Cedar Girls Secondary School

[myprincess]

zeemimi:

danmon:

[quote=\"zeemimi\"]
my dd from girl guides. first year alone easily fill up all the required CIP hours and more. don't even need to find her own CIP to do. a lot of fun and learning. let your DD go through the cca auditions before deciding what she likes.

Is the guides very regimented? meaning a lot of marching, obeying orders etc? And does it take up lots of time, like weekend and holidays also need to go back? thanks for sharing

not as regimental as ncc and npcc. some marching is still involved. so far guides in the first yr only takes up 2 weekdays. once in a while weekends. sometimes holidays. i would say still manageable. of coz if going for competition will likely take up more time. same goes for all the other ccas.[/quote]Tks zeemimi! So, i think girl guides is a good choice since u said it's not as regimental. But shouldnt we choose CCA with more achievements to get points? Will your daughter still get the 2 points at Sec 4 even though Girl Guides has lower achievement than Red Cross? Sorry, I'm not so good in this things :?

[danmon]

zeemimi:

danmon:

[quote=\"zeemimi\"]
my dd from girl guides. first year alone easily fill up all the required CIP hours and more. don't even need to find her own CIP to do. a lot of fun and learning. let your DD go through the cca auditions before deciding what she likes.

Is the guides very regimented? meaning a lot of marching, obeying orders etc? And does it take up lots of time, like weekend and holidays also need to go back? thanks for sharing

not as regimental as ncc and npcc. some marching is still involved. so far guides in the first yr only takes up 2 weekdays. once in a while weekends. sometimes holidays. i would say still manageable. of coz if going for competition will likely take up more time. same goes for all the other ccas.[/quote]Thanks for sharing. Holidays would need to go back? Sad as we always travel, if need to go back, hard to pre-arrange.

Actually CCA should be enriching, rather than to get points. MOE should change this.

[zeemimi]

myprincess:

Tks zeemimi! So, i think girl guides is a good choice since u said it's not as regimental. But shouldnt we choose CCA with more achievements to get points? Will your daughter still get the 2 points at Sec 4 even though Girl Guides has lower achievement than Red Cross? Sorry, I'm not so good in this things :?

getting into CCA with more achievements is a pragmatic approach. but i think in the end, hopefully the girls enjoy the cca they are in. besides cca, there are other avenues to score points. e.g. leadership positions. for uniform groups, it is not difficult to get the points after 4 years.

erm .. i think in cedar, the cca chooses you, not so much you choose the cca. your girls will tell you in the days to come.

[zeemimi]

danmon:

Thanks for sharing. Holidays would need to go back? Sad as we always travel, if need to go back, hard to pre-arrange.

Actually CCA should be enriching, rather than to get points. MOE should change this.

yes, holidays need to go back, esp those in competitive sports. still can go overseas lah. just write letter to say will not be in spore lor.

[myprincess]

zeemimi:

myprincess:

Tks zeemimi! So, i think girl guides is a good choice since u said it's not as regimental. But shouldnt we choose CCA with more achievements to get points? Will your daughter still get the 2 points at Sec 4 even though Girl Guides has lower achievement than Red Cross? Sorry, I'm not so good in this things :?

getting into CCA with more achievements is a pragmatic approach. but i think in the end, hopefully the girls enjoy the cca they are in. besides cca, there are other avenues to score points. e.g. leadership positions. for uniform groups, it is not difficult to get the points after 4 years.

erm .. i think in cedar, the cca chooses you, not so much you choose the cca. your girls will tell you in the days to come.

Tks again zeemimi

[desichan352]

zeemimi:

danmon:

[quote=\"zeemimi\"]
my dd from girl guides. first year alone easily fill up all the required CIP hours and more. don't even need to find her own CIP to do. a lot of fun and learning. let your DD go through the cca auditions before deciding what she likes.

Is the guides very regimented? meaning a lot of marching, obeying orders etc? And does it take up lots of time, like weekend and holidays also need to go back? thanks for sharing

not as regimental as ncc and npcc. some marching is still involved. so far guides in the first yr only takes up 2 weekdays. once in a while weekends. sometimes holidays. i would say still manageable. of coz if going for competition will likely take up more time. same goes for all the other ccas.[/quote]Hi Zeemimi! Are you from girl guides? Anything else you could share with us? I'm thinking of joining guides, is it fun? Or is it very strict and disciplined? Btw, I told them during the interview that I am not interested in joining guides, but I changed my mind after hearing more about it, if I don't get in because of that, do I appeal?

[zeemimi]

desichan352:

zeemimi:

[quote=\"danmon\"]
Is the guides very regimented? meaning a lot of marching, obeying orders etc? And does it take up lots of time, like weekend and holidays also need to go back? thanks for sharing

not as regimental as ncc and npcc. some marching is still involved. so far guides in the first yr only takes up 2 weekdays. once in a while weekends. sometimes holidays. i would say still manageable. of coz if going for competition will likely take up more time. same goes for all the other ccas.

Hi Zeemimi! Are you from girl guides? Anything else you could share with us? I'm thinking of joining guides, is it fun? Or is it very strict and disciplined? Btw, I told them during the interview that I am not interested in joining guides, but I changed my mind after hearing more about it, if I don't get in because of that, do I appeal?[/quote]i not from GG la. I'm already a mother. :!: My DD is from GG. i believe there is an appeal process after the CCA allocation is out. but did you put GG as one of your choice in the first place? i think my DD had lots of fun. All UG have some standard of strictness and discipline involved. but i think that doesn't rob the fun out of UG.

[SooMei]

if fail the audition, can still appeal?

[Advisepls]

Hi all,

I'm in a dilemma. i took all the auditions in school but i dun noe whether i should put ELDDS or Guzheng as second choice.
i put track n field first cos i think i did well in shotput and javelin(funny thing is that i'm borderline underweight), but i'm quite sure they will probably not accept me cos i'm too short so second choice is quite important.
I was in Guzheng in primary school but i take Drama classes and i kinda like drama better.

Any comments? :stupid: :stupid:

[twilight]

desichan352:

zeemimi:

[quote=\"danmon\"]
Is the guides very regimented? meaning a lot of marching, obeying orders etc? And does it take up lots of time, like weekend and holidays also need to go back? thanks for sharing

not as regimental as ncc and npcc. some marching is still involved. so far guides in the first yr only takes up 2 weekdays. once in a while weekends. sometimes holidays. i would say still manageable. of coz if going for competition will likely take up more time. same goes for all the other ccas.

Hi Zeemimi! Are you from girl guides? Anything else you could share with us? I'm thinking of joining guides, is it fun? Or is it very strict and disciplined? Btw, I told them during the interview that I am not interested in joining guides, but I changed my mind after hearing more about it, if I don't get in because of that, do I appeal?[/quote]Pmed.

Yes, can appeal. No idea what is the success rate, but for my club (photography), we usually accept most people who appeal, or transfer in sec 2.

Advisepls, I would advise you to put guzheng as second choice. More cca points. They win in SYF. ELDDS only gets participation in SYF. Haha what if you do get in to track? Are you really keen in track? Track is cedar's niche..