Chung Cheng High (Main)

[Louis]

Louis:

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!

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.

[kiaaik]

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.'
[email protected]

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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

[bleeze]

Do anyone know when is the open house for Chung Cheng in 2012? Thanks

[Super Alice]

Open house for Chung Cheng (Main) is always end of the year after PSLE.

[vivocitykid]

When is the open house this year end? Any ideas?

[nothing2do]

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.

[igotpressure]

http://www.chungchenghighmain.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1148405


Open House 2012

We welcome you to CCHMS Open House 2012 for prospective students of 2013.

Date : 17 November 2012
Time: 10am - 2pm (Saturday)
Principal's Speech: 11am & 1pm

[compass262]

I attended the yr 2012 CCHMS open house and was impressed with their students’ behaviour and knowledge in presenting themselves. School has a very conducive environment for kids to study there. Overall, I will say it is a good secondary for consideration.

[Mrs Cheng]

I attended the open house today and was impressed with the environment. The school is so spacious and the students speak well. However, I was rather put off by the lengthy presentation by the Principal. A half hour talk became one hour. He just went on and on and the audience became restless. I cannot imagine if he does this on a daily basis during assembly. Last week, I attended Dunman Secondary’s open house and the principal (rather young and very pretty) spoke so well and more importantly, she was focussed and concise. Other than that, CCH is a good school to consider. We drove past Dunman High (can’t go in) and I thought the school looked rather dated.

[LindaYong]

My son got 246, failed his HCL, got a A for Chinese. Should I put him in CCH? My husband is very hold back after the visit to the school as it is just too much chinese, and how about it English? Will my son has problem as he is now in a very "English" school.