Secondary School Selection 2012

[mummy so kiasu]

hsm:

Not really aiming tho.. but i think thru affiliation, my girl is likely to go to St Marg Sec school which i have no complaint either


Unless she did really well, we can try Cedar as it is really near our house..

St Margaret is a good school, band 4. Cedar is even better, band 1 & near your place. All the best to your DD!

[Pam Pam]

Hi all

I am new here. Seeking for anyone advise any good secondary school near to bukit panjang or yishun area?

[Connecting the dots]

Hoping my DS will be able get into VS or MSHS.

[Crester]

[quote=\"Pam Pam\"]Hi all

I am new here. Seeking for anyone advise any good secondary school near to bukit panjang or yishun area?[/

West side Sec Schs u can consider:
-Bukit Panjang Govt High ( Band 1 )
-Kranji Sec ( banding went up fr Band 4 to 3, latest ).

Yishun side:
-Anderson Sec ( AMK area, not too far fr Yishun, ( Band 1 )
-Yishun Town Sec ( Band 5 )

[MMM]

janet_lee88:

If the paper is set 'easy', the child may let down his/her defense and be careless...a bit over-confident. But if paper is set difficult, child may also lose confidence as time is tight and yet not being able to move on smoothly.

Agree on the easy part. Was talking to some distant relative over the weekends as her ds just sat for PSLE. She mentioned that her ds always score A1 in maths in his school.However when he saw the PSLE questions, he was :yikes: and in the end, he didn't attempt 3 questions in problem sums...

My initial impression was wow A1 in maths.... That is very good and no easy feat. Looking at my p5, she only manage to be in 80 range so far and we already have \"no complaints\" and hope she can sustain since the cohort average is 50+ with many failures.... But of course there are the good ones achieving 90+ as well.

I didn't manage to get the school he is in. But based on the CCA achievement that she mentioned, I suspect he is in one of the neighbourhood schools in bedok reservoir area.

Frankly.... I am back to my confusion of different paper standards across primary schools in P5 and P6 and how that is that modulated for DSA purpose as well when the desired sec school mentioned the overall results must be 70% and above???? If paper standard is easy, yes 70% is easy. But if the paper standard is high, then how???? How can they ensure the 70% is a apple to apple comparison???

[ks2011]

MMM:

janet_lee88:

If the paper is set 'easy', the child may let down his/her defense and be careless...a bit over-confident. But if paper is set difficult, child may also lose confidence as time is tight and yet not being able to move on smoothly.

Agree on the easy part. Was talking to some distant relative over the weekends as her ds just sat for PSLE. She mentioned that her ds always score A1 in maths in his school.However when he saw the PSLE questions, he was :yikes: and in the end, he didn't attempt 3 questions in problem sums...

My initial impression was wow A1 in maths.... That is very good and no easy feat. Looking at my p5, she only manage to be in 80 range so far and we already have \"no complaints\" and hope she can sustain since the cohort average is 50+ with many failures.... But of course there are the good ones achieving 90+ as well.

I didn't manage to get the school he is in. But based on the CCA achievement that she mentioned, I suspect he is in one of the neighbourhood schools in bedok reservoir area.

Frankly.... I am back to my confusion of different paper standards across primary schools in P5 and P6 and how that is that modulated for DSA purpose as well when the desired sec school mentioned the overall results must be 70% and above???? If paper standard is easy, yes 70% is easy. But if the paper standard is high, then how???? How can they ensure the 70% is a apple to apple comparison???

CCA achievements are generally at National Level. I doubt whether schools will give admission solely based on exam marks. Perhaps, the measure might be a test during DSA or based on his achievements at other talent competitions.

[janet88]

Collected the 2013 sec schools listing yest.

Hubby used Excel to map out the schools starting from the lowest. We striked out all girls' schools and schools which are too far. Son is :nailbite: when he saw the COP of the entry levels of schools he is aiming for. Then I explained to him why his father & I were so stressed back then...but didn't want to add more pressure earlier.

[hshs]

janet_lee88:

Collected the 2013 sec schools listing yest.

Hubby used Excel to map out the schools starting from the lowest. We striked out all girls' schools and schools which are too far. Son is :nailbite: when he saw the COP of the entry levels of schools he is aiming for. Then I explained to him why his father & I were so stressed back then...but didn't want to add more pressure earlier.

Hi Janet, wd u b able to share the excel spreadsheet here so that it will benefit others as well. Thank u.

[hshs]

janet_lee88:

Collected the 2013 sec schools listing yest.

Hubby used Excel to map out the schools starting from the lowest. We striked out all girls' schools and schools which are too far. Son is :nailbite: when he saw the COP of the entry levels of schools he is aiming for. Then I explained to him why his father & I were so stressed back then...but didn't want to add more pressure earlier.

Hi Janet, wd u b able to share the excel spreadsheet here so that it will benefit others as well. Thank u.

[janet88]

I have no idea how to upload here.

A friend’s daughter did it on Excel.