to bottom and respect is bottom to top. It's very typical of Chinese-style. We don't wish our child to be immersed in too much of Chinese culture so we feel RGS is a better place. Also RGS has students from more than 90 Pri schools so in terms of background, it is more heterogenous in terms of race and wealth. I think this is a conscious effort the school make as future leaders must come from all walks of life. It is very easy for an elite school to end up with a lot of rich kids. It is healthy for the girls to mix with kids from diverse background. In terms of academic ability, RGS is more homegenous as it does not have affiliate pri schools. Just our own perceptions and hope this helps.sleepy:
Hi, just wanna ask about parents' opinion.
What factors prompt you to select RGS say over NYGH ?
Thanks for sharing
Agree! My son was from that primary school and we both had enough of the Chinese-style too!
Dd enjoys going to school so much. Contrary to common believes, girls in RGS aren't competitive. As least from my dd's point of view. They don't check/compare each other's grade/score and the girls are willing to help each other academically. My girl had missed lessons many times due to training. Her friends updated her with notes and homework. Also, Dd is able to get help from teachers whenever she needs to. Well, we have positive experience there so far
Also, everyone receives gifted education in RGS. I believes there're gifted classes and normal classes in NYGH. -
soda:
Err....this is not what i heard from my niece when she was in RGS (btw, she is now in RI (yr 6)...
Contrary to common believes, girls in RGS aren't competitive.
As least from my dd's point of view. They don't check/compare each other's grade/score .soda:
Generally, there is not much of difference between sbge classes and the rest of classes in an IP sec sch...Also, everyone receives gifted education in RGS. I believes there're gifted classes and normal classes in NYGH.
moreover, it is only for 1st 2 yrs.....
when comes to 3 rd yr, all will be mixed, depending of their subj combo.... -
Augmum:
I still remember how Madam Heng emphasised about the SBGE classes during open house in 2011. There's a special talk where girls from SBGE classes presented their unique program in their more formal uniform. Well, coming from a neighbourhood school, my girl wouldn't be qualify for NYGH's SBGE anyway. RGS gives dd better opportunities.
Err....this is not what i heard from my niece when she was in RGS (btw, she is now in RI (yr 6)...soda:
Contrary to common believes, girls in RGS aren't competitive.
As least from my dd's point of view. They don't check/compare each other's grade/score .
That's what I'd read from forum before. My girl is yr 2 now. She's so blessed with great classmates, CCA mates, seniors and teachers soda:
Generally, there is not much of difference between sbge classes and the rest of classes in an IP sec sch...Also, everyone receives gifted education in RGS. I believes there're gifted classes and normal classes in NYGH.
moreover, it is only for 1st 2 yrs.....
when comes to 3 rd yr, all will be mixed, depending of their subj combo.... -
Hi! Just wondering if it’s ‘normal’ for Y4 GPAs to take a plunge. This year’s Y4 papers have seen many killers and am getting quite worried about my daughter’s year-end GPA. Does anyone know if Y4 GPAs are required for University admissions, since there are no O level results? Thanks
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red rose:
Hi! Just wondering if it's 'normal' for Y4 GPAs to take a plunge. This year's Y4 papers have seen many killers and am getting quite worried about my daughter's year-end GPA. Does anyone know if Y4 GPAs are required for University admissions, since there are no O level results? Thanks
think in the average range between :rahrah: 3.3 to 3.8. Of course there are 4.0 :imcool: -
red rose:
Hi! Just wondering if it's 'normal' for Y4 GPAs to take a plunge. This year's Y4 papers have seen many killers and am getting quite worried about my daughter's year-end GPA. Does anyone know if Y4 GPAs are required for University admissions, since there are no O level results? Thanks
Are you talking about the one that is bench-marked with RI? -
soda:
Partially. M2 (combined paper) was a killer with apparently many failures, even in the Maths RA classes - waiting to see the school median. Other than M2, M1 was also unusually tough compared to previous years, with again many failures; Bio this year saw a drastic drop in scores not because the paper was difficult but because of extremely strict marking rubrics. Average was apparently under 60% and contitutes 30% of final GPA, hence my concern.red rose:
Hi! Just wondering if it's 'normal' for Y4 GPAs to take a plunge. This year's Y4 papers have seen many killers and am getting quite worried about my daughter's year-end GPA. Does anyone know if Y4 GPAs are required for University admissions, since there are no O level results? Thanks
Are you talking about the one that is bench-marked with RI? -
red rose:
Partially. M2 (combined paper) was a killer with apparently many failures, even in the Maths RA classes - waiting to see the school median. Other than M2, M1 was also unusually tough compared to previous years, with again many failures; Bio this year saw a drastic drop in scores not because the paper was difficult but because of extremely strict marking rubrics. Average was apparently under 60% and contitutes 30% of final GPA, hence my concern.[/quote]soda:
[quote=\"red rose\"]Hi! Just wondering if it's 'normal' for Y4 GPAs to take a plunge. This year's Y4 papers have seen many killers and am getting quite worried about my daughter's year-end GPA. Does anyone know if Y4 GPAs are required for University admissions, since there are no O level results? Thanks
Are you talking about the one that is bench-marked with RI?
Ds, yr 4 in RI, had taken the papers and hadn't received the paper/results back. He heard teacher saying that Maths marking is less straight this time, adjusting to RGS's answering details/steps.
Overall, many of ds's friends and classmates are gaining GPA. Mostly because most boys switched from playful/not-secrious mode to serious mode in yr 4. He hasn't seen any drop of GPA so far. May be I'll have more to share when he has the results back. -
Are you talking about the one that is bench-marked with RI?[/quote]
Partially. M2 (combined paper) was a killer with apparently many failures, even in the Maths RA classes - waiting to see the school median. Other than M2, M1 was also unusually tough compared to previous years, with again many failures; Bio this year saw a drastic drop in scores not because the paper was difficult but because of extremely strict marking rubrics. Average was apparently under 60% and contitutes 30% of final GPA, hence my concern.[/quote]
Ds, yr 4 in RI, had taken the papers and hadn't received the paper/results back. He heard teacher saying that Maths marking is less straight this time, adjusting to RGS's answering details/steps.
Overall, many of ds's friends and classmates are gaining GPA. Mostly because most boys switched from playful/not-secrious mode to serious mode in yr 4. He hasn't seen any drop of GPA so far. May be I'll have more to share when he has the results back.[/quote]
Thanks for sharing, Soda. I would like to find out if something I heard is accurate. For RI Y4 year-end GPA, is it true that the GPA is computed as such: 55% based on Y4 results and 45% on Y3? Does this mean all individual subject scores are recalculated for the 2 years and then the final, new GPA computed ?
Would appreciate if you could confirm this. Thanks in advance.
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