Maris Stella High

[smurf]

no lah, sjij where got SAP, i think most primary schools offer higher chinese at p2.

[zeedoo]

Does Maris Stella offer Higher Chinese to selected boys at P2, or are all boys supposed to take it?

[smurf]

think being a SAP school, boys are expected to take higher chinese in p1.

[beanstalk]

cherrygal:

smurf:

Hi Cherrygal,


SJIJ offers higher chinese at p2 to students who show that they have the ability to take up.

Then SJIJ is like a SAP school leh... most other schools only offer higher chinese at P5 rite?

Think they've changed this. Now non-SAP schools also offer HCL to willing and able students from P2. In my daughter's non-SAP school, about a third of the cohort was taking HCL at P3!

[usaik]

24hr-mum:

to get into MSH secondary, will kids who take up higher chinese be given 2 bonus points? my girl's sch wont, as they say already got discount for affiliation, from what i heard

Bonus points for admission into any SAP schools(including MSH) are given only to the top 30% of the PSLE cohort. If the kid falls into the top 30%, bonus points will be given. Otherwise, no bonus points will be given irregardless affiliated or not.

Check out the following URL, it also has a table that depicts how many bonus points will be given depending on the grade the child get for higher Chinese.

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/option-exercise/option-form/

[cherrygal]

I see… so many changes… so the only difference is that SAP schools have the whole cohort taking HCL from P1 onwards. Non-SAP will start from P2 but only for one-third of the cohort.

[vicki]

cherrygal:

I see... so many changes... so the only difference is that SAP schools have the whole cohort taking HCL from P1 onwards. Non-SAP will start from P2 but only for one-third of the cohort.

Don't thk it's for all schools though. My fren's kid school does not offer HCL until higher primary.

[bigfoot]

If I’m not wrong, Pri schools are given more autonomy to carry out their academic programmes. So I’m not surprise diff sch offer it at diff levels. Even at sec level, many schools has been offering HMT to their students. I know of a sec sch in the west which offer HCL to ALL sec 1 & 2 express students regardless of their CL proficiency.

[vicki]

Can’t rem if anyone replied.


Is anyone on P1 wushu? Is there grading this coming wed?

[bigfoot]

vicki:

Can't rem if anyone replied.


Is anyone on P1 wushu? Is there grading this coming wed?

Why don't you contact the coach/instructor directly to find out? My DS is in badminton and I always communicate with the coach via SMS. I doubt the school will know what is happening unless the teachers are involved directly.