Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[kirakira]

Mandarin, Chirunner


My sentiments are exactly like Harini's. I was so impressed when I read about your sons. As their parents you must indeed feel relieved and proud at the same time! :celebrate:

And I must say they are very well rounded, and the school must has given them the environment to excel in various areas, and not just academically.

My DS has to find his way around the long travelling too. 1.5 hrs by public transport on his way home.

Thank you again for the sharing, its really valuable for us newbies to understand what it is like.

[Mandarin]

Sunbird24:

I understand that parents are now concerned with the selection of CCA, how hectic is the training schedule and whether their sons are able to find time to do their homework etc.

To add to that list, I understand that the 1st term test for Year 1 has been scheduled between 1st-26th Feb.
I'm trying to find some assesment books/testpapers for my son.
Is there any difference in exam papers(for common subjects like Maths, geography etc)between IP and Express classes.
Any parent here can shed some light?

thanks.

If your son is in IP class, I am afraid the assessment books sold in popular bookstore may not be a perfect fit. They can used as a guide for some subjects like History, geography and Physical Science. I have not found any suitable assessment for Life Science at all. Language Arts is also another subject that you would not be able to find any assessment books.

The exam papers for IP and Express are different as the topics (or depth of topics) and pace of teaching are different.

[Sunbird24]

Mandarin:

If your son is in IP class, I am afraid the assessment books sold in popular bookstore may not be a perfect fit. They can used as a guide for some subjects like History, geography and Physical Science. I have not found any suitable assessment for Life Science at all. Language Arts is also another subject that you would not be able to find any assessment books.


The exam papers for IP and Express are different as the topics (or depth of topics) and pace of teaching are different.

Hi Mandarin,

I was so looking forward to some replies and you came to my rescue.

Yes, my son is in IP.
I used to rely on assessment books and school exam papers when preparing my son for PSLE.
Now, I'm a bit lost on how to guide him in his year 1 test/exams.

Care to share on how your son and yourself handle this issue?
Saw a vendor in Clementi Central selling ACS(1) exam papers but cant't be sure if it is for express or IP students. :?

[luckystar]

Total classes 14 ? how many IB classes ?

[Sunbird24]

luckystar:

Total classes 14 ? how many IB classes ?

Total classes: 15, I believe.
IB= 6 classes

[luckystar]

Is IP classes are IB classes ?

[csc]

luckystar:

Is IP classes are IB classes ?

Yes, IB classes are IP classes.

[luckystar]

If each class has 30 boys, 6X30, that means at least 180 boys will be taking IB each year (and +girls join in year 5). It means 13/200+ get perfect score ! about 6% get perfect score ! Am I right ?

[Sunbird24]

luckystar:

If each class has 30 boys, 6X30, that means at least 180 boys will be taking IB each year (and +girls join in year 5). It means 13/200+ get perfect score ! about 6% get perfect score ! Am I right ?

The total no of intake for IP is about 152 boys based on the Year 1 classlist.
Average about 25 boys in each class.
Lets assume that all remain in the IP programme and eventually sit for the IB exam in Yr 6.
There are 2 more intakes in Year 3(targeted 150 students) and Year 5 (targeted 150 students).
So theoretically, there would be about 450 students sitting for IB exams in Year 6.

The full details is available in ACS(1) website.

[autolycus]

Sunbird24: Heh, it’s not so theoretical, because 450 is the proposed cap on the IB intake. The original cap proposed back in 2002 was supposed to be 120, 6 classes of 20 — now it is more like 16-18 classes per level, I think.