River Valley High School [*IP]

[justaparent]

From what i know, even other IP school has 'O’Level class at sec3 after their sec 2 results are known, eg Hwa Chong.

[justaparent]

RVPTA’s membership is $50 for the entire 6 years your child stay in RV. Both parents are members as long as one parent signs up. PTA activities are updated at RVHS website, so you can read all about it there. RVPTA AGM was held yesterday, and letter was handed out to students, meant for their parents, prior to the meeting for attendance. Teachers’ Day dinner is NOT organised by PTA, but by SAC. PTA supports this annual event. Upcoming talks on Parenting will be on SAt, 6 March. Ask your child for the form which will be handed out by their form teachers this coming week.

[Chaosenvoy]

radiantmum:

Ex-RVHS student myself and just chanced upon this thread :oops:


Here's my take on why there are more girls than boys - 'cos RVHS boys have to continue to wear shorts still in Sec 3 & 4 :lol:

& I chose RV over NYGH then 'cos I prefer RV school uniforms. Hahahaha ...

Honestly, after that, I did regret a little 'cos the uniform material was thick then and require frequent ironing (by myself). However, I had noticed that they had change to a much thinner & cooler now - so all's good.

My strong Chinese foundation and interest was from RVHS !

i dont see why that should be a problem,shorts look and feel better and is easier to move around in.in fact rv boy's uniform is more outstanding than the girls' and the trend shouldve been opposite.the rv uniform for boys really look darn cool

[daisyt]

I heard it is quite confirm abt the 2 CCAs & it would be 4 days of CCA per week. Seems its starting with the year 1 of 2010. I personally feel that 4 days is too much. The kids have other activities outside school, its going to be very tiring for them to cope.

[justsay]

daisyt:

I heard it is quite confirm abt the 2 CCAs & it would be 4 days of CCA per week. Seems its starting with the year 1 of 2010. I personally feel that 4 days is too much. The kids have other activities outside school, its going to be very tiring for them to cope.

Yes it is confirmed. They brought the form back yesterday. I feel that it is too much for the kids too. If I'm not wrong, some CCA need to go for 3 days, which means they would be spending 5 days for CCAs. The kids would be too tired. How about other program, 3rd language, homework etc ... ? Not feasible I find.

[rosecy]

its not 2 ccas. the form said 1 core cca and 1 interest development activity. called up to clarify too.


idp not as regular as core cca.

additional info that i found out: if child is selected for school team in niche sports, then it can be considered core cca. and school team no need to take up additional idp

[justsay]

rosecy:

its not 2 ccas. the form said 1 core cca and 1 interest development activity. called up to clarify too.


idp not as regular as core cca.

additional info that i found out: if child is selected for school team in niche sports, then it can be considered core cca. and school team no need to take up additional idp

Hi Rosecy,

Thanks for the info.

Before they implement this, they considered Info comm, sports etc as CCA, now they called it IDP. I thought it is just a matter of what they name them, it's still CCA to me after all, students still need to spend time on it anyway.

[Serafiel]

I don’t think RV very good leh. (Case in point–I got an RV friend who only took 3H2s, and not to mention blogger Xiaxue was from RV).

My mum didn’t let me choose RV, she rather I go NH, back in 2005.
Reason being, she thinks the IP system in RV is just starting, and I’ll be like the "guinea pigs".
It’s true though that compared to HCI, RIJC, and DHS, RV is not as good an IP school as those.

[daisyt]

Hi serafiel, in life, there is always a starting point, the process & ending point. If no one is willing to get started, there would have no process & result. When new concept schools like SOTA, NUSH, SST just started, many adventurous parents and kids are willing to take up the new challenge to persue their passion. No system in this world is the perfect system and it is the dare to try, dare to accept new challenges & changes that make all of us a better person.


Your mum has her own point when asking you to choose NH. I am sure at that moment, you all have discussed through the pros and cons to come out with such decision. Once the decision was made, you put in all your best to excel in your study.

For parents and kids who choose RV, its the same. I am sure they have weighted the pros and cons too before coming to this decision. I know many RVians (including my dd) are able to choose those \"good\" IP sec you mentioned but they did not. The most important thing now is for them to put all their best, work hard to achieve good results, enjoy the school life and be a better person.

[daisyt]

justsay:

Hi Rosecy,

Thanks for the info.

Before they implement this, they considered Info comm, sports etc as CCA, now they called it IDP. I thought it is just a matter of what they name them, it's still CCA to me after all, students still need to spend time on it anyway.

Is it true they have to spend 4 days of CCA and IDP ?
For IDP, can they quit and change to anoter IDP as and when they like ? Or they have to be committed to IDP too ?