River Valley High School [*IP]

[WeiHan]

daisyt:

Weihan, thanks for e explaination n link of TfU. No wonder in maths n sci, students are asked to write reflection too.

I suppose the teachers have to guide the students what they will be looking for in the \"reflection\". The reflection should demonstrate understaning of the topic. In order to get an idea what constitute true understanding, consider what is said in the paragraphs:

In brief, this performance perspective says that understanding a topic of study is a matter of being able to perform in a variety of thought-demanding ways with the topic, for instance to: explain, muster evidence, find examples, generalize, apply concepts, analogize, represent in a new way, and so on. Suppose a student \"knows\" Newtonian physics: The student can write down equations and apply them to three or four routine types of textbook problems. In itself, this is not convincing evidence that the student really understands the theory. The student might simply be parroting the test and following memorized routines for stock problems. But suppose the student can make appropriate predictions about the snowball fight in space. This goes beyond just knowing. Moreover, suppose the student can find new examples of Newton's theory at work in everyday experience (Why do football linemen need to be so big? So they will have high inertia.) and make other extrapolations. The more thought-demanding performances the student can display, the more confident we would be that the student understands.

In summary, understanding something is a matter of being able to carry out a variety of \"performances\" concerning the topic--performances like making predictions about the snowball fight in space that show one's understanding and, at the same time, advance it by encompassing new situations. We call such performances \"understanding performances\" or \"performances of understanding\".



Ideally, in the \"reflection\", the student is able to make advance of what they learn to emcompass new situations. These new situations which put the knowledge they just learn to usage requires deeper thinking and bring about the \"connectivity\" of knowledge which demonstrates genuine understanding. Parents will know what to look out for in a \"good reflection\".

[daisyt]

justsay:

daisyt:

Justsay, yr 3 GPA system still same same as yr 1 & 2.

Yr 3 & 4 has this GPA 5 for score above 80. Yr 1 & 2 do not have this, which means yr 1 & 2 max overall GPA is 4 whereas yr 3 & 4 max overall GPA is 5, though the exemption criteria is the same at 3.5 and above 80%. Correct ? Confusing ....

I just read the letter to parents, yes confusing. Anyway just try one best in study and enjoy the school life.

[daisyt]

justsay:

Thank you for the info. Thought of changing uniform for dd, half way mark before change to the senior uniform.

You have good plan ahead, I never thought of that or did that and now dd skirt is quite short ... Anyway very excited to change to senior high uniform, not so thick and most important, skirt is non white.

Wow, time flies, means i have been in this forum for about 3 years lor.

[WeiHan]

I found how Rv used immersion technology for 3-D representation of difficult scientific concepts in both the website and some of the article below

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2010/oct/11/science-brought-life-virtual-reality/

http://www.fourmentinguilbert.org/postings/science-brought-to-life-with-virtual-reality

Again, this was developed in accordance with what TfU suggested-powerful representation improves students understanding in difficult concepts.


Powerful Representation as explained in the article.

\"3. Support learning with powerful representations.

Research shows that how information is represented can influence enormously how well that information supports understanding performances. For instance Richard Mayer (1989) has demonstrated repeatedly that what he terms \"conceptual models\"--usually in the form of diagrams with accompanying story lines carefully crafted according to several principles--can help students to solve nonroutine problems that ask them to apply new ideas in unexpected ways. For another example, computer environments that show objects moving in frictionless Newtonian ways we rarely encounter in the world can help students understand what Newton's laws really say about the way objects move (White, 1984). For yet another example, well-chosen analogies often serve to illuminate concepts in science, history, English, and other domains (e.g. Brown, 1989; Clement, 1991; Royer and Cable, 1976).\"

[sall]

New class timetable is out.

[daisyt]

Yap!

[sall]

Do they change timetable for all levels after 6 mths? Wonder what’s the reason?

[WeiHan]

Just sharing the following newspaper reports incase some of you are not aware. Look like RV has plan for other sports just like badminton, an academy for each sports. The news report also sweep away all misunderstanding that the principal is bias and has even spend too much money on the badminton mats. It turns out that the mats were sponsored. the other sports haven't get a go yet because they haven't find a worthy sponsors and collaborators.


http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110618_028_1.shtml

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立化羽毛球学院 请前世界冠军当教练

（2011-06-18）

● 林诗慧
　　对羽毛球感兴趣的中小学生，不论球艺如何，接下来都有机会接受世界级球员的全面培训。

　　立化中学与李宁公司合作设立“立化羽毛球学院”（RV Badminton Academy），旨在培育有才华的学生成为杰出的羽毛球员，以及提倡羽毛球作为休闲运动。

　　校长许永正受访时说，这个学院与教育部的少年体育学院（Junior Sports Academies）和青年体育学院（Youth Sports Academies）等计划的不同在于，它并非着重于技能上的培训、让学生能够参赛，而是全面地提倡这个运动。

　　所谓的全面，指的是学院除了提供技能上的培训，也会开办羽毛球史、学生教练认证，以及初级、中级与高级水平的课程，并且涵盖品格发展，以培养体育精神。

　　其中，学生教练认证课程供16岁到18岁的青年报名，通过提供培训让他们能够辅助教练，同时更了解教练的想法，有助于球艺的提升。

　　在本月13日正式推出的立化羽毛球学院，其实今年初已开始为立化学生展开培训，中一的学生更在培训短短两个月后成为女子C组全国第四名。

　　学院请来的教练都是中国的前世界冠军，上世纪90年代来到我国成为国家队教练，后来到各所学校担任教练。她们是尚幅梅、赖彩勤和姚芬，以及客座教练韩爱萍。李宁公司还为学院赞助了8个国际赛标准地胶（court mats）。通过与海外学院与组织展开的合作，学生们也将有机会出国交流与培训。

　　广州市羽毛球协会与立化中学联盟，广州的羽毛球特色学校也与立化羽毛球学院成为合作伙伴，未来会学生到对方那里作定期交流。

　　许永正说：“如果对方的球员学术上符合立化中学的入学标准，他们也可以来这里边打球边学习。”

立化羽毛球学院目前共有40名立化中一到中三生，学院计划在下个月底开放给公众报名参加。课程预计在平日傍晚和周末，于立化中学的室内体育馆进行，课程收费不高，只足以抵销运作开支。
　　学院并没有设定收生名额，一旦凑足12到15人就能开班。

　　立化中学接下来还会开办武术、垒球（softball）、英式女篮、乒乓和越野竞技（cross country）学院，一旦物色到赞助商和教练便可推出。


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[Brenda10]

WeiHan:

Just sharing the following newspaper reports incase some of you are not aware. Look like RV has plan for other sports just like badminton, an academy for each sports. The news report also sweep away all misunderstanding that the principal is bias and has even spend too much money on the badminton mats. It turns out that the mats were sponsored. the other sports haven't get a go yet because they haven't find a worthy sponsors and collaborators.


http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110618_028_1.shtml

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立化羽毛球学院 请前世界冠军当教练

（2011-06-18）

● 林诗慧
　　对羽毛球感兴趣的中小学生，不论球艺如何，接下来都有机会接受世界级球员的全面培训。

　　立化中学与李宁公司合作设立“立化羽毛球学院”（RV Badminton Academy），旨在培育有才华的学生成为杰出的羽毛球员，以及提倡羽毛球作为休闲运动。

　　校长许永正受访时说，这个学院与教育部的少年体育学院（Junior Sports Academies）和青年体育学院（Youth Sports Academies）等计划的不同在于，它并非着重于技能上的培训、让学生能够参赛，而是全面地提倡这个运动。

　　所谓的全面，指的是学院除了提供技能上的培训，也会开办羽毛球史、学生教练认证，以及初级、中级与高级水平的课程，并且涵盖品格发展，以培养体育精神。

　　其中，学生教练认证课程供16岁到18岁的青年报名，通过提供培训让他们能够辅助教练，同时更了解教练的想法，有助于球艺的提升。

　　在本月13日正式推出的立化羽毛球学院，其实今年初已开始为立化学生展开培训，中一的学生更在培训短短两个月后成为女子C组全国第四名。

　　学院请来的教练都是中国的前世界冠军，上世纪90年代来到我国成为国家队教练，后来到各所学校担任教练。她们是尚幅梅、赖彩勤和姚芬，以及客座教练韩爱萍。李宁公司还为学院赞助了8个国际赛标准地胶（court mats）。通过与海外学院与组织展开的合作，学生们也将有机会出国交流与培训。

　　广州市羽毛球协会与立化中学联盟，广州的羽毛球特色学校也与立化羽毛球学院成为合作伙伴，未来会学生到对方那里作定期交流。

　　许永正说：“如果对方的球员学术上符合立化中学的入学标准，他们也可以来这里边打球边学习。”

立化羽毛球学院目前共有40名立化中一到中三生，学院计划在下个月底开放给公众报名参加。课程预计在平日傍晚和周末，于立化中学的室内体育馆进行，课程收费不高，只足以抵销运作开支。
　　学院并没有设定收生名额，一旦凑足12到15人就能开班。

　　立化中学接下来还会开办武术、垒球（softball）、英式女篮、乒乓和越野竞技（cross country）学院，一旦物色到赞助商和教练便可推出。


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Thank you WeiHan for sharing. That's make RV very attractive and understand from dd some of her classmates has submitted the DSA to RVH.

BTW, do you have any information on their Performance Arts like Chinese Dance ?

[WeiHan]

Brenda10:

Thank you WeiHan for sharing. That's make RV very attractive and understand from dd some of her classmates has submitted the DSA to RVH.

BTW, do you have any information on their Performance Arts like Chinese Dance ?

I only know that RV has an outstanding and vibrant dance group. They have a full time dance teacher that has a dance degree from Australia.

BTW, brenda10, may i know where you stay?