Crescent Girls' or St Nicholas Girls'

[tiggermum]

My niece is in sec 4 this year in St Nicks, she doesn’t have tuition and does not intend to have any even though it is her O level year. Her results are not fantastic, 60-70+ range, but her parents’ view is that letting her learn how to study on her own is more important, cos it will be crucial during tertiary years. So if you are concerned about tuition, my take is that you can still survive without tuition in SNGS. But if you have higher expectations from your child, then it’s your personal choice.


I don’t know about Crescent Girls, so I can only speak of SNGS. Some plus points for SNGS:

1)Bilingual emphasis : Not so ‘Chinese’ as it used to be, but still, it is an SAP school, and there are many programmes with bilingual or bicultural components. My niece was not very fond of Chinese, but by sec 2, she was reading Chinese novels regularly.

2)Warm, Family environment: The school has a warm, family-like atmosphere to it. The girls are generally very friendly and the sense of camaraderie and ‘sisterhood’ is very strong. Even though school work may be challenging, many find motivation to do well by supporting each other.

3)Mission school: this may be a -ve point for some, but actually, having some sort of spiritual education is good during the teenage years. I’m an old girl myself, and I come from a Buddhist family, but religion was never an issue in school. It was fun listening to Bible stories, and good for values education too.

The Parent Support Group and Alumni support network is also very strong.

Oh, and since SNGS is running the IP programme, you may want to check with the school if they will allow girls who perform well at sec 1 and sec 2 to switch to the IP track. If yes, that may be another plus point.

But another important factor should also be distance. If you stay on the west side, I would think staying with Crescent is a more sensible choice. Secondary school hours can be very long, with CCA activities and extra lessons, if the child needs to spend more than 1-and-a-half hours on the road to get home, she will have little time to do homework at night.

[CayennePepper]

Chip n Dale

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Chip n Dale:

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My dd in SNGS this year and she is very happy with the school especially the principal and viceprincipal. Your dd will not have regrets going to SNGS! All the best!

Hi,
Thank you for all the feedback, parents.
Yr DD just joined SNG?

Hi Chip n Dale,
Yes, my DD just joined SNGS this year. My DD like me to add on that the principal is a good influence. U/stand from the principal there is still a long list of applicants appealing for sec 1.

[Chip n Dale]

CayennePepper:

Chip n Dale

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Hi, thank you to all helpful parents,
CayennePepper, I have replied yr PM.

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Dreamgear:

Sngs will have 2 points affiliation to the new jc....

SNGS JAE students have 2 points affliation to Catholic Junior College only, but not to the new IP JC

[Sniper Angel]

In terms of COP, both schools does not differ much base on the O level track.


COP CGS = 242 (2015)
SNGS = 245 (2015)

Of course the only advantage is getting in CJC with 2 discount points via SNGS.

[whiney592854941]

I am from St nick. I am only from the secondary site and nver attend the primary sch. I am now in TJC. From what i have experienced, st nick’s teacher quality varies. But its school material are more than enough to get you A for olevel. There is also alot of aout of syllabus stuff and extra stuff. most people in our class have tution even if they do not need it at all.


I think the most attractive thing about st nick is the school culture. It really practise what they teach the student about truth and love. It is the best school in my opinion and my happiest day is spend there. The teachers are extremely friendly and helpful and give me alot of extra help.

[gabriellejlee]

I’m from St Nicks Secondary too and yes, im not from the primary side. I am still studying in St Nicks but overall, I feel that the environment are really good and our principal inculcates good values in us. Our seniors are really friendly and the graduates frequently visit the school and help out in many activities. I’m not saying that Crescent Girls’ isn’t good though. Additionally, although some of my classmates are from the primary side, they are really awesome friends and they don’t push you away just because they are from the primary side and you aren’t. Hoped this helped.

[Hope21]

St Nicholas !!!


1. SAP school (can Study HCL 2 bonus points for O level if pass).

2. Affiliate to CJC 2bonus points (in the event can’t cope HCL -something to fall back)

3.St Nicholas is a "full school" whereby the alumni of St Nicholas secondary school can also get in via phrase 2A to their primary school. (Think for your granddaughter-additional option)

4.excellent O level results

[Hope21]

At SNGS,if the girl did very well in her studies - there maybe opportunity to transfer to Ip track.