Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)
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WeiHan:
Hi WeiHan,Hi,
Maybe someof you parents who have children in RI can help. How does RI usually prepare their students for national competitions such as the various olympiads etc....Do they assign teachers to give extra trainings. Do ex-students come back to train their juniors?
From what i understand from my son, unlike other schools which depend a lot on hiring external experts, RI students are usually trained by their own teachers, alumni who volunteer or even seniors training the juniors. At least that's true for one of the CCAs that my son is in. He participates in competitions throughout the year. I remembered being very surprised, when he just joined RI, to learn that it was the seniors who helped trained them for competitions. Towards the end of Yr 1, he was already involved in giving 'lessons' to the primary school students who participated in the competition organised by RI. During term breaks in subsequent years, he was also involved in training the 'juniors' while receiving 'lessons' from his seniors. While I feel that there's a limit to how much they can learn from peers and ex-students in terms of specialist knowledge as compared to hiring professionals, I am also very impressed with this system. Besides being a good way for ex-students to give back to the school, it also provides opportunity for every student to be a leader and bring down the cost of learning at RI. I don't remember having to pay a lot of extras for my son for activities & CCAs, unlike my experiences with another of my child's school and both their primary school. -
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You can find 2009 cohort's A level results here: http://www.ri.edu.sg/bookshelf/2010_Institution_Report_Section1_web.swf (Page 12)
Compare with 2010 cohort: http://www.ri.edu.sg/files/RI_2010_A-Level_Result_Release.pdf
9 distinctions: 2 students (2009), 3 students (2010) (almost the same...)
8 distinctions: 84 students (2009), 73 students (2010). In the 2010 slides, 8 distinctions and above are listed as 76, so we have to deduct the 3 students with 9 distinctions. Drop of 10 students from 2009.
7 distinctions: 217 students (2009), 169 students (2010). In the 2010 slides, 7 distinctions and above are listed as 245, so we have to deduct the 76 students with 8 and 9 distinctions. Drop of 48 students from 20009.
6 distinctions: 303 students (2009), 261 students (2010). Drop of 42 students.
Results are still good, but it has gone down from 2009...
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Yr 2010, DHS IP & RVH IP re in participation.
Most of DHS & RVH IP guys re otherwise either landed in RJC or HCI fought for the honour in their own names.
We ve to concede that DHS & RVH IP re as good as RJC & HCI.
Btw, RJC & HCI re still miles ahead of the rest of the field.
Hope I am not wrong that RJC & HCI re well balanced in both Science & Human/Arts disciplines. They ve intelligent students and those GEPs re even more intellecturally smart. They should be very science inclined but many of them went to Human programme and Arts stream. Whereas, some of the top JCs put a condition on admission of top 'O' level students to their JCs that they must go to Science stream. -
toilet_kiddo_flower:
my nephew finds RI fun, not too much homework, but more projects. guess he's coping well
Is it really true that there is less homework in RI? My DS is in Yr 1 and he hardly has any homework. But my niece also in Sec 1 in a neighbourhood school is struggling with piles of homework everyday. -
barbie88:
I think it is true.toilet_kiddo_flower:
my nephew finds RI fun, not too much homework, but more projects. guess he's coping well
Is it really true that there is less homework in RI? My DS is in Yr 1 and he hardly has any homework. But my niece also in Sec 1 in a neighbourhood school is struggling with piles of homework everyday.
Every time I ask my DS any homework? He said no homework or he has finished his homework in school.
haha, so now it is confirmed since 2 of you said so 
For this March holiday, only 1 math worksheet, 1 science worksheet, 4 Chinese worksheets and a few group-work projects. -
Hi fruitplus, pm u.
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Do RI students have to bring laptop to school most of the time? Do they implement future school like others?
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Zann:
Do RI students have to bring laptop to school most of the time? Do they implement future school like others?
My son is in Year 1 and he has never brought his laptop to school. -
Hi Zann,
Year 1s need not bring laptop to school, but they will need one for doing the group projects. My son brought his laptop to his classmate house to do the group projects. He really enjoy doing the group projects.
I think they work and play using the laptop -
Hi to all RI parents
My son has just gotten his progressive report and did badly for his HMT Chinese. He is in Sec 1.
Would appreciate anyone of you to give good advise to tackle this subject. Thank you very much! -
kokweepoh:
There is an upcoming PTM in April. Suggest you speak to his Chinese teacher, especially if he had been doing well in HMT Chinese in primary school.Hi to all RI parents
My son has just gotten his progressive report and did badly for his HMT Chinese. He is in Sec 1. Would appreciate anyone of you to give good advise to tackle this subject. Thank you very much!
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