River Valley High School [*IP]
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Dd told us her form teacher STRONGLY encouraged the students to buy iPad2 and no loan from the school should the student does not have.
I guess we have to succumb to this pressure by quickly signing on the dotted line on the form and cheque.
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Don’t choose RV just because you have no better option with your psle scores. One has to bear in mind, it is a SAP school where one must be prepared to put in effort to do well in Chinese just like any other subjects. If you are thinking to get a mere pass according to moe criteria, knowing RV has this B4 requirement, then my recommendation is to consider properly before chosing RV.
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daisyt:
Don't choose RV just because you have no better option with your psle scores. One has to bear in mind, it is a SAP school where one must be prepared to put in effort to do well in Chinese just like any other subjects. If you are thinking to get a mere pass according to moe criteria, knowing RV has this B4 requirement, then my recommendation is to consider properly before chosing RV.
Good advice. Do other SAP schools practise this minimum B4 requirement for CL too? Schools like DHS, HCI, NYGH etc? -
After reading some of the posts here, I am pretty sad to say some parents simply don’t know what is going on in RV. Please, get involved in your kids’ life by at least attend talks or briefings organised by the school or read the newspapers and get your facts right. Eg, P did not ask those who are getting D7 and below to write letter in advance…fyi, the O level result was out yesterday at 2.00pm. All Y4 students are gathered together to listen to the P talk and then receive their results. The B4 criteria has been emphasized for as long as I know during briefings by the school. For the iPad thingy, other schools are doing it as well…Nanyang Girls is one of them. Some other schools have MacBook. Also, also get both sides of the stories. Some kids may be angels at home, but not so angelic in school. When things go wrong, don’t finger point at others but yourself…Who says parenting is easy? Take responsibility!!
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Yes, it is never easy to become a parent and I am learning
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sall:
There are still some 'bochap' students in RV. The P is just trying hard to 'wake' them up. What he is doing is ultimately for the good of these students.
\"bo-chap\" attitude is certainly undesirable and a good wake up call is needed.
During the Sat briefing, I found that the P was quite ok (unlike the rumours which said he scolds and scolds and scolds...). What he shared about parenting was simply logical and reasonable.
He even shared that preparation of A levels starts from Year 4 which is really a strong confidence dose for many parents including me. -
Yes, Preparation of A lvl starts from year 4 which I presume is the same for other IPs. On first day of school, dd class already receive good talks from almost all of their teachers. Ultimately it is also acting as a wake up call to those think still can relax. It is good to start preparation early, that is what IP is about, right?
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Pen88n:
[Pepper spice, it is supposed to be the kid who write the appeal letter, not the parents la :rotflmao:
Agree, agree, that's why joking with hubby only
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Does RVHS admit ‘O’ levels graduates for their year 5 & 6 for ‘A’ Levels???
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justaparent:
After reading some of the posts here, I am pretty sad to say some parents simply don't know what is going on in RV. Please, get involved in your kids' life by at least attend talks or briefings organised by the school or read the newspapers and get your facts right. Eg, P did not ask those who are getting D7 and below to write letter in advance...fyi, the O level result was out yesterday at 2.00pm.
Hi justaparent, not quite sure who you are referring to :? , but the fact that parents join this forum to share information means that, to a certain extent, they care about their kids, maybe some parents monitor their kids very, very closely, but some believe that letting their kids be independent is the way to go. Nothing to feel sad about.
And we are aware that \"P asked for appeal letters after the release of O level results and not in advance\". Perhaps you misconstrue some of the posts?
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