Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]

[Sun_2010]

a child:

jtoh:

Wow a child, where do you stay? It takes you that long to get to school.

I stay at Jurong Extension So I've got to take a bus to Pioneer MRT, then MRT to Redhill MRT, then bus 132 from Redhill MRT to RGS. That takes about 1.5h - 2h. I thought about attending Rivervalley, which is only a bus journey away, but in my P6 class almost everybody was going to RGS/Nanyang and my best friends did too; besides RGS/Nanyang had good propaganda, etc. (and some other reasons) so I ended up here and I guess I don't regret it.

Besides I'm no stranger to long journeys to school. In primary school when I got into GEP, all the schools were remarkably far so I ended up in RGPS. I registered for the school bus, but I lived so far the driver who did rounds in Jurong West refused to pick me up (reasoning: you live in Jurong Extension, and it's not worth my time and oil money to pick up from an area where only you are living) :nailbite: . So I began the taking long journeys on the public transport and stuff, though for the days that ended late (which ended up being majority of the days especially in P5) I took a taxi home, because due to RGPS's unstrategic location which is far from any MRT, it'd take me 2+h to get home. So after 3 years of that I got used to it hence the distance factor wasn't that emphasized in my decision to attend RGS. (Besides who am I to complain, when Malaysian kids are taking 3-4h journeys daily to Singapore to attend our schools? )

Wow a child!
You are made of some stern stuff :salute:

And to think some of us parents grumble that \"chewldrin now a days --too soft one !\"

And i just admire that spirit ( your comment in bold)
:ugogirl:

[Sun_2010]

a child:

Sun_2010:

I tot u should be in school now, a child?


Dont tell me you have turned into a ksp addict

I know its none of my business but the mommy-in-me wants to tell you
Better wean off soon - ksp can be distracting.
Anyway one school load starts , guess you will neither have the time nor the inclination to come here often.

Do Drop by once in a while to advise , but overcome the urge to log in frequently just to check or post...

My DD is a KSP addict, so i must monitor the next few days to keep her off the forum :slapshead:

I'll be off to school at around 1030 as CCAO is only in the afternoon so I'm still at home But yes, I will have to control my KSP usage, in fact my general internet usage, especially since I'm entering the academically more demanding Year 2

Looks like I am the one with a nagging- addiction
All the best for your year 2

[a child]

Sun_2010:

a child:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]Wow a child, where do you stay? It takes you that long to get to school.

I stay at Jurong Extension So I've got to take a bus to Pioneer MRT, then MRT to Redhill MRT, then bus 132 from Redhill MRT to RGS. That takes about 1.5h - 2h. I thought about attending Rivervalley, which is only a bus journey away, but in my P6 class almost everybody was going to RGS/Nanyang and my best friends did too; besides RGS/Nanyang had good propaganda, etc. (and some other reasons) so I ended up here and I guess I don't regret it.

Besides I'm no stranger to long journeys to school. In primary school when I got into GEP, all the schools were remarkably far so I ended up in RGPS. I registered for the school bus, but I lived so far the driver who did rounds in Jurong West refused to pick me up (reasoning: you live in Jurong Extension, and it's not worth my time and oil money to pick up from an area where only you are living) :nailbite: . So I began the taking long journeys on the public transport and stuff, though for the days that ended late (which ended up being majority of the days especially in P5) I took a taxi home, because due to RGPS's unstrategic location which is far from any MRT, it'd take me 2+h to get home. So after 3 years of that I got used to it hence the distance factor wasn't that emphasized in my decision to attend RGS. (Besides who am I to complain, when Malaysian kids are taking 3-4h journeys daily to Singapore to attend our schools? )

Wow a child!
You are made of some stern stuff :salute:

And to think some of us parents grumble that \"chewldrin now a days --too soft one !\"

And i just admire that spirit ( your comment in bold)
:ugogirl:[/quote]Thanks for the compliment Life becomes much easier when you realize that so many people have it much worse than you, and still they embrace life and strive on for the better

[a child]

Sun_2010:

a child:

[quote=\"Sun_2010\"] I tot u should be in school now, a child?


Dont tell me you have turned into a ksp addict

I know its none of my business but the mommy-in-me wants to tell you
Better wean off soon - ksp can be distracting.
Anyway one school load starts , guess you will neither have the time nor the inclination to come here often.

Do Drop by once in a while to advise , but overcome the urge to log in frequently just to check or post...

My DD is a KSP addict, so i must monitor the next few days to keep her off the forum :slapshead:

I'll be off to school at around 1030 as CCAO is only in the afternoon so I'm still at home But yes, I will have to control my KSP usage, in fact my general internet usage, especially since I'm entering the academically more demanding Year 2

Looks like I am the one with a nagging- addiction
All the best for your year 2[/quote]Thank you I'll be logging off and heading to school now, need to set up the booths for CCAO

[Choco05]

haha good morning parents! How's the first day traffic:) Be glad it didn't rain ! It's rather sunny today.


i'm sure your dd's are in school now exploring/enjoying themselves:) My CCAO shift is at like 4 so i still have a long time before leaving my house. All the best to all the new sec 1s, and welcome to the Rafflesian Family :rahrah:

[OrangeJuice]

Tinkerbelle:

Funx3:

[quote=\"Tinkerbelle\"]
Hi Funx3,
Yes, finally back! Keke...took a long vacation in case we can't go on long trips from next year onwards...

DD's posted to 101. How about your DD?

*High Five*! Sista Tinkerbelle!
U R Fall-in No 3 in 101!

Think Maybe Quite a Number of DSA Gals ....
Errrrrrrrr .... Non-GEP R Posted to 101!

Funx3, great to hear our DDs will be classmates!! :lol:

Ya, I was also wondering if the non-GEP DSA gals are in 101? Or pure coincidence?? :scratchhead:[/quote]DD has a classmate who successfully appealed to RGS and now in 101 too. Also, DD has another classmate who DSA thru Maths is posted to 108.
FYI in case mommies are curious whether is there a pattern on how girls are posted

[jtoh]

a child, you sound very sensible, responsible and independent. Good for you. Good luck for the new year!

[Funx3]

OrangeJuice:

Tinkerbelle:

Funx3, great to hear our DDs will be classmates!!

Ya, I was also wondering if the non-GEP DSA gals are in 101? Or pure coincidence?? :scratchhead:

DD has a classmate who successfully appealed to RGS and now in 101 too. Also, DD has another classmate who DSA thru Maths is posted to 108.
FYI in case mommies are curious whether is there a pattern on how girls are posted

Yes, Looks Like there is a sort of Pattern.
Notice the Larger Numbered Classes R of Smaller Class size? About 32 ....
Those Could be from the Pri GEP Class :lol:

Others Lowered Numbered classes have far more students - about 36 to 37 per class.
I Noticed tt the gals for 2 of the sports dsa tt I know is posted to 2 diff classes, with gals of the same sports tog in each class.

[OrangeJuice]

Funx3:

OrangeJuice:

[quote=\"Tinkerbelle\"]
Funx3, great to hear our DDs will be classmates!!

Ya, I was also wondering if the non-GEP DSA gals are in 101? Or pure coincidence?? :scratchhead:

DD has a classmate who successfully appealed to RGS and now in 101 too. Also, DD has another classmate who DSA thru Maths is posted to 108.
FYI in case mommies are curious whether is there a pattern on how girls are posted

Yes, Looks Like there is a sort of Pattern.
Notice the Larger Numbered Classes R of Smaller Class size? About 32 ....
Those Could be from the Pri GEP Class :lol:

Others Lowered Numbered classes have far more students - about 36 to 37 per class.
I Noticed tt the gals for 2 of the sports dsa tt I know is posted to 2 diff classes, with gals of the same sports tog in each class.[/quote]yes i think the school based gifted classes are 111 (or 110?) to 113 and some the non-gifted PSLE high scorers are also allocated to these classes.

[a child]

OrangeJuice:

Funx3:

[quote=\"OrangeJuice\"]
DD has a classmate who successfully appealed to RGS and now in 101 too. Also, DD has another classmate who DSA thru Maths is posted to 108.
FYI in case mommies are curious whether is there a pattern on how girls are posted

Yes, Looks Like there is a sort of Pattern.
Notice the Larger Numbered Classes R of Smaller Class size? About 32 ....
Those Could be from the Pri GEP Class

Others Lowered Numbered classes have far more students - about 36 to 37 per class.
I Noticed tt the gals for 2 of the sports dsa tt I know is posted to 2 diff classes, with gals of the same sports tog in each class.

yes i think the school based gifted classes are 111 (or 110?) to 113 and some the non-gifted PSLE high scorers are also allocated to these classes.[/quote]Based on my experience I've concluded the following (for my year, at least):
101 Academic DSA non-SBGE + S1 Posting
102-108 Sports DSA (all DSAs from the same sport will be in the same class), an MEP non-SBGE class + S1 Posting
109-113 SBGE + S1 Posting Top scorers (in my year, this would be 269 and above)
113 MEP SBGE