National Junior College (Junior High)

[phankao]

Jennifer:

:offtopic:


Students are to stand 5 to 10 mins at the parade square during assembly, everyday except Tuesday and rainy days.

The parade square is not sheltered.

Er... not Every school like that?

CHS also, leh. My girl's former pri/sec school stand at Field! (How about squishy ground?!), and in her JC - all also in open space for assembly leh.

[Jennifer]

phankao:

Jennifer:

:offtopic:


Students are to stand 5 to 10 mins at the parade square during assembly, everyday except Tuesday and rainy days.

The parade square is not sheltered.

Er... not Every school like that?

CHS also, leh. My girl's former pri/sec school stand at Field! (How about squishy ground?!), and in her JC - all also in open space for assembly leh.

No lah, I feel like being naughty today after reading the next door pri sch thread about standing

[phankao]

Jennifer:

phankao:

[quote=\"Jennifer\"]:offtopic:


Students are to stand 5 to 10 mins at the parade square during assembly, everyday except Tuesday and rainy days.

The parade square is not sheltered.

Er... not Every school like that?

CHS also, leh. My girl's former pri/sec school stand at Field! (How about squishy ground?!), and in her JC - all also in open space for assembly leh.

No lah, I feel like being naughty today after reading the next door pri sch thread about standing[/quote]cheh. That one stand in hall some more.

[sunshine123]

Hi to the parents of JH3 and above,


I have heard that Year 3 is tough. My DD is JH2 going to JH3.

Possible to share some info and insights regarding JH3

a. Which are the subjects that are tough?
b. Which subject combination is tough? (triple science, advance humanities, advance LA)

By the way, any sharing on where is a good place to send for Chinese tuition?

Thanks in advance.

[Jennifer]

sunshine123:

Hi to the parents of JH3 and above,


I have heard that Year 3 is tough. My DD is JH2 going to JH3.

Possible to share some info and insights regarding JH3

a. Which are the subjects that are tough?
b. Which subject combination is tough? (triple science, advance humanities, advance LA)

By the way, any sharing on where is a good place to send for Chinese tuition?

Thanks in advance.

When elder boy was sitting for the 1st exam of JH3 last year, he displayed a little anxiety, reason being he perceived the exam as the 1st formal exam since PSLE. After which, it was back to normal.

I do not see my boy mugging over studies, except for CL. The motto Practice makes perfect is no longer applicable. One should study to understand the concept well, to build a solid foundation rather than memorise by hard.

My boy says as long as one pays attention in class, makes sure one understands the concepts, do the assignments properly, there should be no prob in doing well in sch.

To him, History n Geography other than Chinese are tough subjects. Simply bcos these are not his cup of tea.

Since toddler, he will yawn the moment we open a Chinese book. These few days of Mother Tongue consolidation is making him more tired But he is doing ok, still cheerful n upbeat. I guess he is seeing 6th Nov as an end to his MT misery :rotflmao:

He attended a SAP pri sch, got a merit in his HCL through tuition in Hua Cheng since mid P5. We saw his MT grading going downhill from term to term in JH1, even though he was attending HCL tuition at Hua Cheng. I believe the issue is due to NJC does not teach according to the textbook and the textbook chapters in sequence. It is impossible for the tutor to teach in advance to cope with the school pace.

So we changed tuition centre to Jing Cai at Beauty World. This tutor conducted a hol class to teach all the ziyu in the textbooks. Then followed by endless worksheets. He managed to maintain the MT grade at C in JH2, then B in JH3. This year, he has done better in compo writing due to less wrong characters written n the structure is more eloquent.

I feel that for my boy, these 4 years of mugging in CL has finally shown some improvements. My expectation is very low - just a grade that can exempt him from taking CL in SH.

[sunshine123]

Jennifer:

sunshine123:

Hi to the parents of JH3 and above,


I have heard that Year 3 is tough. My DD is JH2 going to JH3.

Possible to share some info and insights regarding JH3

a. Which are the subjects that are tough?
b. Which subject combination is tough? (triple science, advance humanities, advance LA)

By the way, any sharing on where is a good place to send for Chinese tuition?

Thanks in advance.

When elder boy was sitting for the 1st exam of JH3 last year, he displayed a little anxiety, reason being he perceived the exam as the 1st formal exam since PSLE. After which, it was back to normal.

I do not see my boy mugging over studies, except for CL. The motto Practice makes perfect is no longer applicable. One should study to understand the concept well, to build a solid foundation rather than memorise by hard.

My boy says as long as one pays attention in class, makes sure one understands the concepts, do the assignments properly, there should be no prob in doing well in sch.

To him, History n Geography other than Chinese are tough subjects. Simply bcos these are not his cup of tea.

Since toddler, he will yawn the moment we open a Chinese book. These few days of Mother Tongue consolidation is making him more tired But he is doing ok, still cheerful n upbeat. I guess he is seeing 6th Nov as an end to his MT misery :rotflmao:

He attended a SAP pri sch, got a merit in his HCL through tuition in Hua Cheng since mid P5. We saw his MT grading going downhill from term to term in JH1, even though he was attending HCL tuition at Hua Cheng. I believe the issue is due to NJC does not teach according to the textbook and the textbook chapters in sequence. It is impossible for the tutor to teach in advance to cope with the school pace.

So we changed tuition centre to Jing Cai at Beauty World. This tutor conducted a hol class to teach all the ziyu in the textbooks. Then followed by endless worksheets. He managed to maintain the MT grade at C in JH2, then B in JH3. This year, he has done better in compo writing due to less wrong characters written n the structure is more eloquent.

I feel that for my boy, these 4 years of mugging in CL has finally shown some improvements. My expectation is very low - just a grade that can exempt him from taking CL in SH.

Thanks for sharing. :thankyou:

[sky12_]

Jennifer:

sunshine123:

Hi to the parents of JH3 and above,


I have heard that Year 3 is tough. My DD is JH2 going to JH3.

Possible to share some info and insights regarding JH3

a. Which are the subjects that are tough?
b. Which subject combination is tough? (triple science, advance humanities, advance LA)

By the way, any sharing on where is a good place to send for Chinese tuition?

Thanks in advance.

When elder boy was sitting for the 1st exam of JH3 last year, he displayed a little anxiety, reason being he perceived the exam as the 1st formal exam since PSLE. After which, it was back to normal.

I do not see my boy mugging over studies, except for CL. The motto Practice makes perfect is no longer applicable. One should study to understand the concept well, to build a solid foundation rather than memorise by hard.

My boy says as long as one pays attention in class, makes sure one understands the concepts, do the assignments properly, there should be no prob in doing well in sch.

To him, History n Geography other than Chinese are tough subjects. Simply bcos these are not his cup of tea.

Since toddler, he will yawn the moment we open a Chinese book. These few days of Mother Tongue consolidation is making him more tired But he is doing ok, still cheerful n upbeat. I guess he is seeing 6th Nov as an end to his MT misery :rotflmao:

He attended a SAP pri sch, got a merit in his HCL through tuition in Hua Cheng since mid P5. We saw his MT grading going downhill from term to term in JH1, even though he was attending HCL tuition at Hua Cheng. I believe the issue is due to NJC does not teach according to the textbook and the textbook chapters in sequence. It is impossible for the tutor to teach in advance to cope with the school pace.

So we changed tuition centre to Jing Cai at Beauty World. This tutor conducted a hol class to teach all the ziyu in the textbooks. Then followed by endless worksheets. He managed to maintain the MT grade at C in JH2, then B in JH3. This year, he has done better in compo writing due to less wrong characters written n the structure is more eloquent.

I feel that for my boy, these 4 years of mugging in CL has finally shown some improvements. My expectation is very low - just a grade that can exempt him from taking CL in SH.

NJC DOES teach HCL according to the textbook, FYI. (At least for this year)

[Jennifer]

sky12_:

Jennifer:

I believe the issue is due to NJC does not teach according to the textbook and the textbook chapters in sequence. It is impossible for the tutor to teach in advance to cope with the school pace.

NJC DOES teach HCL according to the textbook, FYI. (At least for this year)

Teach according to textbook = chapter by chapter in sequence? Not sometimes use book A, sometimes use book B?

My boy's cohort was the last batch of students using the old HCL syllabus. The contexts in the textbook were not localised, unlike the new syllabus HCL textbook.

How were the CL lessons conducted this year? Did you hv lectures to watch movies, use Jay Chou's lyrics or use Tangs dynasty poems?

[sunshine123]

sky12_:

Jennifer:

[quote=\"sunshine123\"]Hi to the parents of JH3 and above,


I have heard that Year 3 is tough. My DD is JH2 going to JH3.

Possible to share some info and insights regarding JH3

a. Which are the subjects that are tough?
b. Which subject combination is tough? (triple science, advance humanities, advance LA)

By the way, any sharing on where is a good place to send for Chinese tuition?

Thanks in advance.

When elder boy was sitting for the 1st exam of JH3 last year, he displayed a little anxiety, reason being he perceived the exam as the 1st formal exam since PSLE. After which, it was back to normal.

I do not see my boy mugging over studies, except for CL. The motto Practice makes perfect is no longer applicable. One should study to understand the concept well, to build a solid foundation rather than memorise by hard.

My boy says as long as one pays attention in class, makes sure one understands the concepts, do the assignments properly, there should be no prob in doing well in sch.

To him, History n Geography other than Chinese are tough subjects. Simply bcos these are not his cup of tea.

Since toddler, he will yawn the moment we open a Chinese book. These few days of Mother Tongue consolidation is making him more tired But he is doing ok, still cheerful n upbeat. I guess he is seeing 6th Nov as an end to his MT misery :rotflmao:

He attended a SAP pri sch, got a merit in his HCL through tuition in Hua Cheng since mid P5. We saw his MT grading going downhill from term to term in JH1, even though he was attending HCL tuition at Hua Cheng. I believe the issue is due to NJC does not teach according to the textbook and the textbook chapters in sequence. It is impossible for the tutor to teach in advance to cope with the school pace.

So we changed tuition centre to Jing Cai at Beauty World. This tutor conducted a hol class to teach all the ziyu in the textbooks. Then followed by endless worksheets. He managed to maintain the MT grade at C in JH2, then B in JH3. This year, he has done better in compo writing due to less wrong characters written n the structure is more eloquent.

I feel that for my boy, these 4 years of mugging in CL has finally shown some improvements. My expectation is very low - just a grade that can exempt him from taking CL in SH.

NJC DOES teach HCL according to the textbook, FYI. (At least for this year)[/quote]Great. Thanks.

[sky12_]

Jennifer:

sky12_:

[quote=\"Jennifer\"]I believe the issue is due to NJC does not teach according to the textbook and the textbook chapters in sequence. It is impossible for the tutor to teach in advance to cope with the school pace.

NJC DOES teach HCL according to the textbook, FYI. (At least for this year)

Teach according to textbook = chapter by chapter in sequence? Not sometimes use book A, sometimes use book B?

My boy's cohort was the last batch of students using the old HCL syllabus. The contexts in the textbook were not localised, unlike the new syllabus HCL textbook.

How were the CL lessons conducted this year? Did you hv lectures to watch movies, use Jay Chou's lyrics or use Tangs dynasty poems?[/quote]Yes the teachers do teach according to chapter by chapter for the new HCL textbook this year. For all JH3 HCL students have lecture every Wednesday during mother tongue period. The lectures teach quite a number of things such as 修辞手法 (sorry I don't know how to translate this into English). Towards assessment week teachers split up a full HCL exam paper into small parts for us to finish every lecture (1 hour is too short to finish an entire paper). Sometimes during normal term we get to watch movies. After assessment week the teachers just let us watch movies which can teach us something useful. I remember watching one Japanese movie called \"Grave of the Fireflies\", and we were asked to analyse the movie. For eg. how a certain item brings out a certain meaning which contributes to the movie's theme etc.
And we don't study Jay Chou's lyrics haha; we were exposed to song lyrics and song-writing in JH1 though. But we watched 不能说的秘密.
We don't purposely study Tang dynasty poems.
Despite the above, the school has asked for feedback about all the subjects this year. So the teachers may decide to make some changes for next year's batch.
Just sharing my experiences. Hope these helped