CCA in secondary school, is it free ? need advise from experience parents.

kaitlynangelica:

I paid $116 for my gal's tapdance costumer. Thats excluding the lessons. Nothing is free. Even excursion need to pay.

You paid for the costume but not the CCA itself right ?

KSP:

I just paid $100 for the 1 CCA for the whole year. At first I was like :!: & :faint: . Nothing is free in SG.

what about the cca uniform ? is it included in the $100 ?

School request student to pay for their CCA. What is your comment or advise?

1/3 - 1/4 + 1/5 - 1/6 + 1/7


need to find the LCM first

koguma:

pris-tan:

My daughter got 244, and we are staying at choa chu kang, just 5mins walk to Bukit Panjang High School. We got headache about choosing Nan Hua or BPHS as our 1st choice.


Anybody good advice pls.....

My personal opinion. Both schools are good. But some points for you to consider.

1) Nan Hua is a SAP school. I believe all students must do Higher Chinese as I noticed that in their 2011 Sec 1 booklist, there is no textbooks for Chinese as 2nd Lang. Is your daughter strong in Chinese? If no, then it will be a challenge for her. You may want to call the school and ask whether there is Chinese as 2nd Lang for those who cannot cope with Chinese.

2) Being a SAP school, I don't think there are students from other races, unless these students take Higher Chinese. Do you want your child to mix with Chinese race students only or you prefer a school which she can interact with other races?

3) Nan Hua do not have NA or NT students but BPHS has. Some parents prefer not to have NA or NT students in the school (which i don't understand why). So you may want to consider this point too.

4) Another factor you should consider is what subjects the school offer to its Sec 3 students. Most schools will encourage students to do A Maths or Pure Science(s). However not all students are good in maths or science. Some students may prefer other subjects like Literature, Geography, Arts, Design and Technology, etc.

According to the website of both schools, I noticed that in Nan Hua, it is compulsory to do A Maths and at least 2 Pure Sciences. Hence, what will happen if a student fail his Maths/ Sciences in Sec 2? Does the student still need to do A Maths or Pure Sciences in Sec 3? Won't it be a nightmare to the students? I understand that in another school, students who fail Maths in Sec 2 still takes A Maths in Sec 3. However if they fail their A Maths in Sec 3, they will be asked to drop. I think this is ridiculous as the student has wasted one year studying something they don't like.

On the other hand, BPHS is more flexible as it offers combined Science to the weaker students. Also A Maths is not compulsory.

Hope the info helps you.

Thank you..It helps
My daughter really hope to get in to MGS, which COP is 250 or 251. She ask me whether can appeal using her music(taking exam for keyboard pratical G4 exam, and G5 theory next year , and now taking up piano G1)
She won 2nd prize on the music school competition.

My daughter got 244, and we are staying at choa chu kang, just 5mins walk to Bukit Panjang High School. We got headache about choosing Nan Hua or BPHS as our 1st choice.


Anybody good advice pls…

Is it a must to tie pleats in NH ?

looking for good home tutor for higher mother tongue & science for sec 1 and 2