CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary

[laokong]

hunnayy so sweet of you to reply.

bless you.

we will try to come to open house tmr

[MerlionInGermany]

laokong\" post_id=\"1947760\" time=\"1574386764\" user_id=\"57696:

hi parents can i confirm that you can do standard chinese in st nicks sec?
how are both the o level n ip program there?
any parents with girls in the ip program as well as taking mep? can girls manage or those 2(ip & mep) will be a heavy workload?
does school end late into evenings?

also what are the chances if you enter o level route, can you 'promote' to ip in sec 3?
basically just what does ip do academically that's different from o level?

please share parents as we are clueless!!

I would like to add.

For 2019 sec 1, both O and IP have 2 exams a year in term 2 and term 4 and graded assignments/ assessments in term 1 and term 3.

Some CCAs end at 6pm.

MEP is done during curriculum time so it cannot be heavier? 3rd lang would be heavier cos 3rd lang is done outside curriculum time.

[tuxsam]

We are considering between IP and OP St Nick as secondary school selection first choice.


Understand from a student of an equivalent CHIJ school that the school prioritizes IP students over OP students in many aspects including classroom facilities, treatment etc. Any existing St Nick OP student has similar feeling? The student also shares that teachers do not teach much in class and expect students to do self-studying outside school. Just wondering if St Nick students also experience the same?

Hope an existing St Nick student can share. Greatly appreciate it!

[MerlionInGermany]

tuxsam\" post_id=\"1948502\" time=\"1574526483\" user_id=\"10581:

We are considering between IP and OP St Nick as secondary school selection first choice.

Understand from a student of an equivalent CHIJ school that the school prioritizes IP students over OP students in many aspects including classroom facilities, treatment etc. Any existing St Nick OP student has similar feeling? The student also shares that teachers do not teach much in class and expect students to do self-studying outside school. Just wondering if St Nick students also experience the same?

Hope an existing St Nick student can share. Greatly appreciate it!

There is one sec 1 IP class that has a bigger classroom that has 3 doors. All other IP and OP classrooms have 2 doors. So I am thinking it is just a building layout issue. Not that this particular IP class is more special. I think there. Is always a bigger classroom to cater for wheelchairs. For classroom “facilities”, they are all the same — they have tables and chairs of the same model, ceiling fans, AIR PURIFIERS in every classroom, etc.

Treatment. For Speech Competition, Song Writing Competition, Maths Olympiad, Creative Art Program (by MOE GEB), NEmation, Lower Sec overseas immersion, etc, all on volunteer sign up basis. So it is open to all.

School work. They use textbooks in the booklist. For science that has no textbooks, they give out school-prepared booklets. I find everything very organised. I just asked if they are supposed to do self study, she said they are expected to revise school work at home. Some assignments require them to include content not found in textbooks to beef up your own assignment. Which I think is fair.

For additional info, the OP and IP exam scope has minor differences, eg Chinese could be from Lesson 1 to 10 for IP but Lesson 1 to 9 for OP. Very minor in my opinion.

[floppy]

MerlionInGermany\" post_id=\"1948602\" time=\"1574564880\" user_id=\"2964:

tuxsam\" post_id=\"1948502\" time=\"1574526483\" user_id=\"10581:

We are considering between IP and OP St Nick as secondary school selection first choice.

Understand from a student of an equivalent CHIJ school that the school prioritizes IP students over OP students in many aspects including classroom facilities, treatment etc. Any existing St Nick OP student has similar feeling? The student also shares that teachers do not teach much in class and expect students to do self-studying outside school. Just wondering if St Nick students also experience the same?

Hope an existing St Nick student can share. Greatly appreciate it!

There is one sec 1 IP class that has a bigger classroom that has 3 doors. All other IP and OP classrooms have 2 doors. So I am thinking it is just a building layout issue. Not that this particular IP class is more special. I think there. Is always a bigger classroom to cater for wheelchairs. For classroom “facilities”, they are all the same — they have tables and chairs of the same model, ceiling fans, AIR PURIFIERS in every classroom, etc.

Treatment. For Speech Competition, Song Writing Competition, Maths Olympiad, Creative Art Program (by MOE GEB), NEmation, Lower Sec overseas immersion, etc, all on volunteer sign up basis. So it is open to all.

School work. They use textbooks in the booklist. For science that has no textbooks, they give out school-prepared booklets. I find everything very organised. I just asked if they are supposed to do self study, she said they are expected to revise school work at home. Some assignments require them to include content not found in textbooks to beef up your own assignment. Which I think is fair.

For additional info, the OP and IP exam scope has minor differences, eg Chinese could be from Lesson 1 to 10 for IP but Lesson 1 to 9 for OP. Very minor in my opinion.

Chope.

Is there another “equivalent CHIJ school” with IP and OP?

[laokong]

speaking of 3rd lang, is it popular xith the girls outside of sch curriculum?

i heard that one is always excited to start a new lang but most drop out in sec 3?
any thoughts? any girls take the exam in o level?

[nukewind]

As far as i know, st nicks is the only chij (girls) school with ip n op.

[nukewind]

Can i know if st nick go to the bishan moelc for jap lessons? Which day/time is that? Thx

[MerlionInGermany]

nukewind\" post_id=\"1948744\" time=\"1574592578\" user_id=\"848:

Can i know if st nick go to the bishan moelc for jap lessons? Which day/time is that? Thx

Yes. Mondays.
Info accurate for 2019 sec 1.
Additional info, there is a sch bus that can bring you from sch to Bishan for 3rd lang, if you dont want to take public transport and have no car to bring you.

[nukewind]

That is cool, thanks