School of Science and Technology
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Yes, this year will be interesting, because
if the Round 1 SST Academic tests were to take place inside the P6 students (applicants) respective primary schools’ premises, that means
SST Admin department have a lot of co-ordination admin work to do, with the various primary schools’ admin staff, all over Sg.
SST will need some representatives from each primary school, to return (bring) back all the Round 1 tests scripts, for SST academic staff to mark, before short-listing students for Round 2 assessment -
video clip, showing
- sharing, by a few (female) past graduates, how they had benefited from the unique, enriching past 4 years Secondary school's learning experience in SST
- how this covid year (2020) DSA exercise, will be conducted
tentatively, P6 students attend e-quiz in their primary schools, in the last week of June
- for short-listed candidates who attended Phase 2, they will receive notification to receive CO / Wait-list outcome by a certain date, 14 September 2020.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YrlwneSXLrA -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"1978426\" time=\"1590746780\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1978426 time=1590746780 user_id=53606]
Hi zac mom,
I just finished watching the #LunchwiththeSSTFam Sessions on You Tube.
Very impressed by the maturity & the articulation of the students & alumni who presented their viewpoints over the web conference format.
Through their honest and open sharing of their experiences, and from the tone of their conversations etc, I get the feeling that SST is a really close-knit & supportive school that provides many lateral development opportunities for every student to pick, according to their interests. It’s not like some atas schools where only the top selected few favorites will get to join whatever elite program.
Being a Science person myself, I also find it absolutely interesting that the kids, though Math & Science oriented, are really trained with “future-ready” skills. This is the first time I actually don’t cringe at that catchphrase because it is not thrown about by theorists. I actually understand what they mean thru their sharings of their experiences.
Would love for my kid to attend this school and learn proper useful cross-industry skills that our world really needs. Theoretical skills & mere exam smarts are so last century. This school does STEAM in a way that is not mere tokenism.
Hope to find out even more next year.[/quote]
Yes, indeed it is so interesting
to hear sharing from our girls, past graduates of SST.
Realized that having spent the valuable, precious past 4 years of learning journey inside SST, which had provided a solid training in the various field(s) of hard-core, practical \"Applied\" Sciences
eg. Bio-technology, Computer Science, Design & Technology,
etc there are also some students who possess additional passion, have ventured out far into other diversified interests (aspects) of learning,
eg. into Law and Global studies,
multiple pathway
from the personal sharing of Miss He Shiying (from class of 2014), her rare, unique \"tool-box\" experience, and
from the insightful sharing of Miss Johanna Lim (class of 2016), who speaks eloquently with confidence and enthusiasm, as well
<clap hands>
video clip content
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YrlwneSXLrA
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I enjoyed the sharing, coming from our girls, haha!
Perhaps next round (change), we can hear more personal sharing experience, from the boys ??? -
Oh there were some boys in Part 1, do take a look. I skipped Part 2 (Engineering) but I think there were some boys in that session too.
Update: I have just watched Part 2. Phtthp, the boys are very well-spoken too. I think the SST kids’ passion for learning really shines thru. :rahrah: -
How do we improve on STEAM?
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lucid\" post_id=\"1978808\" time=\"1590922986\" user_id=\"14312:
Hi zac mom,
You can read abt the Research Projects here.zac's mum\" post_id=\"1978557\" time=\"1590818463\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1978557 time=1590818463 user_id=53606]
Thx phtthp. I was actually trying to find out more about the “research project program” that the panel talked about, which all students get to take. After I read the FAQ sent by Phankao, now I know it’s called SPIRE program, and all JH2s get to take it in the final term of JH2.
I was concerned that 14 year olds would find such content very dry & difficult to sustain interest in, given that personally yes I came from this industry. Academic type research (ie. the type that University research professors do) is not easy nor fun to do. Honestly in my Uni honours-year project and thesis, viva voce presentation, even if simplified & scaled down, is super super dry to do even if I loved the project itself. I can’t imagine a 14-year old teen enjoying it.
But maybe as PaPaK says, NJC students are the type who really enjoy such academic pathway:
https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/schools-and-public-outreach/research-programmes/science-research-programme-srp/
For NUS, it is planned with MOE GEP division to to offer to the top of their cohort so the competition is ongoing to be eligible ie Raffles Academy , Raffles Research Attachment etc
All IP schools with SBGE should offer this.
ACSI has a similar programme
https://www.acsindep.moe.edu.sg/talent-development/advanced-science-programmes/advanced-science-programme/
They can opt for it to be enrichment or to be graded at H3 research level. Opportunities are tightly guarded as the school will first need the students to clear National base level to get the school KPI scorecard on GCE A or IB. One of the principals shared only 60 out of every national cohort year have this opportunity.
The only school , being an entirely GE school, which offers this to ALL their students is NUSHigh via the Advanced Research Programme ( again pegged at A level H3 research level) .
https://www.nushigh.edu.sg/special-programmes/da-vinci-programme[/quote]
after completed O-level,
some SST graduates proceed forward to \"National\" Junior College (for A-level), while some went to \"Eunoia\" Junior College (A-level), or to some other JCs in Singapore, if they prefer to stick to JC route, instead of go Polytechnic.
To give you some background info,
at end of Sec 2 streaming,
SST students take on maximum Total 8 subjects, in their Sec 3 subject combination.
One of them is the compulsory \"Applied\" Science.
Total, there are 4 available \"Applied\" Sciences, to choose from.
Students can choose one.
Students can also opt to take up two Applied subjects, Computing + and Electronics, under the Engineering + programme.
These four \"Applied\" Sciences subjects available, are
1) Bio-technology
2) Computing
3) Design studies
4) Electronics
a brief write-up (description) in each \"Applied\" Sciences, is provided below
(source of info)
https://www.sst.edu.sg/programmes/applied-subjects/
FAQ, on Sec 3 subject combination
https://www.sst.edu.sg/faqs/
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note that
since SST allow (permit) students to study maximum Total 8 subjects in their Sec 3 subject combination, inclusive of \"Applied\" Science subject, hence, \"Triple\" science subject combination (ie Pure Chemistry, Pure Biology, Pure Physics), is not allowed.
SST restrict to maximum 8 subjects permitted, in their Upper Sec (3 and 4) curriculum.
At the upper secondary level,
every student will choose to read 1 O-Level \"Applied\" subject, in addition to the regular O-Level subjects in (English language, Mathematics, Mother Tongue, Humanities and the Sciences).
The students’ choice of subject combination,
will depend on their preferred post-secondary articulation pathway, to either Junior Colleges or Polytechnic.
In total, students would be reading 8 O-Level subjects. -
phtthp\" post_id=\"1979036\" time=\"1591051983\" user_id=\"35251:
Phtthp,
after completed O-level,
some SST graduates proceed forward to \"National\" Junior College (for A-level), while some went to \"Eunoia\" Junior College (A-level), or to some other JCs in Singapore, if they prefer to stick to JC route, instead of go Polytechnic...
Is there any reason why you only mentioned these two JCs? Most of the students went to these two JCs? -
qms\" post_id=\"1979042\" time=\"1591058393\" user_id=\"5718:
after complete O-level,
Phtthp,
Is there any reason why you only mentioned these two JCs?
Most of the students went to these two JCs?
most SST graduates tend to look for Junior Colleges, that offer strong hard-core Sciences, if they are not heading down Polytechnic road.
NJC has a well-established reputation, in hard-core Sciences.
Eunoia JC, although still fairly new, compared to other several-past-decade-established-traditional JCs available, but because
EJC also offer H3 (Chemistry / Bio / Physics) to outstanding A-level Science students, and also because the brand new premises & facilities there are very impressively built, hence also a source of attraction, for some SST candidates.
Reason being,
in their compulsory Upper Sec \"Applied\" Science subject taught inside SST, students are very much engaged hands-on practical, as well as acquistion through theory-foundation-block, in their respective field of specialization in \"Applied\" Sciences. Hence, when they go up to JC level, they are already very well versed & knowledgable in their respective Physics / Chemistry / Biology chosen field of specialization. For them to take on H3 subject in hard-core Sciences, not an issue.
SST graduates do go to rest of the other Junior Colleges as well, as long as they can meet the L1R5 Cut-off-point, in each JC -
since SST does not offer Triple Pure Sciences in her maximum 8-subject allowed combination,
thus, the closest to Triple Science, is the hot, popular Sec 3 subject combination
- Pure Physics
- Pure Chemistry (Chemistry being a compulsory subject, for all O-level Science students)
- Bio-technology (\"Applied\" Science subject)
here is year 2020 SEAB O-level Bio-technology (\"Applied\" Science) exam syllabus
1) subject code (NP04)
https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/olevel/2020syllabus/as_np04_biotechnology_syllabus_2020.pdf
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other Upper Secondary \"Applied\" Science subjects in SST, are
2) Computing
year 2020 SEAB O-level syllabus
https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/olevel/2020syllabus/7155_y20_sy.pdf
3) Design studies
subject code (NP05)
year 2020 SEAB O-level syllabus
https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/olevel/2020syllabus/as_np05_design_studies_syllabus_2020.pdf
4) Electronics
year 2020 SEAB O-level syllabus
https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/olevel/2020syllabus/6063_y20_sy.pdf -
Hi all, my daughter has been shortlisted for their first round of test this Monday, 29 June. Anyone else?
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