CHIJ Toa Payoh Secondary
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Happy Mum:
This is such a difficult choice! My daughter is interested in performing arts and she is interested in CHIJ sec dance, but she is bad at English , she is more interested in math and science which Anderson focuses on. Furthermore, We live in sembawang and there isn’t much of a difference in distance. What a dilemma!Lycheesandmommy:
Between CHIJ secondary and Anderson ,which one is better? My daughter got 247, she doesn’t know which school to choose :?:
IJ Toa Payoh has a very strong school culture. You can follow their school instagram account and have a sense of the various school activities. IJ girls are generally strong in EL and humanities, drama, visual arts, sports and performing arts. IJ girls are generally very expressive so they may come across as being 'loud'.
My general impression is that students from Anderson Sec are conscientious and dutiful, given the school motto. I believe students there may be more inclined towards Maths and Science.
I chose to place my daughter in IJ Toa Payoh because I think it's harder to develop EL competency and interests in Humanities. Also my daughter didn't want to go to a co-ed secondary school, having 'endured' 6 years of co-ed primary education.
You may consider which school would complement your daughter's skills and abilities. Important also to ask her if she likes the school culture. Hope this helps a bit.
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Hi my girl t score is marginally lower than CHIJ TP thus can I still apply? what are the chance for students who are from non affiliates?
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ttpt:
Hi my girl t score is marginally lower than CHIJ TP thus can I still apply? what are the chance for students who are from non affiliates?
Can always try! -
Lycheesandmommy:
This is such a difficult choice! My daughter is interested in performing arts and she is interested in CHIJ sec dance, but she is bad at English , she is more interested in math and science which Anderson focuses on. Furthermore, We live in sembawang and there isn’t much of a difference in distance. What a dilemma!Happy Mum:
[quote=\"Lycheesandmommy\"]Between CHIJ secondary and Anderson ,which one is better? My daughter got 247, she doesn’t know which school to choose :?:
IJ Toa Payoh has a very strong school culture. You can follow their school instagram account and have a sense of the various school activities. IJ girls are generally strong in EL and humanities, drama, visual arts, sports and performing arts. IJ girls are generally very expressive so they may come across as being 'loud'.
My general impression is that students from Anderson Sec are conscientious and dutiful, given the school motto. I believe students there may be more inclined towards Maths and Science.
I chose to place my daughter in IJ Toa Payoh because I think it's harder to develop EL competency and interests in Humanities. Also my daughter didn't want to go to a co-ed secondary school, having 'endured' 6 years of co-ed primary education.
You may consider which school would complement your daughter's skills and abilities. Important also to ask her if she likes the school culture. Hope this helps a bit. :?:[/quote]Go to the schools again. Walk around!
It may be easier to integrate into Anderson Sec as in IJ TP many of the girls are from IJ TP primary.
However, having said that my daughter and her friends from non-affiliated schools integrated very well in IJ TP.
I suppose expect the usual problems found in all-girls mission school (talk incessantly, etc, etc) and a co-ed school ( I see some of them pair up nicely at AMK area :evil: ).
In terms of O levels, both perform very well...with IJ TP being a value-added school, since many IJ primary girls don't 'stretch' themselves at PSLE...thru' train for them of sort
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Hi lycheesandmommy
my view is that it is good to be strong in maths and sciences in the Singapore school system. Although IJ is known to focus on Lit, arts etc, it actually has more pure Science classes , and with yr child stronger in maths and sciences, that’s like 4 -5 subjects in upper Sec, which then leave her with more time to work on her weaker ones like EL . My girl is the opposite so It is very tough for her. -
Bubble_jj:
I think depends on the class she is in. Ur gal Probably from 1/1 or 1/2. The rest would b affiliates. The affiliates do not have any other choices to go to mostly 200 to 240 for this year. Primary side i would say very relax no stress so long as u can go next door is considered good.
I do not think the pri school is relax...I hv a girl in Sec school side and another currently in the pri side , and I noticed their worksheets are more difficult compared to few yrs ago. Homework is adequate but not overwhelming , allowing my girl to be able to hv time to pursue her interests outside school. Girls hv to go for supplementary class if they need help with the subjects. My 2 girls are of the opposite spectrum. Till today I m thankful to one of her Teachers for helping her do well in her weakest subject. And some girls , despite scoring above 250 choose to go next door. -
Bubble_jj:
2018 batch psle results is bad i guess in 2022 their o level results will not be good.
I feel sad when I saw this comment. I wonder how some girls who are struggling to cope in the school will feel when they see this comment.
There are many examples of kids doing well eventually at o levels despite their psle scores....one girl we knew went to the triple science class joining the girls fr the TOP class, despite a score of below 220. They really work hard for it and seeing such discouraging comments does not do good to their self esteem and confidence.
There are also many examples of kids around my circle of friends and relatives who are doing very well despite their poor psle or o level results. They are the ones who truly understand what failure is all about and bounced back even stronger ....building resilience along the way.... -
Bubble_jj:
Chij tp sec is for ij tp pri whom did not do well enough to qualify for other schools. Is just a mediocre sch with high cutoff becos most of its places filled up by feeder sch. If u can choose sch which offers pure sci only to express stream.
Becos these r the sch which have the confidence n will b able to guide the even ave students to do well.
The school choose to keep their cut off low so that the girls can continue their education in IJ . This inclusive policy is what I like about about the school and I certainly hope they don’t raise the cut off unlike some others.
There may be mediocre teachers or school leaders but to say that the school is mediocre just cos the girls are fr the primary side with not so good results , with no where to go, is very condescending. Despite taking majority of the girls fr the pri side with scores of only 200 onwards, they offer 5 pure science classes and only 2 combined science. And their O level results still turned out pretty decent. I find this school more value added than others. The perception that pure science classes are better is so outdated in today’s society .....and going to JC need not be the only route these days.... -
Roughly, how many students take Higher Chinese, in Sec 4 ?
Can form say, one class of 30 pupils ? -
phtthp:
hello, i’m a current sec 3 hcl student studying in ij.we have 35 students taking hcl and we are split into two classes! the number of hcl girls is roughly the same throughout all levels!Roughly, how many students take Higher Chinese, in Sec 4 ?
Can form say, one class of 30 pupils ?
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