Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

[ApronMama]

Otah:

What time does your sec 1 sleep on weekday these days?


My ds has frequently been working on assignments and studying for tests these days and has been sleeping late night, usually after 11:30 pm and sometimes past meet night. Water bottle is also not empty after a day in school... I am beginning to worry about his health. He is definitely not playing computer game as I can see him busy doing homework, typing and printing..etc For the past two days, he fell a sleep in the bus on his journey back and missed his bus stop...

I am not sure if this is due to his poor time management or there are really so much work to hand in at one go.

You may let your ds see this link,

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/706570/so_unglam_see_what_happens_when_you_dont_get_enough_sleep.html

Hope it helps.

[pinky88]

Otah:

What time does your sec 1 sleep on weekday these days?


My ds has frequently been working on assignments and studying for tests these days and has been sleeping late night, usually after 11:30 pm and sometimes past meet night. Water bottle is also not empty after a day in school... I am beginning to worry about his health. He is definitely not playing computer game as I can see him busy doing homework, typing and printing..etc For the past two days, he fell a sleep in the bus on his journey back and missed his bus stop...

I am not sure if this is due to his poor time management or there are really so much work to hand in at one go.

Hi Otah, my DD is in sec 2. Ever since he entered HCI, he has been sleeping late most of the time to finish up his hw, assignments, ace... Staying up till past midnight is norm especially during test period. I dun tink ur DS has poor time management but rathar the workload is really heavy especially they r home late due to cca etc n can only get started in the evening. Almost everyday there is a dateline for submission, be it daily hw, assignments, ace...I was also worried like you but luckily my DS is those happy go lucky type, so he can take the pressure. But once the EOY exam is ovr, they can totally relax. I'm glad the sch also has sabbitical wks for the boys to destress...Dun worry too much, juz take it as a training for them.

[Otah]

pinky88:

Hi Otah, my DD is in sec 2. Ever since he entered HCI, he has been sleeping late most of the time to finish up his hw, assignments, ace... Staying up till past midnight is norm especially during test period. I dun tink ur DS has poor time management but rathar the workload is really heavy especially they r home late due to cca etc n can only get started in the evening. Almost everyday there is a dateline for submission, be it daily hw, assignments, ace...I was also worried like you but luckily my DS is those happy go lucky type, so he can take the pressure. But once the EOY exam is ovr, they can totally relax. I'm glad the sch also has sabbitical wks for the boys to destress...Dun worry too much, juz take it as a training for them.

Thanks for sharing pinky88. Next week is sabbitical wk for term3 ya... a week for them to enjoy and reward themselve with their chosen enrichment course out of the book and to relax ,of course, after working hard.

[ksasalways]

T3 MSG results out by tomorrow…

[MdmKS]

ksasalways:

T3 MSG results out by tomorrow...

Is it a norm to have a paper not returned yet at this moment still and the result is going to be out tomorrow?

[ApronMama]

Heard that students who consistently get A1 for a subject will be exempted from taking the EOY exam for that subject. When do the school normally issue EOY exam exemption letter to the relevant students? Will there still be test in term 4 besides exam ?

[mum42]

Yes, my DS said if your DS consistently got high A1( 85 and above) he will be exempted for that subjects during EOY exam but he still have take all the term test.

[lizawa]

ApronMama:

Heard that students who consistently get A1 for a subject will be exempted from taking the EOY exam for that subject. When do the school normally issue EOY exam exemption letter to the relevant students? Will there still be test in term 4 besides exam ?

Hi,

They will get the exemption letter before the eoy exam. Teacher also look at the boy's attitude besides results. But definitely need to be consistently A1 for that subject. Don't think there is anymore term test in term 4. Can't remember but think the eoy exam starts quite early, somewhere around week 5 or 6, if not wrong.

[ApronMama]

:thankyou: Lizawa and mum42

[wonderm]

Sec 1 & 2 EOY exam starts mid Oct, week starting 17 Oct. Sec 3 & 4 start earlier in early Oct. For past year, they got to know about exemption around 2-3 weeks before exams, or around week 3 or 4 of Term 4. I also remember no tests in Term 4 but things might have changed this year, so won’t be surprised if there is this year.