Hi Jarol,

There are a lot of opportunities to do hands on experiments and projects though I can’t say more than conventional students since I have not have a chance to really feel how other secondary school students are taught in their schools but I can say that I enjoy the lessons very much in SST and would still choose this school if I am still Primary 6. I chose SST because of my love for science and technology and the applied learning which I really have a good insight into when I was at a hands on session during my primary 6 DSA times where the teachers taught the students the earth crust using ferrero rocher, explaining how it is by using the wafer crust, the chocolate layer and the nut inside. And I continue to see this kind of teaching method until now as I first thought it was for show only.

During a typical lesson, the teacher would ask a fundamental question, and then separate the 25 students into groups or ask students randomly on how he/she should approach the question. After hearing the opinions, the teacher would tell us if it is wrong or right and why. For more hands on subjects like ADMT, we were taught methods used by designers to design certain parti diagrams or architectures. We are also bombarded with projects and would have at least a presentation a week made by ourselves on the activity that we were tasked to do. Overall the lessons are more group based and is very fun to attend. Hope this helps any parents out there still wondering about how the lessons are taught.

Dear Shurley

I am currently in Sec 2 in SST, I could tell u that for Lower Sec u go through all three sciences at different times of the year like physics, chemistry and Biology. In Sec 2 however the first half is taken up by ISS which is mainly using what you have learnt to setup an experiment and write lab reports and proposals and record down the experiment results in ways that we were taught in Sec 1. In Sec 3, you would have the choice of taking two Sciences or Triple Science if you can manage it.