Catholic High (Primary)

[Edureach]

phankao:

So now in jc2 then

Yeah! Throughout whole sch life no mugging except now. He considers A-level as most crutial whereas PSLE and 0-level as passing placement exams.

[phankao]

anyway, my p6 also hopes to continue into CHS sec, unlike his big bro. He’s doing DSA also lah. Good for the "just-in-case". For you info, CHS sec actually rarely takes in DSA for their own pri boys and and they often still set some kind of COP to be met too (unlike the top schools). In a way, better than having to appeal if need to.

[Edureach]

phankao:

anyway, my p6 also hopes to continue into CHS sec, unlike his big bro. He's doing DSA also lah. Good for the \"just-in-case\". For you info, CHS sec actually rarely takes in DSA for their own pri boys and and they often still set some kind of COP to be met too (unlike the top schools). In a way, better than having to appeal if need to.

According to what i have learnt from my ds, those affilated boys that enter with 230 and above are better able to cope after initial struggling than those dsa thru sports at below 230. The latter really lacked behind during his times and can only take a 7-subject combination in sec3. Both groups form the minorities nowadays.

[phankao]

Edureach:

phankao:

anyway, my p6 also hopes to continue into CHS sec, unlike his big bro. He's doing DSA also lah. Good for the \"just-in-case\". For you info, CHS sec actually rarely takes in DSA for their own pri boys and and they often still set some kind of COP to be met too (unlike the top schools). In a way, better than having to appeal if need to.

According to what i have learnt from my ds, those affilated boys that enter with 230 and above are better able to cope after initial struggling than those dsa thru sports at below 230. The latter really lacked behind during his times and can only take a 7-subject combination in sec3. Both groups form the minorities nowadays.

Mine not sports, so won't be in special sports class. He should be around that kind of 230 standard at the very minimum in any case. Just not a very predictable child. He also doesn't have to spend extra time to prepare for dsa bc he basically does not need to do anything extra special to prepare. So it will not take much time away from his own studies/psle prep.

[meiah]

My ds2 will be in sports class if he manages to dsa to chs. However I’m not relying on the dsa route too much. His scores currently are similar to my ds1 when he was also in p3. The kind that are not worthed looking at! For him to dsa, usually schs would look at top 8 national ranking, zone competitions, prizes, awards, … more than a bit tough if he is just an average player. Since he’s only P3 now, it’s hard to even know if he would be selected for junior/senior team members in future. So if he has nothing to his name, then dsa to him would be useless.


Comparing to my ds1 who used to be in strings. I thought I could dsa him to some place but after looking at the criteria of certain schools and all those admission testings, I had no idea where he could go even though he had achieved SYF Gold and Gold with Honours and had clocked many performances. So we went with psle route. He got in chs sec and he was lost when it came to cca. He failed sports trials, there’s no strings and he could only join some music groups (also must go for audition) and uniform groups! Anyway, he joined band and he’s very happy there so far.

[phankao]

meiah:

My ds2 will be in sports class if he manages to dsa to chs. However I'm not relying on the dsa route too much. His scores currently are similar to my ds1 when he was also in p3. The kind that are not worthed looking at! For him to dsa, usually schs would look at top 8 national ranking, zone competitions, prizes, awards, ... more than a bit tough if he is just an average player. Since he's only P3 now, it's hard to even know if he would be selected for junior/senior team members in future. So if he has nothing to his name, then dsa to him would be useless.


Comparing to my ds1 who used to be in strings. I thought I could dsa him to some place but after looking at the criteria of certain schools and all those admission testings, I had no idea where he could go even though he had achieved SYF Gold and Gold with Honours and had clocked many performances. So we went with psle route. He got in chs sec and he was lost when it came to cca. He failed sports trials, there's no strings and he could only join some music groups (also must go for audition) and uniform groups! Anyway, he joined band and he's very happy there so far.

hehe....mine is in the only performing cca in the DSA listing for this year...whew. But usually they take in only 10, I think, and rarely within the school, so we'll see.... have good lor, if don't have, oh well. I think the CCA would be useful as a tool for appeal if he really needs to anyway. If not in CHS, then another relatively good neighbourhood school since he's a key member of the cca.

And he spent time in the CCA, not bc he wanted DSA, but bc that is his interest. So it's no big \"pain\" for him. Not really going out of his way either. I can only say that I compare the CCA time with \"if he's not in his CCA this afternoon, what would he be doing at home?\" (hehe...for this son, I know jolly well, it'd not be studying anyway).

[meiah]

Aiyah. Mine no differences from yours. :boogie: I rather they go CCA. Better if they like it.

[phankao]

meiah:

Aiyah. Mine no differences from yours. :boogie: I rather they go CCA. Better if they like it.

Yah, can learn teamwork, discipline, and most of the instructors are Chinese, so can practise (or at least listen) to Chinese/converse in Chinese. My son has quite some pride in doing well in this area though, so it helps too.

[Edureach]

meiah/phankao


During my ds time, those that entered thru centre posting were segregated from those thru dsa/affilation and sport classes. There was only one sport class and in it there were also boys who had met the cop. They remained in their respective classes till end of sec2. At sec 3, postings were based strictly on subject combination. The other area, all HCL students had to score at least an A2 for 0-level chinese which they took in sec3, otherwise needed to give up HCL.

Generally, those whose psle t-score 250-265, they were not muggers. While the school is able to achieve mean score of L1R5 9.1-9.7 the school could have performed even better if the boys had tried hard enough considering the fact that there were 6 classes of them in sec1. Think they will perform better at A-level, that’s when they are serious in their studies. Each year the principal of RI delivers a speech at CHS to encourage the students to place it as first choice over HCI.

The above is simply my impression and is not conclusive.

[phankao]

I am fully aware of how affiliation/non-affiliation n classes are segregated ESP since my dd who is now in JC was in a similar system. With her v average pale score she was in the affiliate express stream too and in her school, those were e most most poorly handled classes sigh. Thankfully she just suddenly started excelling in sec 3. Can’t say she’s hardworking though. So prob just blooming late. This happens with boys more I’d think. Cath high has it’s fair share of top students who started sec 1 with about 230. Theres quite some "value-add" I suppose.


Are u saying RI principal talk to cath high pri boys? as far as I know, no schools except the poorer neighbourhood sec schools are allowed to present since cath high is a full school. Maybe the GEP boys as moe arranges briefing for them