Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]

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AHsDad\" post_id=\"2052112\" time=\"1639739431\" user_id=\"172457:

Dear parents
Seeking assistance on Mother tongue. Was about to order the books online. But the booklist for Sec1, noted options for
Chinese >> Higher/ Express/ Special
Malay >> Higher / Special
Tamil >> Higher

I understand special is for non-native speakers. But how come only Chinese has Express? Is it defaulted for all RGS girls to take higher, cos I thought it was an opt-in, no?

For advice if any. Thanks in advance

Do you have the book list? Any chance to share? Thank you in advance.

[AHsDad]

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Do you have the book list? Any chance to share? Thank you in advance.

Sure. It’s on the website. Was thinking of ordering early to avoid the rush 😆


https://www.rgs.edu.sg/qql/slot/u551/Admissions/2021/RGS%20Y1%20Booklist%202022.pdf

[Momo70]

Hi AHsDad,


Higher Chinese is optional not default.

I guess majority of them will still take HCL

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AHsDad\" post_id=\"2052119\" time=\"1639745141\" user_id=\"172457:

Sure. It’s on the website. Was thinking of ordering early to avoid the rush 😆


https://www.rgs.edu.sg/qql/slot/u551/Admissions/2021/RGS%20Y1%20Booklist%202022.pdf

Many thanks

[AHsDad]

Momo70\" post_id=\"2052120\" time=\"1639746714\" user_id=\"189715:

Hi AHsDad,

Higher Chinese is optional not default.

I guess majority of them will still take HCL

Thanks. But my girl taking Malay and it appears no option but to take Higher Malay (based on booklist)? She had insisted to take higher Malay in pri although we discouraged cos there was almost no benefit if non-Chinese and her time was tight. She was the only person taking (1-on-1 with teacher). Now she’s ready to stop in sec but unsure if can…

Not a very big deal though, just curious on this point.

[zac's mum]

AHsDad\" post_id=\"2052138\" time=\"1639788943\" user_id=\"172457:

Thanks. But my girl taking Malay and it appears no option but to take Higher Malay (based on booklist)? She had insisted to take higher Malay in pri although we discouraged cos there was almost no benefit if non-Chinese and her time was tight. She was the only person taking (1-on-1 with teacher). Now she’s ready to stop in sec but unsure if can…

Not a very big deal though, just curious on this point.

Just thinking out loud here…maybe it’s possible that the school compiles its own notes for Express Malay and Express Tamil, which is why no textbooks are listed for these in the booklist.

Please check with the school directly to get the fastest reply.

But in general there is no real hurry to get your textbooks, as the bulk of the kids are coming in via S1 posting and there’s Orientation week I believe…no teacher will insist on all the kids having all their textbooks within the first few weeks of school. OOS is not anyone’s fault…

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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2052149\" time=\"1639794944\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2052149 time=1639794944 user_id=53606]Just thinking out loud here…maybe it’s possible that the school compiles its own notes for Express Malay and Express Tamil, which is why no textbooks are listed for these in the booklist.


Please check with the school directly to get the fastest reply.

But in general there is no real hurry to get your textbooks, as the bulk of the kids are coming in via S1 posting and there’s Orientation week I believe…no teacher will insist on all the kids having all their textbooks within the first few weeks of school. OOS is not anyone’s fault…[/quote]

OT: That's possible - MT curriculum can be managed quite differently. My dc1 offered MT, but his secondary school still made them buy HMT books in Sec 1 (I don't know exactly how they read HMT passages to use in answering MT format). The other dc does not need to buy MT textbooks as his school teachers use their own (in-house) materials

[smurfy]

Hi,

on the textbooks, does RGS uses the textbooks? my older boy doing IP in another school does not actually uses the textbooks at all.

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smurfy\" post_id=\"2052292\" time=\"1639968702\" user_id=\"19401:

Hi,
on the textbooks, does RGS uses the textbooks? my older boy doing IP in another school does not actually uses the textbooks at all.

Not really, lots of notes, some books are optional depends on you
Y3 and Y4 almost no books

[gafield]

For yr1 and 2, the textbooks that DD used often are HCl and Maths as there were hw set from there. Lit book is definitely a must have. For history and geography, they used notes, ppt slides and reading materials. For science, also used school materials during her time as yr1&2.


I remember there were lots of tb to buy for yr3. Again, the ones used more frequently - HCl and both Maths.

For yr4, they would have purchased most of the TB in yr3 so the booklist is very short.

Time really flies. Can still remember reporting to rgs (@ Anderson) a few years back.