Ikid:

Thank u for sharing, nikinack123\t

Also may I know if the projects are more group projects or individual projects.

Well, I'd say that there are more individual projects, even though the number of group projects is only less than the number of indiv projects by a small margin.

strawberrycupcakes:

nikinack123:

[quote=\"Ikid\"]

Hi phtthp, do you have any idea how much academic support does the school teachers give for these group of students, as I believe the students will likely to miss lessons to go for competition often.

I understand RGS is more project based, is this true?

Hi Ikid!

I'm not sure about NYGH, but as a current RG Girl with a lot of DSA classmates, I can say that the academic support for them is very strong. They do have to miss lessons a lot - and I mean a lot, since they're likely to have at least two competitions a month - but they have lots of avenues to seek help from teachers, and the teachers themselves often invite them for make-up lessons too. RG's formal school hours start slightly later on Thursdays, at 8.25am instead of 7.25am, but all teachers are still present in school, and girls can set up appointments to have make-up sessions with their teachers during this time.

Also, if it is of any concern to you, DSA students and PSLE-entry students do have equal chances at being granted major leadership positions in the school. For example, my class' current Chairperson is a DSA Netballer, and she's very well loved by the whole class. The DSA students aren't looked down upon at all either, and they often get very high grades in class too, many times even scoring better than the PSLE entrants.

So yes, I can say that the academic, and moral, support for DSA students in RG is very strong. Classes are tough for sure and exams are tougher, but we're one bonded family of sisterhood, and everyone weathers storms together here, regardless of race, language, religion, background and grade.

Thank you!

(Oh and yes, RGS is very project-based Around half of our grade is calculated based on projects that we do. But they're *fairly* fun )

Sounds like lots of fun. R u still in RG?[/quote] Yup, I'm still in RG! And it is lots of fun - except for when the girls are dying because of projects, but that's already normal, so we die together hehe

Ikid:

phtthp:

for RGS Secondary

if DSA by Sports : DSA commitment is 6 years, for all type of Sports

Hi phtthp, do you have any idea how much academic support does the school teachers give for these group of students, as I believe the students will likely to miss lessons to go for competition often.

I understand RGS is more project based, is this true?

Hi Ikid!

I'm not sure about NYGH, but as a current RG Girl with a lot of DSA classmates, I can say that the academic support for them is very strong. They do have to miss lessons a lot - and I mean a lot, since they're likely to have at least two competitions a month - but they have lots of avenues to seek help from teachers, and the teachers themselves often invite them for make-up lessons too. RG's formal school hours start slightly later on Thursdays, at 8.25am instead of 7.25am, but all teachers are still present in school, and girls can set up appointments to have make-up sessions with their teachers during this time.

Also, if it is of any concern to you, DSA students and PSLE-entry students do have equal chances at being granted major leadership positions in the school. For example, my class' current Chairperson is a DSA Netballer, and she's very well loved by the whole class. The DSA students aren't looked down upon at all either, and they often get very high grades in class too, many times even scoring better than the PSLE entrants.

So yes, I can say that the academic, and moral, support for DSA students in RG is very strong. Classes are tough for sure and exams are tougher, but we're one bonded family of sisterhood, and everyone weathers storms together here, regardless of race, language, religion, background and grade.

Thank you!

(Oh and yes, RGS is very project-based Around half of our grade is calculated based on projects that we do. But they're *fairly* fun )

kira:

nikinack123:

Hi!


Does anyone here know how to sign up to be a supporter for a competition that some girls will be going for? I heard from the grapevine that you could submit your application via iNet, but I looked around and it wasn't there. If it's actually there and I missed it by mistake, please do tell me where to find it - any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

~ Confused Year 1

niknack123, from what I can see from inet, application to be a supporter for the badminton and tennis competitions seems to be by hard copy signup on forms pinned on PE dept door.

(From a Y2 mom)

Thank you! :rahrah:

Hi!


Does anyone here know how to sign up to be a supporter for a competition that some girls will be going for? I heard from the grapevine that you could submit your application via iNet, but I looked around and it wasn't there. If it's actually there and I missed it by mistake, please do tell me where to find it - any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

~ Confused Year 1

Blue Pearl:

I am checking behalf of my neice who is from an average primary school but aspiring to go RGS. Her friends told her that she will be left alone just because she comes from average school. She is now scared but her marks are very good. We know she has high chance to go. May i know the culture of the school? tks

Hi Blue Pearl!

I'm a Year 1 Girl this year, and I would like to assure you and your niece that although I was from a neighbourhood primary school, I have assimilated very well into the RGS environment, and the same can be said for all of my friends from neighbourhood schools. I think that something that's magical about RGS is that no one really cares about your primary school, or your father's job - they may ask you about your primary school during Orientation Week, but it's just because everyone feels awkward and has nothing else to talk about. If your niece is worried about being left alone because of her background, I'd like to put her worries at ease. That's just not how it works in RGS.

The RGS Culture is a very strong bond of sisterhood. No one is ever awkward much, and everyone in the school is very fun - whenever a person's birthday rolls around, her friends always burst into a surprise song during recess time, and they're not afraid to proclaim their friend's birthday to the whole canteen, because they know that if the other canteen-goers have any reaction to the singing, it will be to sing along.

Also, during Orientation Week, the SIMU (Spirit Ignition & Management Unit) will hold a total of three Raffles Initiation sessions for the Year 1s. These sessions really will help your niece to get to know RGS better and really feel like she's a part of the Rafflesian family, because she'll learn school cheers and songs that are shared by no other school. One interesting fact is that RGS shares some of their cheers with RI. That means that, if RI calls for supporters from RGS, when the RGS supporters yell out a cheer to support the RI boys, the RI boys will recognize the cheer. RGS and RI don't associate with each other much, but whenever they do, they do so wholeheartedly, and it really feels refreshing.

And if you come to the RGS Open House, please, please don't be daunted by the facilities that we have. I know that they're old and that they're not as new and shiny as the facilities that NYGH and Cedar Girls' have, but it's clean, it's used properly, and it's loved - it's been loved by 56 generations of RGS Girls, and I think that considering their age, the state of RG's facilities is really laudable.

Also - our teachers. Our teachers will be the most terrifying ones that your niece will ever meet, if she joins our family - but they uphold and administer an amazing curriculum that will make any girl soar, as long as the girl wants to. If a girl doesn't have the will to learn or isn't willing to push herself to study and work hard, the RGS Curriculum will fail her, because RG is all about independent study. The teachers are facilitators of our learning who will teach you basic concepts, and then let you go so that you can try to fly on your own. They'll ask you to research on things on your own and they'll try to inculcate as deep a sense of independence in you as possible, but if you're really breaking down, they will never, ever leave you behind. They care about their students more than they can show, and I think that it's something really sweet and special.

I've observed all of these things in all of the time that I've spent in school so far, and I'm only a Year One. How much more will I be able to learn in the years to come? I don't know, but I hope that no matter what challenges I may face, the love for learning that RGS has inculcated in all of us will never fade.

I hope that I've assured you and your niece just a little bit about the aspects of the RG culture that I'm acquainted with. I wish her all the best - and I'm looking forward to seeing her join the Rafflesian family soon.

~ nikinack123

Choco05:

nikinack123:

[quote=\"KPFan\"]My gal was disappointed to hear from the principal on reporting day that they won't be moving to the new campus. She felt that the present campus looks 'sleepy' and was looking forward to the new school. What about your daughters?

Hi KPFan,

I'm going to be a Year 1 Girl next year. Yes, I was disappointed that the Principal had told us that we wouldn't be able to enjoy the facilities of the new campus during our time in RGS as a student. In the RGS website, it had been stated that the new campus would be moved-into in 2018, and thus I had had hope that we would at least be able to spend one year of our time in the new campus, because the current campus is a bit old and the thought of being the first batch to move into the new campus was really exciting.

I have one unclear thought, though. In Mrs Poh Mun See's speech, she had said that we would only be moving to the new campus in 2019, and she had said that the parents need not worry that their daughters' studies will be disrupted during the move to the new campus. Perhaps she thinks that the parents don't want their daughters to move campus, and has thus extended the construction period by one year? O.o I don't know if I'm thinking too deeply about this, but perhaps if Mrs Poh mentions this thought again, I can try to politely let her know that most of the Girls would like to experience the new campus before moving to Raffles Junior College. We'll just see how everything turns out.

There is also the possibility that she is stating 2019 as an overestimated figure so that the parents will not expect the Girls to be able to move to the new campus at all, and then she'll be able to surprise us if the construction and fund-raising turns out to be completed by 2018? I dunno. It's a far-fetched idea, but a girl can hope.

~ Nikinack

My guess is that it will be ready for use by late 2018, during the holidays, and the school would want to use that time to shift things over etc to minimize disruption. Hence you probably will be missing out. Also i don't think Mrs Poh is going to have too much say on the speed of construction...it's not just up to her on whether to delay the project.

But why so saddened by this one small fact? Your seniors don't get to use it either, and still have to fund raise for the campus they never get to use. And now we won't have a physical site to remember our school days anymore. There will be no memory of us there. If you want to talk about missing out opportunities... i assure you your seniors will have loads more stories to tell. No RGS 1:1, no RICE, FAM in hall rather than hotel, no new campus. We have survived pretty well without all that, and it may be actually a lot better than you think.

Some batches just have to sacrifice for a better future. That's what the school told us when we complained bitterly that our batch was missing out on too many things.

Why not just focus on settling into the school for now?[/quote] Hiya Choco05,

I guess you're right. Our seniors probably had it a lot worse. I'm sorry for complaining when my batch already gets to experience some things that you guys didn't - I shouldn't complain at all. We're already a very lucky bunch.

We'll focus on settling into the school for now. After you mentioned it, I realised that although we may not get to experience the new campus in its entirety, our batch is fortunate in the way that we get to immerse ourselves in the home that RGS has had since... 1959, I think? In all of the 50+ years that RGS Girls have been studying hard and playing hard in the current campus, a lot of laughter and happiness has been collected in the school halls, and I'm glad that, along with our seniors, we got to be in a campus that had collected that many fond memories. Plus... My batch and the seniors' batches got to spend the entirety of their four years here, and if you look at it another way, it's a priceless privilege. We got to stay in this campus for four years, we got to show it our love for four years, and even though we can always visit the new campus as alumni later, the new students will never be able to come back to the school and see it in all its vibrancy. To all of the 2015 Year 1s, you're the last batch who gets to experience that.

So that's what I realised when I read through Choco05's reply. It makes me feel a whole lot happier about the new campus. Thankiew, again, Choco05 - first you helped me to get my inspiration to come to RGS, and then you helped me to learn to love it, even before I started schooling there. You're one awesome person.

So yesh. I probably made all of your eyes sore but that's what I took away from this. 2015 Year 1s, I hope we have a great year ahead!

Happy New Year's Eve! ^ ^

KPFan:

My gal was disappointed to hear from the principal on reporting day that they won't be moving to the new campus. She felt that the present campus looks 'sleepy' and was looking forward to the new school. What about your daughters?

Hi KPFan,

I'm going to be a Year 1 Girl next year. Yes, I was disappointed that the Principal had told us that we wouldn't be able to enjoy the facilities of the new campus during our time in RGS as a student. In the RGS website, it had been stated that the new campus would be moved-into in 2018, and thus I had had hope that we would at least be able to spend one year of our time in the new campus, because the current campus is a bit old and the thought of being the first batch to move into the new campus was really exciting.

I have one unclear thought, though. In Mrs Poh Mun See's speech, she had said that we would only be moving to the new campus in 2019, and she had said that the parents need not worry that their daughters' studies will be disrupted during the move to the new campus. Perhaps she thinks that the parents don't want their daughters to move campus, and has thus extended the construction period by one year? O.o I don't know if I'm thinking too deeply about this, but perhaps if Mrs Poh mentions this thought again, I can try to politely let her know that most of the Girls would like to experience the new campus before moving to Raffles Junior College. We'll just see how everything turns out.

There is also the possibility that she is stating 2019 as an overestimated figure so that the parents will not expect the Girls to be able to move to the new campus at all, and then she'll be able to surprise us if the construction and fund-raising turns out to be completed by 2018? I dunno. It's a far-fetched idea, but a girl can hope.

~ Nikinack

psle2002:

I am also facing the same problem for accessing google email.

Hi psle2002,

I'm not sure if something's changed since my mom called the IT Care Team, but when she called them yesterday, they said that they were still in the process of making the Google Accounts because all of the students were suddenly creating their passwords and it was a bit overwhelming for them. I think they should be done with all of the accounts by the time we start school, but for now it'd be best just to wait.

psle2002:

I haven't updated my student particulars. Where can I update this information i.e., URL for online registration of student's particulars?

Hi psle2002!

I was wondering about that too until around 5pm yesterday. My mom and I went to RGS and we called the IT Care Department, and at the time of the call, they had already put the Personal Particulars update form onto the iNet parents site - not the students' iNet site. The details for how to log into the Parents' iNet account should be reflected on the little slip of paper in your Orientation Package too ^^

Hope I helped!

~ Nikinack123