chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2078757\" time=\"1660709761\" user_id=\"162894:

Hi TryNotKiasu,

As long as the child's response after the repeated question is correct, nope, that incident alone will not cause mark deduction.

It is only when the child failed to respond appropriately after the repeated question and/or further prompts that content component of the grading will be affected.

Ah.. Thank you Chenlaoshi! Glad to know it wont affect marks.. 😊

chenlaoshi\" post_id=\"2078642\" time=\"1660633275\" user_id=\"162894:

The no. of prompting questions and how the candidate respond will affect his/her grading for the content component (15 marks) of the oral conversation (30 marks). There's a rubric that examiners will grade according to.

13-15：需要极少的引导 + 能够做出全面的回应和充分地扩展个人看法
10-12：偶尔需要引导 + 能够做出全面的回应和扩展某些看法
7-9: 经常需要引导 + 能够做出充分的回应和扩展某些看法
4-6: 需要不断地引导+ 能够做出一些回应却无法扩展看法
1-3: 需要不断地引导+ 几乎无法回应

@chenlaoshi, may i ask for your opinion? If a child obviously misunderstood the question and answered wrongly during psle oral, then the cher said, '我再把问题问一遍' and repeated question. Child responded '对不起，我刚才没有听清楚\" and proceeded to answer the question. Cher gave nod to the answer. Will this incident cause a deduction of marks for the mistake?

Hi! Helping a friend to ask here. Do you have any recommendation of tuition centre/tutor for sec 3 combined science - chemistry? Preferably bishan/amk/tpy/serangoon/hougang or location within walking distance near any mrt station. Thanks

Veyron\" post_id=\"2049989\" time=\"1638271186\" user_id=\"30663:

When you referred them as \"THEY\", it does sound like everyone or every Chinese ex-pat in the chat group have smart children. I am sure that's not the case because I have seen PRC children who struggle with math and other subjects.

'They' as in the kids of the few hundred parents in that group chat. The super on parents consolidated the AL reported by parents in that group chat. Their kids really did well.

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2049792\" time=\"1638196962\" user_id=\"17023:

Thanks SG_KP, Deepblue and Zeal mum.

Yes, something that didn’t exist in the old system. Singaporean first.

That means all those with AL6 who put RGS as 1st choice, Singaporeans will be accepted first before PRs and foreigners.

But there is one way PRs/foreigners can walk straight into top schools, that is to score AL4 and AL5

Trying to calculate balloting risk does not quite work as no one knows the breakdown of Singaporeans/PRs/foreigners and their choices of school.

Try lah, no risk no gain, just make sure to have a safety net at the 5th and 6th choice to ‘catch’ you/your kid just in case.

About the statement, ya.. In fact my friend, who is now a Singapore citizen, told me that it is commonly shared in the expatriate group chats to aim for AL 4 and 5 to secure top 4 schools so that they will not lose out in terms of priority over citizenship. They are already very good at their MT and math, just need to brush up eng and sci to secure the other two AL1. In fact, many do very well!

kiasu_pig\" post_id=\"2048483\" time=\"1637858049\" user_id=\"4726:

DS2 was accepted into his 1st choice secondary school via DSA (basketball). Following the footsteps of his brother (DS1) in 2019 also thru DSA (basketball). Sibling rivalry, DS2 refused to go to the same secondary school as DS1. I’m glad still that both schools are great schools both academically and in sports. And are basketball powerhouse.

If not for DSA and relying on their mediocre academic results alone, it would be impossible to get into their choice schools. For DSA route via sports, 1-1 coaching and strength conditioning sessions to have that extra edge is critical. During the year of DSA itself, both my boys went thru intensive 1-1 coaching to brush up their skills, speed, stamina and sighting. Glad that their effort paid off.

Let me know if anyone needs advice on DSA (basketball) for pre-covid (based on 2019) and covid year (based on 2021). 😅

Hi kiasu_pig, you ve got PM!

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2045660\" time=\"1636502180\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2045660 time=1636502180 user_id=53606]

SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2045657\" time=\"1636500424\" user_id=\"188234:

[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2045652 time=1636497723 user_id=53606]Do u guys know, roughly when do CCA commitments end for the P6s? Is it after Term 2?

Yes, I don't think they attend from Term 3 onwards. Some may effectively end earlier in Term 2 ahead of the SA1.[/quote]

Thanks. I do hope they at least get to do some sort of leadership duties next year before stepping down.

When they “took over” from the current P6s in April after the farewell pizza party this year, effectively no CCA meetings at all due to SMMs, and they are simply having one short “hi and bye” Zoom session to close off 2021.[/quote]Did the p5 in your child's school take over leadership roles for cca officially? There is no announcement for my child's school and i wonder if there will be any, since there is no cca, nsg and syf this year..

Ahh i see… Thanks floppy and sg_kp1

I googled and saw that DHS has enrollment of approximate 2400 students, nyjc 1800, ejc 1250, vjc 1456 on wiki… Cant find river valley high number

anything\" post_id=\"2021635\" time=\"1619601766\" user_id=\"8063:

Ranking of JCs by A Level Results released on 19th Feb 2021

Hwa Chong Institution (Mean: 85, 25% scored 90 RP)

Raffles Institution (Mean: 84.5, 28% scored 90 RP) / Nanyang Junior College (Median: 86, Mean: estimated to be around 83-85 range)

Victoria Junior College (Median: 85, Mean: 82-83, 15% scored 90 RP)

Eunoia Junior College (Median: 85, 13% scored 90 RP)

Dunman High School (Mean: 80.4, Median: 83, 40% scored 85 or above, 11% scored 90 RP) / Temasek Junior College (Mean: 81, 40% scored 85 or above) / National Junior College (Median: 83, 40% scored 85 or above)

Anglo-Chinese Junior College (Mean: 79.9) / River Valley High School (Mean: estimated to be around 77-79, Median: 81, 4.4% scored 90 RP, 31.3% scored 85 or above)

Anderson-Serangoon Junior College (Mean: 75, 33.8% scored 80 or above, around 10 students who scored 90 RP)

Tampines-Meridian Junior College (Mean: 73.25, 9 students scored 90 RP, 27.8% scored 80 or above)

Yishun-Innova Junior College (Mean: 68.6, ~40 students scored 80 and above, 13 students scored 85 or above, 0% scored 90 RP)

Catholic Junior College (Mean/Median: estimated to be mid to high 60s, 3.7% (26) scored 85 or above, 13.8% (98) scored 80 or above)

Millenia Institute (Median: 67.5, 3 students scored 90 RP (hearsay))

St Andrew’s Junior College and Jurong-Pioneer Junior College – insufficient info to rank them.

https://www.salary.sg/2021/ranking-of-jcs-by-a-level-results-class-of-2020-received-in-2021/

I have a question really just out of curiousity. DHS accepts mostly IP students from year 1, only accept O level students from year 5. What could be the possible reasons that its mean and median are lower than EJC, VJC? And also NYJC which doesnt have IP students?