Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[ngl2010]

Uniform and PE attire can be bought at Popular bookshop inside RI too but sometimes they run out of sizes.


Can buy textbook, sweater, polo-shirt and other things with RI printed on them in Popular too.

No need to buy school tie and badge because they will be given on the last day of orientation by the school.

Welcome to RI! :welcome:

[iFirefly]

pinball:

Checking in. DS has finally made his choice and will be joining the RI family next year. It's our first kid in Secondary school so I'm sure I can learn a lot from many experienced and helpful parents here

:welcome: to RI

Nice to see you here, pinball..

[ngl2010]

Don’t throw away your son’s Primary school PE attire. Orientation camp requires 4 PE attire which can be RI PE attire and primary school PE attire.

[iFirefly]

hexagon:

DS2 joining the RI family too. Thank you to all the helpful parents here. It has been a trove of invaluable information. Will go get uniform early as advised. What about text books?

:welcome: to RI, hexagon..

You will be given the Booklist on Registration Day. So, you don't need to buy any textbooks now..

Most of the textbooks are optional items, as the teachers hardly use them in class. They are mostly for reference only. Oh, except the HCL textbooks & workbooks..

Btw.. RI uses her own in-house History textbooks, so please don't buy any History textbooks from Popular bookstore 'in advance'..

The textbooks for Geography are for Upper Sec, while those for Chemistry, Physics & Biology are for O Levels. So, you don't need to buy many textbooks from Year-2 onwards, if you decide to buy them in Year-1..

[ngl2010]

iFireFly, this year’s Year 1 didn’t use RI’s in-house textbooks. They were given handouts during each lesson.

[hexagon]

:welcome: to RI, hexagon..


You will be given the Booklist on Registration Day. So, you don't need to buy any textbooks now..

Most of the textbooks are optional items, as the teachers hardly use them in class. They are mostly for reference only. Oh, except the HCL textbooks & workbooks..

Btw.. RI uses her own in-house History textbooks, so please don't buy any History textbooks from Popular bookstore 'in advance'..

The textbooks for Geography are for Upper Sec, while those for Chemistry, Physics & Biology are for O Levels. So, you don't need to buy many textbooks from Year-2 onwards, if you decide to buy them in Year-1..[/quote]


Thank you for the warm welcome ifirefly! Looks like it's quite common for IP schools using text books for reference only. DS1 who is in ACSI hardly used his textbooks. His year 1 textbooks are in mint condition.

Thank you for all the helpful tips

[hexagon]

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ngl2010:

Don't throw away your son's Primary school PE attire. Orientation camp requires 4 PE attire which can be RI PE attire and primary school PE attire.

Thanks! Good tip.

Do they still have the scary night programmes for orientation camp?

[ngl2010]

hexagon:

ngl2010:

Don't throw away your son's Primary school PE attire. Orientation camp requires 4 PE attire which can be RI PE attire and primary school PE attire.

Thanks! Good tip.

Do they still have the scary night programmes for orientation camp?

Yes. Still have.

But not so scary. DS said the horror movie during CCA camp night is scarier.

I think it all depends on the committee that choose the movie.

Edit: I just clarified with DS. There was no Scary Night but there was Crime Night. Got movie but not scary movie. It was a detective movie. Sorry for the inaccuracies.

[iFirefly]

ngl2010:

hexagon:

[quote=\"ngl2010\"]Don't throw away your son's Primary school PE attire. Orientation camp requires 4 PE attire which can be RI PE attire and primary school PE attire.

Thanks! Good tip.

Do they still have the scary night programmes for orientation camp?

Yes. Still have.

But not so scary. DS said the horror movie during CCA camp night is scarier.

I think it all depends on the committee that choose the movie. [/quote]Scary Nite was removed from 2012 Yr-1 Orientation program.. Maybe the feedback from previous batches was \"VERY scary!!\".. :yikes:

[hexagon]

Scary Nite was removed from 2012 Yr-1 Orientation program.. Maybe the feedback from previous batches was \"VERY scary!!\".. :yikes:[/quote]



Good to know, cos DS2 is a true blue scaredy cat. He thought some parts of Maze Runner is scary.... :scratchhead: