School Of The Arts, Singapore

[sotamama]

Dear Shinobi, I feel that for a child with 20x, it is not easy for both IB and O level route, especially in the first half year. Both required a lot of hard work. For a child with 23x, I think it’s not a problem for him/her.


As for workload, SOTA’s first 2 years are very manageable. After that work will be getting more demanding. I think mainstream will have more workload in terms of quantity.

[Ragamuffin shinobi]

Sotamama, thanks for your sharing. Now that my dd is determine to DSA to SOTA, I am starting to worry about whether she will be able to cope with the demands of the IB curriculum.


Heartening to know that the first 2 years are manageable so far…should give them time to adjust to the pace and curriculum.

[sotamama]

Hi Shinobi, that was one of my concerns too. But I guess my daughter is compensated by satisfaction in her Art form subject which is something she can't achieve in enrichment classes outside. There is always a trade off in everything so we are prepared to give n take

[kamom]

sotamama:

Dear Kamom,


This is not true for my child who is in Year 2 now. The latest she finish dance is 7pm.

Thanks sotamama.

Do they finish all their homework in school?

[sotamama]

Dear Kamon,


I'm sad to say i have no idea if my dd does her homework in school. But she does homework at home occasionally, and the load is much lesser than in P6 :imcool: that's why i say it seems \"manageable\" to me lol

[EatNonStop]

EatNonStop:

Can someone advise what is SOTA JA about (Junior Arts Academy)? There are 2 days workshop in Mar during the school holidays but heard application only via school recommendation. What is the program like for these 2 days and will it be 2 full days??

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[Ragamuffin shinobi]

Eatnonstop, try calling SOTA or ask your child’s school about it. They should have the info. My child went for the dance junior academy and it is different - 8 weeks(if I counted correctly) of about 3 hrs each session.

[mistyy]

Hi all, registration for Talent Academy 2015 is now open!

[limws1]

Getting into SOTA is getting harder and harder each year as more students want to apply. Now you can’t even get a chance to go TA if you fail the video audition for dance.

[JJ1111]

My ds was selected by his school to go to Sota for Junior Academy Chinese Orchestra music camp last week. Was surprise that the kids is able to do a \"small\" concert within 2 days training. All this kids are so good.


The instructor mentioned that they will select few \"talented\" kids from this camp for audition through their respective school. Does it mean those \"selected\" student will confirm to get a place in SOTA? Or it really depend on the audition?

How does Sota train those \"Chinese Orchestra\" student, eg how big is a class for individual instrument? Is their Chinese orchestra group BIG? I always thought SOTA is more on \"western\" music hence quite surprise that they are also looking into chinese orchestra student.