Secondary 2 Streaming

[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.

[Skyed]

janet_lee88:

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.

Please try and take amath if you can. Most JCs do not allow students to take H2 math if they did not take amath in secondary. Even if the JC allows (I think only 2-3 do), without amath foundation you will struggle really badly unless you do your own amath studying post o levels in prep for JC.

[zbear]

janet_lee88:

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.

If I am not mistaken, I think both A n E Maths are compulsory subjects for Sec 3. This is so for my kids' schools. Not sure if its the same for all schools.

Sorry hor! There is no such thing as a good combination. All combinations are good so long as the kid is strong n love the subjects that he chose.

[sharonkhoo]

Skyed:

Please try and take amath if you can. Most JCs do not allow students to take H2 math if they did not take amath in secondary. Even if the JC allows (I think only 2-3 do), without amath foundation you will struggle really badly unless you do your own amath studying post o levels in prep for JC.

It really depends on whether the child is strong enough in Maths to take and get a decent grade in H2 Maths at A level at all. If the child show weakness in Sec 2, it is likely that he will struggle a lot with A Maths, and even more with H2 Maths, and it will take up time and energy which could be better used for his stronger subjects. I think it is sometimes useful to look at the issue from the angle of the child's ability (can he do it? is he interested in it?) rather than from the career angle (he can't be a \"xx\" if he didn't take H2 Maths). He will probably be a poor \"xx\" if Maths is necessary but he isn't strong in it. For such a child, it may be better to look towards another career path that doesn't involve Maths. My older daughter has always found Maths tough, and struggled with E Maths (she didn't do A Maths). We realised this early on, and we never even tried to get her to do A Maths as we knew it would be a huge and time-consuming struggle. So there are career doors closed to her, but there are still others more to her liking.