CHIJ Toa Payoh Secondary
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ilovelaksa:
Before I forget, with yr daughter’s score, she will be in the Talent Development Programme.Lycheesandmommy:
Between CHIJ secondary and Anderson ,which one is better? My daughter got 247, she doesn’t know which school to choose :?:
Was in the same dilemma : )
We chose IJ TP due to distance and their O level results. Tot it wld be better during O levels if dd2 is nearer to school. Her course is pretty demanding next year. So being able to walk to school is a definite plus. We had a preference for girls’ school too.
Anderson is very very good school too.
Tests given for the express n the normal classes are different.
The students are allocated to classes based on their PSLE scores. 1/1 has the highest PSLE scores (which yr daughter will be in) so that class is very competitive. The single sec3 triple sci class are mostly from 1/1, though 1/4 and 1/5 hv students who made it to trip sci. For the O level structured track, diligence is very important regardless of the schools they go to.
IJ has a strong emphasis on EL and Literature, they hv many programs related to these subjects.
EL is a very difficult subject subject to score at the O levels. My dd2 was not good in English before entering IJ but IJ did wonders for her in this subject.
I remembered being impressed by their HCL distinctions as well. Then I found out why, their HCL papers are super hard! Even my older two said so. -
You mentioned only 1 single Triple Science Sec 3 class opened. Heard Triple Science nowadays not popular. Double humanities & double Sciences are getting more popular.
How many students, inside this single Sec 3 Triple Science class ?
40 pupils ? -
Hi ilovelaksa,
Thank you for the positive and encouraging feedback. I was really uncertain of this school due to all the negative comments, but your feedback has provided a much needed affirmation. My dd is not from the primary school, but would be listing this as her 1st choice. -
phtthp:
I guess most achools are trying to lower the msg of their students. It is assumed that the less one does the better one will score.You mentioned only 1 single Triple Science Sec 3 class opened. Heard Triple Science nowadays not popular. Double humanities & double Sciences are getting more popular.
How many students, inside this single Sec 3 Triple Science class ?
40 pupils ?
My personal opinion is that most students these days are not studying for knowledge. They are just aiming for the 6pts. The school will also tell them it is difficult for them to cope with tripsci. So in the end, less will do tripsci.
But there are students who are very sure they won’t do certain subjects in JC/poly. So they made their dblsci choices based on that. That’s fine too and I think they are pretty confident children too.
Yes, there’s about 40 in the tripsci class. -
phtthp:
About 30 to 32, including ASEAN scholars. The ASEAN scholars are placed in 4/1 and 4/2.You mentioned only 1 single Triple Science Sec 3 class opened. Heard Triple Science nowadays not popular. Double humanities & double Sciences are getting more popular.
How many students, inside this single Sec 3 Triple Science class ?
40 pupils ?
At Sec 1 and 2, there are 5 Express classes with about 40 girls each. At Sec 3, because of subject combinations (and to reduce pupil teacher ratio), there are 7 Express classes.
This was the main draw of this school for me. -
Lycheesandmommy:
Between CHIJ secondary and Anderson ,which one is better? My daughter got 247, she doesn’t know which school to choose :?:
IJ Toa Payoh has a very strong school culture. You can follow their school instagram account and have a sense of the various school activities. IJ girls are generally strong in EL and humanities, drama, visual arts, sports and performing arts. IJ girls are generally very expressive so they may come across as being 'loud'.
My general impression is that students from Anderson Sec are conscientious and dutiful, given the school motto. I believe students there may be more inclined towards Maths and Science.
I chose to place my daughter in IJ Toa Payoh because I think it's harder to develop EL competency and interests in Humanities. Also my daughter didn't want to go to a co-ed secondary school, having 'endured' 6 years of co-ed primary education.
You may consider which school would complement your daughter's skills and abilities. Important also to ask her if she likes the school culture. Hope this helps a bit.
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Happy Mum:
Hi, thank you so much for this information.
About 30 to 32, including ASEAN scholars. The ASEAN scholars are placed in 4/1 and 4/2.
At Sec 1 and 2, there are 5 Express classes with about 40 girls each. At Sec 3, because of subject combinations (and to reduce pupil teacher ratio), there are 7 Express classes.
This was the main draw of this school for me.
My daughter has given me the wrong infor about tripsci class size next yr.
G8 to kn her class size will be smaller next yr. -
ilovelaksa:
My daughter just finished her O level exam. I hope my information is accurate. Generally class size varies from 28? to 35, depending on subject combination.
Hi, thank you so much for this information.Happy Mum:
About 30 to 32, including ASEAN scholars. The ASEAN scholars are placed in 4/1 and 4/2.
At Sec 1 and 2, there are 5 Express classes with about 40 girls each. At Sec 3, because of subject combinations (and to reduce pupil teacher ratio), there are 7 Express classes.
This was the main draw of this school for me.
My daughter has given me the wrong infor about tripsci class size next yr.
G8 to kn her class size will be smaller next yr.
Although many girls are from IJ TP primary, the mean/median T-score is around 235-239 during my daughter's time (when such information were available). And at Sec 3, 5 classes offered pure sciences and 8 subjects, while 2 classes offered combi science (and perhaps 7 subjects). I thought the school tries hard to give the girls choices in their subject combination, so as to nurture their interests. My daughter has good friends from ALL classes.
My only issue with this school is C H I N E S E. Only a few students doing HMT.
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The criteria, to qualify for Sec 3 single
Triple Sciences class subject combination streamimg, at the end of Year 2 (Sec 2) exam, is
at least 75 marks (A1) for Maths, plus another 75 marks (A1) for Science,
as well as overall : is it 70 or 75 percent overall ?
The overall defined here :
does it include languages (English and Chinese), as well as also include Combined Humanities, of which Social Studies is compulsory, while the other remaining Humanities subject can be History / Geography / English Literature, depending on the interests and strength(s) of individual pupil (student).
A1 : 75 and above
A2 : 70 to 74 -
phtthp:
haha...along those guidelines. I understand from my daughter that not all top students at the end of Sec 2 want to do tripleThe criteria, to qualify for Sec 3 single
Triple Sciences class subject combination streamimg, at the end of Year 2 (Sec 2) exam, is
at least 75 marks (A1) for Maths, plus another 75 marks (A1) for Science,
as well as overall : is it 70 or 75 percent overall ?
The overall defined here :
does it include languages (English and Chinese), as well as also include Combined Humanities, of which Social Studies is compulsory, while the other remaining Humanities subject can be History / Geography / English Literature, depending on the interests and strength(s) of individual pupil (student).
A1 : 75 and above
A2 : 70 to 74
Science, so the class size is rather small. Some top performing students are invited to do triple Science, on top of Social Studies & selective, and another humanities. Prior to my daughter's batch, the school had 2 classes doing triple Science and two humanities. Perhaps as mentioned by other forummers, triple Science isn't very popular these days. My daughter isn't the most inquisitive learner, so I thought the exposure to 3 Sciences and 2 humanities was good for her. Keeps her busy and occupied.
Social Studies is offered at Sec 3, with an elective. Initially the offered elective for my daughter's class was Literature and Pure Geography. However, parents petitioned and so some girls did elective History (with Social Studies) and Literature. I thought the school was rather responsive. I am not sure if this is still the practice.
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