Secondary School Selection 2012

[MMM]

ks2011:

CCA achievements are generally at National Level. I doubt whether schools will give admission solely based on exam marks. Perhaps, the measure might be a test during DSA or based on his achievements at other talent competitions.

I am preparing my P5 and P4 for DSA route via band. They participated in SYF and the school attained very good results. In addition, they are also attending a music talent thingy by MOE.... For my P5, one of the target schools explicitly mentioned that the applicant must attain at least 70% overall pass for P5 year end and P6 mid year and grade 5 in music instrument. I called to clarify as she won't have grade 5 and the school said it's not compulsory given her background. But the 70% thing is making me over her SA now.... Yes I am stressed.... if she missed by little how??? She is botherline case pulled down by her EL... and what if the school decided to set another killer maths and science paper???? Ok... what will be will be....

[Coolkidsrock2]

Hi MMM, you may also wish to check with the school if there is any audition. If there is, you may wish to start preparing for it during the forthcoming break. DD had also participated in SYFs and the MOE’s Music Talent Development Program. But it is a group performance and the audition requires solo performance. Some schools will require the applicant to play a tune of X minute.


Different schools have different selection criteria. Some schools will use academic results as the first cut to filter out the applicants while others will require all applicants to attend the audition before they review the academic results of the shortlisted candidates.

[MMM]

Coolkidsrock2:

Hi MMM, you may also wish to check with the school if there is any audition. If there is, you may wish to start preparing for it during the forthcoming break. DD had also participated in SYFs and the MOE's Music Talent Development Program. But it is a group performance and the audition requires solo performance. Some schools will require the applicant to play a tune of X minute.


Different schools have different selection criteria. Some schools will use academic results as the first cut to filter out the applicants while others will require all applicants to attend the audition before they review the academic results of the shortlisted candidates.

Thanks for sharing. Yes, there will be solo audition. I suppose this is not \"new\" as the same criteria applies when auditing for MTDC as well.

Did your child do any DSA via band? Appreciate if you could share more. You can PM me. Thanks!

[Coolkidsrock2]

Hi MMM, have pm you.

[Coolkidsrock2]

Hi Janet, believe you can upload by going to the bottom of the Full Editor where you have the option to upload to tinypic. Select Browse to choose your file and click Open.


I have a similar spreadsheet with COP for period 2009-2012 and other field (for my own analysis) but messed up the attached function. If someone can advise me how to delete the wrong attachement, I can re-try. Think the security feature here does not allow paste function too.

[janet88]

Coolkidsrock2:

Hi Janet, believe you can upload by going to the bottom of the Full Editor where you have the option to upload to tinypic. Select Browse to choose your file and click Open.


I have a similar spreadsheet with COP for period 2009-2012 and other field (for my own analysis) but messed up the attached function. If someone can advise me how to delete the wrong attachement, I can re-try. Think the security feature here does not allow paste function too.

I tried to copy and paste.
Son hoping for ACS I...I am looking at SJI.

[mummy so kiasu]

MMM:

janet_lee88:

If the paper is set 'easy', the child may let down his/her defense and be careless...a bit over-confident. But if paper is set difficult, child may also lose confidence as time is tight and yet not being able to move on smoothly.

Agree on the easy part. Was talking to some distant relative over the weekends as her ds just sat for PSLE. She mentioned that her ds always score A1 in maths in his school.However when he saw the PSLE questions, he was :yikes: and in the end, he didn't attempt 3 questions in problem sums...

My initial impression was wow A1 in maths.... That is very good and no easy feat. Looking at my p5, she only manage to be in 80 range so far and we already have \"no complaints\" and hope she can sustain since the cohort average is 50+ with many failures.... But of course there are the good ones achieving 90+ as well.

I didn't manage to get the school he is in. But based on the CCA achievement that she mentioned, I suspect he is in one of the neighbourhood schools in bedok reservoir area.

Frankly.... I am back to my confusion of different paper standards across primary schools in P5 and P6 and how that is that modulated for DSA purpose as well when the desired sec school mentioned the overall results must be 70% and above???? If paper standard is easy, yes 70% is easy. But if the paper standard is high, then how???? How can they ensure the 70% is a apple to apple comparison???

Kids applying for DSA have to go for interview or sit for selection test, not just base on their P5 & P6 SA1 results. School standards may vary. I have a friend whose son was in the top 10% of his neighbourhood primary school & his PSLE T score was only 22+. Whereas, NYPS top 30% (including GEP) is national top 10%.

[mummy so kiasu]

MMM:

ks2011:

CCA achievements are generally at National Level. I doubt whether schools will give admission solely based on exam marks. Perhaps, the measure might be a test during DSA or based on his achievements at other talent competitions.

I am preparing my P5 and P4 for DSA route via band. They participated in SYF and the school attained very good results. In addition, they are also attending a music talent thingy by MOE.... For my P5, one of the target schools explicitly mentioned that the applicant must attain at least 70% overall pass for P5 year end and P6 mid year and grade 5 in music instrument. I called to clarify as she won't have grade 5 and the school said it's not compulsory given her background. But the 70% thing is making me over her SA now.... Yes I am stressed.... if she missed by little how??? She is botherline case pulled down by her EL... and what if the school decided to set another killer maths and science paper???? Ok... what will be will be....

Don't be too stress. Just try your best & no harm trying even you miss by a little. Just submit your application & hope for the best. You can apply for a few schools to increase your chance. All the best to your child's DSA next year!

[Coolkidsrock2]

mummy so kiasu:

MMM:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Kids applying for DSA have to go for interview or sit for selection test, not just base on their P5 & P6 SA1 results. School standards may vary. I have a friend whose son was in the top 10% of his neighbourhood primary school & his PSLE T score was only 22+. Whereas, NYPS top 30% (including GEP) is national top 10%.

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This is very true and sometimes the stress in neighbourhood schools is even higher as the percentage of students in the national top 10% can be single digit. There is a lot of pressure to be the top few students there whereas the top 30%-40% in a brand name school is national top 10% so being average is fine. There is still plenty of buffer. The last student in a brand name school can still be scoring higher than the top student in a neighbourhood school.

Thankfully for exam papers being made commercially available, otherwise it is very difficult to even know how high the bar is.

[Chenonceau]

mummy so kiasu:

Kids applying for DSA have to go for interview or sit for selection test, not just base on their P5 & P6 SA1 results. School standards may vary. I have a friend whose son was in the top 10% of his neighbourhood primary school & his PSLE T score was only 22+. Whereas, NYPS top 30% (including GEP) is national top 10%.

Oh dear!! Really?