Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
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Hubby & I are so so impressed by this post (see below, copied from ACSI Confessions) written by an ACS rugby player who was part of the team that played at the National Stadium last week.
While some adult netizens are bickering small-mindedly over 5 MRT trains, see what goes on in the mind of a 13, 14 year old. He shows bigness of heart. WOW!
ACSI Confessions
5 hours ago
\"So the Goh Keng Swee Shield is back home. Game over! Mission accomplished! Coaches happy parents proud praise aplenty! We can now breathe.
This is our year; this is our call: bring home the Shield whatever the cost.
Don the Bumblebee, shave to bald, not an individual but the Botak Team. So we Samson botaks be - for ACS's cause. Scratches and scuffles, sprains and pains, one by one - we took them all. From Hong Kong to CCAB and to the Stadium we went, chasing down our foes with big margin wins.
And now a proud moment came, a sweet taste of glory. The golden medals on our necks, the cheers loud and clear. I saw painted faces, flying flags, flashing cameras, reporters too! I heard friends calling out names. As I stood there with my band of botaks, singing that grand illustrious song, my heart surged with pride as I made sense of it all. I forgot the mud rain and sun. I forgot the tough tedious drills. O sweet victory it was.
Then.. as I looked up the red white stands, I saw that golden kallang wave: principal, teachers, family and friends. I saw my friends clapping, smiling with pride. I saw my family, their eyes fixed on me.
A moment of epiphany it suddenly dawned, as I fought back my the tears in my eyes.
For suddenly I felt so humbled to know, we botaks weren't the only ones who came for the Shield: THE WHOLE SCHOOL had come with us to take it home..!
So THANK YOU every one! - for going with us and coming for us, all five chartered loadful of trains.
TBIYTB!
P.S. And please don't try to guess which botak wrote this. Anonymous botak let me be : ) -
Sweet
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Hi ! just like to find out when is the last day of school for the boys this year ?
My son is in year 3 IP
Is it 24th October ? -
Hi, attended the subject selection talk with ds yesterday. Would like to ask for advice from more experienced parents here. My son is in IP.
How are classes in Year 3 arranged? According to same subject combo or exam results in Year 2? (ie some classes are better academically than others).
Are the core and adv Math similar to E Math and A Math? -
Whitehead Uncle:
According to subject combination, because that's how the timetabling software works best. However, minority subject combinations may end up folded into classes with vacancies.Hi, attended the subject selection talk with ds yesterday. Would like to ask for advice from more experienced parents here. My son is in IP.
How are classes in Year 3 arranged? According to same subject combo or exam results in Year 2? (ie some classes are better academically than others).
Are the core and adv Math similar to E Math and A Math?
Core and Advanced Math are arranged in a slightly different order and grouping of topics relative to E and A Math. Core Math was designed to be 'mathematics everybody ought to be able to handle' and Advanced Math was designed to be 'mathematics for those who need more than that'. But it's still a fair approximation to our familiar Elementary and Additional Math. -
Will the school disallow a student who is weak in Maths to select both Core and Advanced Maths?
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spicyblackpepper:
Will the school disallow a student who is weak in Maths to select both Core and Advanced Maths?
I should hope so. Generally, it depends on how weak. Most Singaporeans have a good foundation in basic math and can work towards a pass. Or at least, this used to be the case. -
Hi, attended the subject selection talk with ds yesterday. Would like to ask for advice from more experienced parents here. My son is in IP.
How are classes in Year 3 arranged? According to same subject combo or exam results in Year 2? (ie some classes are better academically than others).
Are the core and adv Math similar to E Math and A Math?
According to subject combination, because that’s how the timetabling software works best. However, minority subject combinations may end up folded into classes with vacancies.
Core and Advanced Math are arranged in a slightly different order and grouping of topics relative to E and A Math. Core Math was designed to be ‘mathematics everybody ought to be able to handle’ and Advanced Math was designed to be ‘mathematics for those who need more than that’. But it’s still a fair approximation to our familiar Elementary and Additional Math.
Thank you very much for your prompt reply! -
OpenSecret:
Hi Autolycus & OpenSecret,
Just to add on to what Autolycus mentioned, yup HMT does not build anythng towards your IB grade, but rather give you the option of selecting a foreign Ab initio language instead of the usual Mandarin B SL which majority of us took. One thing to take note is unlike primary school where you take both HMT and MT concurrently, in Y1 to Y4 you take only HMT and not MT which may pull down your points as compared to other students which are doing MT.ngl2010:
Lexis and Autolycus, does it mean it is better to pass HMT in year 6 instead of year 5?
And, no point to take third language, right?
When I was in Year 1 - Year 3 (dropped HMT in Y4), I realised that HMT constantly dragged down my overall points (the one out of 45) as I could only manage to get 5 points all the time even with effort put in. Compared with students which took MT and got 6 or even 7, this kind of put me in a disadvantage which was why i decided to voluntarily drop HMT in year 4 in order to concentrate on the rest of my subjects (since I planned to do mandarin B in Y5 anyway).
can share your thots on the CL/HCL/Chinese B ?
How tough is Chinese B? Will it be a big leap for CL students?
For HCL students who took & pass their HCL in Y4, can they still take Chinese B (SL) in Y5?
I understand CL-B exams will be taken in Y5, leaving Y6 free to concentrate on the remaining subjects. Should Y5 result be undesirable, can re-take & use the 'better result' for their IB?
Similar to OpenSecret, DS (Sec2) results has been dragged down by HCL.
He is losing interest in HCL & thinking of dropping to CL & plan to take CL-B (SL) in Y5. I spoke briefly to his CL teacher recently, her advice was to continue with HCL. Accordingly, while CL will be easier to handle in Y3 & Y4, the struggle will come in Y5. The leap is lesser for HCL students. Also, she mentioned that the withdrawal may not be approved as his results at high 50s - low 60s is a decent score.
So the trade-off for HCL in Y3 & Y4 will be the dragging down of his results but easier to cope in Y5. But per OpenSecret mentioned, HCL has no bearings on the IB grade & those not keen on taking foreign lang ab initio.
Tho I am inclined for continuing with HCL, thinking hard which is better for DS since he has no interest in taking foreign lang ab initio. Would appreciate any comments/sharing/advice. Thanks.
PS: After posting the above, i went on to read other threads and it seems that CL-B is like 2nd Lang and easier and most can score 7/7. Errrmmmm seems to be opposite from the teacher's view......I'm confused now. :? -
We are not so brave for HCL we switched from HCL to normal Chinese after 1st week. Initially chose HCL because DS followed the trend although he did not have interest in Chinese. But after a few days I woke up to the fact that weaker in Chinese was one of the reasons why he didn’t choose another nearer Chinese focus school. In that school HCL is compulsory. Now his normal Chinese results are really encouraging, I cannot imagine that his weakest Chinese can score him 7 points in both mid year and final exams. I can feel the Chineseness coming back to my DS. We are a Chinese speaking family, besides scoring well in Chinese, we hope to encourage the true interest in Chinese, if we take HCL and struggle, how can we be happy with the language. My personal opinion.
Mother tongue. .mother’s language… hope that my DS will be comfortable using mother’s language.
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