CHIJ St Joseph's Convent
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My Malaysia friend is sending her DD to SIN for school and had got a place at CHIJ ST. JOSEPH’S CONVENT S3 express.
Need someone give me more info about the school.
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My eldest daughter was from CHIJ SJC and she loves her 4 years of education there. Teachers of the school are very helpful and patient. They have an interesting concept of the "home-room’ system, teachers are allocated to classroom and the students will move classrooms to classrooms for their classes. I find this method helpful as the students get a chance to walk around, freshen up before they head to their next class. The school has a very interesting education system to educate, my daughter is always delighted after school. I must say their teaching methods are modernized and I recommend parents to pick this school as their first choice.
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porsche28:
My eldest daughter was from CHIJ SJC and she loves her 4 years of education there. Teachers of the school are very helpful and patient. They have an interesting concept of the \"home-room' system, teachers are allocated to classroom and the students will move classrooms to classrooms for their classes. I find this method helpful as the students get a chance to walk around, freshen up before they head to their next class. The school has a very interesting education system to educate, my daughter is always delighted after school. I must say their teaching methods are modernized and I recommend parents to pick this school as their first choice.
Hi, do you happen to know their academic performance for O levels? -
My daughter is from their affiliated primary school. Sadly for the past 2 years, her academic performance has been dwindling… From bad to worst… She attended all the school extra classes & I’ve enrolled her for tuition… Yet she still flung… It’s so heartbreaking… Each time when PTM, received good feedback abt her coping well in school/studies blah,blah, blah… But her results don’t reflected as such… So do the teacher there really take the time to know their student?? I’m still figuring out whether it’s the quality of the teachers in the school or the problem lies in my own daughter herself… Thinking of downgrading her from express to normal … Maybe with the slow teaching phase, hopefully she’s be able to do well… But my daughter adamantly refused… Pleading to give her another chance… Should I let her hv a way??
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2ndXmum:
My daughter is from their affiliated primary school. Sadly for the past 2 years, her academic performance has been dwindling.. From bad to worst.. She attended all the school extra classes & I've enrolled her for tuition.. Yet she still flung.. It's so heartbreaking.. Each time when PTM, received good feedback abt her coping well in school/studies blah,blah, blah.. But her results don't reflected as such.. So do the teacher there really take the time to know their student?? I'm still figuring out whether it's the quality of the teachers in the school or the problem lies in my own daughter herself.. Thinking of downgrading her from express to normal ... Maybe with the slow teaching phase, hopefully she's be able to do well... But my daughter adamantly refused.. Pleading to give her another chance.. Should I let her hv a way??
Let her study hard for the Sec 2 End of Year Exams, if results are really bad, like fail English and/or Overall less than 50% she will be automatically channel to Sec 3 Normal(Academic).
Otherwise she will choose new subjects at Sec 3 so hopefully its a new start for her and she can cope better then. -
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Does anyone know the % eligibility of kids who can go to JC based on 2011 o level results?
Want my DD to apply for this school, but am concerned that they have Benn a Band 9&8 school for the past few years.
Anyone can provide more info about this school’s academic programs n performance?
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My youngest join CHIJ SJC this year sec 1, sad to see the comments on this school is not so great. Any parents that her/his girl in this school can share more thoughts ? Singapore have 11 of CHIJ school, are they related ?
What mean by band 9 ? O level result is poor for this school ?
Or any CHIJ SJC kids would want to share thier experience here ? I would love to know more as me and my girl are new to this school. -
Any update ? mummy, daddy or students ?
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MSG 15.5 for recent O level results
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So far have not got any good feed back on this school tho this is the affliated school for my DD. Am considering for the only reason that it is closer to home and she wont have to travel much. All say don’t go there.
If anyone can really give feedback on teachers and academic preparation the children go through it would be helpful. My only concern is if teacher just lectures and leaves the room without explaining or checking to see whether the kids have understood.
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I’m was a student in this sch entering with a very low PSLE score of 221 but the care and support the teachers gave allowed me to achieve an olevel raw score of 8, eligible for a jc
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Tku, but still not enough feedback to make any judgement.
All am concerned about is quality of teaching.
So info on academics, … anyone out there…would be useful.
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I'm was a student in this sch entering with a very low PSLE score of 221 but the care and support the teachers gave allowed me to achieve an olevel raw score of 8, eligible for a jc
Hi glad to hear that you manage to get into JC.
I'm considering putting my girls since their Primary school is affliated CHIJ SJI. Personally, though CHIJ SJI may not be academically good school (since it has taken low T-score students) but to me still not a bad school. Perhaps is the IJ culture that draws me. I find that it has positive impact on the girls. -
Wonder why there is so little feedback on this school.
Rumour mill has it that students behaviour outside school is of concern. Is this so? can anyone elaborate.
Planning to admit DD here.
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Hi, I select this school as my first choice cos it is nearer to home and can anyone share info about the school?
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I am a student from St Joseph’s convent, I actually came in with a pretty low T-score and was posted into the normal academic stream, but after completing my N level, I was the top 4 in my cohort (6 points).However, the times spent in SJC was bittersweet. SJC has a bad reputation ( several police cases) even though it is a thing of the past, I think people still judge us based on that reputation (which is totally understandable). If you want your daughter to excel in her cca or have a leadership position, it’s pretty easy in SJC as they give everyone a chance to be a leader (I’m a shy kid, still shy and unable to speak infront of a large crowd yet they still chose me haha) . But there are many downsides.
1. Your child has to be self disciplined and choose the correct friends to hang out with, if not she won’t do well. I’ve seen people getting 235 for PSLE and leaving with a l1r5 of 20+ . Students in SJC are very playful and quite rebellious, and they skip school. You really have to find the right group of friends.
2. June camp. We had this June study camp which lasted from 7.45am-9pm. Yes, it’s pm. Taking my Os this year and they reduced it to 8.30pm, which in my opinion is still quite late. This camp happens on the first and last week of the June holidays. Yes, 10 days helpful? To a small extent. Can’t say it was totally not helpful. Literally one day they would focus purely on English, then the next on math and etc. I think this structure isn’t that good, you don’t see a timetable with one day just maths. Attendance was bad, my class, less than half came, meaning we wasted our time going there as the teacher would repeat everything in class. September holidays we had to go back to school from 8.30-5.30pm on Mondays-Wednesdays.
3. Our school does not take feedback very well. For the June camp, when we were taking n level, we all said it wasn’t very helpful and that the “revision time” was not helpful and that we needed a teacher( good experienced one and not some relief teacher who can’t control the class) to facilitate us, I can’t study if everyone is making so much noise.
4. I think so much time is spent in school that students don’t have time to study on their own.
5. If your child is hardworking, she will feel that she is unable to go further or be pulled down if the people in her class don’t do their work.
6. It’s good as it is trying to improve itself, putting a iPad in front of every toilet for students to give feedback on the cleaners and how they are managing the toilets. However some students abuse the privilege and as a result, may actually affect cleaners to lose their job.
7. good: constantly asking for donations for the less privileged in our school, focuses a lot on character development which in my opinion is essential for the working world. This is done through reflections every morning by teachers and students on doing the right thing and their thoughts on values such as love, freedom, humility etc.
8. Resources. I honestly don’t know where we stand among other schools. Some teachers have actually told us that they will send notes to us and we have to print it ourselves, which in my opinion is ridiculous because we all pay fees for resources at the start of the year. If the school is unable to get more funds for resources, I suggest they charge students more at the start of the year. The battery holders and batteries in the physics lab are very weak, which can affect your child’s grade for science practical. They recently changed the glasses and test tubes (idk) for practical which is so good as they are so clean and easy look into.
9. Statistics, O level. I can’t remember, but i know the average l1r5 for express is about 16/15 and the average l1r4 for NA is 23/24. But hopefully my batch, or at least my friends and I do well)
All in all, I still think that it is the students who make up the school. I know the school has spent a lot of effort and time trying to improve our grades, but ultimately, it is the students who decide whether to put in the effort or not. The school can only do so much. It has put in place study camps, but unfortunately it is ineffective.
As a student, I have said everything truthfully (hopefully I don’t get kicked out haha). Hopefully this is in depth for you all. Feel free to ask me any questions -
Hows the sch culture n teachers
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Thank you for all the sharing , I was trying to look for the open house of CHIJ SJI and happen to see this thread . A lot of parents told me not to put the my DD into this school , I also dunno why .
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Hi, thanks for such a detailed infor. I am contemplating on applying for CHIJ SJC or Kuo Chuan for my daughter Sec 1 next year. Wonder if there are any other students or parents who could give their thoughts on this school.
Thank youStudent_1997:
I am a student from St Joseph's convent, I actually came in with a pretty low T-score and was posted into the normal academic stream, but after completing my N level, I was the top 4 in my cohort (6 points).However, the times spent in SJC was bittersweet. SJC has a bad reputation ( several police cases) even though it is a thing of the past, I think people still judge us based on that reputation (which is totally understandable). If you want your daughter to excel in her cca or have a leadership position, it's pretty easy in SJC as they give everyone a chance to be a leader (I'm a shy kid, still shy and unable to speak infront of a large crowd yet they still chose me haha) . But there are many downsides.
1. Your child has to be self disciplined and choose the correct friends to hang out with, if not she won't do well. I've seen people getting 235 for PSLE and leaving with a l1r5 of 20+ . Students in SJC are very playful and quite rebellious, and they skip school. You really have to find the right group of friends.
2. June camp. We had this June study camp which lasted from 7.45am-9pm. Yes, it's pm. Taking my Os this year and they reduced it to 8.30pm, which in my opinion is still quite late. This camp happens on the first and last week of the June holidays. Yes, 10 days helpful? To a small extent. Can't say it was totally not helpful. Literally one day they would focus purely on English, then the next on math and etc. I think this structure isn't that good, you don't see a timetable with one day just maths. Attendance was bad, my class, less than half came, meaning we wasted our time going there as the teacher would repeat everything in class. September holidays we had to go back to school from 8.30-5.30pm on Mondays-Wednesdays.
3. Our school does not take feedback very well. For the June camp, when we were taking n level, we all said it wasn't very helpful and that the \"revision time\" was not helpful and that we needed a teacher( good experienced one and not some relief teacher who can't control the class) to facilitate us, I can't study if everyone is making so much noise.
4. I think so much time is spent in school that students don't have time to study on their own.
5. If your child is hardworking, she will feel that she is unable to go further or be pulled down if the people in her class don't do their work.
6. It's good as it is trying to improve itself, putting a iPad in front of every toilet for students to give feedback on the cleaners and how they are managing the toilets. However some students abuse the privilege and as a result, may actually affect cleaners to lose their job.
7. good: constantly asking for donations for the less privileged in our school, focuses a lot on character development which in my opinion is essential for the working world. This is done through reflections every morning by teachers and students on doing the right thing and their thoughts on values such as love, freedom, humility etc.
8. Resources. I honestly don't know where we stand among other schools. Some teachers have actually told us that they will send notes to us and we have to print it ourselves, which in my opinion is ridiculous because we all pay fees for resources at the start of the year. If the school is unable to get more funds for resources, I suggest they charge students more at the start of the year. The battery holders and batteries in the physics lab are very weak, which can affect your child's grade for science practical. They recently changed the glasses and test tubes (idk) for practical which is so good as they are so clean and easy look into.
9. Statistics, O level. I can't remember, but i know the average l1r5 for express is about 16/15 and the average l1r4 for NA is 23/24. But hopefully my batch, or at least my friends and I do well)
All in all, I still think that it is the students who make up the school. I know the school has spent a lot of effort and time trying to improve our grades, but ultimately, it is the students who decide whether to put in the effort or not. The school can only do so much. It has put in place study camps, but unfortunately it is ineffective.
As a student, I have said everything truthfully (hopefully I don't get kicked out haha). Hopefully this is in depth for you all. Feel free to ask me any questions -
I am also looking to put my girl in this school. I heard the new principal is good and trying to make a lot of changes to the bad image of the school. I met her and saw her enthusiastism to add value to this school.
I saw my neighbour daughter change for the better after 1yr with the school. She has become more well mannered and willing to help others. I do see positive impact the school has on her. So I’m likely to put my girl in this school.