Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)
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Zann:
Sometimes back someone mentioned there is no more GEP in secondary school. But if I am not wrong if a child who choose sec school with SPGE (currently in most IP and selected sec school eg CHS and SJI) and be put in the same class with primary school GE students means he/she is qualified for GE programme in sec school. Not sure if RI put all primary GE students in one class and at the same time add on with some selected primary mainstream pupils at sec 1? And how did they do it ? base on t-score? Do they have a more \"enriched\" curriculum for those classes?
RI do split the students. The reason is to let the mainstream students to have a chance to catch up with some syllabus or topics that the GEP students study in their primary school. They study the same book, do the same worksheets, project, etc. By year 3, they are all mixed and arrange in their subject combination. -
kiasuson:
sry if I did not phrase my question clearly. It should be whether RI select some non-GEPers and put them in the GEP classes at the begining of sec 1? If yes, what is the selection criteria used?Zann:
Sometimes back someone mentioned there is no more GEP in secondary school. But if I am not wrong if a child who choose sec school with SPGE (currently in most IP and selected sec school eg CHS and SJI) and be put in the same class with primary school GE students means he/she is qualified for GE programme in sec school. Not sure if RI put all primary GE students in one class and at the same time add on with some selected primary mainstream pupils at sec 1? And how did they do it ? base on t-score? Do they have a more \"enriched\" curriculum for those classes?
RI do split the students. The reason is to let the mainstream students to have a chance to catch up with some syllabus or topics that the GEP students study in their primary school. They study the same book, do the same worksheets, project, etc. By year 3, they are all mixed and arrange in their subject combination. -
Zann:
sry if I did not phrase my question clearly. It should be whether RI select some non-GEPers and put them in the GEP classes at the begining of sec 1? If yes, what is the selection criteria used?[/quote]as mentioned in my earlier post, they do mix the GEPer with the non-GEPers in the same class, from 1I to 1Q, 7 classes. each class 20+ GEPers plus the balance non-GEPer to make up each class to 30 students. Criteria is PSLE high scorers, like 267 and abovekiasuson:
[quote=\"Zann\"]Sometimes back someone mentioned there is no more GEP in secondary school. But if I am not wrong if a child who choose sec school with SPGE (currently in most IP and selected sec school eg CHS and SJI) and be put in the same class with primary school GE students means he/she is qualified for GE programme in sec school. Not sure if RI put all primary GE students in one class and at the same time add on with some selected primary mainstream pupils at sec 1? And how did they do it ? base on t-score? Do they have a more \"enriched\" curriculum for those classes?
RI do split the students. The reason is to let the mainstream students to have a chance to catch up with some syllabus or topics that the GEP students study in their primary school. They study the same book, do the same worksheets, project, etc. By year 3, they are all mixed and arrange in their subject combination. -
Zann:
sry if I did not phrase my question clearly. It should be whether RI select some non-GEPers and put them in the GEP classes at the begining of sec 1? If yes, what is the selection criteria used?[/quote]as mentioned in my earlier post, they do mix the GEPer with the non-GEPers in the same class, from 1I to 1Q, 7 classes. each class 20+ GEPers plus the balance non-GEPer to make up each class to 30 students. Criteria is PSLE high scorers, like 267 and abovekiasuson:
[quote=\"Zann\"]Sometimes back someone mentioned there is no more GEP in secondary school. But if I am not wrong if a child who choose sec school with SPGE (currently in most IP and selected sec school eg CHS and SJI) and be put in the same class with primary school GE students means he/she is qualified for GE programme in sec school. Not sure if RI put all primary GE students in one class and at the same time add on with some selected primary mainstream pupils at sec 1? And how did they do it ? base on t-score? Do they have a more \"enriched\" curriculum for those classes?
RI do split the students. The reason is to let the mainstream students to have a chance to catch up with some syllabus or topics that the GEP students study in their primary school. They study the same book, do the same worksheets, project, etc. By year 3, they are all mixed and arrange in their subject combination. -
verykiasu2010:
Thanks. We've checked out the bus routes n 157 is indeed very convenient.Chirunner:
Is there anyone here living around Greenwood? Bus company quoted me $150! I refuse to be ripped off so I'm sending him to school. He may take the public bus too. Anyone whose son is in 1I?
you have a direct bus, SBS 157, very convenient, and very fast as there is hardly any stopping along Lornie Road
another direct bus is 156 but it goes via Whitley Road and will take a longer time
forget about school bus -
verykiasu2010:
Zann:
[quote=\"kiasuson\"]
RI do split the students. The reason is to let the mainstream students to have a chance to catch up with some syllabus or topics that the GEP students study in their primary school. They study the same book, do the same worksheets, project, etc. By year 3, they are all mixed and arrange in their subject combination.
sry if I did not phrase my question clearly. It should be whether RI select some non-GEPers and put them in the GEP classes at the begining of sec 1? If yes, what is the selection criteria used?
as mentioned in my earlier post, they do mix the GEPer with the non-GEPers in the same class, from 1I to 1Q, 7 classes. each class 20+ GEPers plus the balance non-GEPer to make up each class to 30 students. Criteria is PSLE high scorers, like 267 and above[/quote]Do they rank the GE classes I to Q? -
Do they rank the GE classes I to Q?[/quote]
from my DS’ observation, it seems there is some sort of ranking. high 26something to 282 are spread out in P n Q. the lower 26something and below are spread out in I,J… -
naggo-nitemare:
Do they rank the GE classes I to Q?
from my DS' observation, it seems there is some sort of ranking. high 26something to 282 are spread out in P n Q. the lower 26something and below are spread out in I,J....[/quote]
Understand that 1Q do not take higher MT. There are also not too many high scorer in the gepers. If there are, they are put there for special programs like science or maths. There are one or two classes specified for the special programs. One of my DS primary school classmates who score 270 and above was not team with the GEP. -
and the year’s top scorer of 282 is in 1P
from the name lists I saw, all the names in 1Q do take HCL
however quite a large number in 1A is doing CL/ML but a few are doing HCL.
in ALL the other classes, they are either doing HMT or are exempted (few of them)
the school says the mix of students in each class is to ensure a similar average t-score for every class, as they reminded the students that PSLE is over (history) and everyone starts from the same starting line
probably the only ranking / differentiation is 3 categories :
Class A
Class B to H
Class I to Q -
Hi parents of Rafflesians! I am a new year 1 and I am in 1M. Just to give an idea, I noticed that almost all the people in 1M are very good in Mathematics (as in the olympiad kind). Four of the six students who represented Singapore in maths in the International Maths and Science Olympiad held in Jakarta are in 1M. Also, 1A is for all the sports DSA applicants. 1Q consists of people who are good in music and art. There is a mix of GEPers and non-GEPers in classes I-Q.
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