2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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Kingal:
Yes you can withdraw if unable to cope. There is withdrawal form you fill up and hand in at certain period.Kingal:
DD wanted to take Japanese as third language. Can she withdraw from the language class if she cannot cope with it after sec 1 or sec 2?
Anyone can advice on the third language option? -
vidhyalog:
Hi Kid - Many thanks for the great information. We are trying to not get our hopes too high - so should he get in would definitely get in touch with you with more queries.:thankyou: Hope your son gets into SST ! U can ask me for more information on SST.
Let me share with you some information .
1)There will be an orientation camp taking place on the 5th of January and it is an overnight camp in school . Parents have to report to SST on 6th of January at 6pm till 9.30pm for the badge ceremony.
2)The learning device will cost around $2,000-$2,600. We also need to get the uniform and the books which cost about $250-$300 in total.
3)There are already assignments assigned to us on the SST blog for students of 2012. Not as easy (have to use our critical thinking skills).
4)We drove past the new campus and it's really cool and big. There is a sports complex , a football field in the middle of the campus and three more blocks on the other side. It's almost done and I saw some workers working on the flooring.
5)The footwear for SST students can be any footwear as long as it's a sports/track shoe worn with socks. There are different colours of the PE t-shirt which represent the house colour . Currently , we are not informed of our house colour yet until they have arranged the class list.
Hope you found the information above useful. You can ask me for more information regarding SST and I will try my best to answer you if I can.
In the meantime - you had mentioned earlier there was some talk about a JC being built for SST etc - any further mention of that was made during the briefing at the registration?
Thanks[/quote]
No , there isn't as that was insider's information by one of the teachers in SST. But the JC isn't confirmed yet. What I heard was that after the 'O' levels , they will select 100 pupils from the cohort and the other hundred will go to polytechnics. That's all that I heard from the teacher. -
Augmum:
Hi Augmum- glad to see you here
No, it's not true that juz becos NYGH is affiliated to NYPS,
that explains why its S1 COP is high......even higher than RGS.
all these yrs, NYGH is already affiliated to NYPS,
but only in recent yrs, NYGH COP is higher than RGS.
in fact, it's the highest among all sec schs COP,
and also their affiliated COP for NYPS has increased.
so for No. 2 in the list above, u cant really take it with a huge pinch of salt.....
that are reasons why NYGH COP is high.....
NYGH takes in many NYPS girls min affiliated COP 250. So they only have limited seats for S1 public posting exercise, explaining its high S1 public COP. NYGH gained popularity after its IP status (ard after 2007), thru train to HCI (JC). I am coming from angle of quality of cohort. No doubt NYGH's S1 COP is highest. But what is its average COP including Affiliated girls? in fact your DD's DHS has higher quality cos non affiliation plus COP 257/8. The lowest scorer in DHS could well be average in NYGH. When I was a new p6 parent, I had misconception that high S1 COP means very good quality cohort. Only when my frens' DDs enter these schools then we start to learn to look at big picture ie also look at Affiliated COP to see the overall quality. I am merely passing on my experience to the new p6 KSPs not to only look for S1 COP for such schools with affiliation. Ok lah, to make you happy, number 2 take with a small pinch of salt ok :evil: :evil: I know your DD from DHS. You yourself from NYGH, is it haha 
Of course barring cohort quality, there are other reasons why NYGH COP is high :evil: I personally mention in elsewhere in other threads that it is a gem of its own and I respect Mdm Heng a lot :please:
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ms_lim:
[/quote]They appealed after the posting was unsuccessful.
Just curious. How did the girls with 258 get into RGS? Did they already got CO through DSA or they appealed after S1 posting?Choco05:
[quote=\"hipomum\"][quote=\"cestmoi\"
I think the Cop wouldn't be that high since this years top scorer and last years were quite close. If I am not wrong rgs cop last year was around 260 and I know of people getting in with 258. -
polkadots:
Twinning is a programme his school NHPS set up for a class to take social studies, HCL, project works etc together with the GEP kids based on MOE's ranking during the GEP 2nd round.
:thankyou:
What is twinning programmme? -
Snow Crystal:
haha snow crystal.....ok...take it with a small pinch of salt then.....
Hi Augmum- glad to see you hereAugmum:
No, it's not true that juz becos NYGH is affiliated to NYPS,
that explains why its S1 COP is high......even higher than RGS.
all these yrs, NYGH is already affiliated to NYPS,
but only in recent yrs, NYGH COP is higher than RGS.
in fact, it's the highest among all sec schs COP,
and also their affiliated COP for NYPS has increased.
so for No. 2 in the list above, u cant really take it with a huge pinch of salt.....
that are reasons why NYGH COP is high..... NYGH takes in many NYPS girls min affiliated COP 250. So they only have limited seats for S1 public posting exercise, explaining its high S1 public COP. NYGH gained popularity after its IP status (ard after 2007), thru train to HCI (JC). I am coming from angle of quality of cohort. No doubt NYGH's S1 COP is highest. But what is its average COP including Affiliated girls? in fact your DD's DHS has higher quality cos non affiliation plus COP 257/8. The lowest scorer in DHS could well be average in NYGH. When I was a new p6 parent, I had misconception that high S1 COP means very good quality cohort. Only when my frens' DDs enter these schools then we start to learn to look at big picture ie also look at Affiliated COP to see the overall quality. I am merely passing on my experience to the new p6 KSPs not to only look for S1 COP for such schools with affiliation. Ok lah, to make you happy, number 2 take with a small pinch of salt ok :evil: :evil: I know your DD from DHS. You yourself from NYGH, is it haha Of course barring cohort quality, there are other reasons why NYGH COP is high :evil: I personally mention in elsewhere in other threads that it is a gem of its own and I respect Mdm Heng a lot :please: 
yes, i know what u meant by \"quality cohort\" and the ave score of the cohort with affiliation.
i am trying to explain that all these yrs NYGH is affiliated to NYPS,
but ONLY in recent 2 yrs or so, NYGH COP surpass RGS.....
not only becos of Mdm Heng, see more, speak to more, more info will be revealed.
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Choco05:
[/quote]They appealed after the posting was unsuccessful.[/quote]
Just curious. How did the girls with 258 get into RGS? Did they already got CO through DSA or they appealed after S1 posting?ms_lim:
[quote=\"Choco05\"]
I think the Cop wouldn't be that high since this years top scorer and last years were quite close. If I am not wrong rgs cop last year was around 260 and I know of people getting in with 258.
Thanks for sharing. Do you know how the girls succeed in their appeal. Were they very active in CCA or get many CCA/academic awards when in pri school? -
Pen88n:
Yes you can withdraw if unable to cope. There is withdrawal form you fill up and hand in at certain period.[/quote]heard some of them as early as mid of the yr ??Kingal:
[quote=\"Kingal\"]DD wanted to take Japanese as third language. Can she withdraw from the language class if she cannot cope with it after sec 1 or sec 2?
Anyone can advice on the third language option?
most will be gone by end of the 2 yrs.... -
Choco05:
[/quote]Don't know the details. Though some of them have many academic awards and were near top students in their pri school. Sometimes people don't do as well in PSLE i guess.ms_lim:
[quote=\"Choco05\"]
Thanks for sharing. Do you know how the girls succeed in their appeal. Were they very active in CCA or get many CCA/academic awards when in pri school? -
Choco05:
:thankyou: Choco05
Don't know the details. Though some of them have many academic awards and were near top students in their pri school. Sometimes people don't do as well in PSLE i guess.ms_lim:
Thanks for sharing. Do you know how the girls succeed in their appeal. Were they very active in CCA or get many CCA/academic awards when in pri school?
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