Chung Cheng High (Main)
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ris1919:
I went to look at the school yesterday...didn't get to look at the classrooms,library etc...is the facalities good? Anyone's child studying there? Did ur child's character and studies improve aftr going to CCHM? Coz I'm considering to put my child in there...
Hi! I can answer that question but it seems like I'm about a couple of months late as school has already started...
Well, I'll answer it in case someone else checks this thread at the end of this year ^^
I'm a student who has just graduated from CCHMS. I entered CCHMS with 246 points and a horrible command of Chinese. I used to get C5s and C6s for Chinese in lower sec, but to the end of sec 4 I got B3s and A2s. I eventually scored B3 for my O level Chinese. Compared to the rest of the cohort, I didn't do well as more than half the cohort scored distinctions in Chinese. We also have one of the highest distinction rates for Chinese in the nation, and we are the East Zone Centre of Excellence for Chinese.
The facilities are very good: The new indoor sports hall, technical block and admin block just finished construction in early 2011. Right now, the new school hall and canteen are being built. (Temp. canteen in Indoor sports hall). Technical block has newly refurbished home ec. and dnt rooms as well as chinese calligraphy room and art gallery. Science labs are also newly renovated with snazzy black and pink decor. Along with the hall, we also have a 3 storey grand auditorium which can seat the entire school (about 1600 strong, 1700 incl. faculty). The library is quite big. It has a small 'classroom', and new books come in all the time. We also have a heritage gallery.
The newly renovated 'Old Block' is fantastic. Facilities are definitely good.
CCHMS provides many enrichment courses for students.
From sec 1 to sec 4, students will go to the Tea Room (yes, we have one!) to learn the art of chinese tea ceremony at least once a year.
Lower sec students have 2 compulsory subjects, Chinese Calligraphy and Malay Language Programme. Not sure if it's still like that now. Both lessons were rather 'slack' but the Calligraphy teacher has been with the school for many years and he's good. In my year we also had a traditional chinese medicine talk with demos.
The teachers are fantastic! Of course, there are good and bad teachers in every school. My teachers (save a couple) always made extra effort to hold remedials/consultations. One of my teachers has even stayed back in school until 8pm just to hold consultations with us. SSP (self study programme) is also conducted for Sec 3 and 4 students.
One of the little idiosyncrasies of the school is that for a certain PE teacher, his lessons are conducted in Chinese ^^ and for some of the CCAs with Chinese educated coaches, they are conducted half in chinese, half in english.
School pledge is in chinese as well.
As with teachers, there are good and bad students in every school. But Chung cheng students are mostly very decent and studious..as long as you don't fall into the wrong crowd the studying environment is very very conducive (especially studying in the concourse next to the lake).
School's niche CCAs are wushu and basketball, I think. The other sports, aesthetics and uniformed group ccas also do well (think SYF, national competitions etc)
Chung Cheng does emphasise a lot on Chinese culture (CNY is a HUGE event in the school, as is the mid-autumn festival), and we're affiliated to NYJC.
I miss my school now.
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Good to hear so much about this school. The environment is definitely condusive for learning. My DS just get in this school and he is enjoying his stay there. Yes, for lower sec, they still learn Chinese Calligraphy and Malay language.
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My ds is considering coming to Chung Cheng, he loves the environment. However, his Chinese is not strong and I heard that HCL is now compulsory in Sec 1 & 2. Can anyone confirm this and what is the promotion criteria to move up to the next level? Do you have to pass HCL?
Hope someone can help, thanks! -
rags:
CCHS is a good school. The environment is conducive to study. I believe it has good environment for students interested in HCL to improve. There is a 2 point bonus at O Level when applying to JC. One of my nephew went in to VJC with the bonus point.My ds is considering coming to Chung Cheng, he loves the environment. However, his Chinese is not strong and I heard that HCL is now compulsory in Sec 1 & 2. Can anyone confirm this and what is the promotion criteria to move up to the next level? Do you have to pass HCL?
Hope someone can help, thanks! -
Louis:
CCHS is a good school. The environment is conducive to study. I believe it has good environment for students interested in HCL to improve. There is a 2 point bonus at O Level when applying to JC. One of my nephew went in to VJC from CCHS with the bonus point. He actually started HCL only in Sec 2 after being promoted from express to special stream.rags:
My ds is considering coming to Chung Cheng, he loves the environment. However, his Chinese is not strong and I heard that HCL is now compulsory in Sec 1 & 2. Can anyone confirm this and what is the promotion criteria to move up to the next level? Do you have to pass HCL?
Hope someone can help, thanks! -
WWII Japanese soldier bursts in... to teach history Secondary school teacher makes history come alive through use of roleplay and interactive lessons
By Amelia Tan Hui Fang
Mar 25, 2012
Straits Times
Like a time-machine traveller, the World War II Japanese soldier burst into the classroom. That dramatic entrance gave goosebumps to some of the 40 seated Secondary 2 students, even though they knew the sword-wielding Japanese sergeant was their history teacher, Mr Malcolm Tan.
No sir, it was not going to be another typical history lesson about the Japanese Occupation from 1942 to 1945.
'Today, you will learn about our way of life,' Mr Tan intoned, as his spiel began.
A laptop's speakers blared out the Japanese national anthem, Kimigayo, and the students had to bow and shout 'Banzai!' (the equivalent of 'Long live the Emperor!').
For the next 50 minutes, Mr Tan was not just a history teacher at Chung Cheng High School (Main). He was role-playing a Japanese sergeant in 1942.
A history buff, Mr Tan, 35, has been using his interactive method to engage his students since 2001, first at Bendemeer Secondary, and now at his present school.
'My aim is to open the doors of the mind - to make history not boring, but alive and relevant,' said Mr Tan, who has been teaching at the school for close to two years.
He has such interactive lessons up to six times a year.
His other 'personas' include a Japanese general, a British soldier, a 1950s riot policeman, British Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, and even Adolf Hitler.
And where did he get those immaculate costumes? They are mostly replicas or original items bought from online stores and eBay. He spends an average of $50 on each item.
Until two years ago, he merely dressed the part for each special history class.
But a visit to Hampton Court in England in 2009 - where he saw a re-enactment of King Henry VIII's life during the Tudor Age - inspired him to tweak his lessons. He now 'becomes' the person he dresses up in.
'It was so real, so alive and amazing. From then on, in my lessons, I took on the role of the people I play,' he said.
To prepare for these special lessons, he researches his characters beforehand, and tells his students personal details - such as of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong's four wives.
He also gets his students to 'develop empathy' by getting them to re-enact historical events.
For his lesson on the 1956 Chinese Middle School riots - coincidentally, Chung Cheng was among the schools involved - his students staged mock protests, marched around the school bearing posters, and gave rousing speeches.
He said: 'When my students try to find out more on their own - develop an inquiring mind - that's when I feel I have done my job.'
History is a passion carried over from his childhood days when he visited the wax museum at Sentosa with his parents, and listened to his grandmother's account of the war.
Even though history lessons - while he was studying at Victoria School - were all about 'reading and highlighting the textbook', he remained keen on the subject.
In 2008, the National Institute of Education-trained graduate did his master's in history at the National University of Singapore.
The principal of Chung Cheng High School (Main), Mr Pang Choon How, supports the interactive teaching style of Mr Tan, who won the 'Most Engaging Teacher Award' that the school gave last year.
One of Mr Tan's students, 14-year-old Jonathan Chan, said the lessons have inspired him to read up more.
'I'd go online to search for more than the information from the textbook, and find out more about, say, the Japanese.'
Fifteen-year-old Tng Shu Hui failed history in Secondary 1, but got a B in Secondary 2 last year after she was taught by Mr Tan.
She said: 'I never had a history teacher like him before; he gave us confidence to study history and we were encouraged to learn more.'
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Background story
His goal
'My aim is to open the doors of the mind - to make history not boring, but alive and relevant.'
Teacher MALCOLM TAN
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The result
'I never had a history teacher like him before; he gave us confidence to study history and we were encouraged to learn more.'
TNG SHU HUI, 15, who failed history in Secondary 1 but got a B in Secondary 2 last year after she was taught by Mr Tan -
Do anyone know when is the open house for Chung Cheng in 2012? Thanks
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Open house for Chung Cheng (Main) is always end of the year after PSLE.
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When is the open house this year end? Any ideas?
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dont think cchm will have open house at the end of yr. usually is mid yr. but u can walk in to have a look at the sch enviroment. that what i did few yr back.
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