Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[MandyMummy]

burp:

Hi, can anyone tell me whether the kids get any break at the start of their year 5 ie. JC1? wondering whether I can plan a holiday for that time or not.

No. The year 5 report at about the same time as year 6, around 1 week later than years 1-4. The year5 (from RI and RGS) will take part in The January Induction Program first, wait for the O level students to come in in late Jan and then start their Orientation together.

[burp]

Thanks, MandyMummy! Oh dang it, there goes our bum around in Korea trip. Thought Jan would be a nice and quiet time to do it

[red rose]

I need some advice about RAs. How far (to what extent) does taking Science RAs help in the same subjects in JC 1 & 2? Any one knows how much of the A level syllabus is actually covered in Sec 3/4 RA? Would someone not taking up any Science RA at upper sec be at a great disadvantage in JC or is it easy to catch up? Afterall, I believe that many still manage to score As in the end. Any stats to share?


Thanks!

[Kloggy]

Does any parent have experience with Learning Lab or Learning Point English tuition for IP students ?


Which is better and more suitable for IP?

I noticed that on TLL website, the secondary curriculum only for year 1 to year 4, does it mean they do not have anything for year 5 and year 6 ?

Thanks.

[limpeh]

Sorry I don’t know anything about science RAs and English tuition…though from what I’ve heard, a lot of/many people in year 5 & 6 get GP tuition.


Reply to previous questions from other people:
- Getting into Uniform Group for sec 1s isn’t too difficult; if you really want to be sure of getting into a UG, other than listing it as a first choice you could deliberately perform poorly during the CCA tryouts to be safe (so you won’t get poached by sports CCA coaches). UGs don’t need tryouts, they’ll take anyone, so long as they’re not wanted by a music/sport CCA.



I’m choosing subject combi for Year 5 soon, also have some questions:

1) Heard (from teachers, etc) that there are fewer of those who take maths, 2 humans and 1 science, so they are a little bit disadvantaged in terms of timetabling for daily lessons and exams. Was informed that in Year 5, we have to depend on our classmates a lot if we have questions, because there’s not much opportunity for asking questions during lectures and tutorials, unless we schedule an appointment with a teacher or get tuition; also classes are grouped first according to subject combination then GPA. So I’m not so worried about the timetabling, but more worried if those maths, 1 sci and 2 humans classes have more slackers around, making it more difficult to learn from classmates?

2) How is literature like at A levels? I don’t take lit now, but heard from seniors that some who don’t take lit in sec 3 & 4 can also do quite well if they take lit at Year 5-6. Also heard from my friends who take lit now that having good teachers for lit is very important. I tried to apply for HP (HP is given the best humanities teachers of course), so if I don’t get into HP but still take lit, will it be very bad?

Thank you.

[limpeh]

Regarding computer purchase, as a user posted earlier, a good benchmark is the system requirements of Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/tech-specs.html). Adobe Photoshop is quite taxing on the computer (i.e. it will hang easily on slow computers which is very irritating), and Photoshop is often required in Computer Studies lessons, as well as projects (making posters etc). The system requirements for photoshop listed on the website is more or less the minimum but not the optimal.


FYI my computer uses Intel Pentium Dual Core (2GHz) with 2.99 GB of RAM, but generally 1.5 to 2 GB of RAM is sufficient. It runs Photoshop just fine (somtimes a little slow but acceptable enough, though of course I wish it were a little faster). Having a very good graphics card is not important (for schoolwork at least). As for hard disk size, it depends on whether you like to hoard files (I hoard a lot of photoshop files which take up a lot of disk space because I'm kiasu lol). My C Disk (the one where system files and My Documents are stored) is 150GB, and another 1TB internal hard disk for storage of old schoolwork, system backups, etc, of which 400GB is used. For such a purpose an external hard disk could also suffice since I don't touch those files very often.

By the way, a good keyboard is very important for comfort, but no need to get the best one, just don't get the cheapest ones! Around S$30 can get a decent keyboard.

[iFirefly]

limpeh:

Regarding computer purchase, as a user posted earlier, a good benchmark is the system requirements of Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/tech-specs.html). Adobe Photoshop is quite taxing on the computer (i.e. it will hang easily on slow computers which is very irritating), and Photoshop is often required in Computer Studies lessons, as well as projects (making posters etc). The system requirements for photoshop listed on the website is more or less the minimum but not the optimal.


FYI my computer uses Intel Pentium Dual Core (2GHz) with 2.99 GB of RAM, but generally 1.5 to 2 GB of RAM is sufficient. It runs Photoshop just fine (somtimes a little slow but acceptable enough, though of course I wish it were a little faster). Having a very good graphics card is not important (for schoolwork at least). As for hard disk size, it depends on whether you like to hoard files (I hoard a lot of photoshop files which take up a lot of
disk space because I'm kiasu lol). My C Disk (the one where system files and My Documents are stored) is 150GB, and another 1TB internal hard disk for storage of old schoolwork, system backups, etc, of which 400GB is used. For such a purpose an external hard disk could also suffice since I don't
touch those files very often.

By the way, a good keyboard is very important for comfort, but no need to get the best one, just don't get the cheapest ones! Around S$30 can get a decent keyboard.

Thanks very much for your much awaited reply.. it certainly sounds very 'cheem' to me, but I will bring along this info which you have provided, on my next visit to the computer shop.

Is/are your child/children schooling at RI? Btw, your nickname is super cool hor...

[limpeh]

firefly38:

Is/are your child/children schooling at RI?

Umm well, I am.

[iFirefly]

limpeh:

firefly38:

Is/are your child/children schooling at RI?

Umm well, I am.

WOW! You are GOOD!!! May i ask which year you are in? :salute:

[verykiasu2010]

firefly38:

limpeh:

[quote=\"firefly38\"]Is/are your child/children schooling at RI?

Umm well, I am.

WOW! You are GOOD!!! May i ask which year you are in? :salute:[/quote]he says he is choosing subject combi for year 5 soon