NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

[confidentmum]

wow, your mentor and whole class must be very happy and proud. may i know you are from which class?

[edp6a2014ec]

hello, someone who remember the dsa questions can tell me? science they test about what, i applied dsa this year, so i want know a bit

[Artume]

edp6a2014ec:

hello, someone who remember the dsa questions can tell me? science they test about what, i applied dsa this year, so i want know a bit

DSA theory phases primarily tests how much you know. It covers things that are not taught in lesson, to ensure that students who can do well are really passionate about mathematics and science, and read about them at their own time, outside of syllabus.

If you're normally very keen on science in your free time, reading science magazines and Wikipedia and things like that, you should be fine.

[dagong99]

Did anyone go for the SJChO last Saturday ? How do you find the paper ?

[confidentmum]

Kudos to our students for their excellence performance at the 15th asian physics olympiad. Our singapore students get 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze and 2 honourable mention. Among them are our nus high school student, :rahrah: francis wang was best performing singapore male participant and qu xinyi was the best performing female singapore participant.


Congratulation !!

[Artume]

I was there helping out for the 15th APhO. It was a very tiring week!

[Love4learning]

Artume:

edp6a2014ec:

hello, someone who remember the dsa questions can tell me? science they test about what, i applied dsa this year, so i want know a bit

DSA theory phases primarily tests how much you know. It covers things that are not taught in lesson, to ensure that students who can do well are really passionate about mathematics and science, and read about them at their own time, outside of syllabus.

If you're normally very keen on science in your free time, reading science magazines and Wikipedia and things like that, you should be fine.

Any example on sci that they will test the kids on? sci is such a wide subject... TIA

[Artume]

Love4learning:

Any example on sci that they will test the kids on? sci is such a wide subject... TIA

Gosh, it had been such a long time ago!

I've found a few examples online, such as:

There are two containers filled with hot water: one is a metal container with wooden casing, the other is a complete metal container. Both containers have a thermometer inside. Choose the correct line graph for the temperature

or

Which are the factors involved with the diffusion of ink in water?

Science wise, the questions are generally conceptual and understanding. As they're not all in PSLE syllabus, this is where self-reading will come in.

[matadorepy]

dagong99:

Did anyone go for the SJChO last Saturday ? How do you find the paper ?

SjCHO results is out. 34 year4 and 8 year3 students (out of the 200 y3/y4 NUSH students enrolled) got into round 2 of competition.

Nationally 2041 students took part in round 1 competition.

[Atan]

Hi,


I am parent of P6 boy who is considering to DSA for NUSH. During open hse of the other top schools, we hear speakers saying that kids at formative years should receive a good foundation instead of specialization, so that they would be able to choose based on their interest later. Many parents, like myself are afraid that we may make the wrong choice for our child.

Would appreciate very much to hear comments from existing parents & students of NUSH and also if you could kindly share the learning journey of yr DC.

Thanks very much in advance!!