School Of The Arts, Singapore

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We are interested for our daughter to pursue 3rd language as Mandarin while in SOTA?

Does any parent have an Idea whether this done in campus or do kids have to go to MOE campus?
Thanks in advance

[miiniworld]

Congrats to all!


For LA, the hours are similar to kids taking other art forms but they do not have to stay back as late as the dancers/musicians.
They will learn various writing techniques each term during their art from lessons.
The briefing session will likely be in Oct, during one of the marking days.

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winterman05:

Congratulations! My daughter also got into literary arts.

kinnu_ish:

She got the offer for literary arts... congratulations everyone who got through..

Congrats

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winterman05:

Congratulations! My daughter also got into literary arts.
[quote=\"kinnu_ish\"]She got the offer for literary arts... congratulations everyone who got through..

Hi Winterman & Kinnu iSh.
My DD also got CO for LA.
Congrats to everybody who got CO & best of luck for eveyone who is in WL.
Does any of parents who have kids in the senior years, elaborate on the schedule for students in LA.
there are lots of post on Dance / music / theatre but not much info on LA
Also somebody mentioned in an earlier post that there will be some engagement sessions before we submit the option form end of October. any idea when is that scheduled.[/quote]Congrats. What do you mean by literacy arts?

[Crystalline]

I called up SOTA last Friday and was told that the engagement session for successful DSA candidates is on Saturday 20 October 2018. Timing to be confirmed. They said we should be informed by next month.


Btw, this nice lady at Sota also said that all candidates (successful or not) have been informed by email. However, I checked my spam mail but I didn’t received any email from Sota. I found out about my daughter’s CO only when I logged into the Talent Academy portal. Did anyone receive the email?

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VitoRelax:

Startz:

SOTA students admitted via what they call TAlent Camps or Talent Auditions ( Theatre/Music/Visual Arts/Dance) .This is conducted twice - once in March / the other in June.


I'll relate my experience to tell you how my kid got into SOTA.

I went for one of their talks when she was in P4 or P5 to find out their requirements for admission(I had already read it on the website but wanted to hear it from them)It was then I learnt I had to prepare a portfolio of my kid's art works(Visual Arts) and I had to sign up for one of their talent auditions in her P6 year(mine was in June 2009 this becos I heard it's better for them to be well rested- June got one month break compared to March which has only one week)In addition, I learnt that if your child is confirmed a place after the Talent Auditions , in this case applied under DSA, whether in the end the kid gets into SOTA depends on her PSLE results.She must do well enough to get into Express stream .

And the story continues.. :idea:

At the beginning of Jan 2009, I signed her up for Talent audition via website of which my kid was allocated an admisssion number. Her form and payment of $150 had to be submitted via post or by hand by a certain date.( The $150 is refunded via first month's fees of the first school tem when she child becomes a SOTA student)She was given a date to come for auditions.(this letter comes later ,2 weeks before auditions)

Then there was an OPen House by SOTA (can't remember if it is in end of last year 2008 or beginning of this year 2009) I could not make it on that day as I was working so I asked a friend of mine to bring my child. I needed my girl to find out abot the school and if she liked the 'vibe' - it's a six year prog. leading to the IB diploma and the school days are long (abt 8 to 4pm) Besides the daily training of the Arts fields-3 hrs a day- she still must go for classes in the various academic disciplines. (Whatever I am writing here is what I learnt from their talks as my dd has yet to atttend her first day of school )
My friend informed me that during the Open House, there was a talk given and they mentioned kids must get at least aggregate 230 during their PSLE to get into SOTA.

Anyhow my dd got into SOTA via DSA (confirmed place) and after the PSLE exams saga was over, we all began to worry if she would make it for the COP (as stated above)
Kiasu parents always worry ..regardless...sigh..'personiality' hazard!!

Between the time after PSLEs were over and the time the results were released, just before the end of school term, you have to confirm if your kid wants to accept the DSA offer.At this time,To help us understand SOTA better, SOTA invited the parents to a talk to detail the curriculum and the IB diploma better so that we would know what her schooling years would be like at this specialised school of the arts.At the talk, it was mentioned - whether DSA students get into SOTA would depend on PSLE results-must get into Express stream (Express stream 200 and above?)

Anyhow my dd got aggregate of 240+ (after blood , sweat and tears over her Mother Tongue and Maths!!)

Her classmate who auditioned for Dance (received a confirmed offer for Dance) had 220+ also got in.They will be reporting for school on the 23rd of December.

Hope this information helps..

You can get addititional details on their website.

Thanks for the info but what does SOTA actually stands for ?

School of Technology Arts ?

Sorry for my ignorance

School of The Art in Singapore. Are you successful to send your kid to SOTA? Any more experiences from you?

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Crystalline:

I called up SOTA last Friday and was told that the engagement session for successful DSA candidates is on Saturday 20 October 2018. Timing to be confirmed. They said we should be informed by next month.


Btw, this nice lady at Sota also said that all candidates (successful or not) have been informed by email. However, I checked my spam mail but I didn’t received any email from Sota. I found out about my daughter’s CO only when I logged into the Talent Academy portal. Did anyone receive the email?

Thank you Crystalline for checking and updating us. I was expecting an email too but I never received either. I also found out through KSP forum that the results are out b4 I logged into the portal for the CO notification.

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winterman05:

Congratulations! My daughter also got into literary arts.
[quote=\"kinnu_ish\"]She got the offer for literary arts... congratulations everyone who got through..

Hi Winterman & Kinnu iSh.
My DD also got CO for LA.
Congrats to everybody who got CO & best of luck for eveyone who is in WL.
Does any of parents who have kids in the senior years, elaborate on the schedule for students in LA.
there are lots of post on Dance / music / theatre but not much info on LA
Also somebody mentioned in an earlier post that there will be some engagement sessions before we submit the option form end of October. any idea when is that scheduled.[/quote]Congrats

[hanconst]

Hello Kiasu parents,


My daughter got the confirmed offer from SOTA and our all family is two options. One is SOTA and the other is to continue UWC, an international school. If you were my daughter, where would you go? SOTA or UWC? ( We got PR ).

Any comments are really appreciated.

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Oldgal:

Thanks rivervalekid and taubear for sharing. Sad that people can take it so personallly. It's always good to keep an open mind.


I DD has CO in SOTA. I have no doubt that IB is a good Programme,. But I have a nagging concern. I read from the feedback from some students in Reddit that there is a general dissatisfaction over the management of SOTA ... which has caused good Teachers to leave and lowered the morale of the students and remaining Teachers. Has anyone heard anything or feedback on the current calibre of the Teachers and the environment there? Thanks.

I also hope to know the current situation. Whenever I have visited SOTA, I have felt that the school administration is not organised. Hope to hear the latest students and parents. One thing I like is that the smart students are not just sitting on this problem and they are trying to fix this by performance actions.

Any comments??