Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]

[sharonkhoo]

alng:

Self-learning and independent learning are essential skills of the 21st century. This is how it is taught in the universities now. The mainstream schools are changing towards this direction. In the next few years, more mainstream schools will be adopting this teaching approach and less of the traditional spoon-feeding approach. Very soon, majority of the teachers will be labelled as \"bo-chap\".

I hope this doesn't become the norm for all schools - not all students can cope with this! And even if many universities teach this way, some kids need to mature more before they can cope; there's no necessity to introduce it earlier and earlier. I think there should be a range of schools with different styles and strengths for different students. My daughter who is in this school is thriving, but my other girl is in a very different school which is better for her.

[Cantabile]

Hi All,

Would anyone mind sharing her experience of applying to RGS through DSA via visual Art?
Thank you.

[VALyap]

Not sure ever heard of DSA on visual art here!!!????....U can try SOTA..instead may be more suitable for yr. DD. Gd luck. :please: :xedfingers:

[Cantabile]

Oh, but RGS does invite applicants to apply under Visual Art.

[Miaow]

May I know that anybody know very well about Raffles girl secondary school?

[alng]

Miaow:

May I know that anybody know very well about Raffles girl secondary school?

You are in the RGS thread.

[chatterbox321]

Miaow:

May I know that anybody know very well about Raffles girl secondary school?

I'm from RGS, year 4 next year!

[Happy Mama]

Hi, not sure if anyone's asked this question before as I'm new to this thread...


May I know how the Year 1s are classed? Do they separate the GEPpers from the Mainstreamers? For Mainstreamers, are they classed according to their T-scores? Will the lower classes be given less priorities / opportunities or be outcast by the GEPpers?

Also, may I know what the culture is like? Is it a caring and sharing environment? Cos I've heard some of the girls tend to be self-centred as compared to the other girls' school (sorry, no offense meant here)...

Thank you so much.

[Choco05]

Happy Mama:

Hi, not sure if anyone's asked this question before as I'm new to this thread...


May I know how the Year 1s are classed? Do they separate the GEPpers from the Mainstreamers? For Mainstreamers, are they classed according to their T-scores? Will the lower classes be given less priorities / opportunities or be outcast by the GEPpers?

Also, may I know what the culture is like? Is it a caring and sharing environment? Cos I've heard some of the girls tend to be self-centred as compared to the other girls' school (sorry, no offense meant here)...

Thank you so much.

Hello! Every year there will be someone asking this, don't worry!

As of previous years, year 1 classes are as such: about 8 classes of mainstreamers including like sports DSA, and the remaining 5 consists of GEP DSAs+high mainstreamers. The scores of these high mainstreamers varies from year to year, it has been around 269^ for the previous years.

No, they will not get more opportunities, programs, better teachers, more notes... nothing. Honestly not that much of a difference haha. There are plenty of opportunities for interaction between GEP and non-GEP, such as CCAs, interest groups etc! Anyway in year 3 they split the classes according to subject combi again, and by the end of year 1, nobody cares if you were from GE anyway. We are all part of a big family!!

I'd say it's definitely a caring and sharing environment!! Of course there are a few oddballs of selfish people (as of every other school) but majority are really nice people with really good hearts :love: :love:

[Happy Mama]

Hi choco05, thank you so much for your reply. You have been most helpful.


Just curious, will the school be having an open house today (Sat morning)? We missed this year's open house as it clashed with another school's open house.