All About SAP Schools
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Being a non chinese i would like some feed back on SAP school.
1) Since mandarin is compulsory, does my child needs to take her MT as a 3rd language?
2) Any feedback of sending a non chinese to SAP school? Will they face any descrimination from teachers?
Pls share your experience. -
You might need to check but my impression is that SAP schools only offer chinese. They do not offer malay or tamil language.
In my kids school, I heard that they do study malay at some stage. But I think it’s more a conversational thingy rather than exam focus.
Also, we do see Indians or eurasians in my kids’ school. I think so long as the child is able to speak chinese and cope, the teacher will treat them fairly. It should be based on one’s ability rather than race. Singapore is after all a multiracial society. -
sgKiasu:
You can be exempted fr Chinese, but have to apply for it, and then study for your own MT for Psle on your own - either yr own tutor or external classes.Being a non chinese i would like some feed back on SAP school.
1) Since mandarin is compulsory, does my child needs to take her MT as a 3rd language?
2) Any feedback of sending a non chinese to SAP school? Will they face any descrimination from teachers?
Pls share your experience. -
[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]
Could someone refresh memory for me. SAP schools come with higher Chinese language subjects? Most GEP prog. come from SAP schools? -
mummypumpkin:
...Could someone refresh memory for me. SAP schools come with higher Chinese language subjects? Most GEP prog. come from SAP schools?
The only real difference is that SAP schools start all children with Higher Chinese (HMT) from P1, while other schools offer HMT only to suitable children at later levels.
GEP is offered by both SAP and non-SAP schools. -
karmeleon:
I did hear from parents of P6 students that students in an affiliated school needs lesser marks to get into the secondary school compare to students outside. last year, students in MGS needs only 220 to get into MGS Secondary but outside students needs 250 to get in....It really depends on where you kids like to go. I know it's tough as my son is in an affiliated but my daughter is not.....wiimum:
As a parent with a P6 last year going to Sec one this year, I realised that if we had been in an affiliated school, perhaps I would not have been so stressed because with affiliation, you get better chance to get into the sec school. So I guess the parent in question must have gotten \"wiser\" because of some \"sound\" advice from P6 parents?
Our kids are in SAP schools that are affiliated. But ds1 wants to work on getting to another sec school. So still need to work v hard this year!!!! All his extra school classes hv started this week already, and 1st prelims start in May(?!) -
I agree, mommyoftwo, that whether going to an affiliated or SAP school should ideally depend on where your kids like to go. However my 'frustration' is I don't know if my kid would like to go to the affiliated school when she is P6 or not.... Like what karmeleon said, the son is in an affiliated SAP school but now wants to go to another sec school, so still no easier entry then. I wish I know which sec school my dd1 would like to go to next time so that I can help her plan for it now, but I don't. I suppose as a parent, we all hope to provide the best for our children and our decision for which primary school to enroll them in would be based on many different factors and also the current circumstances. We just have to make our 'best bet'! ':D'
For us, we had a choice of enrolling our dd1 to an affiliated pri school (pretty low cut-off point to the sec school) or a SAP school. In the end, we decided we would like to provide her with an effective bilingual environment with the values that we identify with. I hope I wouldn't regret next time.... '
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Hi Mummies,
Hmm... i am so sorry to interrupt... As my girl is going to be P1 next year, I am quite new and blur in getting her into a Primary School next year. And with all your SAP, GEP, affiliated terms makes me more panic...
Ever since she is born as our most precious gift from God, my hubby and I wanted to give her the best we have, which including the best school we can get her in. Since she was 1 year old, I start looking for Nurseries, Kindergartens, Primary Schools... But as time goes by, I have been wonder, is the school we choose is what she wants? Is this and that enrichment classes is what she likes... ? But we never force her to stay in any enrichment classes she don't like, in the end it's us who got too tired of sending her to so many classes she wants...
We can try all our ways and luck to get to get her into a very good school, but the rest is up to her. And for which Secondary School to attend is no longer up to us.
Hmm... If she goes to an ordinary Primary School and performs very well, of course she can gets into any sec school she wants. She may be the top few students in school.
But if she goes into a damn well school with good reputations which helps her to get into secondary school but she can't scores, I may as well forgo, she may suffer or fail.
My cousin has been persuaded by her JC teacher to quit school as she can't score well, and if she wanted to stay in the JC and take the 'A' levels, she would drag down the school's overall performances. :x She suffered lots of peer pressure from the school but luckily her parents are supportive and encouraged her to finish up the 'A' levels. Just imagine if your child one day jump down from high floors, and you never know why... as we only know that we are giving them the best...
I almost wanted to sue that teacher.... plus the JC's principal... :stupid: -
jenniferjoey:
Yes, such educators are to be detested - but ultimately, it is the parents who have to 'neutralise' these pressures and be willing to take a step back in their expectations when the going get very tough - i remember my parents telling me to just drop JC (after the initial 3 months) when i was struggling with 4 hours of sleep everyday just to read and re-read the 'impossible-for-me-to-understand' physics and F-math notes. :stupid:
My cousin has been persuaded by her JC teacher to quit school as she can't score well, and if she wanted to stay in the JC and take the 'A' levels, she would drag down the school's overall performances. :x -
My 2children are in a SAP school (affiliated ). The older one will be sitting for PSLE this years. Although fr an affiliated school , we are still worried and really not sure if they would end up in their affiliated sec school afterall. Nowadays, even the cut-off entry point for affiliated schools have increased, depending on the individual school and perhaps the numbers interested to get into that school.
We have therefore, constantly reminding our children not to take things for granted and then be surprised that eventually, they have not been offered a place in their own affiliated sec sch. :roll:
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