Victoria School

[ilovelaksa]

Hi, my ds double check with his frens in sch today. This Bishanites take 45 mins to VS via MRT and bus. Apparently, the MRT ride is only 15 minutes.

[ilovelaksa]

bakerlee:

ilovelaksa:

[quote=\"bakerlee\"]Hi.


Any idea on class size in VS?

Ds is leaning towards putting VS O levels track as his first choice. But I'm hesitant as i wonder if boys in O levels track will be treated 'differently' from the IP track, as in IP boys will be treated as elite of the school.

Would appreciate any kind advice...

Thks!

About 40 for O lvl track and 30 for IP. For IP3, class range is 24-26.
All Victorians are treated equally, just that IP/O track do diff curriculums. Student+CCA leaders come from both tracks too. They do prefer to hang out with their classmates in the beginng. But once CCAs start, they are all one big happy family.
So far, my ds don't feel anythg 'special' about being in Victoria IP. If anything, I think he feels esp stressed about the curriculum, hehe. His best fren is on the O lvl track.
Btw, the IP and O lvl cohort are an equal 50-50 distribution for yr1 this yr. For yr2, the IP cohort is half of O lvl's. In yr3, there's only about 70 IP students. So there's still a very large group of O lvlers.

Thks for the info. We have submitted VS as first choice for ds![/quote]All the very best for your ds!!

[Blessedyip]

ilovelaksa:

Hi, my ds double check with his frens in sch today. This Bishanites take 45 mins to VS via MRT and bus. Apparently, the MRT ride is only 15 minutes.

Again thank you for your information. We have also submitted VS as our first choice.

[ilovelaksa]

Blessedyip:

ilovelaksa:

Hi, my ds double check with his frens in sch today. This Bishanites take 45 mins to VS via MRT and bus. Apparently, the MRT ride is only 15 minutes.

Again thank you for your information. We have also submitted VS as our first choice.

All the very best to your ds in his posting too!

[kiaaik]

Singapore fastest man - VS boy Gary Yeo


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Fastest man’s slow rise to the top
Published on Dec 03, 2013
Straits Times

When he entered Victoria School, he joined a talent scouting programme during his Secondary One initiation camp, hoping again to make the track squad.
He remembers running the 100m time-trial on a tarmac road. Again, he was overlooked.
Said Yeo: "All along my thinking was that I was quite fast. So, when I didn’t make it, I was quite disappointed."
He was, however, chosen for the hockey squad with whom he trained for a year.
As fate would have it, his closest friends in class happened to be on the track squad, and so he was encouraged to join their training sessions, but only as a recreational athlete.
And, after some supervised training, Yeo’s track talents started to show.
In his first inter-school outing at the 2000 Schools National Track and Field Championships, he finished fourth in the C Division boys’ 100m.
Over the next few years, he achieved considerable success, taking the A Division double (100m and 200m) in 2003, and knocking on the door of the national squad.

[kiaaik]

Former VS student, Akmal Shaharudin, only 18 years old, captained the Singapore national floorball team to a SEA Games gold medal by beating Malaysia 11-1 in the finals in Myanmar.

Floorball is a demostration sport in the SEA Games and will not be included in the offical medal tally. Singapore hope that it will be included as an offical sport in the 2015 SEA Games to be held in Singapore.

[FanFanX]

The Secondary One (S1) posting results will be released on Friday, 20 December 2013.


Students who have been posted to Victoria School (VS) are to report to VS on Monday, 23 December 2013, 8.30am. Students are to be attired in their prima...ry school uniform.

We look forward to seeing all 2014 Secondary 1 students and parents on Monday, 23 December 2013, 8.30am. Welcome to VS, the home of Gentlemen, Professionals and Sportsmen!

Note: Please refer to link below for the programme:

http://www.victoria.moe.edu.sg/announcement082.html


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**************Good luck!!***************

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bakerlee:

Hi.


Any idea on class size in VS?

Ds is leaning towards putting VS O levels track as his first choice. But I'm hesitant as i wonder if boys in O levels track will be treated 'differently' from the IP track, as in IP boys will be treated as elite of the school.

Would appreciate any kind advice...

Thks!

Sec1-2 class size is 35+ to 40. Sec3-4 22-42, depending. No, the school will not treat students from both streams differently. There is a very strong emphasis on equality from the school management.

IP classes have 32 students per class

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ilovelaksa:

itsy:

Hi,

This may not be an important question but just my curiousity, does VS has a back gate where students who take public transport can enter/exit? I find the main gate a distance to walk, my son will be taking bus if he DOES get in the school.

Yes, there is a side gate that leads to the bus stop.

there is a side gate located opposite the mosque. There is a shelter to the side gate, so no worries

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itsy:

Hi,

My son has been offered a direct admission to VS via Art Elective Programme. May I know if there is any parent with son currently in the programme to share their experience? I know that it is a 4 yr programme, but I would like to know what is expected of my son and how intensive is the programme. I wouldn't want him to spend so much time in the programme that will affect his other subjects. Thanks in advance.

Most of the AEP students are doing very well in their studies.

Its actually pretty easy to cope with if u do assignments on time.. As you progress it can get more intensive and time consuming, mostly preparing the students for their O level Arts examinations. If the student has good time management (this is very important as ive seen some friends forgo certain AEP assignments to study other subjects), for example not putting his prepwork to the last day, then he should be able to achieve a peaceful balance of AEP and other subjects, without compromising stress levels. With all that said, a little passion for the subject never fails to make it easier