Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

[yukilei]

Otah:

Hi Yukilei, Congratulation to you and DD!


Only one CCA is compulsory, some CCA are optional (like the Merit CCA they have in RI), for those who can cope with two.

Whether I-spark or not the syllabus is the same but certain topics may come in different subsequent. That's all I know as a HCI parent my experience is I now no need to get involve in my ds work and he is doing fine. All I know is he has quited his Chinese tuition and still managing well which help me save $$. Oops... really appreciate him,... haha.

Wow, no tuition for Chinese!!! I like it!!!

Otah, is HCI your DS first choice? Was he formally from SAP school?
How is he coping & is he enjoying himself in school? Have you been involving your DS school work when during his primary school? How many I-spark classes are there in HCI?

Sorry for all these questions... This mummy is kancheong... thot it'll be good to provide more info for DS.

Thanks in Advance. :thankyou:

[Otah]

yukilei:

Otah:

Hi Yukilei, Congratulation to you and DD!


Only one CCA is compulsory, some CCA are optional (like the Merit CCA they have in RI), for those who can cope with two.

Whether I-spark or not the syllabus is the same but certain topics may come in different subsequent. That's all I know as a HCI parent my experience is I now no need to get involve in my ds work and he is doing fine. All I know is he has quited his Chinese tuition and still managing well which help me save $$. Oops... really appreciate him,... haha.

Wow, no tuition for Chinese!!! I like it!!!

Otah, is HCI your DS first choice? Was he formally from SAP school?
How is he coping & is he enjoying himself in school? Have you been involving your DS school work when during his primary school? How many I-spark classes are there in HCI?

Sorry for all these questions... This mummy is kancheong... thot it'll be good to provide more info for DS.

Thanks in Advance. :thankyou:

Yes, HCI was ds first choice though we had wanted him to consider RI after PSLE release due to the mix culture environment. But he persisted leh and we could not rule over him. Haha. He is doing well and like many parents of any secondary school nowadays, we are worrying about his hours of sleep, enough water intake..etc. HCI was his dream school so to get to his dream school he had always been an independent worker in his study till now. We feel quite relax in fact during his PSLE year and leave it to school to prepare him for PSLE and he did follow closely and do well.

For languages learning environment, quoted from one parent's in the past.

\" if you intend to do higher chinese in secondary level, the standard will be equally high at RI. The advantage of HCI over RI in Higher Chinese is that, there are other opportunities for you to use and be immerse in the chinese language other than the normal Chinese lessons. This could help them to improve in the language faster. The boys are expected to do compulsory debate / current affairs discussion in both Chinese and English. They are also given both chinese and english newspapers (alternating) to read in the mornings.\"

[yukilei]

Otah:

yukilei:

[quote=\"Otah\"]Hi Yukilei, Congratulation to you and DD!


Only one CCA is compulsory, some CCA are optional (like the Merit CCA they have in RI), for those who can cope with two.

Whether I-spark or not the syllabus is the same but certain topics may come in different subsequent. That's all I know as a HCI parent my experience is I now no need to get involve in my ds work and he is doing fine. All I know is he has quited his Chinese tuition and still managing well which help me save $$. Oops... really appreciate him,... haha.

Wow, no tuition for Chinese!!! I like it!!!

Otah, is HCI your DS first choice? Was he formally from SAP school?
How is he coping & is he enjoying himself in school? Have you been involving your DS school work when during his primary school? How many I-spark classes are there in HCI?

Sorry for all these questions... This mummy is kancheong... thot it'll be good to provide more info for DS.

Thanks in Advance. :thankyou:

Yes, HCI was ds first choice though we had wanted him to consider RI after PSLE release due to the mix culture environment. But he persisted leh and we could not rule over him. Haha. He is doing well and like many parents of any secondary school nowadays, we are worrying about his hours of sleep, enough water intake..etc. HCI was his dream school so to get to his dream school he had always been an independent worker in his study till now. We feel quite relax in fact during his PSLE year and leave it to school to prepare him for PSLE and he did follow closely and do well.

For languages learning environment, quoted from one parent's in the past.

\" if you intend to do higher chinese in secondary level, the standard will be equally high at RI. The advantage of HCI over RI in Higher Chinese is that, there are other opportunities for you to use and be immerse in the chinese language other than the normal Chinese lessons. This could help them to improve in the language faster. The boys are expected to do compulsory debate / current affairs discussion in both Chinese and English. They are also given both chinese and english newspapers (alternating) to read in the mornings.\"[/quote]Thank you Otah!!!!
That's what I like about HCI in terms of the Chinese Language. I feel that it's impt to be billingual. It's good to stick on to the Chinese roots. But sad to say, this is one of the reasons that most students are fear of. I'm hoping that my DS will not change his mind if his good fren were to choose to go RI.

[dagong99]

Otah:

yukilei:

[quote=\"Otah\"]Hi Yukilei, Congratulation to you and DD!


Only one CCA is compulsory, some CCA are optional (like the Merit CCA they have in RI), for those who can cope with two.

Whether I-spark or not the syllabus is the same but certain topics may come in different subsequent. That's all I know as a HCI parent my experience is I now no need to get involve in my ds work and he is doing fine. All I know is he has quited his Chinese tuition and still managing well which help me save $$. Oops... really appreciate him,... haha.

Wow, no tuition for Chinese!!! I like it!!!

Otah, is HCI your DS first choice? Was he formally from SAP school?
How is he coping & is he enjoying himself in school? Have you been involving your DS school work when during his primary school? How many I-spark classes are there in HCI?

Sorry for all these questions... This mummy is kancheong... thot it'll be good to provide more info for DS.

Thanks in Advance. :thankyou:

Yes, HCI was ds first choice though we had wanted him to consider RI after PSLE release due to the mix culture environment. But he persisted leh and we could not rule over him. Haha. He is doing well and like many parents of any secondary school nowadays, we are worrying about his hours of sleep, enough water intake..etc. HCI was his dream school so to get to his dream school he had always been an independent worker in his study till now. We feel quite relax in fact during his PSLE year and leave it to school to prepare him for PSLE and he did follow closely and do well.

For languages learning environment, quoted from one parent's in the past.

\" if you intend to do higher chinese in secondary level, the standard will be equally high at RI. The advantage of HCI over RI in Higher Chinese is that, there are other opportunities for you to use and be immerse in the chinese language other than the normal Chinese lessons. This could help them to improve in the language faster. The boys are expected to do compulsory debate / current affairs discussion in both Chinese and English. They are also given both chinese and english newspapers (alternating) to read in the mornings.\"[/quote]Hi, just to check, if we take HCL in IP schools, we will take O Level CL in Sec 3, then proceed to take O Level HCL in Sec 4 right ? After which we do not have to take Chinese altogether in Yr 5 & 6 right ? Thanks.

[Otah]

dagong99:

Hi, just to check, if we take HCL in IP schools, we will take O Level CL in Sec 3, then proceed to take O Level HCL in Sec 4 right ? After which we do not have to take Chinese altogether in Yr 5 & 6 right ? Thanks.

Yes but I think only RI/HCI/RGS/NYGH skip O level CL in sec 3 for those who do HCL.

[Otah]

yukilei:

Thank you Otah!!!!
That's what I like about HCI in terms of the Chinese Language. I feel that it's impt to be billingual. It's good to stick on to the Chinese roots. But sad to say, this is one of the reasons that most students are fear of. I'm hoping that my DS will not change his mind if his good fren were to choose to go RI.

Haha, just as we could't force ds to go RI at that time. Ds was the one who influenced many of his classmates to HCI. It is important to let them choose their own preference and they will feel good to go to that school. Both are good school with long history. One reminds you of Singapore heritage the other reminds you of Singapore Chinese heritage. Stamford Raffles vs Tan Kah Kee

[dagong99]

Otah:

dagong99:

Hi, just to check, if we take HCL in IP schools, we will take O Level CL in Sec 3, then proceed to take O Level HCL in Sec 4 right ? After which we do not have to take Chinese altogether in Yr 5 & 6 right ? Thanks.

Yes but I think only RI/HCI/RGS/NYGH skip O level CL in sec 3 for those who do HCL.

So which means they take CL only in Year 4 or they dun take at all until Year 6 then they take A Level CL ? Thanks.

[DoDo Bird]

How many students are in a class for HCI ?

[Kiasucy]

How is the promotiom criteria like from 4th to 5th yr in HCI? Around hOw many students miss the cop and leave the school at end of yr 4 each year?

[godiva]

Kiasucy:

How is the promotiom criteria like from 4th to 5th yr in HCI? Around hOw many students miss the cop and leave the school at end of yr 4 each year?

You mean the Year 4 students may be asked to leave the school at end of Year 4 - holding only psle certificates?

I have not heard of this possible outcome. Does anyone know of students who have to leave the school? Surely the HCI will give the boy a chance eg re-take the exams etc?