Secondary School Selection 2012

[Pen88n]

PiggyLalala:

KoalaMummy:

How about schools like St Andrew's, St Gabriel, Maris Stella?


Which of these are the better ones?

Personally I prefer St. Andrew to the other twos

St Andrew has the advantage of affiliated JC - however, it is a band 7 secondary school according to 2011 banding.

Maris Stella is a band 3 secondary school, seems like having better O Level results. Not sure about St Gabriel.

[MMM]

Pen88n:

PiggyLalala:

[quote=\"KoalaMummy\"]How about schools like St Andrew's, St Gabriel, Maris Stella?


Which of these are the better ones?

Personally I prefer St. Andrew to the other twos

St Andrew has the advantage of affiliated JC - however, it is a band 7 secondary school according to 2011 banding.

Maris Stella is a band 3 secondary school, seems like having better O Level results. Not sure about St Gabriel.[/quote]I think Maris Stella is also a SAP school?

Hoping my P4 ds can get into MSHS in the future.

[PiggyLalala]

I have 3 neighbors whose kids are in MSHS. Two of them don't really like the school and their kids don't seem to do too well. As for the third one, her son is doing very well in the sch. Just to share

[meiah]

All 3 have affiliated jc. 1 to St Andrew’s JC and the other 2 to Catholic JC.

[Augmum]

wonderm:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"Nebbermind\"]But I thought the grades (A*, A etc) are allocated after the fitting into the bell curve and so the % should be roughly the same as the rest of the subjects. No meh?

It was a Minister who revealed that 80% of kids score A in Chinese. If this 80% is fact then the A are not fitted into bell curve. In essence, the A reflects raw score only. Uninformative. It would seem then that the A and B banding are stable 75 to 90 is A. No?

I don't think the marks for A and A* are fixed. [/quote]That's right....A and A* ( and other grades) in PSLE is NOT PREFIX, unlike in School exams.

I have posted in this thread and also have enclosed a reply from MOE. Here is the link.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=14433&p=657905&hilit=Bell+curve+A%2A#p65790

[Augmum]

MMM:

I think Maris Stella is also a SAP school?

Hoping my P4 ds can get into MSHS in the future.

Yes, Maris Stella is a SAP sch.

[Augmum]

jtoh:

Maybe more students do better in Chinese compared to other subjects, hence the higher proportion of A/A*. But it also means that if you score an A (a low A particularly), your T-score will be dragged down lower compared to if you had scored a low A in the other three subjects.

Yes, certainly.....
pupils who do badly in CL will be more detrimental to their T- score , compared to the other 3 subjects.....
So dont neglect CL.....

[Augmum]

janet_lee88:

A boy who just did PSLE last year had 208...3 As and 1 C.

So I feel that to get 220, child needs 4As.

It is quite common to hear pupils with 4 As getting 22X.

[janet88]

Augmum:

janet_lee88:

A boy who just did PSLE last year had 208...3 As and 1 C.

So I feel that to get 220, child needs 4As.

It is quite common to hear pupils with 4 As getting 22X.

That range for A is very wide...from 75 to 90.
To get A for language is not easy either...bcos there are so many components.

[Chenonceau]

Augmum:

That's right....A and A* ( and other grades) in PSLE is NOT PREFIX, unlike in School exams.

I have posted in this thread and also have enclosed a reply from MOE. Here is the link.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=14433&p=657905&hilit=Bell+curve+A%2A#p65790

Thanks for sharing...