CHIJ St Nicholas Girls'
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phtthp:
In terms of strategy, if the child’s anticipated T score is hovering around the borderline of the affiliated COP, the parents should have tried to use DSA to secure a seat for the child in the O level track, rather than wait till PSLE results released then cry.
If you are refering to St ﹰNick (O-level) track : usually many girls attempt to enter by the affliation T-score Cut-off point (230), normally they won't enter by DSA.zac's mum:
Did she not try to DSA back into St Nicks?
But for St Nick (IP) : some affliated pupils may choose DSA. -
DSA for O levels (all schools) is set at max 20% starthing from this year, so I think for that year, it was lower.
Plus DSA to St Nicks O in years before this year, was by sports only, if I am not wrong. -
heard that … from Next year 2019, bring new changes
School dismissed at 1.30 pm (Monday to Friday), across all level (2019 P1 to P6)
No more 1.50 pm dismissed, become history of the past.
Cca : 2 pm to 4 pm, until instructions received from your own, individual Cca Teacher-in-charge to stand down, closer (nearer) the time-frame, for even-level (P4 and P6) SA1 (mid-year exam) and (P3 to P6) SA2 (final, year-end exam).
From 2019 (P1 and P2), onwards : no more weighted exam (abolished) -
that’s good news!
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phtthp:
Good news on the 1:30pm dismissal! :imcool:heard that .... from Next year 2019, bring new changes
School dismissed at 1.30 pm (Monday to Friday), across all level (2019 P1 to P6)
No more 1.50 pm dismissed, become history of the past.
Cca : 2 pm to 4 pm, until instructions received from your own, individual Cca Teacher-in-charge to stand down, closer (nearer) the time-frame, for even-level (P4 and P6) SA1 (mid-year exam) and (P3 to P6) SA2 (final, year-end exam).
From 2019 (P1 and P2), onwards : no more weighted exam (abolished) -
Hi all, my daughter is going to P1 Purity next year, and we are staying near Newton area. I’ve been told by the bus operator that the school bus may not be able to come to my area( tbc). Hence I am starting or panic, looking for any suggestions or parents staying nearby to explore carpooling. Thanks
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Perhaps suggest to Anna (school bus operator), whether possible for any of her school bus drivers that pick up children from Braddell / Novena / Toa Payoh / Bukit Timah canal area : can detour a bit to your Newton area, pick up your 2019 P1 daughter as a last stop, anywhere along the way, before exit to Expressway (highway), turn into St Nick (Ang Mo Kio, Street 13) ?
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Hi, I’m new to this forum. My dd might be transferring to St Nicks P3 next year.
Just wanted to ask your views on whether you think St Nicks is holistic, ie places emphasis on character development, pupils’ well being etc, or it’s geared more towards academic?
If your child is currently in St Nicks, would you mind sharing about her school experience? Is she enjoying school?
I’ve read some of the previous posts and it seems quite a competitive environment.
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What was your question ?
Your question is, "Is it competitive, studying inside St Nick ? "
Currently, due to streaming at the end of P2 into " Top 3 " Primary 3 classes, it caused stress to St Nick parents (pupils), and you will find some very competitive P2 students, amongst their fellow classmates, because of streaming.
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Example (real-life incident, sharing )
Some of these P2 students are so competitive, that they chased after the Top girl in class, keen to see her Report card content.
Strange thing is, this pupil is not even close to the Top girl, hardly even talk to her in class before & weirdly, suddenly out-of-the-blue start asking the Top girl : how many marks did she get, for whatever subject, she’s trying to compare herself with ?
Now, a logical question that pop out in our adult mind is, How come this pupil, behave like this ? Who taught her ? Strange, isn’t it ?
Some more, this pupil so young, only P2 (8 year old), already behaved like that ! Probably taught or "trained" by her kiasu mother, to run after the Top girl in class, asked such personal detailed questions, regarding people’s Exam marks .
Why want to ask ? because this P2 pupil want to compare : is she better, or is Top girl better, in certain subject ? Shocking behavior, coming from a student so young, at 8 year old !
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However, going forward, from 2019 onwards, since Moe had done away with P1, P2, P3 SA1, so Lower primary not competitive.
If your girl transfer into this school, no more P3 SA1. She only need encounter streaming, end of P4. This is the only time where she faces competition, from school-mates.
Since MOE had already removed odd-levels SA1 exam, de-emphasized on grades (score), it is only a matter of time before all primary schools in Singapore one by one, eliminate the existence of Top 2 classes in Upper primary (P5 and P6) : as it is causing a lot of undue stress to students, during streaming. The growing trend, coming from the Top, ie. MOE directive, is that "All classes to become Mixed-ability classes". And a number of primary schools had already implemented this, ie. abolished "Top 2 classes", including most of the GEP schools, inside the Mainstream classes.
If do away (abolish) with current P5 "Top 2 classes", P4 students won’t feel so stressed, during end of P4 streaming, since pupils will just be streamed into P5 "Mixed-ability" classes.
When will this happen, in St Nick ? Going forward, let’s hear from Principal (Mrs Fiona Tan) -
Speaking as an old girl of St Nicks, I must say that our old principal Mrs Hwang, was really visionary, ahead of her time. In our days, she had already implemented “no class rankings”, inter-class and intra-class. We had no external stress to compete with one another. The only “competition” came from within, to better our own selves.
Moving forward, once MOE implements the changes across all schools, I hope this stress-free environment will be pervasive in all schools. The improvements are already obvious in my son’s school.
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