Dunman High School (Junior High)

[MandyMummy]

jtoh:

MandyMummy:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
So which are the IP schs which do not retain their students?

The Raffles ones lah. Heard they may review their system because the teachers on JC side are complaining for many years at the appalling standard. May change this year.

oohh... better tell my dd to keep up her GPA if not RIJC may complain. [/quote]With your support, your dd is not a problem lah .
But seriously, I heard that standard dropping leh. That's why some time ago, I posted a qn on the RGS thread but no one replied.

[WeiHan]

Hi,


I have a question for the mums with child in IP school.

Usually, does the GPA of the students generally decline as the students promote to higher levels?

(Since it is expected that the content gets tougher as the level increase but I maybe wrong)

[wonderm]

WeiHan:

Hi,


I have a question for the mums with child in IP school.

Usually, does the GPA of the students generally decline as the students promote to higher levels?

(Since it is expected that the content gets tougher as the level increase but I maybe wrong)

This is possible but not always so. It is the same as in any primary or secondary school. The students are older as the level increases, hence able to handle tougher contents. The raw marks depend on the difficulty levels of the tests/exam.

[Bedokid]

WeiHan:

Hi,


I have a question for the mums with child in IP school.

Usually, does the GPA of the students generally decline as the students promote to higher levels?

(Since it is expected that the content gets tougher as the level increase but I maybe wrong)

Hi WeiHan
Not necessarily true that a student's GPA will drop as he/she promoted to higher levels............take example of my dd........she did not do that well in sec.one(probably due to change of environment), she did better in sec.two and sec.three mid-year she got the best GPA compared to the last two years....can see that as she goes to the next level, she puts more efforts in it thus able to produce better results........ off topic a bit, even(in case)she cannot do better this recent exam,drops or maintains her result, I will still happy for her as I feel that with increasing tougher contents, she still be able to manage, in my heart GPA is not that important........ :lol:

[Augmum]

WeiHan:

Hi,

I have a question for the mums with child in IP school.

Usually, does the GPA of the students generally decline as the students promote to higher levels?

(Since it is expected that the content gets tougher as the level increase but I maybe wrong)

When comes to yr3, the computation of the GPA is based on L1B5 or L1R5 (for next yr onwards).

As told by her seniors, generally most had gotten better GPA in yr 3 than in the lower sec,
as they only need to choose 6 best subj from the 8 subj….
for example, if they don’t do well in HCL, can exclude that for GPA computation ,
unlike in lower sec where one needs to include ALL subj for their GPA.

In addition, when pupils go to higher levels,
they do mug more and put in more effort as the content gets tougher.

[icecubism]

[quote=\"Augmum\"]welcome icecubism,

sch uniforms, ties, PE attire and school bks, all can be purchased on teh day of reporting to new sch,
but be prepared of the long Q

anyway, hereby, i provide u the tel of the uniform supplier : 63382741
dun think they are selling now at the sch.
pl call them with regards to the location of their office if u wanna to purchase now.

Thank you so much!
I'll call them soon to enquire about the information!

[lovingmum]

I believe the syllabus is tough for these kids. The Maths syllabus incorporates Sec 3 and Sec 4 stuff at year 2… really it is not easy…sometimes i really feel bad for the kids…at 255 psle scores they are supposed to be the top 10% of each cohort, but it does not mean that they will necessarily perform well under any type of school with any type of program…


the IP in DHS and that of RV and RGs/Ri and HCi, are they all the same?

Augmum,do you have any insight? Besides different computation for GPA, what else is different between them that you are aware of?

My gal’s form teacher said that as DHS does not have mid year examinations, some students actually are not used and trained to bear the stress and pressure faced to complete so many questions for Maths within a longer time frame.

Which then makes me wonder maybe they should have SA1 as well. What about the other IP schools, do they have SA1?

[daisyt]

Augmum:

for example, if they don’t do well in HCL, can exclude that for GPA computation ,

unlike in lower sec where one needs to include ALL subj for their GPA.

Hi Augmum, really can exclude HCL? But dunman is a SAP school, i thought they should be very concern on HCL grades than exclude? Or are they changing their direction? :?

[sall]

lovingmum:

I believe the syllabus is tough for these kids. The Maths syllabus incorporates Sec 3 and Sec 4 stuff at year 2... really it is not easy...sometimes i really feel bad for the kids....at 255 psle scores they are supposed to be the top 10% of each cohort, but it does not mean that they will necessarily perform well under any type of school with any type of program...


the IP in DHS and that of RV and RGs/Ri and HCi, are they all the same

Actually, it's not that tough. For RV Y1 maths, they were taught 1 chapter from Y3 bk and a bit from Y2. The rest are from Y1 textbk. For science, they may do a bit more.

[WeiHan]

DHS cutoff isn’t 255. For this year sec 3-4, their cutoff were 260. This year sec 2 was 258, this year sec 1 was 257.


All IP schools incorporate some of sec 3-4 contents into sec 1-2. By sec 3, they are preparing some of the work for A level. Actually, they are making the contents more seamless and not a piece here and there.