Hello, I have a used SPI maroon school bag for sale. To let go at low price of $30. Interested party to PM me.

Ya, I think the shoe colours are acceptable. Why don’t you try to send picture to her class form teacher to confirm? Or maybe send to General Office. I am sure someone will be able to verify. The student handbook (or whatever it is called) should be able to give some guidance too. Enjoy shopping!

Can anyone share how did our previous cohort fare for last year’s O level national exams?

Thanks MMM. Ya, we also bought her the print copies of textbooks and will get her to use the slate (tablet) while in school.

grapejuice:

We have just received our letter for Orientation and assignment of class and house. May I know what's the difference and purpose of the house? TIA!

Class name (like Humility, Compassion, etc) is the physical class your dd will be in for the whole of next year. House is for sports events. This year's sports champion was Amethyst. The girls have always done well. My girl was from Topaz and she topped high jump for her house this March, winning over Amethyst. I guess whatever house your dd goes into, just enjoy the fun, team spirit and cheer for her house! :rahrah:

J_Me:

Have parents bought their school shoes? Any good recommendation?


Btw, what do we need to pack their school bag with on the first day of school?

We bought dd the black shoes (mary jane type) from Bata. Pretty durable and looked really sweet in her green pinafore. When she grew older, she wanted those with the elastic velco type.

AT:

Hi Hoylj,


Thanks for your reassurance.

Regards
AT

No worries! Happy to share information.

Just remember to log in on 1 Jan to find out the orientation group our daughters will be assigned to. All the best. I'm quite excited myself. haha

MMM:

hoylj:

I have a question concerning m-Learning. Do the girls use Microsoft Surface Pro as their e-device? I was told by my girl that the current girls use this model (some even newer ones like Surface Pro 4). My dd has not bought her ecopy of her textbooks as she was told by the school bookshop to only purchase these books when she has her own device. No news from the school briefing. Any advice from current set of parents? Thanks in advance.

I think my dd was the 1st batch to use Ms Surface pro/ other \"cooler\" looking slates. eg. Lenova/ sony, etc... I am unsure if the school's stance still hold on these proposed models or whether that will change from year to year based on their latest learning.

Based on my impression, it takes a while before they will purchase/ use their slate. The principal will usually hold a briefing before the girls get to buy the slate. I think they always have the option to purchase those ebooks subsequently. So it's fine not to buy now.

In my ds's school, they use macbook and we were having so much issues with math ebook that we gave up using that in the end. Actually, I don't see my dd actively using those ebooks on her slate as well.

Thanks! My ds was told to get a laptop in Sec 1. I rarely see him use the lappy now that he has 'upgraded' to an ultrabook since Sec 2. He uses it for research and webpage maintenance. Lol.

So do you recommend my dd to get the print copy of the textbooks now since she has not bought any ebook for Geog and Science?

I have a question concerning m-Learning. Do the girls use Microsoft Surface Pro as their e-device? I was told by my girl that the current girls use this model (some even newer ones like Surface Pro 4). My dd has not bought her ecopy of her textbooks as she was told by the school bookshop to only purchase these books when she has her own device. No news from the school briefing. Any advice from current set of parents? Thanks in advance.

Hi AT, you would like to know that SEAB has listed a set of approved calculators in their site. Your DD's Casio is still valid for use. In fact, many primary school kids have been asked to buy that Casio model. So it should be fine.


http://www.seab.gov.sg/content/calculat ... lators.pdf