Dunman High School (Junior High)

[Augmum]

sunshine123:

Augmum:

[quote=\"sunshine123\"]
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?

can u share what are the interesting facts delivered by the P ??

Thought his opening was good. Puts everyone at ease. He took the extra mile to welcome parents and students. He drew reference on the thru train, went at length to give a glimpse of what to expect, set the expectation right. It is impt. Seems like not many schools had principal spoke to the incoming sec 1. The environment is nurturing and warm, good for character building. :rahrah:[/quote]thanks for yr briefing.
yup, the sch provides a warm and nurturing environment,
with P talking abt filial piety during assembly (though i wonder how much would sink into their minds..... )
simply like the words written on the sch banner, very pleasant to ears.

[Augmum]

sunshine123:

How long has this Principal been around?

he is with DHS for 2 yrs.
the previous P was promoted to the Deputy Director of schools (west).

[carebear]

Augmum:

yes, he emphasizes lots on bilingualism.

he is able to translate fr Eng to CL or vice versa at any point of his speech.
perhaps u are not use to it.
fr the few talks i attended, he would use Eng or CL for the whole paragraph,
he din mix the 2 lang in a sentence.
haha.....perhaps he is reading/browsing this forum, thus yr feedback might be useful.

What I feel that by using this method of speaking, the students may follow him.
Although he spoke complete sentences in each language, he interchanged the languages while he spoke.
If he wanted to emphasize that he is effectively bilingual then perhaps he should deliver one segment of the talk in english, and when he is done with it, then go to the next segment, speaking in chinese.
I really hope he somehow gets this feedback.

[sunshine123]

Augmum:

sunshine123:

How long has this Principal been around?

he is with DHS for 2 yrs.
the previous P was promoted to the Deputy Director of schools (west).

Thanks for the info. By the way, what is dunman's strengths? For example, heard that NJC is strong in Science, Hwa Chong is strong in humanities. Hwa Chong also flies overseas lecturers in to teach.
So, which area (A level) are they especially strong and good at?

Thanks in advance for sharing.:)

[HappieNewbie123]

Do we nid to bring workbooks on first day of school for sec one??what we really need to bring on first four days of school for sec one?? What the canteen sells and what r the prices n when is the recess time for sec one?? do we nid to buy math textbooks cuz it it optional for sec one?? Do we nid to find n proceed to our classrooms once we step into dhs for sec one?? what kind of school bag do sec one bring?? Do sec one nid to use calculators n what brand as in it it the same in p6?? URGENT PLEASE ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SORRY FOR SHOOTING SO MANY QUESTIONS BUT REALLY NID TO KNOW!! T :?: :thankyou: HANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[moirwong]

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2012 to everyone.

[LangMum]

HappieNewbie123:

Do we nid to bring workbooks on first day of school for sec one??what we really need to bring on first four days of school for sec one?? What the canteen sells and what r the prices n when is the recess time for sec one?? do we nid to buy math textbooks cuz it it optional for sec one?? Do we nid to find n proceed to our classrooms once we step into dhs for sec one?? what kind of school bag do sec one bring?? Do sec one nid to use calculators n what brand as in it it the same in p6?? URGENT PLEASE ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SORRY FOR SHOOTING SO MANY QUESTIONS BUT REALLY NID TO KNOW!! T :?: :thankyou: HANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Hi HappieNewbie,

I do not have all the answer for u. But hope this little bit of info helps:

No need to being any books for orientation week, i.e. 3 to 6 Jan.
Only need to bring writting material and water bottle. Tue need to pay $15 and wed need to bring art material. What to bring and wear is stated on the pink orientation handout. If u do not have it let me know and I can scan and email to u.

Regarding math text books, the staff from popular said teacher does not refer to them. But if u want for your own reading then u may want to buy them.

My DS will only be in sec 1 next year so can't help with the rest of the questions. You can probably find out during your orientation week.

All the best.

[HappieNewbie123]

Thank you vry much!

[friendship]

It is OK for us to accept the principal’s speech with chinese and english. What to do, cannot go to top mountain, now have to scale a slightly lower peak mountain. Why is COP for Dunman High is low this year? Is the school standard dropping? didn’t have the chance to talk to any staff because rushing to rgs and njc to submit the appeal forms.

[Snow Crystal]

friendship:

It is OK for us to accept the principal's speech with chinese and english. What to do, cannot go to top mountain, now have to scale a slightly lower peak mountain. Why is COP for Dunman High is low this year? Is the school standard dropping? didn't have the chance to talk to any staff because rushing to rgs and njc to submit the appeal forms.

DHS seems to be somewhat impacted by the new VS-Cedar-VJC IP given (a) the proximity - VS and VJC are both in the east, (b) VJC is a proven top tier JC and (c) the cultures are different (those more potato would prefer VS-Cedar). 90 each in VS and Cedar IPs so total ard 180 new intake is probably enough to swing min a mark away from DHS COP. But this was expected. Going forward, when VS and Cedar IPs increase their intakes plus prove themselves in new IP, would expect further lowering of COP of DHS. To defend, DHS would have to showcase more stellar A levels results, hopefully not via recruitment of more kids from the Dragon Country.