ARP is Advance Research Project in their school with attachments with outside agencies like NUS, NTU, A*STAR, DSTA and some hospitals, and is their graduation requirement to complete an ARP during their year 5 or 6 and most will enter their projects into SSEF. From what i heard about those projects, they usually span around 6 to 9 monthes of research.


Im not very sure about the olympiads they have there, but they should have Bio, Chem, Math and Physics olympiads for the top or really interested students.

One friend of mine, who is a senior, expressed the opinion that those year 5s that an earlier poster mentioned are probably those who only take 2 majors, the bare minimum.


"Those year 5s who said they are slack, let them take a few honours, olympiad training, and a good ARP before they dare to say they are slack."

holyaxile:

First off, to clarify the situation, I'm a Year 2 student in NUS High School. I joined this cos i was googling for nus high to see what i could find and thought some of you could use some info about the school.


For DSA, I'm not quite sure about the criteria but 2 years ago, the PSLE entry requirements was an A* in math and science and at least 250 aggregate score. In NUS High, we start biology, physics and chemistry from Year 1. The other subjects are mostly the same. It's pretty manageable, not much stress. Compared to my peers in other good schools like RI, my school life is very slack. Hope that helped. Willing to answer more questions.

EDIT: To provide some more general info, I got 272 for my PSLE. I was in the GEP in HPPS. And I didn't do much extra studying. Sorry if it makes you go :x but hey, it's the truth.

Firstly, i would like to thank you for sharing this information with us, but from many of your seniors, i've heard that in NUS High school, your life will only be slack if you choose a \"slack\" path (meaning you only take the bare minimum required for the graduation diploma, no electives, no honors; according to their principal, you can graduate with 4 honors, which requires 10-15 hrs more of lesson time per week for each extra honor subject). After you reached secondary 4, your commitments and module requirements increases. In their JC1 level, which is their year 5, they have certain compulsory external projects with established labs in Singapore (such as TLL, DSTA, A*STAR, NUS, NUH, NTU), combined with olympiad trainings (which can lasts till 5-10 hrs per day) i heard is not slack at all. Can i request a more clear image as what to expect for my child in the school?

Hi, as a parent for over 10 years now, I think that I am more than qualified to say a few words on this.


Vulgar words are commonplace in today’s society and complete censorship of these words is almost impossible. Plus, censorship is a hindrance to education.

By the way, let me introduce the many uses of the ‘F’ word in today’s modern society. Out of all these words that begin with the letter ‘f’, FCK is the only word that is commonly referred to the F word. It is the one magical word. Just by its sound it can describe pain, pleasure and love. FCK as with most words in the English language, is derived from German. ‘Frichen’ which means ‘to strike’. In English, Fck falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used as a transitive verb in the case such as "John Fcked Shirley" and also as an intransitive verb, "Shirley Fcks". Its meaning is not always sexual, it can be used as an adjective; "John’s doing all the Fcking work", as part of an adverb, "Shirley talks too Fcking much", an adverb enhancing an adjective, "Shirley is Fcking beautiful", as a noun, "I don’t give a Fck", as part of a word, "absofckinglutely" or "infckingcredible". In the human language, there aren’t many words with the versatility of the word Fck as such in these examples describing situations such as fraud, "I got fcked at the used car lot", dismay, "Ah! Fck it!", trouble, "I guess I’m really fcked now", aggression, "Don’t fck with me buddy", difficulty, "I don’t understand this fcking question", inquiry, "Who the fck was that?". I’m sure we can think of many more examples. With all these multipurpose applications, how can anyone be offended when someone uses the word "F*ck".

Jennifer:

#1 had taken the bad new quite well.


Now there is a yo-yo craze in school. I just told him off for spending his free time playing with a makeshift yo-yo he came up with using lego parts. I hv seen him playing it in the afternoon, after dinner and now before sleeping. He rebuked that he had already finished his sch work. I asked him if he knows he is not going to score A* just by completing sch assigned work and nothing extras. I think it hit a spot and now he has gone to bed grudgingly.

Kids being smart but not motivated is a deadly prescription for parents :x

Personally, I believe that primary school children are going through a stressful period in their life as they only have one more year before their reach a major milestone in their life. Thus, they should use the time to fully experience the joy of childhood as they will only be a child once in their lifetime and the amount of obstacles they will face from now on will increase logistically. The time they possess should be used to fully immerse themselves in the joys and simplicity of childhood. You should give him the freedom to spend time on his interests and explore his curiosities. Him making a makeshift Yo-yo is an example of him using available material to form useful objects. This trait of creativity and critical thinking is essential in his future as responsible citizen. Instead of stopping, maybe you could him some freedom to develop this trait of his. One way of doing this may be to have a heart to heart talk with him about his activities. Lay down before him all the responsibilities he has and come to a compromise between him fulfilling his responsibilities and participating in his hobbies. This way, he would willing fulfill his tasks willingly and develop his latent talents in the same time. I do not intend to criticize your methods of parenting but offer you a possible alternative which may have better effects in the long run in the raising of your child.