Singapore Sports School
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Sorry for confusing info. My boy told me today that the COE is for soccer only. The JSA is for badminton. He say the P6 kids who are in JSA trains in SSP. Not sure if there are other training centers.
Coast,
Regarding your question. Before, the actual open house, SSP already run trials for the various sports. These kids either signed up themselves or they could be invited by SSP coaches to go for trial. So it’s good to keep a lookout in April or so for the trial dates. Some of these kids are from the JSA which already trained in SSP or some are in the school tournaments. But anyone can sign up.
My advise is to increase visibility by joining the JSA, if possible. I think the coaches also go to competitions for talent scouting. Basically, competition is good as it will help the child knows where he stands and how much he
wants to put in to develop further. You need passion in the sports to survive the regimentation in SSP. I don’t think they work on the mode of giving priority to some. Just do well when you have to perform and that should be okay.
Someone suggested changing to school with badminton. Yes great idea.
Other useful info you many want to know is that in the event that the student gets serious injury and cannot play/ compete anymore, he can continue to stay in the school to complete his studies.
The school is also constantly looking for possible tracks that these young athletes may want to go into in future as they are too young to decide now if they will have a sports career. Hence, the various thru train programs and also the porosity of the system that allows the kids to move laterally in the various tracks. I think this make sense and give the child a lot of space to think for himself what he wants to do. Basically, it’s a very youth centered learning institution in the sense that they want to nurture and develop the student holistically as a person. -
dovetail:
Hi Dovetail,
There are not many kids doing fencing so the number who go for trial could be small. How many are they getting to enter the academy?
Have a great time at the open house. Let me know if eventually, your son get an offer and if you decide to let him join. Usually, those kids that have good PSLE results have a big dilemma whether to stay mainstream or go specialized independent. The top schools also offer them a place via DSA or via their good results. Currently, the kids in my boy's class range from 230 to 265 for PSLE score.
:celebrate:
We were told at the Open House that there will only be 12 vacancies for Fencers next year - 6 girls and 6 boys. However, this number will decrease the year after.
The school hasn't completed their hiring of the Fencing Coaches yet, so they will only hold the trials after the coaches are confirmed. Meanwhile, we are to continue participating in national tournaments and where possible, international tournaments to build up our portfolios.
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ANobleNerd,
There is a Peter Lim Scholarship for sports. Pri/Sec school kids can apply. Pri gets 3000 per year and Sec gets 2000. they are giving 150 and 100 scholarships to Pri and Sec kids respectively. You can check it out. Money can help to defray your cost for your kids training. No harm trying.
The closing date is maybe end of this month. I don’t have the details in hand. -
Thanks for that pointer, Dovetail!
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It’s called Singapore Olympic Foundation - Peter Lim Sports Scholarship
Closing date is 1 July 2011
It should be 2K for Pri and 3K for Sec. -
dovetail:
Hi dovetail, thanks for sharing such useful infoSorry for confusing info. My boy told me today that the COE is for soccer only. The JSA is for badminton. He say the P6 kids who are in JSA trains in SSP. Not sure if there are other training centers.
Coast,
Regarding your question. Before, the actual open house, SSP already run trials for the various sports. These kids either signed up themselves or they could be invited by SSP coaches to go for trial. So it's good to keep a lookout in April or so for the trial dates. Some of these kids are from the JSA which already trained in SSP or some are in the school tournaments. But anyone can sign up.
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An interesting and useful video for Parents of Student-Athletes
http://www.caadinc.org/parentvideo.html -
dovetail:
Excellent link.An interesting and useful video for Parents of Student-Athletes
http://www.caadinc.org/parentvideo.html
Must find a way to play it at the swimming pool during training sessions. :celebrate: -
Hi thanks for all the info.
My DD attended the Advance shooting course conducted by Sports Course and her coach invited us to DSA. May I know what’s the school fees and boarding fees like?
Do they have to stay in school even during school holidays?
What are the criteria to be in IB programme? For O level track, are there Pure science offered in Sports school?
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parentof3:
Hi thanks for all the info.
My DD attended the Advance shooting course conducted by Sports Course and her coach invited us to DSA. May I know what's the school fees and boarding fees like?
That's nice! School fees is $25000 but government subsidizes $19000, so you pay only $6000/annum or $500/month. This amount includes fees for studies, sports coaching, sports science support, food, boarding and laundry (20 pieces a day). For travelling be it academic or for sports, students sometime have to co-pay. Can also use edusave fund or internationalisation fund but always not enough one lah :lol:
Do they have to stay in school even during school holidays?
The school operates the same style as MOE's 40 weeks a year and the school holidays mostly coincide with the Mainstream holiday. In July, the school closes for about 2 weeks for the annual Thai Sports Schools tournaments. Most of the kids will travel for this but some go to other countries for other tournaments.
The students stay at home during all the school holidays. They only move their things back for June and Dec holiday. For Mar and Sep, they are allowed to just lock up and go home.
Not sure about shooting but usually there are a lot of training and competitions during the school holiday itself. It's a great way to keep the kids occupied anyway, though I do wish we can plan our family holiday program with greater ease.
What are the criteria to be in IB programme? For O level track, are there Pure science offered in Sports school?
The criteria is T-score of 230. I think there could be a minimum grade for English. For 'o' level track, if pure science means triple science, I'm not sure. you need to check with the school during the Q&A. You see, the school is much like a boutique style. If you are very good and can do triple science, they may get teachers to help you. In fact some of the the class size is now 1 teacher to 3 students only. However, the child must be able to cope with a heavy academic curriculum and balance with his sporting demands. I'm not sure about sports school but I've learned that in SOTA, if the students want to do triple science in year 5 and 6, they actually allow them to drop their art form and just concentrate in the studies. I think this is so kind and understanding of the school. Kids have their dreams but their aspirations do change over the years.
Thanks in advance.
You are very much welcome!
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