Secondary School CCA

[phankao]

VitoRelax:

NJC, any CCA that is less \"siong\" to recommend ?

Hey, your girl will have almost a whole year to decide on CCA bc the trials/auditions are only in Nov.

[VitoRelax]

phankao:

Hey, your girl will have almost a whole year to decide on CCA bc the trials/auditions are only in Nov.

Wah CCA also must attend audition ?

For example, if you choose guitar CCA, then you must attend guitar audition to show them you can play guitar ?

So, the guitar CCA is not a CCA where it teach you to play guitar but rather for students who are already expert in guitar ?

Thanks

[phankao]

VitoRelax:

Wah CCA also must attend audition ?


For example, if you choose guitar CCA, then you must attend guitar audition to show them you can play guitar ?

So, the guitar CCA is not a CCA where it teach you to play guitar but rather for students who are already expert in guitar ?

Thanks

Aiyoh, almost all schools the same one lah. If you don't know how to play, can also go for the trials. They will see how you strum or some basic action or some rhythm/aural tests. Same for all musical groups, I think. Also like for band, they will give you the mouthpiece to blow and see how you do. And for choir, they will put thru' vocal & aural (hearing) tests.

Then for the sports, they will also put the child thru some trials/tests.

All this is to see the child's \"potential\".

Most sec schools will have a \"talent discovery\" session for a whole week or at least a few days where the children will go thru all the CCAs (music/sports, etc, etc) where they just play play play and then the seniors or teachers will observe and spot talent. Then there might be another week (or few days) where they organise trials/auditions. Like in my daughter's school, they can go thru as many trials/auditions as they like.

Then after that, they put in their choices. My girl's school - they had 6 choices (like selecting sec sch, hor?) and to be listed in order of preference.

But ... I realise that, the groups will actually select, not caring what the child puts as preference.

Eg. a child may put band as 1st choice but has no experience, and perhaps was in choir in primary school, and when go thru' trials, the child does v well in choir auditions, so probably the choir cca in-charge would put that child as THEIR \"1st choice\" altho maybe your child only put that as 2nd choice. So quite likely, even tho' she/he put band as 1st choice, and a child who had no other CCA experience in pri school would easily have gotten that Band CCA bc they performed passably at the band trials, they most likely would get posted to the CCA that WANTS them.

V cheem, huh? It's unlike our time where CCAs is really for pleasure. Now it's all performance/achievements/results. If the CCA takes the child in, they would feel that THAT child has the potential to be a great contribution to THAT particular CCA.

And yes, if the child has no experience but is selected and passes the trials for that CCA, eg. guitar, or strings, chinese orchestra, they will be given lessons during CCA and taught how to play the instruments.

[VitoRelax]

kunikokatodesu:

Thank you, but i am actually lousier than my sister in academic:( she's better than me. you yourself also smart what! NJC the score is high! :celebrate:

Can go in NYGH is consider very smart lah.

But in my case, get into NJC is just ngam ngam at the COP. So will be at the bottom of the whole level leh ...

[VitoRelax]

phankao:

Aiyoh, almost all schools the same one lah. If you don't know how to play, can also go for the trials. They will see how you strum or some basic action or some rhythm/aural tests. Same for all musical groups, I think. Also like for band, they will give you the mouthpiece to blow and see how you do. And for choir, they will put thru' vocal & aural (hearing) tests.


Then for the sports, they will also put the child thru some trials/tests.

All this is to see the child's \"potential\".

Most sec schools will have a \"talent discovery\" session for a whole week or at least a few days where the children will go thru all the CCAs (music/sports, etc, etc) where they just play play play and then the seniors or teachers will observe and spot talent. Then there might be another week (or few days) where they organise trials/auditions. Like in my daughter's school, they can go thru as many trials/auditions as they like.

Then after that, they put in their choices. My girl's school - they had 6 choices (like selecting sec sch, hor?) and to be listed in order of preference.

But ... I realise that, the groups will actually select, not caring what the child puts as preference.

Eg. a child may put band as 1st choice but has no experience, and perhaps was in choir in primary school, and when go thru' trials, the child does v well in choir auditions, so probably the choir cca in-charge would put that child as THEIR \"1st choice\" altho maybe your child only put that as 2nd choice. So quite likely, even tho' she/he put band as 1st choice, and a child who had no other CCA experience in pri school would easily have gotten that Band CCA bc they performed passably at the band trials, they most likely would get posted to the CCA that WANTS them.

V cheem, huh? It's unlike our time where CCAs is really for pleasure. Now it's all performance/achievements/results. If the CCA takes the child in, they would feel that THAT child has the potential to be a great contribution to THAT particular CCA.

And yes, if the child has no experience but is selected and passes the trials for that CCA, eg. guitar, or strings, chinese orchestra, they will be given lessons during CCA and taught how to play the instruments.

Thanks phankao for the insight.

Didn't know CCA in sec school is so cheem & complicated one.

So, if you don't like a certain CCA (say choir), then when they ask you to sing, must make sure you sing like a frog, hor ?

[Bear.014745w.014745me]

phankao:

Aiyoh, almost all schools the same one lah. If you don't know how to play, can also go for the trials. They will see how you strum or some basic action or some rhythm/aural tests. Same for all musical groups, I think. Also like for band, they will give you the mouthpiece to blow and see how you do. And for choir, they will put thru' vocal & aural (hearing) tests.


Then for the sports, they will also put the child thru some trials/tests.

All this is to see the child's \"potential\".

Most sec schools will have a \"talent discovery\" session for a whole week or at least a few days where the children will go thru all the CCAs (music/sports, etc, etc) where they just play play play and then the seniors or teachers will observe and spot talent. Then there might be another week (or few days) where they organise trials/auditions. Like in my daughter's school, they can go thru as many trials/auditions as they like.

Then after that, they put in their choices. My girl's school - they had 6 choices (like selecting sec sch, hor?) and to be listed in order of preference.

But ... I realise that, the groups will actually select, not caring what the child puts as preference.

Eg. a child may put band as 1st choice but has no experience, and perhaps was in choir in primary school, and when go thru' trials, the child does v well in choir auditions, so probably the choir cca in-charge would put that child as THEIR \"1st choice\" altho maybe your child only put that as 2nd choice. So quite likely, even tho' she/he put band as 1st choice, and a child who had no other CCA experience in pri school would easily have gotten that Band CCA bc they performed passably at the band trials, they most likely would get posted to the CCA that WANTS them.

V cheem, huh? It's unlike our time where CCAs is really for pleasure. Now it's all performance/achievements/results. If the CCA takes the child in, they would feel that THAT child has the potential to be a great contribution to THAT particular CCA.

And yes, if the child has no experience but is selected and passes the trials for that CCA, eg. guitar, or strings, chinese orchestra, they will be given lessons during CCA and taught how to play the instruments.

Thank you phankao for the insight. My DD1 may have tough time because she was in primary choir but didn't really like it. She wanted to go into sports now that she is in secondary 1 but with no prior 'training' nor did she representing the school in sports; it would be almost impossible for her to get into sports that she likes (eg. badminton) and gain CCA points at the same time.

[phankao]

Bear.w.me:

Thank you phankao for the insight. My DD1 may have tough time because she was in primary choir but didn't really like it. She wanted to go into sports now that she is in secondary 1 but with no prior 'training' nor did she representing the school in sports; it would be almost impossible for her to get into sports that she likes (eg. badminton) and gain CCA points at the same time.

My daughter was in choir for 3 years in pri school too. She wanted to try and join band in sec school and selected that as 1st choice. But then again, she actually does sing quite well, so I think did quite well in the choir vocal trials. So she was alloted choir. She doesn't really mind altho' had wanted to try something new when in sec 1. She is now quite happy with choir. She's already in sec 4, and has been a section leader since sec 2.

[mathsparks]

Bear.w.me:

Thank you phankao for the insight. My DD1 may have tough time because she was in primary choir but didn't really like it. She wanted to go into sports now that she is in secondary 1 but with no prior 'training' nor did she representing the school in sports; it would be almost impossible for her to get into sports that she likes (eg. badminton) and gain CCA points at the same time.

Why not try less popular cca like sailing? No prior experience required, plus easy to be part of the school team if they need the numbers for competition.

[phankao]

mathsparks:

Bear.w.me:

Thank you phankao for the insight. My DD1 may have tough time because she was in primary choir but didn't really like it. She wanted to go into sports now that she is in secondary 1 but with no prior 'training' nor did she representing the school in sports; it would be almost impossible for her to get into sports that she likes (eg. badminton) and gain CCA points at the same time.

Why not try less popular cca like sailing? No prior experience required, plus easy to be part of the school team if they need the numbers for competition.

also might depend on whether they select u, leh. haha. Sailing community v small. Many sailors get a few dsa offers bc of that.

[ooptimizer]

Not all schools have sailing as CCA.