Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)

[00skyblue00]

random_human\" post_id=\"2123591\" time=\"1700919549\" user_id=\"203402:

my child got AL9 for psle, but she wants to attend mgs. is there still a chance for her to get into the express stream in mgs and then change to ip in sec3?

You are asking if MGS express COP drop to AL9 and that if you put it as first choice, will you get balloted in?

What are the other choices that you are looking at? And their order? It is important to have good 2nd and 3rd choices if you wish to take the risk of putting COP+1 as 1st choice. But if the school is your child's dream school, many would take such risk but do know that this move will give the 2nd choice less chance if they have the same COP.

[Flabber]

Hi autolycus,


Thank you for your sharing. Dropped by the school twice for their visit / tour day. The conduct of the guides impresses me and my daughter. However at both times they were from IB side, so was curious to find more about the O level track.

1. Would you also know why the SBA was cancelled?

2. Are there any compulsory subjects that the girls must take in O level Yr 3? Some schools we visited shared that certain subjects are mandatory at Yr 3 eg. Chemistry, Literature.

Thank you.

[autolycus]

Flabber\" post_id=\"2123644\" time=\"1700968136\" user_id=\"203404:

1. Would you also know why the SBA was cancelled?

2. Are there any compulsory subjects that the girls must take in O level Yr 3? Some schools we visited shared that certain subjects are mandatory at Yr 3 eg. Chemistry, Literature.

Hi Flabber!

1. I would suspect that the kinds of skills taught in the SBGEP-type programme are now to be rolled out to everyone. For many years, we've known that a lot of GEP approaches work well with all levels of students. It's the least an IP school can do for those running a hybrid programme.

2. Besides English Language, MT, and Mathematics, all students must take Social Studies with another humanities component, and a science. I'd recommend that the minimum science curriculum should include chemistry because it's the most flexible science, although technically you could do computing or any other science subject instead. Some schools feel the same way; I think ACS(I) and MGS do. As for Literature, MGS has a compulsory Language Arts curriculum, which is great—learning language through actual use cases (including literature and the skills required to understand it) should be the default.

For students entering (or intending to enter) the IB programme, note that they'll need some skill with literary analysis because all IB students need to do some literature as part of their Group 1 subject selection. They'll also need at least one science subject (most people pick chemistry).

[Flabber]

Good morning!

Thank you autolycus for your sharing.

Also welcome other parents with daughters studying in mgs (past and present) or planning to enrol in mgs next year to share your anecdotes both good or not so good about the school eg. School programmes, IB experience, O level experience, dealing with teachers, coping with school life and things to look out for.

Cheers and have a good week ahead!

[su27]

Kid got PSLE score AL4.


Is it safe to put

MGS IP
NYGH IP
RGS IP

MGS IP only got 120 slots per cohort. Less DSA kids. Perhaps only 100 slots. I wonder if there are alot of AL4s kids registering for MGS IP this year too given the easy PSLE.

Also. NYGH got their affiliation intakes.

RGS seems safer bet with no affiliation. Should put it as 1st choice?

My only worry is MGS full take up. Then my second and third choices may not materialise as probably RGS AND NYGH slots are filled up by other kids in the round of first choice.

Can share some advice? Thanks

[00skyblue00]

Flabber\" post_id=\"2123735\" time=\"1701048435\" user_id=\"203404:

Good morning!
Thank you autolycus for your sharing.

Also welcome other parents with daughters studying in mgs (past and present) or planning to enrol in mgs next year to share your anecdotes both good or not so good about the school eg. School programmes, IB experience, O level experience, dealing with teachers, coping with school life and things to look out for.

Cheers and have a good week ahead!

We chose the school when taking into account of our child's inclination and we want a more holistic education for her, not only academic focus and definitely not through drilling/assessments.

We like the school for it's stance on some basic discipline such as punctuality and mobile uses are prohibited in school to be kept in lockers. The girls in school are not dull, always lively (some are so full of energy) and enjoying life, I always see. So cute to see the little girls in oversized attire in school now and then, those in pri school are in same sch compound. So far my girl enjoys school so much she said she likes the school better than the 6 years in pri school (she was in sec 1 then only) which surprises us as she had a great time in pri school too. She has no complain about the teachers. Of course there are less preferences for those teachers who are stricter and more naggy...lol.. in general this mummy has no complain. Thankfully she is doing well in studies too. School has after school remedial classes for main subjects for those who need. I like that the support is available from term 2 (earlier on instead of year end) instead of telling parents to seek tuition though mine has no need so far. One adv of smaller class size (30-32) I guess. I like that the teachers take PE, music and Art lessons seriously. My girl is not the sporty type but now she is more active in ball games and enjoys the different sports including yearly one term of swimming. her experience in pri school PE lessons often were the class will skip PE and stay in class to do health education. Now she gets gold in NAPFA, while she failed in pri school. Music lessons are really producing music/ perform in small group which she is benefiting where private indiv music lessons cannot provide. Art is her most fav subj even though she has zero art related enrichment before. Taking non-academic aspects as seriously and not doing for sake of doing only. I also like that, the parents are v chill from what I see in parents group. All sec 1s and 2s will get to learn robotics and coding which I know my girl enjoys as she is quite proud of her achievement in her assignments. Her seniors are so helpful and always ready to provide advice, esp evident in the subj combi selection. Sch gets seniors to talk to the cohort abt their experiences and teachers teaching sec 3s and 4s to get them some glimpses of the different subjects. They are candid and gave genuine feedback in their sharing, not all roses and sunshine type. I like that career guidance is carefully curated from sec 1 to 4. from what I learn from parents from other schools, ours provided the most, from sec 1. Maybe other schools only focus on seniors or sec 4s. There was a session in small groups of 5 where the counsellor asked each girl abt their aspirations in university and career choices. Recently they had a NASA scientist came to school with her collegue to talk to them about their job. She was an old girl. We also attended a uni seminar recently by 3 local uni so career counselling starts early for us which I am thankful as my girl is still figuring out. Our school motto is to seek purpose in life and our P always begin with this phrase. Seeking purpose in life is not about working hard for exam only...... I can go on and on....LOL...feel free to PM me if you need after sec 1 posting. But the school is well organised and has good comm with parents so you should not need to.

Will let other parents jump in on IB.... :please:

[phtthp]

If I stay in Clementi, I will also choose MGS (IB), won’t go for A level track. Prefer IB.

[Flabber]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2123822\" time=\"1701081967\" user_id=\"143605:

We chose the school when taking into account of our child's inclination and we want a more holistic education for her, not only academic focus and definitely not through drilling/assessments.

We like the school for it's stance on some basic discipline such as punctuality and mobile uses are prohibited in school to be kept in lockers. The girls in school are not dull, always lively (some are so full of energy) and enjoying life, I always see. So cute to see the little girls in oversized attire in school now and then, those in pri school are in same sch compound. So far my girl enjoys school so much she said she likes the school better than the 6 years in pri school (she was in sec 1 then only) which surprises us as she had a great time in pri school too. She has no complain about the teachers. Of course there are less preferences for those teachers who are stricter and more naggy...lol.. in general this mummy has no complain. Thankfully she is doing well in studies too. School has after school remedial classes for main subjects for those who need. I like that the support is available from term 2 (earlier on instead of year end) instead of telling parents to seek tuition though mine has no need so far. One adv of smaller class size (30-32) I guess. I like that the teachers take PE, music and Art lessons seriously. My girl is not the sporty type but now she is more active in ball games and enjoys the different sports including yearly one term of swimming. her experience in pri school PE lessons often were the class will skip PE and stay in class to do health education. Now she gets gold in NAPFA, while she failed in pri school. Music lessons are really producing music/ perform in small group which she is benefiting where private indiv music lessons cannot provide. Art is her most fav subj even though she has zero art related enrichment before. Taking non-academic aspects as seriously and not doing for sake of doing only. I also like that, the parents are v chill from what I see in parents group. All sec 1s and 2s will get to learn robotics and coding which I know my girl enjoys as she is quite proud of her achievement in her assignments. Her seniors are so helpful and always ready to provide advice, esp evident in the subj combi selection. Sch gets seniors to talk to the cohort abt their experiences and teachers teaching sec 3s and 4s to get them some glimpses of the different subjects. They are candid and gave genuine feedback in their sharing, not all roses and sunshine type. I like that career guidance is carefully curated from sec 1 to 4. from what I learn from parents from other schools, ours provided the most, from sec 1. Maybe other schools only focus on seniors or sec 4s. There was a session in small groups of 5 where the counsellor asked each girl abt their aspirations in university and career choices. Recently they had a NASA scientist came to school with her collegue to talk to them about their job. She was an old girl. We also attended a uni seminar recently by 3 local uni so career counselling starts early for us which I am thankful as my girl is still figuring out. Our school motto is to seek purpose in life and our P always begin with this phrase. Seeking purpose in life is not about working hard for exam only...... I can go on and on....LOL...feel free to PM me if you need after sec 1 posting. But the school is well organised and has good comm with parents so you should not need to.

Will let other parents jump in on IB.... :please:

Hi 00skyblue00,
Really appreciate your sharing and happy that your daughter is enjoying the school.

Would definitely take up your offer to PM you after the posting exercise if my dd get posted to MGS.

[00skyblue00]

Flabber\" post_id=\"2123841\" time=\"1701094472\" user_id=\"203404:

Hi 00skyblue00,
Really appreciate your sharing and happy that your daughter is enjoying the school.

Would definitely take up your offer to PM you after the posting exercise if my dd get posted to MGS.

Wishing you all the best of luck!

[phtthp]

su27\" post_id=\"2123807\" time=\"1701078150\" user_id=\"80180:

Kid got PSLE score AL4.

Is it safe to put

MGS IP
NYGH IP
RGS IP

MGS IP only got 120 slots per cohort. Less DSA kids. Perhaps only 100 slots. I wonder if there are alot of AL4s kids registering for MGS IP this year too given the easy PSLE.

Also. NYGH got their affiliation intakes.

RGS seems safer bet with no affiliation. Should put it as 1st choice?

My only worry is MGS full take up. Then my second and third choices may not materialise as probably RGS AND NYGH slots are filled up by other kids in the round of first choice.

Can share some advice? Thanks

Once u score AL 4,
you can attend any Secondary school in Singapore that you wish (desire), regardless of SG citizenship or PR. Thus, your daughter will be admitted into IB (MGS), her first choice school, based on your list (above). Congratulations !