Catholic High School

[mummy so kiasu]

lost boy:

1-3

Hi lost boy,
How is the pace of teaching in IP class? Do you have lots of homework, projects or tests? Hope you are coping well & no longer feeling lost. All the best in your study. :rahrah:

[mummy so kiasu]

Dreamgear:

kenjol:

dreamgear your ds is in which class? mine is in 1-5

Mine in 1-9

Hi Dreamgear & kenjol,
How are your kids coping in IP class? Surprise to know that the school does not use Maths textbook. Do you get any guide books for the kids?

[phankao]

mummy so kiasu:

JonC:

The IP COP is not low you know, heard is 25X.


Your last year COP is 247 and the year before was 248. The IP COP where got lower?

Yes, IP COP for this year is indeed low comparing to O level track. O level is 249 & IP is 252. Affiliated COP up from 230 to 240.

That's bc they set the affiliated COP.

Non-affiliated COP cannot differ too much from other years bc seriously, how many more kids with high 250s-260s can there be. Surely most would still go to RI/HCI/NUSH and so CHS would still be receiving roughly the same type of students as before, just that now they qualify for IP and don't need to do O-levels.

the good thing about being in a dual-track school is that, if really the child cannot cope in the end in IP, can move to O-level track. Likewise, if the child is a late developer, can move to IP track at Sec 3. This is what is practised all these years at ACS(I) which was previously the only Dual-Track IP/O-lvl school.

[Dreamgear]

mummy so kiasu:

Dreamgear:

[quote=\"kenjol\"]dreamgear your ds is in which class? mine is in 1-5

Mine in 1-9

Hi Dreamgear & kenjol,
How are your kids coping in IP class? Surprise to know that the school does not use Maths textbook. Do you get any guide books for the kids?[/quote]Seems to be moving along fine...pace is pretty relaxed....maths have no texts, all from notes in class

[Dreamgear]

phankao:

mummy so kiasu:

[quote=\"JonC\"]The IP COP is not low you know, heard is 25X.


Your last year COP is 247 and the year before was 248. The IP COP where got lower?

Yes, IP COP for this year is indeed low comparing to O level track. O level is 249 & IP is 252. Affiliated COP up from 230 to 240.

That's bc they set the affiliated COP.

Non-affiliated COP cannot differ too much from other years bc seriously, how many more kids with high 250s-260s can there be. Surely most would still go to RI/HCI/NUSH and so CHS would still be receiving roughly the same type of students as before, just that now they qualify for IP and don't need to do O-levels.

the good thing about being in a dual-track school is that, if really the child cannot cope in the end in IP, can move to O-level track. Likewise, if the child is a late developer, can move to IP track at Sec 3. This is what is practised all these years at ACS(I) which was previously the only Dual-Track IP/O-lvl school.[/quote]Ri / hci catered to the top 3%. The rest of the ip cater for the balance of the top 10%. Nush cater for a different group altogether. Thats that general guide.....of course there will be exception like school loyalty, religious loyalty, distance consideration...

[kenjol]

Dreamgear:

Hi Dreamgear & kenjol,
How are your kids coping in IP class? Surprise to know that the school does not use Maths textbook. Do you get any guide books for the kids?

mummy so kiasu:

Seems to be moving along fine...pace is pretty relaxed....maths have no texts, all from notes in class

kenjol:

ds says it is getting on fine, for some small test initial tough but second try he got it, Maths all use notes and website...so far no complain from him. getting use to the pace...i guess so.

[/quote]

[iFirefly]

phankao:

That's bc they set the affiliated COP.

Non-affiliated COP cannot differ too much from other years bc seriously, how many more kids with high 250s-260s can there be. Surely most would still go to RI/HCI/NUSH and so CHS would still be receiving roughly the same type of students as before, just that now they qualify for IP and don't need to do O-levels.

the good thing about being in a dual-track school is that, if really the child cannot cope in the end in IP, can move to O-level track. Likewise, if the child is a late developer, can move to IP track at Sec 3. This is what is practised all these years at ACS(I) which was previously the only Dual-Track IP/O-lvl school.

Hi Phankao.. Long time no 'see' you at KSP.. How have you been? How is your DS doing at CHS? He should be in Sec-2 this year..

Wow, COP for affiliation was 240 last year? I remember it was 230 in 2011 (DS1's psle year), right? I have been wondering why CHS needs to raise its Affiliation COP for O Levels track, just because it also offers IP.. No relationship or clash between the two, right?

Also heard that CHS no longer accepts DSA via aesthetics (CO, Choir etc).. Is it true? Exploring options for DS2, who is in P5 and with CHS(P) Choir..

[phankao]

firefly38:

Hi Phankao.. Long time no 'see' you at KSP.. How have you been? How is your DS doing at CHS? He should be in Sec-2 this year..

Wow, COP for affiliation was 240 last year? I remember it was 230 in 2011 (DS1's psle year), right? I have been wondering why CHS needs to raise its Affiliation COP for O Levels track, just because it also offers IP.. No relationship or clash between the two, right?

Also heard that CHS no longer accepts DSA via aesthetics (CO, Choir etc).. Is it true? Exploring options for DS2, who is in P5 and with CHS(P) Choir..

Hi, firefly38. I've ben around KSP leh. But yeah, with 3 kids that I'm mostly handsoff now, there isnt' all that many topics that interest me as much. After next year, youngest would be in CHS - then I'll have even more free time! ;D

I dunno what's Mr Lee's thinking about raising the affiliated COP. I wonder what is the affiliated COP for SCGS and SNGS. Anyone knows?

And yes, last year's DSA was only for 2 main domains - IP & Sports. Actually I've not ever seen DSA-choir? So my son who's now in sec 2 was among the last batch to be accepted under DSA for CCAs (other than sports) during their p6 year 2011.

That sec 2 boy is managing lah. Not last boy in cohort happy liao. Thankfully he managed to leave a comfortable cushion at the bottom of the cohort so he doesn't fall there. He nearly hit bottom of class last year, but non-affiliated boy cheated and ended up last in class.

[mummy so kiasu]

firefly38:

phankao:

That's bc they set the affiliated COP.

Non-affiliated COP cannot differ too much from other years bc seriously, how many more kids with high 250s-260s can there be. Surely most would still go to RI/HCI/NUSH and so CHS would still be receiving roughly the same type of students as before, just that now they qualify for IP and don't need to do O-levels.

the good thing about being in a dual-track school is that, if really the child cannot cope in the end in IP, can move to O-level track. Likewise, if the child is a late developer, can move to IP track at Sec 3. This is what is practised all these years at ACS(I) which was previously the only Dual-Track IP/O-lvl school.

Wow, COP for affiliation was 240 last year? I remember it was 230 in 2011 (DS1's psle year), right? I have been wondering why CHS needs to raise its Affiliation COP for O Levels track, just because it also offers IP.. No relationship or clash bIs it true?

Yes, there is a relationship between the 2 of them. The main reason is due to the places for O level track decreased. The no. of places offered for O level has been decreased to 155, therefore the COP went up. 175 places has been reserved for IP track.

[Ichigokun]

So… The 1-9 for this year isn’t Sports Class? I didn’t know that