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      VitoRelax
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      Jennifer:
      VitoRelax:

      I haven't been around and just came back to look see look see ... good to see people like Jeniffer still active here ... :salute:


      :hi5:

      how have you been?

      So so lah, been too busy ... I actually completed 6 years of going thru the traffic jam in the morning to fetch dd to school but at the end, my dd has no chance to enjoy the mrt that stops at tan kah kee mrt ... sigh ...

      U leh ?

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        Jennifer
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        The traffic conditions seemed very smooth this morning 6.57am opposite MGS and The Nexus.


        How is Bukit Timah Road from Serene Centre to before the junction at Sixth Ave?

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          Jennifer
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          I like to check with parents whose child is taking 3 sciences in sec 3 or took 3 sciences in sec 3 whether the schoolwork is/was visibly more than sec 2.


          My elder boy took 2 sciences and literature then, did not seem to have as much school work as ah boy now.

          Not sure whether 3 sciences are considered heavier content subjects or ah boy is slow in doing schoolwork.

          MTIA.

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            Dnls_mum
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            Jennifer:
            I like to check with parents whose child is taking 3 sciences in sec 3 or took 3 sciences in sec 3 whether the schoolwork is/was visibly more than sec 2.


            My elder boy took 2 sciences and literature then, did not seem to have as much school work as ah boy now.

            Not sure whether 3 sciences are considered heavier content subjects or ah boy is slow in doing schoolwork.

            MTIA.
            3 science content suppose to be heavier. But my DS coped ok in JH3 and JH4. He was in advanced Science class. I think it depends on interest of the kids. My DS is science person, so if give him humanities sure die. He simply dislike writing essays. That's why I am worried that now he in SH and need to do one humanities. Dunno can make it or not....

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              Dnls_mum
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              Jennifer:
              Jennifer:

              [quote=\"mommyNg\"]Anyone heard about the NJC IREP - International Research Exchange Program? Like, is it selected by teachers, academic performance, or self application? And for students from which level (JH3? JH4? SH1?) The program is open to how much students? Any pre-requisites? The website has a list of schools from 6 different countries, can the students choose which one to go? How long is the program? Sorry for the whole list of questions!


              Thanks!

              Is this programme new?

              The website you mentioned in your post did not specify which level (JH or SH) ?


              I checked out NJC website, IREP is not a new programme. In fact my elder boy participated in the programme in his JH3 (year 2012).

              I do not know how the selection was done.

              In the school page, there is an email address of a teacher in charge. Maybe you like to write to the teacher to find out more details.

              There was at least two teams working on different research. That year, the teams were sent to two different countries. I do not think it was up to the teams to choose which country/ institution to go to.

              My elder boy went to KAIST in Korea in November, went to present the team research findings and did a home stay during the visit. Think the trip was 2 weeks?

              Prior to going to Korea, we hosted 2 Koreans (boys) from KAIST in my in-laws' place due to insufficient NJC boys in the team. There were more KAIST boys and it was inconvenient to have the NJC girls to host the Korean boys.[/quote]My DS did the Russian exchange programme in JH3 and JH 4. I recall he applied for the exchange programme in JH3 only. There are various exchange programmes available for the kids that qualify to apply. I recall there was some selection exercise or process, not all who applied will get it.

              DS went Moscow for 2 week in June, their research exchange is with a top chemistry school in Moscow and their research is supervised by russian professors. We also hosted a Russian boy in Sept when he was in JH3. In JH4, DH and I were away when the Russian boy came in Nov. There was some last minute change from sept to nov on the school side, so we cannot host them.

              DS definitely enjoyed his research programme. He had a Russian professor as mentor and did some research topic that I simply did not understand. I recall one of the minsters were at the exhibition where they presented their research and that minster actually posted photos on his Facebook and commented that it was chim.....I felt better.....hehe

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              • JenniferJ Offline
                Jennifer
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                Dnls _mum,


                Appreciate your sharing.

                Maybe ah boy needs some time to settle into the new timetable and increased number of subjects.

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                  JJ1111
                  last edited by

                  Jennifer:
                  I like to check with parents whose child is taking 3 sciences in sec 3 or took 3 sciences in sec 3 whether the schoolwork is/was visibly more than sec 2.


                  My elder boy took 2 sciences and literature then, did not seem to have as much school work as ah boy now.

                  Not sure whether 3 sciences are considered heavier content subjects or ah boy is slow in doing schoolwork.

                  MTIA.
                  My girl in 3 sciences. She seem busy doing homework since yesterday. As she is help out in orientation this weeks for 5 days. Hence, I am not sure is it the contents is heavy or she squeeze 1 week homework to weekend.

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                    Jennifer:
                    Dnls _mum,


                    Appreciate your sharing.

                    Maybe ah boy needs some time to settle into the new timetable and increased number of subjects.
                    Increased? I thought the no. subjects decrease in sec 3? They just get split up more.

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                      Jennifer
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                      slmkhoo:
                      Jennifer:

                      Dnls _mum,


                      Appreciate your sharing.

                      Maybe ah boy needs some time to settle into the new timetable and increased number of subjects.

                      Increased? I thought the no. subjects decrease in sec 3? They just get split up more.


                      He claimed more subjects.

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                        VitoRelax
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                        Jennifer:
                        Dnls _mum,


                        Appreciate your sharing.

                        Maybe ah boy needs some time to settle into the new timetable and increased number of subjects.
                        I thought your ah boy is waiting for A Level results ?

                        U have another ah boy ?

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