School of Science and Technology

[Kid]

fifiyeo:

Hi Kid,


How was the DSA selection? My DS really keen to try next year but I've been telling him not to put his hopes so high unless he bucks up.

This year , we had to do the HAST test during the 1st round and if we were selected for the 2nd round , we had to conduct experiments do some problem solving questions . It's actually not difficult but quite fun . I'm not sure if next year would be the same .

[dragonbronze]

Kid:

dragonbronze:

I attended the event 'A Day At SST' last week. It was rather fun and I like the use of technology in every class. The classes were interesting, even geography which i don't like!

How did they conduct the geography lesson ?

Oh, they asked us to watch videos regarding the Japan Earthquake, and then they split us up into two groups. One group will be the 'locals' who experienced the earthquake while the other group was the 'government' of Japan. They gave us an Ipad to work with to research into the disaster. At the end, they made each group select one person and talk about:

For The Locals:
What things do you want?
What do you want your government to do
etc

For the Government:
How much money can you give to the disaster help.
How can you appease the locals (Compensation, etc)
etc.

[McLaren]

Kid:

fifiyeo:

Hi Kid,


How was the DSA selection? My DS really keen to try next year but I've been telling him not to put his hopes so high unless he bucks up.

This year , we had to do the HAST test during the 1st round and if we were selected for the 2nd round , we had to conduct experiments do some problem solving questions . It's actually not difficult but quite fun . I'm not sure if next year would be the same .

HAST Test, math, English and Science. Their english Test is quite challenging.

[fifiyeo]

What’s the HAST test like?

Similar to the annual ICAS exams done in school?

[McLaren]

fifiyeo:

What's the HAST test like?

Similar to the annual ICAS exams done in school?

HAST is an ability test used by secondary schools to identify academically students for participation is accelerated learning and enhancement programs. The HAST program delivers rigorous tests in reading comprehension, mathematical reasoning, abstract reasoning and some that apply logical and strategic thinking to solving a problem.

[McLaren]

dragonbronze:

Kid:

[quote=\"dragonbronze\"]I attended the event 'A Day At SST' last week. It was rather fun and I like the use of technology in every class. The classes were interesting, even geography which i don't like!

How did they conduct the geography lesson ?

Oh, they asked us to watch videos regarding the Japan Earthquake, and then they split us up into two groups. One group will be the 'locals' who experienced the earthquake while the other group was the 'government' of Japan. They gave us an Ipad to work with to research into the disaster. At the end, they made each group select one person and talk about:

For The Locals:
What things do you want?
What do you want your government to do
etc

For the Government:
How much money can you give to the disaster help.
How can you appease the locals (Compensation, etc)
etc.[/quote]Looks like quite interesting. And we'll look forward to SST, LEARNING IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.

[ASLOR]

Good luck! Waiting for the good news too.

[phtthp]

a) what is 2011 psle COP to enter SST ?


b) what was 2010 Sec 1 batch - average aggregate score in SST?

[Alchemist]

Hi phtthp - I do not think there is a COP for SST. The Principal had informed us that the average Agg Score is about 245 for the past 2 years.


Would your child be interested? My son has been keen on SST since the beginning of the year. He did not get selected for the DSA. We have appealed to SST - he attended an interview on Friday.

We were told all the 200 places are filled due to the DSA offeres. But there may be changes until Dec 21. If there is a chance they will consider the appeals to see if they want the children in SST.

In the meantime we had to go ahead with our S1 posting.

Cheers

[phtthp]

hi vidhyalog,


Thanks for providing swift info. appreciate truly

my friend's son scored straight A's for all 4 subjects. however, his aggregate is only 236. wondering whether he still got chance for SST, he shows keen interest in Science & Maths. Yes, agree with you he has to proceed with Sec 1 application, at the same time appeal to SST. work on both ways. hopefully by Dec 21 will receive some good news