CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary

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Reenie\" post_id=\"2080943\" time=\"1662200373\" user_id=\"7078:

Hi, may I know if IP track has exams like mainstream for mid year/end of year? What’s the promotion criteria for lower Sec and upper Sec? Thank you!

1)

Have your Sec 1 daughter
bought (purchased) a copy of St Nick student's school diary, from our school book shop ?

All the promotion criteria, for both (IP and OP) track, are found inside. Details all specified very clearly, inside the student's school diary.
Go, read them.


2)
If your daughter is Sec 2 -

all the in-house promotion criteria for
Sec 2 (IP and OP), are found inside the Sec 2 student's school diary.


3) if your daughter is Sec 3 -

all the in-house promotion criteria for Sec 3 (IP and OP),
are found inside the Sec 3 student's school diary


OP : O-level track program

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All 2022 Sec 3

both (IP and OP)

Term 4 (September And October)
EOY (End-of-year)
Assessment
Exam Timetable schedule (dates)

as well as

their Exam Format(s),
plus

their exam specifications / Requirements
and

which Test topics to study for,

for All 2022 Sec 3 subjects -

are already out,
info made available on "Parents Gateway".

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some 2022 Sec 3.students are taking Total 8 subjects,

while

others are taking Total 9 subjects.

Only a minority few Sec 3 students are taking Total 10 subjects, after seeked approval from our school, and our Principal has given them the "go-ahead, nod-her-head" green light approval to proceed, allow them to take Total 10 subjects.

[Reenie]

Thank you so much everyone for your reply! Really appreciate. 🙏

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Hi,


anyone know,
roughly, how many students are in BSP (Bicultural Studies program), for year 3, in St Nick ?
roughly, 35 or 70 students ?

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Hello! Just curious if there are any parents of Sec 4, 2022 IP girls in this thread? Am wondering how your girls felt about the JIP Sec 4 papers

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Hello! Just curious if there are any parents of Sec 4, 2022 IP girls in this thread? Am wondering how your girls felt about the JIP Sec 4 papers

Which are the JIP papers?

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MerlionInGermany\" post_id=\"2085966\" time=\"1665991618\" user_id=\"2964:

Which are the JIP papers?

I think A Math, and English.

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I think A Math, and English.

Manageable. No special feeling. How did the SC students feel about them?

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Upper Secondary

Chinese Literature, in St Nick
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This year (2022), Secondary 3 students -

St Nick still offered Elective CHINESE Literature, as a half subject. "Half" only, because it goes along with Social Studies (another component).

In Term 4 EOY (Sec 3) this year,
the exam date for
subject Chinese Literature (Elective), was held when ?

It was held on …
Friday (7 October 2022).

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What happened last year (2021),
during the end of Secondary 2 October / November month "streaming exercise",

during the process of posting (slotting) students, into their new Sec 3 (or Year 3) subject combination ?

What is Pure Chinese Literature, all about ?
Eg.
Refer to your "wen yan wen"


In fact,
there were some students interested in taking up FULL Humanities (Chinese Literature), last year.
However,
less than X number of students, are keen.
So, school said since so few students are interested, cannot form a class for them.
In the end, let these few keen students proceed
to take up and offered Chinese Literature
as an "ELECTIVE (Chinese Literature)", instead.

To open up a subject class, u need to have a minimum certain number of interested students, first.

Above info,
will come in handy (useful),
for current 2022 end of Sec 2 students (born in that past year 2008),
who will be choosing their next year 2023 new Sec 3 subject combination, now.


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Upper Secondary
English Literature, in St Nick
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In contrast,
English Literature was highly popular ! English Lit was very much sought after !

Part of the reason was
because

many, many St Nicks girls opted for Sec 3 " Double Science " subject combination. "Double Science" is highly popular and greatly favored upon, by students here !

In our school,
Double Humanities is also highly favored upon.

Hence, this Sec 3 subject combination comprising

1) Double Science
2) Double Maths
3) Double Humanities -

Is a hot spot favorite combination, in demand, by our end of Sec 2 students.

Our school, St Nick, has got very good Teachers teaching subject English Lit !


Last year (2021),
Sec 3 students born in the year 2006,
became the Pioneer batch
because

St Nick had changed the novel title in 2021 (Sec 3), to another brand new titled novel text (for English Lit). Every (3 to 5 years) time period, our school will change the Literature textbook(s).

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An alert message !


All 2022 end of Sec 2 students going for or those who are targeting for "Double Science"
Sec 3 subject combination, be careful !

You have already submitted your few choices of Sec 3 subject combination you desire to pursue, and school will process your requests submitted, in due course.

Make sure
that you choose your two Science subjects correctly (wisely),

regardless of whether u are from the (IP or O level track),
if you have decided to stick to your Upper Sec "Double Science" combination.
Why ?

Because

1) time & tide, wait for no man.

When u go up to Junior College level in Year 5, there is NO "Bridging" Science program, whatsoever.

Take note.
All JCs in Singapore, do NOT offer any "Bridging" Science program, including Eunoia Junior College.


Painful Reality bites (example)
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Learn a lesson, from these impacted students.

In the past years’ batch(es),
from the IP track,

there have been some students,
by the time they reached the end of their Year 4 (IP), they regretted having chosen Physics.
They did work hard in Physics.
Is not that they never studied Physics at all. They did. But, somehow they din do well, inspite of their effort put in. These affected students wished that if only they could turn the clock backwards, they would have opted for Biology, instead of Physics.