Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

[cascada]

lizawa:

NYGH already started school this week. Fortunately, every Mon, NYGH starts at 8:30am.

So gd that NYGH can avoid the crowd/sch peak hour on Mon, & can sleep late especially after the weekend break.

[ApronMama]

ksasalways & cascada,


Which consortium your ds going? Mine given ispark. He is mainstreamer and now feeling worried that he cannot do well.

Any ispark parent knows if they take care of mainstreamers by not rushing thru or skipping things like history which the GEPers have done it in P4-6 as social studies? Or how the school help phase in the mainstreamers? Do they stream them by English standard?

[cascada]

ApronMama:

ksasalways & cascade,


Which consortium your ds going?

Mine is in Ortus 2. What about yours?

[cascada]

ApronMama

Your DS must have scored very well to gain a place in ispark, congrats!

Hope other isparks parents/students forum members here can share their experience with you here to address your concern.

[ApronMama]

cascada:

ApronMama

Your DS must have scored very well to gain a place in ispark, congrats!

Hope other isparks parents/students forum members here can share their experience with you here to address your concern.

He is never top top in his school thru-out these year nor PSLE. know some got higher t-score than him also not going to ispark. He is quite worried and afraid they might have mistaken.

[Chirunner]

Mainstreamers are placed in ispark if they do well enough in the GAT. I guess if your sons scored well enough in the GAT, that’s an indication that they’ll be able, at least in the eyes of the school, to cope with the enriched curriculum, so don’t worry.


The GAT (an aptitude test) is a better predictor of success than achievement tests like the PSLE. I was told by the ispark director that the school has seen boys who score top marks in PSLE struggle in sec school.

[ApronMama]

Chirunner:

Mainstreamers are placed in ispark if they do well enough in the GAT. I guess if your sons scored well enough in the GAT, that's an indication that they'll be able, at least in the eyes of the school, to cope with the enriched curriculum, so don't worry.

When I went to buy books, was told the difference between ispark and others is only Maths text books. And I bot all mainstream books. Is Maths the main difference in their curriculum? Some told me they start from pure physics , Chem and Biology and not lower sec science, is that true?

[cherryflower]

Will hwa chong also allow those who are not in ispark to go for maths olympiad?

[MdmKS]

cherryflower:

Will hwa chong also allow those who are not in ispark to go for maths olympiad?

You mean to receive training or participate in the competition?

[cherryflower]

sry, i mean whether they can participate in SMO.