Dunman High School (Junior High)

[Augmum]

sunshine123:

Can some kind parent share what time does the school end each day? What is a good cca to join? Thanks so much.

Hi
yr question had been raised by one of the forummers b4,
i hereby put the link here for yr easy reading.
in short, different days have different ending time, also diff break time (recess) and lunch break.
the sch timetable goes by a period of 10 days time frame.
pl browse thru this thread as u may find some replies to what u wanna to know more abt this sch.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=5346&start=1210

[Augmum]

sunshine123:

Hi, I am new here. My dd got in DHS. How is the Higher Chinese? What is the class size like? Appreciate it if some parent can share. Thanks!

generally the class size is ard 35/36,
the 2 SBGE classes will be ard 25.

[Monica Yeoh]

My DD got in too. queue for textbooks is so long, will get from popular retail. Heard some parents said that DHS will provide a lot of notes and homework, so no time to study textbooks, in other words, dont waste money buy textbooks.

Can someone share whether this is true ?

[sunshine123]

My dd got in DHS. The queue was so long. Instead of queuing, we went to register and explore the route to Mountbatten mrt station. When we returned, there was no queue, buying uniform and textbook was a breeze.


The talk by Principal was interesting and informative, peppered with interesting facts. Principal come across as a very driven person. That’s good. How long has this Principal been around?

[sunshine123]

Augmum:

sunshine123:

Hi, I am new here. My dd got in DHS. How is the Higher Chinese? What is the class size like? Appreciate it if some parent can share. Thanks!

generally the class size is ard 35/36,
the 2 SBGE classes will be ard 25.

thank you for the info. What does SBGE stands for? Higher ability classes?

[sunshine123]

Augmum:

sunshine123:

Can some kind parent share what time does the school end each day? What is a good cca to join? Thanks so much.

Hi
yr question had been raised by one of the forummers b4,
i hereby put the link here for yr easy reading.
in short, different days have different ending time, also diff break time (recess) and lunch break.
the sch timetable goes by a period of 10 days time frame.
pl browse thru this thread as u may find some replies to what u wanna to know more abt this sch.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=5346&start=1210

Thanks

[carebear]

sunshine123:

My dd got in DHS. The queue was so long. Instead of queuing, we went to register and explore the route to Mountbatten mrt station. When we returned, there was no queue, buying uniform and textbook was a breeze.


The talk by Principal was interesting and informative, peppered with interesting facts. Principal come across as a very driven person. That's good. How long has this Principal been around?

Yup, the queue was intimidating.
I did like what you did, went to 112 Katong for a leisurely lunch and by 12+ pm, there was hardly anyone around.
They did not have book 1 of the math textbook, so I had to go to Popular bookstore to get it.

I think the principal is weird but an interesting guy.
I did not quite like the way he switched between english and chinese.
I know that he is trying to show that he emphasizes bilingualism.
However, I don't encourage my kids to speak like that.
If speaking english, then it is english all the way.
Chinese, then chinese only.

[carebear]

sunshine123:

thank you for the info. What does SBGE stands for? Higher ability classes?

SBGE = school based gifted education

[HappieNewbie123]

Hi, for those who had been to dhs yesterday, what r the important info i must take note of? i came quite late so i think i miss out a lot. thanks a lot.

[moirwong]

carebear:

sunshine123:

My dd got in DHS. The queue was so long. Instead of queuing, we went to register and explore the route to Mountbatten mrt station. When we returned, there was no queue, buying uniform and textbook was a breeze.


The talk by Principal was interesting and informative, peppered with interesting facts. Principal come across as a very driven person. That's good. How long has this Principal been around?

Yup, the queue was intimidating.
I did like what you did, went to 112 Katong for a leisurely lunch and by 12+ pm, there was hardly anyone around.
They did not have book 1 of the math textbook, so I had to go to Popular bookstore to get it.

I think the principal is weird but an interesting guy.
I did not quite like the way he switched between english and chinese.
I know that he is trying to show that he emphasizes bilingualism.
However, I don't encourage my kids to speak like that.
If speaking english, then it is english all the way.
Chinese, then chinese only.

I hope the vineyard will direct this piece of information about the switch attempted by P. I strongly discourage a conversation/talk peppered with English and Chinese. I advocate bilingualism but not his practice. Perhaps, I suggest he speaks purely in Chinese and get the head of English Dept to deliver in English. Or, Break the talk(same contents) into 2 groups in 2 venues, one presented in English and the other in Chinese. Hope he sees our feedback. just my 2cent worth of afterthought.