DSA 2012

[whitety]

MMM:

underthesea:

My dd has only 1 week to prepare for SA1 as Chinese Orchestra is at the end of April!! I also don't know who to get her to do revision.

Yah, I heard Chinese orchestra SYF is pretty late and near to SA1. My kids' SYF will be on 12th April. They spent most of the march hols in school. This week, they have to spend 4 days on the CCA to prepare for SYF. I am hoping to see their SYF performance and actually feeling jittery if they can upkeep the school's track record. This is afterall important for DSA.

In any case, I suppose they will have to utilise sat and sun for revision then.

My dd also has practice on sat and at times rehearsals on sun.

Thank you phankao for providing all the info.

[Snow Crystal]

4lessStress:

Just a correction to the above, DSA sports students in RI are not automatically grouped into the 2 sports class. If the student qualifies entry into RI by merit, he will join the normal class based on his PSLE aggregate scores. There are some boys who excel in both sports and study. These are the rare ones.

Thanks for update. 'By merit' - So does that mean cut off for sports boy to join normal class is S1 COP? Eg the DSA Sportsman scores 261 (2011 PSLE S1 COP) then will join normal class for 2012 Year 1? But if he scores 260, he goes sports class :yikes: ? Hmm... I thought i read that the cut off for RI DSA sports boy to be able to join normal class is lower at around 240 (see this thread page 902)? Apparently those below 240 have different textbooks - gearing more towards O level class(?) from the start

[jtoh]

Snow Crystal:

4lessStress:

Just a correction to the above, DSA sports students in RI are not automatically grouped into the 2 sports class. If the student qualifies entry into RI by merit, he will join the normal class based on his PSLE aggregate scores. There are some boys who excel in both sports and study. These are the rare ones.

Thanks for update. 'By merit' - So does that mean cut off for sports boy to join normal class is S1 COP? Eg the DSA Sportsman scores 261 (2011 PSLE S1 COP) then will join normal class for 2012 Year 1? But if he scores 260, he goes sports class :yikes: ? Hmm... I thought i read that the cut off for RI DSA sports boy to be able to join normal class is lower at around 240 (see this thread page 902)? Apparently those below 240 have different textbooks - gearing more towards O level class(?) from the start

There's no O level class in RI.

[verykiasu2010]

Snow Crystal:

4lessStress:

Just a correction to the above, DSA sports students in RI are not automatically grouped into the 2 sports class. If the student qualifies entry into RI by merit, he will join the normal class based on his PSLE aggregate scores. There are some boys who excel in both sports and study. These are the rare ones.

Thanks for update. 'By merit' - So does that mean cut off for sports boy to join normal class is S1 COP? Eg the DSA Sportsman scores 261 (2011 PSLE S1 COP) then will join normal class for 2012 Year 1? But if he scores 260, he goes sports class :yikes: ? Hmm... I thought i read that the cut off for RI DSA sports boy to be able to join normal class is lower at around 240 (see this thread page 902)? Apparently those below 240 have different textbooks - gearing more towards O level class(?) from the start

this thread page 902 where got anyone mention RI DSA sports students joining normal class at around 240 ? some posts deleted and the page moved ?

lots of these are hearsays. can anyone quote what the principal of the school say ?

[verykiasu2010]

4lessStress:

[quote]As for DSA sports students all being in the same class, this varies from school to school. Some spread them out, some (like RI) group them all in the same class. The reason being they want to work around their competition schedules and to give them more attention knowing that they sometimes have to miss classes bec of training or competitions. I don't think the schools would focus any less academically on these students though. Maybe parents whose kids have children in DSA sports can comment.

Just a correction to the above, DSA sports students in RI are not automatically grouped into the 2 sports class. If the student qualifies entry into RI by merit, he will join the normal class based on his PSLE aggregate scores. There are some boys who excel in both sports and study. These are the rare ones. [/quote]I think there are plenty of them, judging by all the championships they win year after year in so many areas of sports ..... surely they are not just from the 2 \"sports class\" of may be max 60 students ? also many of them are from among the top end of high scorers

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

4lessStress:

[quote]As for DSA sports students all being in the same class, this varies from school to school. Some spread them out, some (like RI) group them all in the same class. The reason being they want to work around their competition schedules and to give them more attention knowing that they sometimes have to miss classes bec of training or competitions. I don't think the schools would focus any less academically on these students though. Maybe parents whose kids have children in DSA sports can comment.

Just a correction to the above, DSA sports students in RI are not automatically grouped into the 2 sports class. If the student qualifies entry into RI by merit, he will join the normal class based on his PSLE aggregate scores. There are some boys who excel in both sports and study. These are the rare ones.

I think there are plenty of them, judging by all the championships they win year after year in so many areas of sports ..... surely they are not just from the 2 \"sports class\" of may be max 60 students ? also many of them are from among the top end of high scorers[/quote]You are right. There are top students who excel in Sports, winning Gold for RI. These are the ones who entered via their excellent PSLE scores or Academic DSA.

[mum42]

jtoh:

Snow Crystal:

[quote=\"4lessStress\"]
Just a correction to the above, DSA sports students in RI are not automatically grouped into the 2 sports class. If the student qualifies entry into RI by merit, he will join the normal class based on his PSLE aggregate scores. There are some boys who excel in both sports and study. These are the rare ones.

Thanks for update. 'By merit' - So does that mean cut off for sports boy to join normal class is S1 COP? Eg the DSA Sportsman scores 261 (2011 PSLE S1 COP) then will join normal class for 2012 Year 1? But if he scores 260, he goes sports class :yikes: ? Hmm... I thought i read that the cut off for RI DSA sports boy to be able to join normal class is lower at around 240 (see this thread page 902)? Apparently those below 240 have different textbooks - gearing more towards O level class(?) from the start

There's no O level class in RI.[/quote]Yes RI has already started a 4 year programme for the sport DSA this year. Can't remember the name RI has given this programme. But if d boys did well later they will still be posted to the IP programme.

[jtoh]

mum42:

Yes RI has already started a 4 year programme for the sport DSA this year. Can't remember the name RI has given this programme. But if d boys did well later they will still be posted to the IP programme.

Didn't know that. So the Sports DSA boys are in a 4 year O level programme and not the IP programme by default unless they cleared a certain PSLE T-score? Did the boys who DSAd in know about this beforehand?

[mum42]

jtoh:

mum42:

Yes RI has already started a 4 year programme for the sport DSA this year. Can't remember the name RI has given this programme. But if d boys did well later they will still be posted to the IP programme.

Didn't know that. So the Sports DSA boys are in a 4 year O level programme and not the IP programme by default unless they cleared a certain PSLE T-score? Did the boys who DSAd in know about this beforehand?

I was told by the center which my DS is trying to do DSA with, I was told only those DSA sport who do not hit the basic DSA sport COP will be posted to the 4yr programme. Must be told in the first place right ? Think the sch do not want to loose the sport talents just because they may missed the COP just by a mark or two.

[jtoh]

mum42:

jtoh:

[quote=\"mum42\"]

Yes RI has already started a 4 year programme for the sport DSA this year. Can't remember the name RI has given this programme. But if d boys did well later they will still be posted to the IP programme.

Didn't know that. So the Sports DSA boys are in a 4 year O level programme and not the IP programme by default unless they cleared a certain PSLE T-score? Did the boys who DSAd in know about this beforehand?

I was told by the center which my DS is trying to do DSA with, I was told only those DSA sport who do not hit the basic DSA sport COP will be posted to the 4yr programme. Must be told in the first place right ? Think the sch do not want to loose the sport talents just because they may missed the COP just by a mark or two.[/quote]This is an interesting development bec many sports students opt for RI bec of its IP programme. If they're by default in an O level class they may not want to DSA into RI.