7 New IP schools

[dunnoleh]

verykiasu2010:

Way2GO:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
\"misfit\" because CHS has been a SAP school, while the rest of the Cath schools are not

correct me if i am wrong

Could well be cos' CHS is a SAP school
dat many of d students I met then were effectively biligual
n they were also strong in Maths.
d rest of students from d other mission schools mostly eat katang
though there was a miniority who were good in MT.
They used to laugh at these students n call them 'Chinese helicopters'
d CHS students I met were mostly quite well off
n they carry themselves well.
But they n Maris Stella students were quite a misfit with d rest
cos' d katang eating bulk view them as ching-chong.

you more or less summed it up

I recall my CHS friends were also called 'chinese helicopter'......


LOL .... hope don't get sued for saying all these jokes ....LOL[/quote]dun worry la , chinese helicopters don't have the habit of sueing people. I was a true blue \"chainee ellicotter\" until my \"A\" levels, when I was dumped into the company of kentang eating folks. the helicopter crashed in no time.

[Augmum]

jtoh:

Augmum:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
even for the present IP school like RI or HCI, if don't do well, kena transferred to O level track, or worse, get kicked out of school. NOT unheard of.

yes, of course i am aware and heard of them......but these are only the very MINORITY
and the pupils themselves are aware of it long before.......
just like one pupil in my gal's class kena \"warnings\"
what i mean is the initial happiness/ thoughts of getting into a \"so called IP school\" w/o getting into a \"IP class\"

Hi Augmum,

I would guess that before the IP programme is implemented in the dual track schools, the schools will give an idea of what the COP for IP is. For eg at ACSI, >25? (not sure what the COP is currently) will give you a spot in IB, anything below that is O level track. So students shouldn't be too surprised or shocked that they aren't in the IP track.[/quote]thks jtoh.
yes, there shd be some guidelines of the COP for the IP class set by individual schools....
just that i am quoting forumer kiaaik who have posted an example....
what if the guideline for COP for \"A school\" and \"B school\" a difference of 10 points or so ......
then there'll bound to have some \"transferring of school issues\"

[Augmum]

verykiasu2010:

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not sure what you meant by that

in RI / HCI / NYGH / RGS = every class is IP class.

No ?

but of course if you are referring to the dual track IP schools

i call them the IPO schools (sounds like stock market) IP & O level

yes, i am only referring to the newly listed 7 IP schools

[verykiasu2010]

kiaaik:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"kiaaik\"]
so one can enter IP via DSC route too

you meant DSA

what is DSC ?

sori, DSA is what i meant...
so a student can get into IP via DSA[/quote]yes, can. why not ?

[vicki]

Wah! Why do i get the feel that choosing a secondary school is EVEN MORE CONFUSING than primary school?!!!


At least primary school, you just need to think of Phase 2B, 2C and maybe 1km, 2km.

Secondary schools - Express, Normal (A), Normal (T), DSA, IP, IPOs!, Affiliation etc!!!

:? :?

[verykiasu2010]

Augmum:

verykiasu2010:

[

not sure what you meant by that

in RI / HCI / NYGH / RGS = every class is IP class.

No ?

but of course if you are referring to the dual track IP schools

i call them the IPO schools (sounds like stock market) IP & O level

yes, i am only referring to the newly listed 7 IP schools

wah the 7 listed IP schools....so I am right to call them the IPO schools......lol

[vicki]

verykiasu2010:

kiaaik:

sori, DSA is what i meant...
so a student can get into IP via DSA

yes, can. why not ?

So DSA means you must have some 'special skills' or 'talent' or is it your folks must be super rich or well-known?

[verykiasu2010]

vicki:

Wah! Why do i get the feel that choosing a secondary school is EVEN MORE CONFUSING than primary school?!!!


At least primary school, you just need to think of Phase 2B, 2C and maybe 1km, 2km.

Secondary schools - Express, Normal (A), Normal (T), DSA, IP, IPOs!, Affiliation etc!!!

:? :?

hence this ksp website is around

[jtoh]

Augmum:

thks jtoh.
yes, there shd be some guidelines of the COP for the IP class set by individual schools....
just that i am quoting forumer kiaaik who have posted an example....
what if the guideline for COP for \"A school\" and \"B school\" a difference of 10 points or so ......
then there'll bound to have some \"transferring of school issues\"

Hi Augmum,

Yes, there will probably be people who aren't happy and will think of transferring. More headaches in store for the school admins and parents. I guess parents will have to look at historical scores and make an educated guess from it. And also at the school culture etc. At the end of the day, I think school culture's more important. And if you just barely miss the COP for IP, just work harder in the existing school and get in at Year 3.

[verykiasu2010]

vicki:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"kiaaik\"]
sori, DSA is what i meant...
so a student can get into IP via DSA

yes, can. why not ?

So DSA means you must have some 'special skills' or 'talent' or is it your folks must be super rich or well-known?[/quote]must be talented. $$$ won't help in DSA process but can help to produce the talent required

talent = national champions for sports, or at least in the national team

talent = CONSISTENTLY good academic results from P4 onwards, say all subjects in the high 90s usually of well known pri schools

talent = extremely good in specified area of arts and music, eg minimum ABRSM grade 7 at Pri 5 and passed Theory Grade 5, or recognised by (eg) UOB painter of the year type .......