School of Science and Technology

[notprefect]

kaka:

spooky:

Can any parent share what kind of teaching resources or materials does SST use? Does the school also use textbooks or school own notes? Hope some parents can share many thks!

When my son was in sec 1 and 2, he had chinese and maths textbooks. The rest of resources were found in the school google site or school notes. In sec 3 and 4, there are texbooks for most subjects in preparation for O level.

Hi,
Can someone please advise what Sec 1 textbooks SST is using for English, Math and Science? I curious how they are different from that of say RI or NYGS.

Thanks.

[mom72]

Snowbaby:

I'm checking in here to get the latest news on SST! Would like to meet all parents who intend to DSA your dc to SST this year.

Hi Everyone, I've been reading alot here and really grateful of parents who shared their kids dsa process with us. Ds is also aiming at SST but he needs to work very hard towards this goal. I can see his improvement in attitude too. His brain is all about SST now that when I talked to him about other school, his brighten up face will dim down immediately. And now I have to prep him and tell him positive things about other school, just in case.....

Last friday, I went to ds school for their PSLE curriculum talk and they actually got speaker from SST to introduce the school to us! They also said that alot of people has been spectaculating about the school pioneer 'O' level results and they are annoucing it for the first time here. hehehe... I hope I got the info correct as the speaker was talking so fast.

100% of the students qualified for Poly
98.?% of the students qualified for Poly and JC
56.4% of the students scored distinction

The funny thing about this speaker is, they even know \"kiasuparents.com\"!

[AZmama]

Hi mom72,


Your stats are almost all correct except the last.

1)    100% of the cohort are able to advance to a Polytechnic
2)    98% qualify for both Junior College and Polytechnic. 
3)    More than half of the students (55%) have obtained 5 or more distinctions.

So far my experience the teachers also very IT savvy...I guess to keep up with the students. Not surprise they know kiasuparents

[mom72]

AZmama:

Hi mom72,


Your stats are almost all correct except the last.

1)    100% of the cohort are able to advance to a Polytechnic
2)    98% qualify for both Junior College and Polytechnic. 
3)    More than half of the students (55%) have obtained 5 or more distinctions.

So far my experience the teachers also very IT savvy...I guess to keep up with the students. Not surprise they know kiasuparents

It's good to hear positive results.

Can I also check with all the parents whose kids are in SST now, usually during the interview, what kind of question do they ask?

[Serria Golf]

mom72:

AZmama:

Hi mom72,


Your stats are almost all correct except the last.

1)    100% of the cohort are able to advance to a Polytechnic
2)    98% qualify for both Junior College and Polytechnic. 
3)    More than half of the students (55%) have obtained 5 or more distinctions.

So far my experience the teachers also very IT savvy...I guess to keep up with the students. Not surprise they know kiasuparents

It's good to hear positive results.

Can I also check with all the parents whose kids are in SST now, usually during the interview, what kind of question do they ask?

I have checked with my DD who has attended the selection camp last year and she replied that the interview is done in a group after the activity. Questions asked are why do you choose SST, who contributed the most & the least during the activity, what do you think you can improve your design if your group design prototype fails.

But who knows that they may change the question since they know about Kiasuparents. What matter the most is that your child has passion in Science, read extensively for Science articles and participate actively as a team during Selection camp. Whether the final design prototype pass or fail is not so important. It's the process which the group brainstorm and work hand-in-hand together to produce the end-result, matters the most.

[BlurBerry]

notprefect:

kaka:

[quote=\"spooky\"]Can any parent share what kind of teaching resources or materials does SST use? Does the school also use textbooks or school own notes? Hope some parents can share many thks!

When my son was in sec 1 and 2, he had chinese and maths textbooks. The rest of resources were found in the school google site or school notes. In sec 3 and 4, there are texbooks for most subjects in preparation for O level.

Hi,
Can someone please advise what Sec 1 textbooks SST is using for English, Math and Science? I curious how they are different from that of say RI or NYGS.

Thanks.[/quote]This year's sec 1s are using Shinglee's New Syllabus Maths, for Science the textbook is optional and no books for English. Anyway they don't use textbooks in lower sec except for MT. Most of the time notes and worksheets are given by the teachers.

[mom72]

Serria Golf:

mom72:

[quote=\"AZmama\"]Hi mom72,


Your stats are almost all correct except the last.

1)    100% of the cohort are able to advance to a Polytechnic
2)    98% qualify for both Junior College and Polytechnic. 
3)    More than half of the students (55%) have obtained 5 or more distinctions.

So far my experience the teachers also very IT savvy...I guess to keep up with the students. Not surprise they know kiasuparents

It's good to hear positive results.

Can I also check with all the parents whose kids are in SST now, usually during the interview, what kind of question do they ask?

I have checked with my DD who has attended the selection camp last year and she replied that the interview is done in a group after the activity. Questions asked are why do you choose SST, who contributed the most & the least during the activity, what do you think you can improve your design if your group design prototype fails.

But who knows that they may change the question since they know about Kiasuparents. What matter the most is that your child has passion in Science, read extensively for Science articles and participate actively as a team during Selection camp. Whether the final design prototype pass or fail is not so important. It's the process which the group brainstorm and work hand-in-hand together to produce the end-result, matters the most.[/quote] :thankyou:

Besides, what were they asked to build as a team? It seems like DSA to SST whether via academic or CCA, everyone has to go through the same selection process?

[Serria Golf]

For my DS1’s time, is to build a strong bridge to hold the most loads using ice-cream sticks and other materials. For my DD2’s time, is to build a stable bungee platform for the bungee jumper. A marble tied to a string represents the bungee jumper tied to the rope. You have to build a platform using chopsticks, papercup, straws, etc to make the bungee platform. The activities are more like those team building games. Both my children have fun during the selection camp.


For my kids, they DSA through academic route. Not very sure whether DSA through CCA goes through the same selection process.

[mom72]

Serria Golf:

For my DS1's time, is to build a strong bridge to hold the most loads using ice-cream sticks and other materials. For my DD2's time, is to build a stable bungee platform for the bungee jumper. A marble tied to a string represents the bungee jumper tied to the rope. You have to build a platform using chopsticks, papercup, straws, etc to make the bungee platform. The activities are more like those team building games. Both my children have fun during the selection camp.


For my kids, they DSA through academic route. Not very sure whether DSA through CCA goes through the same selection process.

:? Tough for me. But I bet the kids will have fun.

[Serria Golf]

mom72:

Serria Golf:

For my DS1's time, is to build a strong bridge to hold the most loads using ice-cream sticks and other materials. For my DD2's time, is to build a stable bungee platform for the bungee jumper. A marble tied to a string represents the bungee jumper tied to the rope. You have to build a platform using chopsticks, papercup, straws, etc to make the bungee platform. The activities are more like those team building games. Both my children have fun during the selection camp.


For my kids, they DSA through academic route. Not very sure whether DSA through CCA goes through the same selection process.

:? Tough for me. But I bet the kids will have fun.

No matter what the DSA outcome is, it is sure a good experience for your DC. If SST is your DC's dream school, use this as a motivation for your child to put in effort and study hard. :rahrah: