Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]

[jtoh]

Augmum:

jtoh:

[quote=\"Hotspurs68\"]
Are they generally approachable or aloof. I hope you can understand my concerns as a parent

Hi hotspurs,
Generally, the feedback from the girls is that the teachers are approachable and caring. Of course there is the odd teacher here and there

guess, i wasn't that lucky to meet the caring and approachable ones.

when we ( me, hub and gal) were at the sch last year during the \"tea session with the Principal\",
i asked one of the teachers there (to be exact, there are 2 teachers present)
my Q was, \" i was told that it is very stressful in this school\"
and her reply was , \" Tell me which IP schools is not stressful ??
she continued somthing like if the pupil finds it stressful, then she is not geared towards IP..........
i was kinda of dumbfounded. :!:
No more questions needed.......... [/quote]Hi Augmum,

Now I understand why you chose not to go RGS.

[fatal-illuxions]

Hotspurs68:

jtoh:

[quote=\"Hotspurs68\"]
Dear all,

Would really appreciate if any alumnus of RGs could advise me on the air-pistol club. It is a 5-day CCa and just wondering how a prospective student could join it. :stupid:

Please advise. :?:

Shooting is a core CCA. If selected, you'll be doing either Air Pistol or Air Rifle. You'll have to attend the selection trials for it which will be conducted during CCA trials week. Make sure you sign up for the trials and you'll be informed of the dates for the trials. Competition is intense during the trials.

Hi Jtoh,

Thank u so much for clarifying so many of my queries. Just wondering if you know anything about the teachers. Are they generally approachable or aloof. I hope you can understand my concerns as a parent - I really want her to enjoy these crucial formative years. I was from ACS in the 80s and those were my best years of my life!! The intense competition preparation against the RIs, RGS will always be some of the sweetest memories together with the teachers i had!!

Please advise. Thanx!![/quote]
Hi all, regarding Jtoh's question about the teachers, it's quite tricky actually. I mentioned this somewhere in the thread before...

In every school you'll have the GOOD(like really awesomely good) and those you just want to give up on them teachers.

and there are many different types of 'good' teachers depending on your own definition of good. Ideal image of teachers do not exist unfortunately.

I've had my share of awesome teachers and those i'd really want to give a slap (but i cant) kind of teachers.

In sec1, you'll usually get the better teachers, those who have better teaching methods. But there will still some 害群之马。 My sec1 was pretty alright except for my math teacher who has PMS and was pregnant at the later half of the year, so most of the time she loses the patience to explain the tedious part of the topic and stuff like that, and made her real unapproachable.

Sec2 and 3 was fine, i had a really really caring form + math teacher in sec3, unfortunately he left the school this year, a really great loss for the school.

My sec4 year was the worst because i had 5 relief teachers, plus they keep changing the relief teachers for math, many of us couldnt adapt well to the ever changing teaching methods and our grades fell greatly. luckily our (original) teacher decides to come back at our last term to save us haha.

The only thing i can say us, dont expect an angel out of every teachers, there are some whom you'll be disappointed with because of various reasons, especially if it affect our grades. Because there are always old teachers leaving and new teachers coming in, the quality of teachers cannot be covered in a generic manner, it really just boils down to WHO you get as your teacher, and what you yourself expect out of a teacher.

In RGS, from the moment you step in, (or maybe a little while after the first term), you are no longer treated as children(under16/18), you are treated as young adults who are responsible and SENSIBLE, so sometimes they may be a little straight with certain comments, but that's because teachers there believe that we can understand and improve ourselves.

Even if you really do meet the worst of the worst teachers, JIAYOU! and rely on yourself and your friends, NEVER rely solely on your teachers to tell you what you need to know, you wont survive.

But anyway, it is always this so called 'bad memories' along with the good memories that make your secondary life so memorable.

Oh, and the thing you MUST never forget is to have fun every single moment of being in RGS, even if it's tough it keeps you going haha.

HAVE FUN!!!!! SECONDARY SCHOOL IS STARTING IN ONE WEEK!!!!

[godiva]

There is a Regional Studies Programme which is tied in with the Malay Studies Programme.


My daughter is keen on the above but also keen in Japanese. But I understand you can only take either RSP (Malay Studies) or Japanese as both are considered 3 rd languages.

I hear that dropout rate for Jap, French , german etc 3rd languages are very high. However, this is not the case for Malay STudies which has hardly any students dropping out- any idea if this is because it is very interesting/easy to study/score? OR is it because the school actively discourage/penalise students from dropping out of the programme as this is a school programme?

[Hotspurs68]

fatal-illuxions:

Hotspurs68:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]
Shooting is a core CCA. If selected, you'll be doing either Air Pistol or Air Rifle. You'll have to attend the selection trials for it which will be conducted during CCA trials week. Make sure you sign up for the trials and you'll be informed of the dates for the trials. Competition is intense during the trials.

Hi Jtoh,

Thank u so much for clarifying so many of my queries. Just wondering if you know anything about the teachers. Are they generally approachable or aloof. I hope you can understand my concerns as a parent - I really want her to enjoy these crucial formative years. I was from ACS in the 80s and those were my best years of my life!! The intense competition preparation against the RIs, RGS will always be some of the sweetest memories together with the teachers i had!!

Please advise. Thanx!!

Hi all, regarding Jtoh's question about the teachers, it's quite tricky actually. I mentioned this somewhere in the thread before...

In every school you'll have the GOOD(like really awesomely good) and those you just want to give up on them teachers.

and there are many different types of 'good' teachers depending on your own definition of good. Ideal image of teachers do not exist unfortunately.

I've had my share of awesome teachers and those i'd really want to give a slap (but i cant) kind of teachers.

In sec1, you'll usually get the better teachers, those who have better teaching methods. But there will still some 害群之马。 My sec1 was pretty alright except for my math teacher who has PMS and was pregnant at the later half of the year, so most of the time she loses the patience to explain the tedious part of the topic and stuff like that, and made her real unapproachable.

Sec2 and 3 was fine, i had a really really caring form + math teacher in sec3, unfortunately he left the school this year, a really great loss for the school.

My sec4 year was the worst because i had 5 relief teachers, plus they keep changing the relief teachers for math, many of us couldnt adapt well to the ever changing teaching methods and our grades fell greatly. luckily our (original) teacher decides to come back at our last term to save us haha.

The only thing i can say us, dont expect an angel out of every teachers, there are some whom you'll be disappointed with because of various reasons, especially if it affect our grades. Because there are always old teachers leaving and new teachers coming in, the quality of teachers cannot be covered in a generic manner, it really just boils down to WHO you get as your teacher, and what you yourself expect out of a teacher.

In RGS, from the moment you step in, (or maybe a little while after the first term), you are no longer treated as children(under16/18), you are treated as young adults who are responsible and SENSIBLE, so sometimes they may be a little straight with certain comments, but that's because teachers there believe that we can understand and improve ourselves.

Even if you really do meet the worst of the worst teachers, JIAYOU! and rely on yourself and your friends, NEVER rely solely on your teachers to tell you what you need to know, you wont survive.

But anyway, it is always this so called 'bad memories' along with the good memories that make your secondary life so memorable.

Oh, and the thing you MUST never forget is to have fun every single moment of being in RGS, even if it's tough it keeps you going haha.

HAVE FUN!!!!! SECONDARY SCHOOL IS STARTING IN ONE WEEK!!!! :D[/quote]Dear fatal iiluxions,

Thank you so much! I wish u all the best in your endeavours and looking forward to you providing more practical advice to my DD!!

MERRY XMAS and do have a spectacular NEW YEAR!!!

:celebrate:

[fatal-illuxions]

godiva:

There is a Regional Studies Programme which is tied in with the Malay Studies Programme.


My daughter is keen on the above but also keen in Japanese. But I understand you can only take either RSP (Malay Studies) or Japanese as both are considered 3 rd languages.

I hear that dropout rate for Jap, French , german etc 3rd languages are very high. However, this is not the case for Malay STudies which has hardly any students dropping out- any idea if this is because it is very interesting/easy to study/score? OR is it because the school actively discourage/penalise students from dropping out of the programme as this is a school programme?

When school orientation starts, there'll be PSLs(peer support leaders aka seniors) who will be guiding you for the first term. Sign ups for RSP is later in the year. So have your daughter ask them this question, the seniors can ask those who are in the program itself, and will be able to give you a more convincing and better answers i believe.

By the way, i think, THINK only, that RSP is different from simply taking Malay as a third language, they are, or should be two different programmes, i'm not very sure, so just ask the teachers or the seniors

[Augmum]

Hotspurs68:

Hi Augmum,
Thank you so much for your input. By the way, is your daughter there eventually. If not, where did she go to ? Essentially, it has be the best years of her life so I do hope she meets the right ones. With all the CCA coimmitments, I would imagine that tuition would be diffifcult so I am currently weighing all these matters.
All in all, THANX!!

Hi hotspurs68
U are welcome. i merely feedback what i had encountered, unfortunately not very pleasant. :shock:
Actually, prior to that, while i was scouting ard for some info of the school,
i already heard some unpleasant stories from other mummies, btw my niece is there. (with no offence to existing mummies).

No, eventually, i did not put my gal there.
Wanted to indicate NYGH as 1 st choice.
But after serious consideration of the Longggg travelling distance, (we are putting up in the East)
also in addition to gal’s enthusiasm after visiting DHS’s open house,
i placed DHS as 1 st choice.

Yes, i agree with u that the best years of most pupils were their secondary school days.
Hereby, wish that yr gal meets the goody ones…....all the best…….

[Augmum]

jtoh:

Hi Augmum,

Now I understand why you chose not to go RGS.

Hi Jtoh
haha, thks for the understanding.....

[Augmum]

fatal-illuxions:

Hi all, regarding Jtoh's question about the teachers, it's quite tricky actually. I mentioned this somewhere in the thread before...

In every school you'll have the GOOD(like really awesomely good) and those you just want to give up on them teachers.

and there are many different types of 'good' teachers depending on your own definition of good. Ideal image of teachers do not exist unfortunately.

I've had my share of awesome teachers and those i'd really want to give a slap (but i cant) kind of teachers. In sec1, you'll usually get the better teachers, those who have better teaching methods. But there will still some 害群之马。 My sec1 was pretty alright except for my math teacher who has PMS and was pregnant at the later half of the year, so most of the time she loses the patience to explain the tedious part of the topic and stuff like that, and made her real unapproachable.

Sec2 and 3 was fine, i had a really really caring form + math teacher in sec3, unfortunately he left the school this year, a really great loss for the school.

My sec4 year was the worst because i had 5 relief teachers, plus they keep changing the relief teachers for math, many of us couldnt adapt well to the ever changing teaching methods and our grades fell greatly. luckily our (original) teacher decides to come back at our last term to save us haha.

The only thing i can say us, dont expect an angel out of every teachers, there are some whom you'll be disappointed with because of various reasons, especially if it affect our grades. Because there are always old teachers leaving and new teachers coming in, the quality of teachers cannot be covered in a generic manner, it really just boils down to WHO you get as your teacher, and what you yourself expect out of a teacher.

In RGS, from the moment you step in, (or maybe a little while after the first term), you are no longer treated as children(under16/18), you are treated as young adults who are responsible and SENSIBLE, so sometimes they may be a little straight with certain comments, but that's because teachers there believe that we can understand and improve ourselves.

Even if you really do meet the worst of the worst teachers, JIAYOU! and rely on yourself and your friends, NEVER rely solely on your teachers to tell you what you need to know, you wont survive.

But anyway, it is always this so called 'bad memories' along with the good memories that make your secondary life so memorable.

Oh, and the thing you MUST never forget is to have fun every single moment of being in RGS, even if it's tough it keeps you going haha.

HAVE FUN!!!!! SECONDARY SCHOOL IS STARTING IN ONE WEEK!!!!

Hi fatal-illuxions
I know what u mean……….awesome teachers versus those \"hopeless ones\"
i personally had experienced it during my school days.
But I don’t expect angels out of teachers
frankly, my expectations of teachers is not high either.

[Purpular]

hello there. as you can see i'm pretty new to this forum. i'd just like to ask if anyone's child has past experience on the RGS SAP? (special art programme) if so, could you share on how the selection was and how the programme is? tnks.

[godiva]

fatal-illuxions:

godiva:

There is a Regional Studies Programme which is tied in with the Malay Studies Programme.


My daughter is keen on the above but also keen in Japanese. But I understand you can only take either RSP (Malay Studies) or Japanese as both are considered 3 rd languages.

I hear that dropout rate for Jap, French , german etc 3rd languages are very high. However, this is not the case for Malay STudies which has hardly any students dropping out- any idea if this is because it is very interesting/easy to study/score? OR is it because the school actively discourage/penalise students from dropping out of the programme as this is a school programme?

When school orientation starts, there'll be PSLs(peer support leaders aka seniors) who will be guiding you for the first term. Sign ups for RSP is later in the year. So have your daughter ask them this question, the seniors can ask those who are in the program itself, and will be able to give you a more convincing and better answers i believe.

By the way, i think, THINK only, that RSP is different from simply taking Malay as a third language, they are, or should be two different programmes, i'm not very sure, so just ask the teachers or the seniors

Thank you for your reply!