The history syllabus has been changed from india, china and southeast asia to history of singapore. Here are the skills required for lower secondary:


Inference (What can you infer from Source A about the living conditions of early Singapore etc.)
Inference on Purpose (What is the message/purpose of Source A) - more complex than Inference
Reliability (How reliable is Source A?)
Comparison (To what extent is Source A and Source B similar?)

Geography and History essays are similar in format.

Speaking as a student studying in Sec 2 this year.

Depending on your school’s policy on assigning cip hours for av club, the cca may be a good choice. For me, I will obtain 4 cca points for 3 years by participating in a major event (prize giving in this case) and cip hours are assigned based on a timesheet of events which I helped out at. In this case, I already went past 100 at sec 2, so another 5 cca points attained, giving 17 in total. With additional points from ICAS, SMO and participation, it’s over 21, so I would have attained 2 bonus points. Note that this cca isn’t as easy as most think; it often takes long hours and constant supervision. That said, it’s still a good choice if you’re generally interested in AV systems.


CCA points can be attained through competitions as previously mentioned, for example, ICAS and SMO. They are a good way to boost your cca points. Taking up leadership and obtaining more cip hours help as well.

33mama:

In L1R5, CCA can deduct 2 points? What is the 1 point deduction that I also heard about? :scratchhead: so 1 or 2? Blur me...

https://sites.google.com/a/acsbr.org/cca/home/ccas-grading-scheme

>20, 2 bonus points
>8, 1 bonus point
(greater, not greater or equal to)

Hope that helps.

Michaelia0816:

Pls help,


Mr Lee and Mr Chew started travelling in opposite directions from the same point by car. Mr Lee travelled at an average speed of x km/h, while Mr Chew travelled at an average speed which is 4km/h slower than Mr Lee. After 5 hours, they were 880km apart.
(i) Write down an equation, in terms of x, to represent the information given above.
(ii) Find the average speed at which Mr Chew travelled.

(i) D = S*T
Mr Lee travelled at x km/h for 5 h, so the distance travelled by him is 5x km
Mr Chew travelled at (x - 4) km/h for 5 h, so the distance travelled by him is 5(x - 4) km
The total distance travelled by both is 880 km.
Thus,
5x + 5(x - 4) = 880

(ii)
x + (x - 4) = 176
2x - 4 = 176
2x = 180
x = 90

As our speed didn't change, it remains as (x - 4) km/h. Thus,
x - 4 = 86
Mr Chew travelled at an average speed of 86 km/h.