Maris Stella High School
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skyjuice:
Oh dear, I won't be going to pick him up. And I doubt he will remember to redeem the CD roms. Any idea if it will be available for redemption the following week?Hi Blitz,
Great to know a 1C parent! I'll be redeeming the CDRoms tmr when I pick my son up after camp. I believe there's only 1 sec 1 Express text to be used islandwide. I got his in Popular. Yes, my son's Chinese needs all the help he can get so i feel better with a hard copy around.
The official release time is 12noon but GO told me it's usually delayed till 1+... -
blitz:
Oh dear, I won't be going to pick him up. And I doubt he will remember to redeem the CD roms. Any idea if it will be available for redemption the following week?
No idea about that. Though I'm sure can be arranged. You can call Pacific bookstore to find out. -
Hi MintLeat,
thk u for your time in replying. Oh, HMT students will be taking their Chinese \"O\" level at the end of sec 3??!! That's new to me!! Gosh!!
It's really tempting to encourage my son take higher malay...but worry he not able to cope as he has no exposure to malay at all. It will not help that i can't coach him too.
I think the ideal plan would be to encourage him to get the required 75% average for all subjects.
Once again, thanks for your sharing!!MintLeaf:
Hi Von72,
Initially I was told that if the student can get 70% and above for his Chinese, he will be allowed to move to Higher Chinese in Secondary 2. When he was in Secondary 2, we received a notification that the student required 75% and above for Chinese and overall average (ie, average for all subjects) to read HMT in Secondary 3. I supposed that was because HMT students have to take the Chinese 'O' level paper at the end of Secondary 3.
My son is not doing a third language. If I knew about the implication of Malay as a third language, I would have seriously considered pursuing it, although my original wish 2 years ago was for him to move to a Higher Chinese class. In his cohort, there are 5 people who are doing Malay as a 3rd language. I suspect there were many parents who did not know about the bonus points for JC admission. -
Yes, all HMT students take their Chinese "O" level at the end of sec 3.
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von72:
For Sec 1, the requirement is 70% and above. It's only in Sec 2 that the requirement has been raised to 75%.Hi MintLeat,
thk u for your time in replying. Oh, HMT students will be taking their Chinese \"O\" level at the end of sec 3??!! That's new to me!! Gosh!!
It's really tempting to encourage my son take higher malay...but worry he not able to cope as he has no exposure to malay at all. It will not help that i can't coach him too.
I think the ideal plan would be to encourage him to get the required 75% average for all subjects.
Once again, thanks for your sharing!!
And Malay as a third language is called Malay Special Programme. I understand lessons are conducted twice a week, 2 hours each. Hence, it may tax the child given that CCA is already taking up a lot of time. -
skyjuice:
Oh dear, I called them. I am told to collect it by today. Now have to take 1/2 day leave - on a last minute basis. My boss is going to :rant: while I :siam:blitz:
Oh dear, I won't be going to pick him up. And I doubt he will remember to redeem the CD roms. Any idea if it will be available for redemption the following week?
No idea about that. Though I'm sure can be arranged. You can call Pacific bookstore to find out. -
blitz:
Oh dear, I called them. I am told to collect it by today. Now have to take 1/2 day leave - on a last minute basis. My boss is going to :rant: while I :siam:[/quote]Haha! Maybe I'll see you in school then. Though doubt we can recognize one another....skyjuice:
[quote=\"blitz\"]Oh dear, I won't be going to pick him up. And I doubt he will remember to redeem the CD roms. Any idea if it will be available for redemption the following week?
No idea about that. Though I'm sure can be arranged. You can call Pacific bookstore to find out. -
skyjuice:
Haha! Maybe I'll see you in school then. Though doubt we can recognize one another....[/quote]Arrghh....didn't bring the vouchers with me!!!! Great. I called the school bookshop again, and was told to redeem latest by Tuesday.
Oh dear, I called them. I am told to collect it by today. Now have to take 1/2 day leave - on a last minute basis. My boss is going to :rant: while I :siam:blitz:
[quote=\"skyjuice\"]
No idea about that. Though I'm sure can be arranged. You can call Pacific bookstore to find out.
I saw quite a few parents there just now - which one were you? -
Yup, i called the school bookshop this morning and was told latest by tuesday too. Gosh, looks like we have to arrange kind of \"blind date\" for the Kiasuparents group to meet up huh!!
blitz:
Arrghh....didn't bring the vouchers with me!!!! Great. I called the school bookshop again, and was told to redeem latest by Tuesday.
Haha! Maybe I'll see you in school then. Though doubt we can recognize one another....skyjuice:
[quote=\"blitz\"]Oh dear, I called them. I am told to collect it by today. Now have to take 1/2 day leave - on a last minute basis. My boss is going to :rant: while I :siam:
I saw quite a few parents there just now - which one were you?[/quote] -
MintLeaf:
Hmmm.... 2 hours indeed be taxing for the child....guess i will just stick with 70% and above then.
For Sec 1, the requirement is 70% and above. It's only in Sec 2 that the requirement has been raised to 75%.von72:
Hi MintLeat,
thk u for your time in replying. Oh, HMT students will be taking their Chinese \"O\" level at the end of sec 3??!! That's new to me!! Gosh!!
It's really tempting to encourage my son take higher malay...but worry he not able to cope as he has no exposure to malay at all. It will not help that i can't coach him too.
I think the ideal plan would be to encourage him to get the required 75% average for all subjects.
Once again, thanks for your sharing!!
And Malay as a third language is called Malay Special Programme. I understand lessons are conducted twice a week, 2 hours each. Hence, it may tax the child given that CCA is already taking up a lot of time.
BTW, when does CCA kick start for Sec 1??
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