St. Joseph's Institution
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Thanks rubydoll !
DS still gettng used to Sec school life...took bus on his own for the first time..
He is enjoying his stay at SJI -
nanosphere:
Last night my son told me this term they are doing chemistry. Teacher said no textbook needed.Don't know whether right information given by him.He's still trying to get use to secondary school life.
I think the info is right. Going by the size of the science text books, I guess it makes sense to keep them at home for reference. But DS is lugging them along,primary school style, and he doesn't know yet which science starts first. Hope his science teacher clarifies soon and he gets to carry a lighter school bag.
And yes, as many of you have observed, still need to get used to Sec School Life. -
SS66:
Hi SS66,Thanks rubydoll !
DS still gettng used to Sec school life...took bus on his own for the first time..He is enjoying his stay at SJI
Is it one direct bus for you? Where do you stay? For us it is either bus+mrt or 2 buses(we stay in woodlands). Travelling seems to the biggest challenge for this week. Hope will slowly get used to it. -
Hi aljh,
my boy in 112, he was from FMS (p), have 3 FMS (p) classmates in SJI, but different class... hope the classes are not sort by result..else he is in last class :nailbite:
saw from SJI website,only sec 3 then have biology textbook, think the physics and chemistry textbook we bought may also be used in Sec 3
Hi rubydoll,
I stay at Pasir Panjang, he take school bus in the morning ($130 /single trip), bus pickup at 6:15...abt 6 students , the bus pickup some students from west coast-> Pasir Panjang-> ??
cheers
on way back bus # 105 to Dover, Granny's place...
we timed, took abt 30 mins each way... -
SS66:
Not to worry abt the streaming. This year it seems quite jumbled up. I know of two same tscore in far apart classes. And also lower tscore in higher classes. HOL also mentioned that class allocation is random. But I still think that the top 1 or 2 batches is those with 250 above, so that they can do the IP soft launch. Rest are random.Hi aljh,
my boy in 112, he was from FMS (p), have 3 FMS (p) classmates in SJI, but different class... hope the classes are not sort by result..else he is in last class :nailbite:
saw from SJI website,only sec 3 then have biology textbook, think the physics and chemistry textbook we bought may also be used in Sec 3
Hi rubydoll,
I stay at Pasir Panjang, he take school bus in the morning ($130 /single trip), bus pickup
on way back bus # 105 to Dover, Granny's place... 1
we timed, took abt 30 mins each way...
30 mins quite OK, mine takes 1hr+ -
Ya we are lucky, got direct bus…actually when we count the number of stops we were abit worried…surprising only 30 mins
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tisha:
Just received principal's letter to sec 3 parents. There are 2 top classes for this yr sec 1 for GeP and those with >250. They will be doing the Pre IP programme. No banding from this yr onwards for all the other students.
Not to worry abt the streaming. This year it seems quite jumbled up. I know of two same tscore in far apart classes. And also lower tscore in higher classes. HOL also mentioned that class allocation is random. But I still think that the top 1 or 2 batches is those with 250 above, so that they can do the IP soft launch. Rest are random.SS66:
Hi aljh,
my boy in 112, he was from FMS (p), have 3 FMS (p) classmates in SJI, but different class... hope the classes are not sort by result..else he is in last class :nailbite:
saw from SJI website,only sec 3 then have biology textbook, think the physics and chemistry textbook we bought may also be used in Sec 3
Hi rubydoll,
I stay at Pasir Panjang, he take school bus in the morning ($130 /single trip), bus pickup
on way back bus # 105 to Dover, Granny's place... 1
we timed, took abt 30 mins each way...
30 mins quite OK, mine takes 1hr+ -
How many major exams? Same as pri CA1/CA2/SA1/SA2? How many subjects in total? Are the notes/worksheets provided by scool enough? Need to buy assessment books from popular?
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hi tisha
check the school diary for the term exams .
Then notes , workbooks - you can buy one or two for each subjects from popular. But definitely not like the one we bought for the BIG BOSS exam PSLE.!!! -
rubydoll:
Thanks rubydoll. Will check in the diary. Will slowly have to go to popular. So far olny bought some stationaryhi tisha
check the school diary for the term exams .
Then notes , workbooks - you can buy one or two for each subjects from popular. But definitely not like the one we bought for the BIG BOSS exam PSLE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!