CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary

[MyButterfly]

Hi , dd is deciding between Cedar and St Nic IP .Need help to have some sharing between these schools if anyone is willing to discuss. Just wanna ideas and experiences encountered. Any difference in their curriculum? How's their subjects combi ? Sorry , is my first child , so at a lost as to help in making decision. Appreciate all helps rendered. 🙏

[MerlionInGermany]

MyButterfly\" post_id=\"1999928\" time=\"1603413765\" user_id=\"184448:

Hi , dd is deciding between Cedar and St Nic IP .Need help to have some sharing between these schools if anyone is willing to discuss. Just wanna ideas and experiences encountered. Any difference in their curriculum? How's their subjects combi ? Sorry , is my first child , so at a lost as to help in making decision. Appreciate all helps rendered. 🙏

1. St Nicks IP do Higher Chinese, and has BSP.
2. Additional enrichment and programmes available for St Nicks IP is a 72-page document, to me, this means that there are many things to participate in, for all kinds of interest. And if you only want to study, you do not need to take part in any of these in the 72 pages, to me, this means flexibility. Also the existence of the document, to me shows clear communication.
3. St Nicks is a full school so celebrations are large scale, though muted now due to covid.
4. There are 16 canteen stalls so if you eat everything, you repeat the stall every 3 weeks.
5. There is an 8-lane running track, you wont hurt your knees running on concrete.
6. Check out the official facebook and instagram pages.

[ccdd]

Hi parents,


Is the school start time fix at 7:30am everyday?
Just to go to know that CCA ends at 6:30pm which seems to be quite late…

Thanks in advance.

[MerlionInGermany]

ccdd\" post_id=\"2000044\" time=\"1603454740\" user_id=\"185899:

Hi parents,

Is the school start time fix at 7:30am everyday?
Just to go to know that CCA ends at 6:30pm which seems to be quite late..

Thanks in advance.

From what I can see, earliest cca end time is 545pm, and latest 630pm.
I think CCAs start at about 345pm, so there is enough time to eat (digest in case you are in sports), rest, do your homework and teacher consultations, meet classmates for projects as not everyone has cca on the same days, so it makes sense to meet between school dismissal and beginning of cca, so that those who dont have cca on that day, can go home after project meetings.

And yes, 730am is the start of the day.

[ccdd]

Thanks for the info. Would like to follow up another question if anyone aware, for sec1 O level next year, is HCL:


1. Based on HCL eligibility (at psle result slip) yet student can decide either to take HCL or normal CL
2, compulsory (regardless of eligibility at psle result slip)

Thanks in advance !

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[MerlionInGermany]

ccdd\" post_id=\"2000244\" time=\"1603643279\" user_id=\"185899:

Thanks for the info. Would like to follow up another question if anyone aware, for sec1 O level next year, is HCL:

1. Based on HCL eligibility (at psle result slip) yet student can decide either to take HCL or normal CL
2, compulsory (regardless of eligibility at psle result slip)

Thanks in advance !

If I am not mistaken, for previous years, for O levels, it is
3. Based on HCL eligibility, you can opt out if eligible, but you cannot opt in if you are not eligible.

Are you concerned with being forced to take, or not being given the opportunity to take?

[ccdd]

MerlionInGermany\" post_id=\"2000280\" time=\"1603678350\" user_id=\"2964:

ccdd\" post_id=\"2000244\" time=\"1603643279\" user_id=\"185899:

Thanks for the info. Would like to follow up another question if anyone aware, for sec1 O level next year, is HCL:

1. Based on HCL eligibility (at psle result slip) yet student can decide either to take HCL or normal CL
2, compulsory (regardless of eligibility at psle result slip)

Thanks in advance !

If I am not mistaken, for previous years, for O levels, it is
3. Based on HCL eligibility, you can opt out if eligible, but you cannot opt in if you are not eligible.

Are you concerned with being forced to take, or not being given the opportunity to take?

Thanks!! Not concerned, but just to be prepared as DD was offered DSA O level and CL (primary) to HCL (Secondary) is a big jump. Need to buck up to read up more CL books during school holidays.

[iamsnow]

Understand from previous posts that CCA is 3.45pm to 6.30pm. Anyone can advise most of the CCAs fall on which days? Or perhaps which are the days that they don’t need to stay back? Appreciate if anyone can share. Thank you.

[MerlionInGermany]

iamsnow\" post_id=\"2000560\" time=\"1603865125\" user_id=\"21242:

This is not correct.
CCA end time is between 545pm and 630pm. Some CCAs end at 545pm, some end at 6pm, some end at 630pm, etc. Not all CCAs end at 630pm.

iamsnow\" post_id=\"2000560\" time=\"1603865125\" user_id=\"21242:[quote=iamsnow post_id=2000560 time=1603865125 user_id=21242]Anyone can advise most of the CCAs fall on which days? Or perhaps which are the days that they don't need to stay back? Appreciate if anyone can share. Thank you.

CCA days varies, it depends on which CCA you are involved in. Some are just Wednesdays, some are Wed+Fri, Thu+Fri, Mon+Wed, etc. Some are 3 times a week. So your question can only be answered when you know which CCA you are joining. The day you dont need to stay back would be the day you dont have CCA.