St. Joseph's Institution

[pixiedust]

Most welcome Jennifer and grownupmom.


Checked with my son: S1 RMSE, 1hr once a week, mainly lecture style with some discussion ie. teacher asks questions, boys take turn to give opinions.

Catholic boys must take Catholic-RMSE, non-Catholic boys can choose non-Catholic RMSE or Catholic-RMSE. My son is in non-Catholic - he said mainly they discuss about moral issues, father-son relationship. (if I remember correctly from the briefing we had, S2 is mother-son relationship :nailbite: )

Wish everyone best of luck for PSLE result and Secondary school posting.

[Jennifer]

pixiedust:

Most welcome Jennifer and grownupmom.


Checked with my son: S1 RMSE, 1hr once a week, mainly lecture style with some discussion ie. teacher asks questions, boys take turn to give opinions.

Catholic boys must take Catholic-RMSE, non-Catholic boys can choose non-Catholic RMSE or Catholic-RMSE. My son is in non-Catholic - he said mainly they discuss about moral issues, father-son relationship. (if I remember correctly from the briefing we had, S2 is mother-son relationship :nailbite: )

Wish everyone best of luck for PSLE result and Secondary school posting.

:thankyou:

[octopusmum]

hello


my son will be taking his psle results tomorrow and SJI is one of the schools i am considering. however, i know very little about the school and unfortunately, i won’t be able to visit the school on next monday. hence, hope to find out more about the school in this forum, what is the culture like, is it very competitive and academic focused. etc
tks

[jheng]

octopusmum:

hello


my son will be taking his psle results tomorrow and SJI is one of the schools i am considering. however, i know very little about the school and unfortunately, i won't be able to visit the school on next monday. hence, hope to find out more about the school in this forum, what is the culture like, is it very competitive and academic focused. etc
tks

I've asked an ex-SJI boy and this is what he told me, \"The teachers is not only good, but they are amazing! Teacher are very helpful and the environment is nurturing. Basically nobody regrets going to SJI and that's the reason why our old boys association is so strong. You can take a boy out of SJI but never SJI out of the boy. Join the Lasallian family!\"

My sister has 2 doctor friends who were ex-SJI boys, her feedback on them is :\"They are very smart (brilliant) and humble\" Please encourage your son to go to SJI.

When my DS received the CO from SJI, he said he will accept the offer even it is not his #1 choice, because he has promoted SJI to be his #1. The reason he sited is that he feels that the school looks at him as a \"person\" not just numbers. During his interview he felt that the interviewers are genuinely interested in him as a person and wants to groom him to be an all-rounder. Not just what grades he can achieve. The friendly interviewers left a good impression with him

SJI may not be the top school like RI or HC, but it is also a band 1 school so in our opinion, SJI is a school we want our DS to be in.

[growupmom]

jheng:

octopusmum:

hello


my son will be taking his psle results tomorrow and SJI is one of the schools i am considering. however, i know very little about the school and unfortunately, i won't be able to visit the school on next monday. hence, hope to find out more about the school in this forum, what is the culture like, is it very competitive and academic focused. etc
tks

I've asked an ex-SJI boy and this is what he told me, \"The teachers is not only good, but they are amazing! Teacher are very helpful and the environment is nurturing. Basically nobody regrets going to SJI and that's the reason why our old boys association is so strong. You can take a boy out of SJI but never SJI out of the boy. Join the Lasallian family!\"

My sister has 2 doctor friends who were ex-SJI boys, her feedback on them is :\"They are very smart (brilliant) and humble\" Please encourage your son to go to SJI.

When my DS received the CO from SJI, he said he will accept the offer even it is not his #1 choice, because he has promoted SJI to be his #1. The reason he sited is that he feels that the school looks at him as a \"person\" not just numbers. During his interview he felt that the interviewers are genuinely interested in him as a person and wants to groom him to be an all-rounder. Not just what grades he can achieve. The friendly interviewers left a good impression with him

SJI may not be the top school like RI or HC, but it is also a band 1 school so in our opinion, SJI is a school we want our DS to be in.

jheng,
:goodpost: I think your DS is very matured and it is great that he has made his perfect choice based on his own feelings. That is very important for the kids to be happy for their next 6 very key years. Good luck to ur DS and you.

[Jennifer]

jheng:

octopusmum:

hello


my son will be taking his psle results tomorrow and SJI is one of the schools i am considering. however, i know very little about the school and unfortunately, i won't be able to visit the school on next monday. hence, hope to find out more about the school in this forum, what is the culture like, is it very competitive and academic focused. etc
tks

I've asked an ex-SJI boy and this is what he told me, \"The teachers is not only good, but they are amazing! Teacher are very helpful and the environment is nurturing. Basically nobody regrets going to SJI and that's the reason why our old boys association is so strong. You can take a boy out of SJI but never SJI out of the boy. Join the Lasallian family!\"

My sister has 2 doctor friends who were ex-SJI boys, her feedback on them is :\"They are very smart (brilliant) and humble\" Please encourage your son to go to SJI.

When my DS received the CO from SJI, he said he will accept the offer even it is not his #1 choice, because he has promoted SJI to be his #1. The reason he sited is that he feels that the school looks at him as a \"person\" not just numbers. During his interview he felt that the interviewers are genuinely interested in him as a person and wants to groom him to be an all-rounder. Not just what grades he can achieve. The friendly interviewers left a good impression with him

SJI may not be the top school like RI or HC, but it is also a band 1 school so in our opinion, SJI is a school we want our DS to be in.

:thankyou: for sharing.

I like a school that sees the students as unique individuals :celebrate:

[octopusmum]

Hi jheng

Thanks for sharing. I didn’t follow the earlier threads so I am not sure if you are a parent of a SJI boy. If you do have, how do you find the school so far and is your kid happy to be there? tks

[JRLam]

SS66:

My DS got into the Sec 3 IB track and also the subject combination we want...so happy:)


JRLam: all sec 3 need to take chemistry with Physics or Bio if you are taking 2 science subjects.

Cheers !

Thanks SS66. Sounds like you have a mature and intelligent boy

May I know what are the subject combination offered to Sec 2ers? How many classes are there for each combination? What are the results require to get into each combination?

I know I am v KS to want to know it now :oops: My son didn't do well in Sec 1 although he improved in his SA2. So I am trying to know what's the expectation in Sec 2.

Thanks!

[jheng]

octopusmum:

Hi jheng

Thanks for sharing. I didn't follow the earlier threads so I am not sure if you are a parent of a SJI boy. If you do have, how do you find the school so far and is your kid happy to be there? tks

My DS will be going to SJI next year. I got those responses from ex-SJI boys, my guess is if they love their school so much means they are happy there Let's wait for some kind parents of current SJI boys for their comments.

[pixiedust]

JRLam:

May I know what are the subject combination offered to Sec 2ers?

S1 and S2 same subjects. They only choose subject combinations eg triple science etc at the end of S2.