Cedar Girls Secondary School

[twilight]

melteo:

daranic:

May I know how does the CCA point work for the 'O' level result? How does I acccumulate the CCA points?

Hi daranic,
What a timely question, I am also wondering. Are CCA and CIP hours very important? Do the clubs and societies in cedar allow students gain good enough points?

Thanks!

CIP hours are quite important, in the sense that it gives you free 5 points if you complete 100 hours. And really, 100 hours over a period of 4 years is not difficult at all. The other free points come from 4 points for enrichment. And another free 4 points from CCA attendance, as well as 1 point every 2 years (I can't remember if it's 1 point every 2 years or 1 point every year, anyway I'll be using 1 point every 2 years here) for 'participating' in cross country and sports day. It's in inverted commas because you don't necessarily have to participate in any sports day event, you just have to go for cross country and sports day. So that's already 15 'free' points. An A2 is enough for 2 bouns points, so that means you only need to work for 5 more points.

NYAA can be another source of points too. Many school activities can be used for NYAA, so it's not like it's another extra activity that has to be carried out, consuming more time. Bronze will give 2 points and silver will give 3 points. If you are in sec 3 or below now and in desparate need of CCA points, or foresee that you have a desparate need of CCA points, just go for the silver. That will give 18 points, without even doing anything much.

For clubs and societies, it will depend on which club exactly. If you're talking about MCS and ICS and ELDDS, that one has SYF, which will bring your 18 points to A2 if not A1. If you are in Photography, or infocomm, just participate in 1 or 2 competitions. Participation in competitions will give 2 points each competition I think. That will be enough to get at least an A2. With leadership position, A1 is not a problem. After I left Cedar, I realised the teachers in Cedar were quite stingy with giving CCA points. When I looked at my friends from other school's CCA record, I saw that I didn't get what they got. I had bronze in math olympiad and chemistry olympiad before, but I didn't get any points for that, while my friends got 2 points I think. I'm not sure if the teacher in charge of CCA is still the same now, but just a word of caution, if you feel you strongly deserve the points, ask for it, with evidence of course.

melteo:

Hmm...., what about taking MSP, does that contribute to the 2 pts also. If so, can my dd relax in cca and cip. Man, I am confused with all this bonus point thingy.

Thanks a lot, zeemini for the relevant info!

Yes, MSP does give 2 bonus points, if you pass it. But still, shouldn't slack in CCA because when you want to appeal in JC, they usually would want to look at your CCA records.

[KSP2013777]

I’m new to the Secondary School scene… what is NYAA, please?

[twilight]

National youth achievement award. You can go to their website for more information. Basically there’s bronze, silver and gold, and in order to attain the respective awards, you need to fulfill certain requirements.

[melteo]

twilight:

National youth achievement award. You can go to their website for more information. Basically there's bronze, silver and gold, and in order to attain the respective awards, you need to fulfill certain requirements.

Hi Bluebelt,
a BIG thanks for the detailed information. I will show your reply to my dd and digest this together!

[Individualist]

daranic:

daranic:

Thanks for the link.

CCA Grade: No. of CCA Points
A1: 25 & above
A2: 20 - 24
B3: 16 - 19
B4: 13 - 15
C5: 10 - 12
C6: 8 - 9
D7: 4 - 7
E8: 1 - 3
U: 0

From the table in the link, I gathered that to achieve A1 or A2, one needs to clock 20 points and above.

Can someone enlighten me how does the point accumulate work in Cedar?

My dd1 is in track and the practice is 3x per week. According to her, she gets 1 point/yr only if her attendance is 75% of the academic year. And this works the same for any other CCA.

Is this fair, since I understand that some CCAs is only once or twice per week? And without being in any leadership role or joining any competition, one can never achieve C6 in 4 years if only 1 point is given each year.

It's possible to attain a distinction in cca without a leadership position. The minimum is 20 points, with 4 points deducted from attendance, that leaves 16 points left. The school gives 4 points to each student under enrichment, that leaves 12 points. Your dd might consider doing CIP which gives up to 5 points, so that leaves 7 points left to attain. Your dd might consider going for some minor competitions like writing competitions which gives up to 1 - 2 points even if you don't win. If your dd manages to get into the track school team, she will take part in the track nationals every year which allows your dd to attain more points.

Hope this helps!

[isetan]

Hi indivualist, can I just check, is it difficult to get into the CCA of ELDDS? Is it abt drama and debate or something?

[melteo]

melteo:

twilight:

National youth achievement award. You can go to their website for more information. Basically there's bronze, silver and gold, and in order to attain the respective awards, you need to fulfill certain requirements.

Hi Bluebelt,
a BIG thanks for the detailed information. I will show your reply to my dd and digest this together!

:oops: Hi Twilight,
I am such a muddlehead, I meant to thank you but instead I thanked your status...lol! :slapshead:

[Individualist]

isetan:

Hi indivualist, can I just check, is it difficult to get into the CCA of ELDDS? Is it abt drama and debate or something?

hi there! I cannot rank the difficulty level for you as it pretty much depends on whether your dd is able to dare to act or enjoy speaking or acting. But I can say that if your dd has a passion for either of the above, she would even enjoy the audition and most likely will stand out as many are pretty shy and quiet. It is about drama and debate as the cca name mentions, and if your dd gets in, she will later pick either drama or debate to continue for the rest of her years in cedar. If she shows talent in both, then she might participate in competitions for both sides.

[melteo]

Hi !

My girl just got into guides, her forth choice so she is disappointed. Is anyone here in guides?
1)Do they have to stay more than the required wed and fri meetings? Extra camps and stuff?
2)Does guides help earn cca points easily?
3)Are CIP hours built into guides?..just so she can fulfill fewer cip hours.

Thank you!

[zeemimi]

melteo:

Hi !

My girl just got into guides, her forth choice so she is disappointed. Is anyone here in guides?
1)Do they have to stay more than the required wed and fri meetings? Extra camps and stuff?
2)Does guides help earn cca points easily?
3)Are CIP hours built into guides?...just so she can fulfill fewer cip hours.

Thank you!

There are camps during the school holidays. Cca points are a breeze. Cip hours are built in.
join the cca with an open mind. Then she'll enjoy. Very often it is the friends that makes the cca enjoyable. Strive to create some true lasting friendship there.