Networking Group - JCs General

[zeemimi]

Checking in too. Can I find out for ip students do they start term on 2 jan while o level students starts on 6 feb? Will the o level students miss out much?

[wonderm]

zeemimi:

Checking in too. Can I find out for ip students do they start term on 2 jan while o level students starts on 6 feb? Will the o level students miss out much?

Not so for my ds school. Actual lessons only start after the O Level students join them in Feb.

[jtoh]

zeemimi, it depends on the schools. Some IP schools start term next week, some in mid to late Jan. And no, I don’t think JAE students will miss out at all. I don’t think they start proper classes until the JAE students join the schools. I think the IP schools which start early are probably those which do not admit JAE students. Maybe other parents can confirm this.

[iFirefly]

wonderm:

I am also glad that you started this thread. Hopefully we see more sharing from parents with kids in JC.


But I guess by this age, the kids are more independent, hence parents are usually less involved.

Sorry to intrude..

Just wana wish wonderm Happy New Year (very hard to catch her).. May the new year bring joy & contentment to you & your family ! :rahrah:

Also wishing all JC parents here, a blessed 2014.. Cheers !! :celebrate:

[wonderm]

firefly38:

wonderm:

I am also glad that you started this thread. Hopefully we see more sharing from parents with kids in JC.


But I guess by this age, the kids are more independent, hence parents are usually less involved.

Sorry to intrude..

Just wana wish wonderm Happy New Year (very hard to catch her).. May the new year bring joy & contentment to you & your family ! :rahrah:

Also wishing all JC parents here, a blessed 2014.. Cheers !! :celebrate:

Hi hi, thanks for the well wishes!

Wish you and the family a very happy and blessed 2014!

All the best to your ds2, hope he has a smooth PSLE journey and gets into his dream school!

[zbear]

wonderm:

I am also glad that you started this thread. Hopefully we see more sharing from parents with kids in JC.


But I guess by this age, the kids are more independent, hence parents are usually less involved.

Thanks wonderm. Actually, I am very kiasu (so I think KSP suits me very well). I wanted to find out more about the other JCs not mentioned in KSP since the IP ones already have the individual school parent networking group.

I hope to hear from parents whose children are already or will be going to JCs like Meridian/Victoria/Anderson/Nanyang etc. This is in preparation for my ds who will be sitting his O levels next year (2015).

Also, want to know how mainstream O level students transition to JC life too.

Can parents share?

Thanks.

[A better tomorrow]

Thanks for creating this ! I was wondering why wasn't there parents networking groups for jc s and polys

I would like to know more about nyjc, tjc and Vjc
I am also interested in Milliena institute . Have heard of it lately . May I know if the students cope better with 3 years of studying for A levels instead of 2 ?
Thank you !
Last but not least , happy new year !!

[Skyed]

Not a parent but a student going to J2 this year… I can say that JC life is really really different from secondary, esp with pace of lectures, more independent learning (your teachers will not chase you to do your tutorials unless you are doing v badly), and must have discipline to finish the amount of work. Plus prioritize what hwk to do because sometimes it’s just not possible to complete all if you want to sleep.

[sharonkhoo]

A better tomorrow:

Thanks for creating this ! I was wondering why wasn't there parents networking groups for jc s and polys

I would like to know more about nyjc, tjc and Vjc
I am also interested in Milliena institute . Have heard of it lately . May I know if the students cope better with 3 years of studying for A levels instead of 2 ?
Thank you !
Last but not least , happy new year !!

I will be enrolling my daughter in MI this year. We just returned from overseas a few mths ago and we think a 3-yr programme is more suitable for her (she is not very strong academically and will have to adjust to the Singapore curriculum too). Anyway, we heard that quite a no. of JC1 students repeat JC1, so that ends up being 3 yrs also. Can't say more until school starts.

There is some discussion of various JCs and polys in the 'tertiary' thread. You may want to have a look there.

[zbear]

slmkhoo:

There is some discussion of various JCs and polys in the 'tertiary' thread. You may want to have a look there.

There is not much active discussions on JCs/Polys etc.

As many parents are Sec School hunting, I am sure many parents are also JC/Polys hunting too. Every JC has its own strengths n styles, so it will be good if students in JCs can share about their JCs for us, parents to make a wise/correct choice.