Review of Secondary/IP Schools

[kaydenbrown]

daisyt:

Have any parents thought of this question ? What happen if the kids are not scoring good \"A\" level results to get into local Uni or to get into the course they want. What other options are there for these IP students ? :?

Just to add on some points to this. In the UK, there are some schools where the students just go accelerated to the GCSE A levels equivalent and often these students are already identified as good enough so they will usually not screw up their A levels.

However, there will be some who just happen to slack off because they do not really find any goal to work towards so they do not score well for the As.

In such schools, you tend to end up with 2 extreme classes of students.

[shriradh]

Where to get past 10 year series of A level Question papers?TIA

[ruohoo97]

daisyt:

turquoise:

Hi daisyt,

Thanks for sharing with us your daughter's experience. It's much appreciated. Is your daughter in RGS?

No lah, she in RVHS.

Hi, Daisyt,
Yah, appreciated your insightful post. ACSI offers IB, is that different from IP?

[daisyt]

ruohoo97:

daisyt:

[quote=\"turquoise\"]
Hi daisyt,

Thanks for sharing with us your daughter's experience. It's much appreciated. Is your daughter in RGS?

No lah, she in RVHS.

Hi, Daisyt,
Yah, appreciated your insightful post. ACSI offers IB, is that different from IP?[/quote]Hi ruohoo97, I am not very familar with IB but there is a thread here about IB and A level.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11561

[xxjustakidxx]

CentralControl:

san76:

HI,


Why nobody mention Catholic High?

I already said in my first post that I dont want to mention the school where my son is currently at.


Also, as you guys pointed out the other great things of other schools, what do you guys think of josephians? how is SJI a good school? and don't you think that their campus is too small? please, I really need help deciding, I a confident my son can get a high PSLE score, so I'm inclined to either SJI or RI

sji has a low cut off point, for your information, at 241 last year.

[xxjustakidxx]

sunflower:

mathsparks:

it's more a stereotype than truth regarding hci boys speaking chinese. When i was at the open house, so many of the boys were speaking english.

I agree. The Chinese speaking ones were in the bygone years...The new generation are speaking a lot more in English.

And in fact, we don't speak chinese among our peers at all. We aren't reserved or anything as well, we're full of programmes ready to fly you off to other countries.

[Dizzylizzy21]

NUS High or SJI or RI?


My boy was given a confirmed offer to NUS High for Sec 1 2014. But we are undecided. He is naturally strong in Maths and Science, but does not enjoy them more than he enjoys other Humanities subjects like History and Economics. Could we hear the experiences of parents whose children are in a similar situation? Did you eventually choose NUS High or some other school?

Another question: what is your experience in terms of pastoral care and peer support? For students who may be bright, but a bit ‘nerdy’, those who may find it difficult to fit in socially… or who may have difficulty coping with schoolwork now and then…? What is your experience with peer teasing/ bullying in these schools? Would a co-ed or single-sex environment make a difference in this matter?

We are looking for a school that provide academic rigour but is also strong on pastoral care, and a school culture where the students and teachers are kind. Not overly competitive or mean or bullying

Thanks so much!

[kitty2]

Any of your kids taking Econs? Please share how to do well or is there any guide book/ good tutor to recommend?


Thanks

[emoh]

Dizzylizzy21:

NUS High or SJI or RI?


My boy was given a confirmed offer to NUS High for Sec 1 2014. But we are undecided. He is naturally strong in Maths and Science, but does not enjoy them more than he enjoys other Humanities subjects like History and Economics. Could we hear the experiences of parents whose children are in a similar situation? Did you eventually choose NUS High or some other school?

Another question: what is your experience in terms of pastoral care and peer support? For students who may be bright, but a bit 'nerdy', those who may find it difficult to fit in socially... or who may have difficulty coping with schoolwork now and then...? What is your experience with peer teasing/ bullying in these schools? Would a co-ed or single-sex environment make a difference in this matter?

We are looking for a school that provide academic rigour but is also strong on pastoral care, and a school culture where the students and teachers are kind. Not overly competitive or mean or bullying

Thanks so much!

You may want to consider an IP education leading to the IB since your child seems more broad base, good in Sci/Math and strong interest in the Humanities

[jheng]

emoh:

Dizzylizzy21:

NUS High or SJI or RI?


My boy was given a confirmed offer to NUS High for Sec 1 2014. But we are undecided. He is naturally strong in Maths and Science, but does not enjoy them more than he enjoys other Humanities subjects like History and Economics. Could we hear the experiences of parents whose children are in a similar situation? Did you eventually choose NUS High or some other school?

Another question: what is your experience in terms of pastoral care and peer support? For students who may be bright, but a bit 'nerdy', those who may find it difficult to fit in socially... or who may have difficulty coping with schoolwork now and then...? What is your experience with peer teasing/ bullying in these schools? Would a co-ed or single-sex environment make a difference in this matter?

We are looking for a school that provide academic rigour but is also strong on pastoral care, and a school culture where the students and teachers are kind. Not overly competitive or mean or bullying

Thanks so much!

You may want to consider an IP education leading to the IB since your child seems more broad base, good in Sci/Math and strong interest in the Humanities

SJI has a very holistic approach to education and build up their boys in character. When we were visiting the school the teachers & students were very friendly and helpful (we even heard a teacher say Sorry to some boys when he asked the boys to speak softer), my DS feels at ease and from talking to old boys he feels that this is the school that he wants to be in (my DS is also like your DS ie. good in English, Maths & Science and has wide interest in exploring other subjects so we think IB is for him). The old boys give very high credit to their teachers and form deep bonds with their friends there, they speak with passion for their school and we can feel it