Anglican High School
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tan9:
Hi parents of AHS, need some advice. DD in P6, AHS is in our list if she can make it. Like to understand if the school has a very strong Chinese culture and hence the students should be very strong in the language? Although my DD does HMT, she is still very \"English\" in her train of thots and formation of sentence so not sure if she can fit in well. Appreciate some advice. Thanks!
If the sch has very strong chinese culture, doesnt mean u need to be very strong in chinese lang...
But u mustnt dislike chinese lang so as to fit into the sch culture...
AHS is a SAP sec sch...but not all SAP schs req all students to take HMT...
It's best to check directly with the sch if AHS is one of yr child's choiced schs.... -
itsy:
But is the 中国历史 comes under the examinable subj ?Hi,
My DS is currently in AHS Sec1. I would say the HMT in AHS is quite tough. The students have to read China History in Chinese. I almost died when I saw my ds China History textbook hahaha My son is not strong in CL. He was admitted into AHS base on his CL PSLE results, not HMT and has been doing badly in his HMT since beginning of the school year. I guess he will be put into non HMT class next year.
Even in DHS, it is not under GPA computation... -
Augmum:
Thanks augmum!tan9:
Hi parents of AHS, need some advice. DD in P6, AHS is in our list if she can make it. Like to understand if the school has a very strong Chinese culture and hence the students should be very strong in the language? Although my DD does HMT, she is still very \"English\" in her train of thots and formation of sentence so not sure if she can fit in well. Appreciate some advice. Thanks!
If the sch has very strong chinese culture, doesnt mean u need to be very strong in chinese lang...
But u mustnt dislike chinese lang so as to fit into the sch culture...
AHS is a SAP sec sch...but not all SAP schs req all students to take HMT...
It's best to check directly with the sch if AHS is one of yr child's choiced schs.... -
My DD is in Anglican High and i kind of regret it. Comparing Ahs with Chung Cheng Main, i think Ahs is not supportive of children doing Higher Chinese. The school offers Higher Chinese to the students EXCEPT dsa students. Then, after doing Higher Chinese for one year, i keep feeling all these years that the teachers cannot wait to fail the student and push them to normal Chinese. My DD is one good example. In her sec one exam, her compo marks and oral marks were unreasonably low. The tutor and i had the feeling that the marks were purposely lowered to push her to do normal chinese in sec two.
I have been wondering these years whether i should have put her in Chung Cheng Main instead . At least CCM offered all students to do Higher Chinese all the way to Sec three. There are benefits in taking Higher Chinese all the way to O level. If students get D7, they don’t have to do Chinese anymore in JC. If they get C6, straightaway can deduct two points when apply for JC. My DD now cannot have these benefits.
If your child can do higher chinese in sec one when entering Ahs, then let him or her do first. Make sure end of year whole 50 can already. If sec one don’t do, sec two want to do, they put all sorts of funny excuse to stop the child leh, like even english must be very good. Very funny la, english must be good then can do higher chinese. DD heard from seniors.
If your child do Normal Chinese and then want to do Higher Chinese in Sec two, -
I have a dd in CCHM sec 2 n a ds in AHS sec 1. Both my kids came from same primary with no HCL background.
I saw the HCL papers frm cchm and AHS. Cchm HCL standard is higher as compared to AHS. In AHS sec 1 students hv no tingxia weekly but Cchm ensure students memorise the CI YU SHOU CE and TINGXIE weekly. Every week they are to suppose to read news article and write their DU HOU GAN. The teacher ensures every students hand up. Hence is very stressful to learn HCL in CCHM. My dd is struggling with her HCL in CCHM.
Whereas in AHS sec 1, HCL is more relax. Lesser homework. Probably the stress will come in sec 2. My ds is enjoying HCL more than his primary sch days. -
I hv DS in sec 2 and 3 this yr, both taking HCL.
When DS1 is in Sec 1, there was \"spelling\" weekly and it is not the type of spelling where teacher read and students write. It was the type where you fill in the blank with no helping words/hints at all, using the suitable Chi-Yu in the text. It was too wide a selection and most students fail the spelling. :imdrowning: After which , they stop having it. And Chi-Yu is not tested in O lvl.
Yes, these 2 yr, seems like it has lesser homework for HCL for both DS. But they do have homework for this holiday.
And yes, school are very strict, if overall <50%, have to drop HCL. No appeal allowed
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Hi, I would like to find out if anyone here has experience in DSA into AHS through badminton? What is the process? Difficult to get selected with mediocre results?
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adelynn75:
Hi, I would like to find out if anyone here has experience in DSA into AHS through badminton? What is the process? Difficult to get selected with mediocre results?
No direct experience. But I recalled asking the school during their talks in kids' school if there are any minimum results (note that some schools in the same cop range stipulate that) that the child must attain in P5 and P6 in order to try for dsa, they said no but it's purely based on their sporting talent. In the case of sports, I suppose the measurements are clear given those competition.
But I personally feel that the general rule of thumb is at least 70% overall. Anything lower than 65% might mean that the child might not even qualify for express stream.
But an important consideration is that it is important to survive well in the sec school rather than try to get into it. If academically challenging, this might be even more challenging if the child gets into AHS as they might end up having alot of catch up versus their peers and in addition, they have dsa commitment. So do have these considerations. Surviving well is more important than getting in. -
MMM:
Yes I truely agreed on that - surviving well is more important than getting into it.adelynn75:
Hi, I would like to find out if anyone here has experience in DSA into AHS through badminton? What is the process? Difficult to get selected with mediocre results?
No direct experience. But I recalled asking the school during their talks in kids' school if there are any minimum results (note that some schools in the same cop range stipulate that) that the child must attain in P5 and P6 in order to try for dsa, they said no but it's purely based on their sporting talent. In the case of sports, I suppose the measurements are clear given those competition.
But I personally feel that the general rule of thumb is at least 70% overall. Anything lower than 65% might mean that the child might not even qualify for express stream.
But an important consideration is that it is important to survive well in the sec school rather than try to get into it. If academically challenging, this might be even more challenging if the child gets into AHS as they might end up having alot of catch up versus their peers and in addition, they have dsa commitment. So do have these considerations. Surviving well is more important than getting in.
Just to clarify, there is only express stream in AHS, no normal stream. They transfer students out if student fail Eng or retain if overall fail too. For Sec 3 this yr, (just to share) there are 6 retained, and all came from the combine sci class which consists of many DSA sports students. My guess is that too much time is spent on training, and perhaps all these training may hv drained the child by the end of the day.
This is not to scare you off from trying DSA, but it is just facts that is happening in all schools. So students must know how to balance their sport and academic. -
SavedbyGrace:
Just what I need to put my mind at ease!Hi,
I'm an AHS graduating student who took HMT. I took normal CL in primary school. I'm half Chinese and come from a 100% English-speaking home. couldn't formulate proper sentences in sec 1. Struggled to complete my zuowen homework every time, needed classmates to help me translate my English ideas into Chinese.
My opinion is that so long as the student is humble and hardworking, willing to do as teachers instruct, there will be improvement. About zhongguo lishi books, you don't need to read them to pass
There are also very interesting modern Chinese novels which AHS orders for us to read during the hols. The latter helped me appreciate the Chinese Language much more and now I have no problems talking in Chinese or completing my zuowen.
Hope this helps.
My DD is also half chinese but her mum (me) has pretty limited mandarin skills. My DD took HCL in primary school and actually got a merit! I tell her if she can pass, its ok!
She qualifies for AHS but I was really concern about the Mandarin standard and whether she can cope. After my visitation to the school and your sharing, I feel better and if she wants to put that as first choice, I will support her.
Thanks for sharing your experience
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