Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[mamamiya]

Anyone knows if the Boarding Programme for Yr3 boys took place this year? I hope they don’t discontinue the programme becos of Covid.

[Snowdrift]

Anyone knows if Year 1 Literature books used are the same each year?


Other than reading the Lit book, anything else to better prepare for taking the subject? Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.

[nylit03]

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Anyone knows if Year 1 Literature books used are the same each year?

Other than reading the Lit book, anything else to better prepare for taking the subject? Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.

For the past few years, the Year 1 text has been Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

I would say that just reading the book would be a great place to start to establish a solid foundation for next year. Beyond that, just exposing him to different kinds of writing would be helpful as well, to get him to think about the techniques writers use to get meaning across, for both the set text (Things Fall Apart) and general unseen (random poetry and prose extracts). At this stage, he can also browse resources to get an idea of how to express his ideas analytically and fluently -- a skill very useful for other essay-writing subjects like English and History as well.

Many students often struggle with Literature when they come to secondary school, but I think it becomes significantly more manageable if you get a good grounding in the skills and the requirements of the subject. As someone who has been through the school's Literature curriculum, doing well really comes with learning to enjoy and love the subject

Hope this helped! If you have any other questions or are thinking of getting him some guidance, you can pm me

[Snowdrift]

nylit03\" post_id=\"2002828\" time=\"1605580962\" user_id=\"189406:

Snowdrift\" post_id=\"2002772\" time=\"1605525222\" user_id=\"188706:

Anyone knows if Year 1 Literature books used are the same each year?

Other than reading the Lit book, anything else to better prepare for taking the subject? Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.

For the past few years, the Year 1 text has been Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

I would say that just reading the book would be a great place to start to establish a solid foundation for next year. Beyond that, just exposing him to different kinds of writing would be helpful as well, to get him to think about the techniques writers use to get meaning across, for both the set text (Things Fall Apart) and general unseen (random poetry and prose extracts). At this stage, he can also browse resources to get an idea of how to express his ideas analytically and fluently -- a skill very useful for other essay-writing subjects like English and History as well.

Many students often struggle with Literature when they come to secondary school, but I think it becomes significantly more manageable if you get a good grounding in the skills and the requirements of the subject. As someone who has been through the school's Literature curriculum, doing well really comes with learning to enjoy and love the subject

Hope this helped! If you have any other questions or are thinking of getting him some guidance, you can pm me

Thank you for the info & advice. Most helpful!

Hopefully with a good foundation & basics in place, my son will grow to love the subject too!

I have PM-ed you. Please check inbox.

[J2018]

Hi,

May I know how many subjects RI 1st year students must take / expected to take? What is the norm?

I know the 2020 booklist listed the following:
English literature, Maths, History, Science, Geography, and a list of various MT/HML.

How does all these really work? 5 cores and some other subjects?

Thanks in advance!

[coast]

J2018\" post_id=\"2005441\" time=\"1606575060\" user_id=\"164231:

Hi,
May I know how many subjects RI 1st year students must take / expected to take? What is the norm?

I know the 2020 booklist listed the following:
English literature, Maths, History, Science, Geography, and a list of various MT/HML.

How does all these really work? 5 cores and some other subjects?

Thanks in advance!

If there is no change for 2021 Sec 1 cohort,

Core Subjects
1 English Language
2 English Literature
3 Mother Tongue Language
4 Mathematics
5 Science
6 Geography
7 History

Elective Subjects (optional)
Music Elective Programme (MEP), Art Elective Programme (AEP), 3rd Language ...

There are also some non-examinable compulsory subjects like Music, Arts, Computer Studies, ...

Welcome to Raffles! All the best to your son! :rahrah:

[kylene]

During COVID , are the boys taking turns to eat in class and in the canteen ?

[jedamum]

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During COVID , are the boys taking turns to eat in class and in the canteen ?

They ate in class. Later on when table shields were installed, the Y3-4 ate in canteen n Y1-2 in class. Then later on, i never keep track already

[happypoppy]

Dear Parents,


To understand how the 2020 PSLE cohort performed and therefore have a better perspective of how the COPs of different secondary schools are likely to move (ie. increase or decrease), can parents of this year's cohort kindly help to post the highest T-score (please EXCLUDE the HCL bonus points) in their child's respective primary school by clicking on the below link?

https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/t-scores/

Currently, the table only reflects the t-score information of < 20 schools which makes it difficult for any meaningful analysis. Hence, would like to appeal for more parents to step forward and share the highest t-score data in their child's primary school by clicking on the above link.

Many thanks in advance!

:thankyou:
https://postimg.cc/Z0x1k3KQ

[kylene]

:thankyou:

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kylene\" post_id=\"2005830\" time=\"1606699345\" user_id=\"6993:

During COVID , are the boys taking turns to eat in class and in the canteen ?

They ate in class. Later on when table shields were installed, the Y3-4 ate in canteen n Y1-2 in class. Then later on, i never keep track already