National Junior College (Junior High)

[jtoh]

phankao:

BeCheerful:

[quote=\"phankao\"]
Most times only. Not always though. You'll be surprised that quite a number of DSA students get psle scores below COP, and it can be quite way below COP, often bc they are poor in languages (esp mother tongue).

Pardon me....is your DS1 one of those?

haha - not exactly, but yes MT was always my ds' poorest subject. I am amazed at some of those from his DSA camp. Their psle scores were considerably poorer but their names are often in the top students' list! My ds is doing fairly ok with HMT.[/quote]Could it be that these students slacked off PSLE preparations after securing a place at NJC so didn't perform as well as they could have at PSLE. And now they're at NJC, they're showing their true ability?

[PowerPuff Mum]

jtoh:

phankao:

[quote=\"BeCheerful\"]
Pardon me....is your DS1 one of those?

haha - not exactly, but yes MT was always my ds' poorest subject. I am amazed at some of those from his DSA camp. Their psle scores were considerably poorer but their names are often in the top students' list! My ds is doing fairly ok with HMT.

Could it be that these students slacked off PSLE preparations after securing a place at NJC so didn't perform as well as they could have at PSLE. And now they're at NJC, they're showing their true ability?[/quote]I agree with Phankao..not becos they slack off after securing a place in NJC. Most times its' bcos they are weak in MT but get A* s for the rest of the subjects.. that's why they continue to shine in sec sch as they are strong in all other subjects.

In any case, the NJC selection process is rigorous and based on their academic, cca, awards and CIPs achievements etc. They pick the ones with the greatest potential.

[andante]

Hi all, I am wondering whether NJC badminton CCA is difficult to get in ? so far, anyone has any idea whether NJC badminton is very good. Thanks in advance.

[phankao]

andante:

Hi all, I am wondering whether NJC badminton CCA is difficult to get in ? so far, anyone has any idea whether NJC badminton is very good. Thanks in advance.

For year 1?

[helloeveryone]

phankao:

andante:

Hi all, I am wondering whether NJC badminton CCA is difficult to get in ? so far, anyone has any idea whether NJC badminton is very good. Thanks in advance.

For year 1?

for jh1s, they can only join CAFE ccas, which is already like once to twice a week. If they really want to join, i think they can join it as a second cca. but the first CAFE cca is more important and it is compulsory.

[phankao]

helloeveryone:

phankao:

[quote=\"andante\"]Hi all, I am wondering whether NJC badminton CCA is difficult to get in ? so far, anyone has any idea whether NJC badminton is very good. Thanks in advance.

For year 1?

for jh1s, they can only join CAFE ccas, which is already like once to twice a week. If they really want to join, i think they can join it as a second cca. but the first CAFE cca is more important and it is compulsory.[/quote]My son is one of those who did cafe cca as well as a regular cca from the start of the year. He was the only one from Lower JH in the cca. Talking about which is more important. If the cca has an event, it would be important and take priority over cafe, right? Only makes sense. My ds took a most casual approach to the cafe cca as such. In fact, when I spoke to the teacher on signing the forms for year 2 ccas, she also said year 2 cca not so important and abit like cafe too (????!!!!). That wasn't the impression I got when I read the letter and from the briefing my son had at the end of the year. Good thing though is that my son managed to rope in several people he's met this year in jh1 to join him. hehe. Now got more \"strength\".

Oh, and there is a cca fair at the beginning of February, right? I think more for the JC students joining. It has more ccas than what cafe offers. If really interested, can go enquire at the fair.

[jtoh]

Kaypohing here, how does CAFE work? Do the kids get a chance to represent the school in CCAs then?

[phankao]

jtoh:

Kaypohing here, how does CAFE work? Do the kids get a chance to represent the school in CCAs then?

You select 3 ccas to do for the whole year. Also have to put 1st choice, 2nd choice, 3rd choice, like any other school's cca selection, but there are no trials. It's just based on availability.

At the end of the year, again, have to select a core cca, and if the child wants - a 2nd cca (there are way more choices for 2nd cca though).

Whether they get to represent school, depends on the cca, their ability and the events/competitions/fairs available, right?

Things like math olympiads and science fairs, i think don't need to be part of cca to be seleted to represent school.

[phankao]

helloeveryone:

hello, i'm a student here at njc... after seeing the forum i realised that the parents have many questions regarding njc and its system. Well, i'm willing to answer them as long as i'm able to. Feel free to email me at [email protected]

basically, i dsa-ed into the school and i'm the pioneer batch. i will be one of those involved in next year's orientation so a 'hi' to all 2011 jh1 students!

Any of your children doing OGL for next year like \"helloeveryone\"? Are the OGLs also often Student Council members, \"helloeveryone\"?

[jtoh]

phankao:

jtoh:

Kaypohing here, how does CAFE work? Do the kids get a chance to represent the school in CCAs then?

You select 3 ccas to do for the whole year. Also have to put 1st choice, 2nd choice, 3rd choice, like any other school's cca selection, but there are no trials. It's just based on availability.

At the end of the year, again, have to select a core cca, and if the child wants - a 2nd cca (there are way more choices for 2nd cca though).

Whether they get to represent school, depends on the cca, their ability and the events/competitions/fairs available, right?

Things like math olympiads and science fairs, i think don't need to be part of cca to be seleted to represent school.

Thanks phankao. Was wondering that if a kid was really good in a sport, would he get the chance to be on the school team in year 1 as it's only CAFE which (correct me if I'm wrong) doesn't sound competitive. Say for eg a kid who's been in nationals in primary school in badminton, swimming, basketball etc, he may be good enough for the NJC school team. But with CAFE, he might not get the chance? Just kaypohing.