GEP - General Syllabus Discussion

[sweetbaby]

Hi


I'm asking on behalf of a friend who is currently overseas. Her son is interested to DSA. A little background, they been away since the boy was a toddler. He is currently in a gifted programme in his school (his younger brother as well). The boy has insufficient exposure to the language and has an exemption for PSLE. However, is interested to pursue Malay in upper levels. Can anyone share the number of malay boys in the GEP cohort or a class? Is this a rare sight? (for younger boy) How many take malay in RI? any in HI? Thank you

[2cor41618]

GiftedGem:

Herbie : Thanks for sharing. My nephew who is in RI Sec 1 currently shared w me that DSA for RI will assess from P4- P6 mid year. The child will have to maintain 80% score to go direct for 2nd interview. ( Skip the GA test). For those who cannot achieve 80%, have to sit for GA test. But having said that, I was told that each year, the schools will change the requirements. For RGS, they focus only P6 mid year.


Toxic118 : She only participates in the CEP which is compulsory. That is CCA. On top of it, the sch offers HCL Enrichment. Both the days already keeps her occupied.

Is CEP considered CCA? Thought it was part of GEP required curriculum. :scratchhead:

[Just4Fun]

Hi,


I am trying to compile the exam results ( the mean & the max) for the various GEP school . ( just kaypoh)… If u can pm me with yr DS/DD school results, I will do the compilation, and send a copy of the tabulation result to you .

Just state :
School : ???
Eng : Mean ??? Max ?? Min ??
HCL : Mean ??? Max ?? Min ??
Maths : Mean ??? Max ??Min ??
Science : Mean ??? Max ?? Min ??
SS : Mean ??? Max ?? Min ??

OK ? Hope to get as many school results as possible. TIA !

[GiftedGem]

Just4Fun:

GiftedGem:

Herbie : Thanks for sharing. My nephew who is in RI Sec 1 currently shared w me that DSA for RI will assess from P4- P6 mid year. The child will have to maintain 80% score to go direct for 2nd interview. ( Skip the GA test). For those who cannot achieve 80%, have to sit for GA test. But having said that, I was told that each year, the schools will change the requirements. For RGS, they focus only P6 mid year.


Toxic118 : She only participates in the CEP which is compulsory. That is CCA. On top of it, the sch offers HCL Enrichment. Both the days already keeps her occupied.

Aiyoh, GiftedGem, you really scare me... already talking abt DSA !
I wld be glad if DS can stay \"alive\" in this GEP prog by end of this year.

Well, hope wat u hv earlier mentioned is true.. girls tend to be more matured while guys are still in their playful mood. But strange though... why there are more GEP boys than girls ?

Really? I din know that there are more GEP boys than girls. That also implies the girls have better chance for DSA of their choices. Haha ! My DD classmates are already talking abt their preferred sec schs and they can name these few - RGS, NYGS and Hwa Chong.

[2cor41618]

dagong99:

Any one know what's the average for the various schools ? I did a rough calculation based on CT1 results given, its about 77.9% for Nan Hua ...

Hi dagong99, how did u work out the average? That's amazing
DS scored 82% overall, can't ask for more :boogie: Without SS, it would be 79%.
The average for Math scares me: 86.2%.

[GiftedGem]

2cor41618:

GiftedGem:

Herbie : Thanks for sharing. My nephew who is in RI Sec 1 currently shared w me that DSA for RI will assess from P4- P6 mid year. The child will have to maintain 80% score to go direct for 2nd interview. ( Skip the GA test). For those who cannot achieve 80%, have to sit for GA test. But having said that, I was told that each year, the schools will change the requirements. For RGS, they focus only P6 mid year.


Toxic118 : She only participates in the CEP which is compulsory. That is CCA. On top of it, the sch offers HCL Enrichment. Both the days already keeps her occupied.

Is CEP considered CCA? Thought it was part of GEP required curriculum. :scratchhead:

It is counted as CCA.

[2cor41618]

sweetbaby:

Hi


I'm asking on behalf of a friend who is currently overseas. Her son is interested to DSA. A little background, they been away since the boy was a toddler. He is currently in a gifted programme in his school (his younger brother as well). The boy has insufficient exposure to the language and has an exemption for PSLE. However, is interested to pursue Malay in upper levels. Can anyone share the number of malay boys in the GEP cohort or a class? Is this a rare sight? (for younger boy) How many take malay in RI? any in HI? Thank you

Hi, sweetbaby, DS said there's two Malay boys in the other class in his school. Hope that helps, cheers

[Herbie]

GiftedGem:

Herbie : Thanks for sharing. My nephew who is in RI Sec 1 currently shared w me that DSA for RI will assess from P4- P6 mid year. The child will have to maintain 80% score to go direct for 2nd interview. ( Skip the GA test). For those who cannot achieve 80%, have to sit for GA test. But having said that, I was told that each year, the schools will change the requirements. For RGS, they focus only P6 mid year.

Suggest you check out the RI website wrt to DSA still the application is currently open. Based on my understanding, RI only look at P5 year end and P6 mid year result similar to RGS. Currently, I am applying for DSA to RGS for my DD.

If the P6 mid year result is more than 80% --> don't need to take GAT and can proceed to the interview stage.

less than 80% has to take GAT.

U may also wish to read up the thread on DSA. http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=157&p=768084#p768084

[Herbie]

Just4Fun:

Really? I din know that there are more GEP boys than girls. That also implies the girls have better chance for DSA of their choices. Haha ! My DD classmates are already talking abt their preferred sec schs and they can name these few - RGS, NYGS and Hwa Chong.

2/3 of the Geppers are boys. Well, girls tend apply for DSA to RGS/RJC and NYGH/HCI

[GiftedGem]

Herbie:

GiftedGem:

Herbie : Thanks for sharing. My nephew who is in RI Sec 1 currently shared w me that DSA for RI will assess from P4- P6 mid year. The child will have to maintain 80% score to go direct for 2nd interview. ( Skip the GA test). For those who cannot achieve 80%, have to sit for GA test. But having said that, I was told that each year, the schools will change the requirements. For RGS, they focus only P6 mid year.

Suggest you check out the RI website wrt to DSA still the application is currently open. Based on my understanding, RI only look at P5 year end and P6 mid year result similar to RGS. Currently, I am applying for DSA to RGS for my DD.

If the P6 mid year result is more than 80% --> don't need to take GAT and can proceed to the interview stage.

less than 80% has to take GAT.

U may also wish to read up the thread on DSA. http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=157&p=768084#p768084

Thanks for the clarification. For RGS, I got the source from my DD's form tr that they review at P6 mid year only. While reading the thread on DSA, it seems scary to know that these Geppers have been rejected. One commented to apply DSA if your score is abv 80. Real hurdle for these kids.