Secondary 2 Streaming

[koguma]

Ichigokun:

Hey Everyone, these are my streaming results


L1 - English Language
R1 - Higher Chinese Language
R2 - History Elective + SS
R3 - Pure English Literature
R4 - A Math & E Math
R5 - Chemistry + Physics (Double Science; Non-Probational, but sad I didn't get Biology though )

Thanks everyone for your help :thankyou:

Hi Ichigokun, just work hard for these subjects and do well in your O level.

Saw this article on Zaobao (dated 2013年10月28日). Hope it will motivate you to do well in your language and perhaps do translation in the University, if you are really interested in this area.

http://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20131028-269516

[Coolkidsrock2]

Pardon me if this seems silly. Is the triple Science stream still available or are most schools doing the double Science stream instead? For schools which offer both, would any one have any idea which is the more popular stream?


Thanks.

[zbear]

If I am not wrong, most schools offered both triple n double sciences. Not sure abt neighbourhood schools though (I recall dh’s nephew is from neighbourhood school n he can only take combined science).


Traditionally Triple Science seems the more popular choice but ultimately, it still depends on individual’s preference.

My DS school this year has lesser Triple Science classes than previous years. Don’t know why the trend has changed.

[koguma]

Coolkidsrock2:

Pardon me if this seems silly. Is the triple Science stream still available or are most schools doing the double Science stream instead? For schools which offer both, would any one have any idea which is the more popular stream?


Thanks.

It depends on the principal, the standard of the students and the school resources.

I know of a school in punggol that only allows a handful of students (less than 10 for each pure science subject) to do double sciences only. No student can do triple sciences.

For some neighbourhood schools, even though they offers triple science, the number of students are usually less than a class size. say if the class has 40 students, maybe only 15 can do triple sciences.

Even for the better schools, there will be more classes with Double Sciences as compared to Triple Sciences. I think one reason is because Triple Sciences students usually do 1 Humanities, but Double Sciences Students can do 2 Humanities or 1 Humanities and 1 other elective (like Economics, Arts, DnT, Drama, PE, POA, etc).

I also know some schools allow the students to do Pure Bio and Combined Science (Phy/Chem).

[A better tomorrow]

My dd is having streaming next year . Can your kindly give a brief explanation on what and how is streaming like in sec 2 ? We are actually very clueless about it

[A better tomorrow]

How does streaming next year go? Is it advisable to choose triple science over double science ? How many subjects can a student choose up to ?

[A better tomorrow]

Is it very difficult to choose a subject combination?

What if the child is good at memorizing things ( that may help for bio ,history , and goeg) but not that good at subjects that need thinking ( for example, maths, physics,etc ) ? If the child is offered triple science, should she take it up ? Or should she choose double science instead?

[koguma]

A better tomorrow:

How does streaming next year go? Is it advisable to choose triple science over double science ? How many subjects can a student choose up to ?

The criteria for streaming, the subjects to take, etc will depend on the principal, the standard of the students and the school resources.

Most schools will conduct briefing to parents & students in Feb or Mar. Hence it is important for parents to attend the briefing session so as to understand more about the streaming process.

[A better tomorrow]

koguma:

A better tomorrow:

How does streaming next year go? Is it advisable to choose triple science over double science ? How many subjects can a student choose up to ?

The criteria for streaming, the subjects to take, etc will depend on the principal, the standard of the students and the school resources.

Most schools will conduct briefing to parents & students in Feb or Mar. Hence it is important for parents to attend the briefing session so as to understand more about the streaming process.

I see, thank you so much ! :snuggles: have a nice day !

[janet88]

koguma:

The criteria for streaming, the subjects to take, etc will depend on the principal, the standard of the students and the school resources.

Most schools will conduct briefing to parents & students in Feb or Mar. Hence it is important for parents to attend the briefing session so as to understand more about the streaming process.

thanks koguma...i will look out for the briefing.
i realized many parents here mentioned to try to take A math....my boy did ok for his math this year (sec 1)...hope he can continue with his hard work and select a good combination next year.