my ds got WL from both RI & HCI, now we need to decide which one to be first choice..

anyone knows which WL got higher chance for conversion? heard HCI's chance is pretty high?

my DS just received HCI’s math WL. Not sure the conversion ratio then, fingers crossed

for RI academics DSA (like math), do we know how many candidates are shortlisted and how is the CO/WL ratio? Thanks

Hi zac's mum and Estéema, thanks for your replies.


I do send my son to various classes after school, but CCAs will still be a good complement. e.g. Badminton, Concert band, Chess etc, which we can’t easily find outside resources. Also CCAs at school don’t require additional transportation, which is meaningful as both of us are working.

However, I do learn from your replies: 1, outside enrichments may have better quality; 2, school does have resource limitation as they direct more teaching resource to older boys (then requiring less parents’ contribution). So I feel better now.

Thanks again!

I believe there is some misunderstanding here. CCA is only available for P3 onwards since 2018 intake. Quote from the slides from my son's orientation: \"Selected CCAs that are available for 2018 P1s from 2020 (when they are in P3)\"

With the new principal, there is no CCA available for P1 & P2 boys. Reason given is resource limitation, as the school can only support CCA for P3 onwards.

To be honest, I don’t understand how can resource be so limited in ACSJ, which has a bigger than normal campus and a stronger than normal alumni.
How is the view of other parents?

BTW, which abbreviation is the more accurate for our school?

I always thought it should be ACSJ, vs its older brother ACSP. Until I noticed school email is acjs@moe.edu.sg, while its brother is “acps”

Thanks to the informative reply from laughingcat & zac's mum!

Now I feel better on the missing of HCL for P1~P4.

Can ask during the 6 years study in ACSJ, how many times of streaming expected? I heard there is one from P2 to P3.

Also, I heard Higher Chinese is only offered for P5 onwards… So seems we can only seek external tuition if we want the kids to have a higher standard of Chinese.

babydragonjfy:

Hi, anyone knows when is the P1 orientation for ACSJ this year?

It's next Monday afternoon (13 Nov)