Cedar Girls Secondary School

[Pascal the cham]

Hi Individualist, thank you for your information:)

[Individualist]

isetan:

Individualist:

[quote=\"music do re mi\"]Hello Cedarians,


May I know how often you all use the notebook during lessons. Thinking to get a ordinary notebook for my girl but the battery can only last for about 2-3hrs, is that enough for a day? Many Thanks

Hi there! It actually depends on the teacher but I believe its used pretty often in lower sec, and not so much in upper sec. There are power plugs available in classrooms and literally everywhere in school, so not to worry!

Hi Individualist,

For laptop issue, is there any reported case on theft before?[/quote]From what I know, there isn't but there was a girl who has lost her laptop before. The teacher usually goes around checking whether the lockers are locked if the students leave the laptops in the lockers, and if the lockers aren't locked, the teacher usually takes the laptop and calls the parents up about it so no worries.

[isetan]

Thanks for your speedy reply, Individualist. So every student is issued with their own locker? For what purpose as I thought this laptop is brought back home every day? Are they meant for temp storage during cca?

[music do re mi]

Hi Individualist,


Thank you for your information. May I know should we get a lock for the locker?

[newage]

Individualist:

newage:

Hi


Very new here. Just wondering what will be the benefit of taking HCL in IP since there is no need for -2 points unlike if one is taking the O level route?
Heard HCL is very tough and if other than the love of the language and there is no other benefit for IP student, thinking of dropping HCL and going for normal chinese.
Any suggestions and comments?
Thanks and Merry Christmas

Majority of the students actually take HCL and it's quite manageable provided you consistently do your hw and brush up on your chinese if it's weak. Not taking chinese in year 5 will really give you more time to concentrate on the other subjects. From what I've heard, chinese in jc is really quite tough.

Hi Individualist

Thanks but not sure if true but heard HCL is very tough and if in IP, no academic benefit.

[Individualist]

isetan:

Thanks for your speedy reply, Individualist. So every student is issued with their own locker? For what purpose as I thought this laptop is brought back home every day? Are they meant for temp storage during cca?

Depending on the class your daughter is assigned to, your daughter may be sharing a locker with another classmate or having a whole locker to herself. Many people leave their laptops in class overnight because it's quite tiring to lug the laptop+charger as it's quite heavy.

[Individualist]

music do re mi:

Hi Individualist,


Thank you for your information. May I know should we get a lock for the locker?

Hi! You should definitely get a lock for the locker. Even if your daughter doesn't intend on leaving the laptop in class overnight, during recess or lunch or assembly when no one's around to look out for the laptop, it is best to keep it safe and locked in the locker. Better safe than sorry, yes?

[Individualist]

newage:

Individualist:

[quote=\"newage\"]Hi


Very new here. Just wondering what will be the benefit of taking HCL in IP since there is no need for -2 points unlike if one is taking the O level route?
Heard HCL is very tough and if other than the love of the language and there is no other benefit for IP student, thinking of dropping HCL and going for normal chinese.
Any suggestions and comments?
Thanks and Merry Christmas

Majority of the students actually take HCL and it's quite manageable provided you consistently do your hw and brush up on your chinese if it's weak. Not taking chinese in year 5 will really give you more time to concentrate on the other subjects. From what I've heard, chinese in jc is really quite tough.

Hi Individualist

Thanks but not sure if true but heard HCL is very tough and if in IP, no academic benefit.[/quote]Hi! I'm actually going to be in sec 4 next year, and my chinese is pretty weak but I'd say hcl is pretty manageable. It's true that there's no academic benefit but ip or not, if the student takes express chinese, the student would have to continue taking chinese is jc, or in the ip case, in year 5. So regardless whether it's ip or not, it's good to take hcl and clear all the chinese syllabus by year 4. Besides, if the student takes hcl and feels that she is unable to catch up, she can always drop hcl anytime.

[isetan]

Individualist:

isetan:

Thanks for your speedy reply, Individualist. So every student is issued with their own locker? For what purpose as I thought this laptop is brought back home every day? Are they meant for temp storage during cca?

Depending on the class your daughter is assigned to, your daughter may be sharing a locker with another classmate or having a whole locker to herself. Many people leave their laptops in class overnight because it's quite tiring to lug the laptop+charger as it's quite heavy.

Thanks, just curious any of your classmate uses the Apple Mac book?

[Individualist]

isetan:

Individualist:

[quote=\"isetan\"]Thanks for your speedy reply, Individualist. So every student is issued with their own locker? For what purpose as I thought this laptop is brought back home every day? Are they meant for temp storage during cca?

Depending on the class your daughter is assigned to, your daughter may be sharing a locker with another classmate or having a whole locker to herself. Many people leave their laptops in class overnight because it's quite tiring to lug the laptop+charger as it's quite heavy.

Thanks, just curious any of your classmate uses the Apple Mac book?[/quote]Yup! Quite a few of them do actually. The plus point is definitely the charger and macbook's lightweight. My parents actually regretted not getting an apple macbook for me hahah