Nanyang Girls' High School [*IP]
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Hi
I'm a NYGH student too but I think as long as we don't procrastinate and hand in homework on time, life in Nanyang is actually quite fun -
a0ps34:
You sound very much like me - DSAed via academics, took HCL in primary school (and I came from a SAP school, oh the irony) but terrible at Chinese!I'm currently a student there and I'm pretty much terrible at Chinese. I DSA'd in via academics and based on my opinion, they want people who are not afraid to speak up (supported by a speech training program conducted in chinese), possesses leadership qualities, academically strong or are talented in the arts. They have an arts elective program and a higher music program but according to my friends in aep, the school was very lax in accepting. If necessary, you can resort to sending your child to aep/hmp/third lang to boost her marks.
The chinese standards are ridiculous in my opinion. For me, despite having taken higher chinese in my primary school, they take higher chinese to a whole new level.
The compositions are marked upon 60, but the highest possible grade is quite low, around 48, as they mark you down by 3 for wrong words and reinforce not lying in your compositions (learnt that the hard way) - if you do, marked down no matter how good your composition is.
Also, their standards are very high. I'm not sure if it is just my teacher or the whole school, but my teacher makes us redo tests (but the redone one is not the one which marks are taken) and if it is still unsatisfactory, do again.
I wouldn't advise you to send your kids to nygh if she 1) doesn't cope well with a heavy workload 2) doesn't work well in stress.
Being an nygh student is somewhat stressful as in school, there's quite some homework, to the extent that my science teacher was trying to find a place to write down the homework on the homework board and it has about 8-10 blanks.
Hope this helped you
I think it's worth pointing out that the boundary of the highest grade possible is actually 75, rather than 90+ at primary school. I remember being really alarmed that I wasn't scoring as high as I used to, but you'll get used to it eventually. The same trend follows into JC, where 70 is the A standard. Don't be too harsh on yourself!
Also, if it makes you feel any better, I am devoutly thankful for the high Chinese standards imposed by NYGH, even though I really struggled when I was still studying it. I'm fairly sure that's a key reason why my Chinese isn't completely terrible some 6 years after graduating. In fact, Chinese fluency is a really useful skill in the working world (and sad to say, I have been told my Chinese is not up to scratch for the purposes of working in Greater China, and so am back to classes again). It feels terrible now (Chinese was absolutely the bane of my secondary school academic life), but hopefully you'll come to reap the benefits in future, as I did.
I wouldn't recommend sending a child to HMP/ AEP/ 3rd Language to 'boost their marks' though. If you ask me, I think your average is more likely to drop unless you have an aptitude for those subjects, because it's an additional burden on top of an already hectic schedule! I took 3rd lang for a term, and quit because I found it was too much.
Good luck junior, and enjoy your NYGH days! It's stressful, but hopefully you'll be able to look back and say it was all worth it
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Hi. I am interested to transfer to NYGH. Anyone successfully transferred to NYGH at the end of sec 2? Can share ur experience with me? Is it very hard to get in?
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Dear all,
My daughter is now in NYGH sec 2. She is having problem with Language Arts (LA). It terrible because LA is double weightage. I am looking for IP tuition on LA. Anyone knows of any good IP tuition? I had been surfing internet looking for IP tuition but could only find Learnerlodge which provide LA tuition. Does anyone know if learnerlodge is a good choice? -
Tangmum:
May I know why is LA double weightage? Did the school explain?Dear all,
My daughter is now in NYGH sec 2. She is having problem with Language Arts (LA). It terrible because LA is double weightage. I am looking for IP tuition on LA. Anyone knows of any good IP tuition? I had been surfing internet looking for IP tuition but could only find Learnerlodge which provide LA tuition. Does anyone know if learnerlodge is a good choice?
Thanks -
They mentioned that LA very important so double weightage.
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Ikid:
It's a combination of English and Literature.
May I know why is LA double weightage? Did the school explain?Tangmum:
Dear all,
My daughter is now in NYGH sec 2. She is having problem with Language Arts (LA). It terrible because LA is double weightage. I am looking for IP tuition on LA. Anyone knows of any good IP tuition? I had been surfing internet looking for IP tuition but could only find Learnerlodge which provide LA tuition. Does anyone know if learnerlodge is a good choice?
Thanks
Same as HCI. -
Tangmum:
My gal is having tuition at Learning Lab. I know some of her friends have their tuition at Learning Point too.Dear all,
My daughter is now in NYGH sec 2. She is having problem with Language Arts (LA). It terrible because LA is double weightage. I am looking for IP tuition on LA. Anyone knows of any good IP tuition? I had been surfing internet looking for IP tuition but could only find Learnerlodge which provide LA tuition. Does anyone know if learnerlodge is a good choice? -
Hello all,
I’m new to this forum. Joined some years back for a brief period and was too busy to log in after.
Recently, I just activated my account again and stumbled to this thread while searching for some info.
I hope to be able to learn from the sharing here and also contribute where I can. For a start, I think it’s great that some of the members here are students or former students themselves and able to share their personal experience. My dd is in NY S2 this year. She also struggled with LA esp in S1. I suppose a huge factor is because the syllabus for this subject is so different from Eng in primary school where the focus in on grammar, cloze passage, vocab, etc. In Sec 1, with English combined with Lit, it’s a transition to something new. So, it is understandable there is a bit of struggle. Partly also, based on what I heard, the teacher was not able to engage the class very well. However, I’m not blaming the teacher here. Students have to take responsibility too if they don’t understand what is being taught. I believe this is something which NY is trying to inculcate in her students - to nurture Reflective, Responsive and Responsible learners.
Looking back, while it was heart pain to see my dd struggle with LA in S1, the learning process has helped her in some way, for example perseverance. Things are better this year, she is enjoying LA in S2. Now her struggle is with PHYSICS! I’ll be glad if someone can share their experience or their child’s experience with this subject. -
Hi parents, I have seen many NYGH students doing street sales in Jurong area, may I know how many CIP hours are required each year? Is it compulsory?
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