7 New IP schools

[zeemimi]

WeiHan:

zeemimi:

[quote=\"WeiHan\"]Cedar girl's school's COP has risen 10 points over the last decade. I wonder any of you have noticed that. What is the reason for the rise? I have my reasons and answers to that but I'll hear from all of you first.

cedar has taken steps to retain their academically abled girls so that they do not lose their girls to IP after sec 2. Going IP has certainly pushed up their COP last year. i would say the shift back to the new premises plays a part too.

But CGS's COP was 238 about 10 years ago. It was 248 last year. The above two reasons only applied for the last few years. Anyway, do you happen to know what are the steps that CGS has taken to retain their more talented students in the last few years?

I have read somewhere that the schools have retained very experienced teachers to be some kind of the respective subjects facilitators and they will then impart effective teaching pedagogy to the new teachers. In this way, the school has a system of retaining effective teaching methodology. I have believed that certain schools may be able to attract good students for no legitimate reasons but for long run of more than 10-20 years, it has to be the schools' practices and ability to add value that will ultimately attract the better students.[/quote]u are right they have retained v experienced teachers. My physics teacher is now teaching in Cedar! And he was one of those who made physics v interesting. counting back, he prob has close to 30 yrs of teaching experience. so i believed they hv several of such teachers, but i noticed cedar does have some young and very vibrant teachers too. My DD enjoys most of her lessons. Her teachers made lessons come alive. But not all lah, she has her share of complaints about some teachers too.

I was told Cedar DSA sports girls are given a lot of attention too to help them cope academically and in their CCA. The DSA girls may enter with COP of 22+ but with the support, they did well academically. that's one area which they added value.

Regarding retaining their talented girls, they hv the talent development (TD) prog. Girls are identified and given greater exposure in their niche area, thru e.g. research collaboration with higher learning institutions, etc.

I hv to admit i wanted to switch DD out to IP in Sec 3, but it will be difficult to get her out of Cedar cos she loves her sch & friends. But i thought maybe she can be persuaded. However, she was selected for TD and after attending the talk, i realised she can get the same quality education / exposure as those in IP schs. And she can still get them in a all-girls environment.

My DD is no RGS or NYGS calibre. She probably ranked middle of her cohort when she entered Cedar. But the opportunities given to her there was immense.

[WeiHan]

This is what I found on their website.

http://www.cedargirlssec.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=34890

This was what I meant when I am keen to know specific practices or intangible cultures of schools that add values.
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Band 1 School Consecutively For 5 Years


More than one-third of the teachers in Cedar Girls' Secondary School have more than 10 years of teaching experience, according to its Principal, Mrs Ou Yang Geok Cheng. She also commented that Cedar Girls' has a culture of senior teachers guiding the young teachers so that teaching experiences are passed 'down from generation to generation'. This will enable all the teachers to consistently maintain a high standard of teaching . This is one of the school’s success formulae which helps Cedar Girls' to be the only school in the Special/Express stream to maintain its Band 1 position for the last 5 years.

At present, 6 teachers in the school are alumni, including physics teacher Ms Jaclyn Thang. Four years ago, she returned to her alma mater to begin her teaching career. Mr Yau Ming Chin who was her teacher previously is now her 'mentor.'

Ms Thang said that new teachers are usually busy with the daily work and they tend to neglect the broader direction of teaching. Mr Yau who is the Subject Head of Physics, will share his teaching experiences through coffee-break sessions, as well as brainstorming together for ideas when planning activities for the students.

In addition, Principal, Mrs Ou Yang said that all the teachers, both senior and new teachers, are very enthusiastic. The school sets aside 50 minutes every week for teachers to form teams to share their teaching strategies with one another and to celebrate successes.

In order to strengthen the teachers’ sharing of classroom experiences and research, the school has also started a lesson study program in this year. 4-5 teachers within the same department will discuss and select a topic which is more difficult to teach, and to develop appropriate strategies and content to teach the topic collaboratively.


(Translated from news report in Lianhe Zaobao, Mon 22 Sep 2008)
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[SUPERLADY]

SUPERLADY:

HI,

Is sji starting the ip curriculum next year that is 2012 ?

ok i have one more doubt if my boy takes admission in sji in 2012 in sec 1 ,can he change to ip in 2013 for sec 2?

[Miss Bean]

Hi


Based the premli result ,I have computed x 3 divided by 4 an estimate "T score" for my girl as 255 . Can anyone tell me how close is this computation as compare to the actual result?

As a parent, if happens that the actual result is 255(no A*) + 2(HMT), which school should you consider? NHHS, SCGS or RV?

Note- Her MT only score 84.
Thanks

[VitoRelax]

Miss Bean:

Hi


Based the premli result ,I have computed x 3 divided by 4 an estimate \"T score\" for my girl as 255 . Can anyone tell me how close is this computation as compare to the actual result?

As a parent, if happens that the actual result is 255(no A*) + 2(HMT), which school should you consider? NHHS, SCGS or RV?

Note- Her MT only score 84.
Thanks

Don't think your method of calculation is accurate.

For a start, the full mark is not 400.

The score depends on the performance of the whole cohort, where as your girl score is only based on her own school.

If your girl get 255 + 2, she qualify for both SCGS & RV. Both are good schools. You gotta decide whether you want her to do IP (then go RV) or normal O Level route (then goto SCGS).

I dunno where is NHHS ?

Cheers

[corneyAmber]

VitoRelax:

I dunno where is NHHS ?


Cheers

Apek, NHHS is Nan Hua High School lah!

[VitoRelax]

Maid:

Apek, NHHS is Nan Hua High School lah!

Apek old, very old oredi lah ...

Okay NHHS also qualify lah if get 255+2 ....

[verykiasu2010]

VitoRelax:

Apek old, very old oredi lah ...


Okay NHHS also qualify lah if get 255+2 ....

wow, you came out from hiding / hibernation ? looong time no see!

[corneyAmber]

verykiasu2010:

wow, you came out from hiding / hibernation ? looong time no see!

Let's try to keep it to topic, please.

[jtoh]

VitoRelax, you’re back!


Back to topic.

Miss Bean, 255+2 can get you into a number of good schools such as SCGS, MGS, RV, NHHS. If you prefer a SAP school, opt for RV or possibly DHS because 255+2 is only a few points off the DHS COP. If you prefer non-SAP, go for MGS or SCGS.

But if I read your post correctly, you said your dd has no A*? If that’s the case I don’t think that her score would be 255 based on PSLE computations.