Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[pp62]

Thanks Metz, will check out

[doramon]

Hi can i check is there a requirement to take a sports cca in RI? If they take a club cca, does it mean they have to take 2? Many TIA!

[sha]

They will hv to go for cca trials n they will know if they are selected. U only need to take one cca

[icemocha]

Good morning to all Parents,

Does anyone have the recent set of briefing slides for Year 3 course selection? Can email to me if convenient. Thks.

Yew Fei
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[snuggles2009]

Anyone knows if there is a school/ private bus from marine parade?

[sweetpea]

Hi there,

Anyone with Year 1 books/notes to give-away please PM me. Thanks!

[Blue Dolphine]

Hi, Dear Parents, I am new to this Forum. We are going through the S1 Option form now and would like to put RI as our 1st choice. Can any parents offer any advice on taking MEP and 3rd language. We will only choose one out of the two as I don’t think my boy can cope with both. Which one would be more useful or easier to study? Would really appreciate some feedbacks/advice from the parents 前辈. Many thanks!

[metz2]

Blue Dolphine:

Hi, Dear Parents, I am new to this Forum. We are going through the S1 Option form now and would like to put RI as our 1st choice. Can any parents offer any advice on taking MEP and 3rd language. We will only choose one out of the two as I don't think my boy can cope with both. Which one would be more useful or easier to study? Would really appreciate some feedbacks/advice from the parents 前辈. Many thanks!

Hi Blue Dolphine,

Students in RI are only allowed one elective, be it MEP, AEP, RSP or third language. In your ds' case, it will be either third language or MEP.

For MEP, students are to go through a selection test for placement into the programme sometime after Christmas, if I'm not wrong. The selection test comprises a theory paper and a practical test. Successful applicants are required to continue their private instrument tuition for the duration of their participation in the MEP. They are also expected to join a Musical Groups CCA (as core CCA).

I can't be sure but I think a ABRSM grade 7 distinction is one of the prerequisite for application. More information on MEP application will be make available in the welcome kit on Reporting Day.

As for which elective is easier to study, it would depend on your ds. But it's common for students to withdraw from third language elective after the first semester.

[metz2]

doramon:

Hi can i check is there a requirement to take a sports cca in RI? If they take a club cca, does it mean they have to take 2? Many TIA!

Every student must join at least one Core CCA. As long as the club CCA is under the Core CCAs group, there's no need to take on another CCA.

As what Sha mentioned, the students will go through CCA profiling and selection tests before they know which Core CCA they are allocated to.

However, it's not unusual for the boys to take on a Core CCA and a Merit CCA.

[Blue Dolphine]

Dear metz2


Thanks very much for your reply! It’s very helpful of you. That gives us some idea of how it works. The only problem is that we can only indicate whether we want to take 3rd language on the S1 form now. So if we can’t get into MEP later, we won’t have a chance to take 3rd language. But I guess if a lot of students drop the 3rd language in year 2, it is really not too easy to handle it.

Thanks again!