phtthp:

AliceTN:

Hi all,


would like to know if any of your girls were from a neighbourhood school and got into CHIJ St Nicholas, did they feel left-out or feel ostracized since most of the girls were from the St Nicholas Primary School? It will only be a small handful of girls that are not from St Nicholas Primary.

At the age of 13, it's the beginning of the peak for puberty, as such, girls are more sensitive.
would really appreciate your comments here. Many Thanks!

fyi, over here in St Nick Girls Secondary, one good thing is -

for Sec 3 Higher Chinese, even if Sec 3 students scored B4 and below , they can still proceed to take Higher Chinese immediately, in the next following year (Sec 4, whether is O-level or IP), so as to clear the hurdle Higher Chinese, quickly. Unlike some other very strict SAP Secondary schools, who bar / prevent Sec 4 students from taking Higher Chinese, if students do not score minimum at least a B3 (Higher Chinese), in Sec 3. Yes, there are some other SAP schools, that discriminate this way. Luckily, over here in St Nick, we do Not discriminate.

phtthp:

Each Secondary 1 class :

will have a mixture of both (new comers who just newly joined the school + ex Sngs primary school) students in the same Sec 1 class, to encourage interaction amongst them.

They have one full year to get to know one another, because they can form different project teams for different subjects, with different mixture of pupils together put in the same team.

School doesn't separate out various Sec 1 classes, by ex primary-school status of where u came from.

Eg.

We do not form any Sec 1 class that is purely entire whole class comprised only new-comers, or purely whole class comprised of ex (former) Sngs girls. No, we don't form Sec 1 class, like this.

Making (meeting) new friends with new classmates take time, as they learn to build trust, through working together, lunching together during recess, interacting with one another. It is not an instant process.

Hi all,

would like to know if any of your girls were from a neighbourhood school and got into CHIJ St Nicholas, did they feel left-out or feel ostracized since most of the girls were from the St Nicholas Primary School? It will only be a small handful of girls that are not from St Nicholas Primary.
At the age of 13, it's the beginning of the peak for puberty, as such, girls are more sensitive.
would really appreciate your comments here. Many Thanks!