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Welcome to P5

Parent-Teacher Meeting

Learning … Creativity … Graciousness … Responsibility … Integrity

31 January 2015


Objectives

To strengthen home-school partnership through :

Better communication between teachers and parents

Understanding curriculum expectations

Providing inputs on school’s future plans


The RGPS Girl

Creative Thinker

Life-long Learner

Value-based Leader

Direct School Admission (DSA)

15 March 2014

Introduction

Introduced in 2004 as part of MOE's move towards creating more flexibility and options for students

Provides students an opportunity to demonstrate a more diverse range of achievements and talents in seeking admission to a secondary school

Allows participating schools to select some P6 students for admission to Secondary 1 based on their achievements and talents before the PSLE results are released

DSA Exercise is for all specialised schools, independent schools, autonomous schools and schools with approved niche programmes

Participating secondary schools are able to select a certain percentage of their students for admission outside of the centralised sec one posting exercise

They decide their own admission criteria

Participating Schools

Specialised Schools

Schools offering an Integrated Programme (IP Schools)

Independent Schools (IS)

Autonomous Schools (AS)

Schools with Niche Programmes approved by MOE (Niche Schools) – 5%;

School SIS IP IS AS

Anderson Sec X

Anglican High X

Anglo-Chinese Sch (Indept)

X X

Bukit Panjang Govt High

X

Catholic High X X

School SIS IP IS AS

Cedar Girls X X

CHIJ Katong X

CHIJ Toa Payoh X

CHIJ St Nicholas X X

Chung Cheng High (Main)

X

School SIS IP IS AS

Commonwealth Sec X

Crescent Girls X

Dunman High X X

Dunman Sec X

Fairfield Methodist X

School SIS IP IS AS

Hwa Chong Institution X X

Maris Stella High X

Methodist Girls X X

National Junior College X

Nanyang Girls’ High X X

School SIS IP IS AS

NUS High X X

Paya Lebar Methodist Girls

X

Raffles Girls’ X X

Raffles Institution X X

River Valley High X X

School SIS IP IS AS

School of Science & Technology

X

School of the Arts X

Singapore Chinese Girls X X

St Anthony’s Canossian X

Saint Joseph’s Institution X X

School SIS IP IS AS

St Margaret’s X

Tanjong Katong Girls X

Tanjong Katong Sec X

Temasek Secondary X

Victoria School X X

School SIS IP IS AS

Xinmin Sec X

Yishun Town Sec X

Zhonghua Sec X

Niche Programme Schools (2014)

School Niche

• Balestier Hill Sec Environment • Beatty Sec Martial Arts • Bedok Green Sec Performing Arts • Bedok North Sec Performing Arts • Bedok View Sec Uniform Groups • Bendemeer Sec National Education • Bishan Park Sec Holistic Arts • Broadrick Sec Entrepreneurship & Innovation • Bukit Batok Sec Thinking Strategies • Bukit View Sec Environmental Science


School Niche

• Changkat Changi Uniform Groups

• Canberra Sec Digital Media

• CHIJ St Joseph Drama & Debate

• CHIJ St Theresa Education for life

• Chung Cheng High(Yishun) Chinese Orchestra

• Compassvale Sec Critical Thinking

• Coral Sec Student Leadership

• Damai Sec Character Building

• First Toa Payoh Sec Outdoor Experiential Learning

• Gan Eng Seng Sec Character Building

School Niche

•Greendale Sec Design Technology& Engineering

•Hai Sing Catholic Student Leadership

•Henderson Sec Design and Innovation

•Hillgrove Sec Flight & Aerospace

•Holy Innocents High Journalism & Broadcasting

•Hong Kah Sec Soccer

•Hua Yi Sec Design Thinking

•Jurong Sec Field Studies

•Jurongville Sec Sports for life

•Junyuan Sec Community &Youth Leadership


School Niche

• Kranji Sec Thinking Curriculum

• Marsiling Sec Environmental Education

• Mayflower Sec Music & Performing Arts

• Nan Chiau High Literary Arts(Bilingual)

• Nan Hua Sec Music or Arts

• Naval Base Sec Visual Arts

• New Town Sec Uniform Groups

• Northland Sec Hockey

• North Vista Sec Physical Education

• Northbrooks Sec Aerospace

• Outram Sec Rock-Climbing



School Niche

• Queenstown Sec Uniform Groups • Riverside Sec Dance • Shuqun Volleyball • Siglap Sec Gamelan & Anglung • Springfield Sec Rock Climbing • St. Andrew's Sec Rugby & Military Band • St Anthony’s Canossian Performing Arts • St. Hilda's Sec Volleyball • St. Margaret's Sec Aesthetics / Sports • St Patrick's School Military Band • Swiss Cottage Applied Sciences • Teck Whye Sec Hockey • Unity Sec Uniform Groups

School Niche

Pei Hwa Sec Robotics

Presbyterian High Volleyball & Uniform Group

Punggol Sec Volleyball

Queensway Sec Environmental Science

Regent Sec Concert Band

Sembawang Sec Media Literacy

Shuqun Sec Volleyball

Si Ling Sec Outdoor Education

Siglap Sec Visual Arts



School Niche

•St Gabriel’s Sec Uniform Group •Tampines Sec Creative Expressions •Teck Whye Sec Design Thinking •West Spring Sec Shotting •Westwood Sec Financial Literacy •Woodlands Ring Sec Robotics •Woodgrove Sec Environmental Education •Woodlands Sec Uniform Groups


School Niche

•Yio Chu Kang Sec Performing Arts •Yishun Town Sec Uniformed Groups •Yuhua Sec Concert Band •Zhenghua Sec Uniformed Groups

Stages of the DSA-Sec Exercise

Selection Stage Jun – End Aug

Exercise School Preference Stage Mid Oct

Results Release Stage Late-Nov

Flowchart of Stages in DSA-Sec Exercise

Period Process

Application Stage Note: The application deadline for each DSA-Sec school may be different

Gathering Information on Schools Student obtains information on DSA-Sec schools, such as niche areas, selection criteria, dates of trials / tests / interviews, etc, through the following: Checking the schools’ websites, Calling the schools, and / or Visiting the schools

Application Student identifies the school(s) she would like to apply to. Student checks with the secondary schools she is interested in, on how to apply. Submit application.


Period Process

Stage 1: Selection Stage

Selection by Schools Shortlisted student goes for selection tests / camps or interviews at the DSA-Sec school(s).

Selection Outcome Student receives outcome of application from the school(s) she has applied to (i.e. Confirmed, Wait List or Rejected)

School Preference Form Students with "Confirmed" Offers or who have been put on the "Wait List" of a school will receive a School Preference Form from their respective primary schools. The form indicates the list of schools that the student has received Confirmed Offer from and/or placed on the Wait List.


Stage 2: Exercise School Preference Stage

School Preference Indication Parents can indicate their child's school preference(s) for up to 3 schools in the DSA School Preference Form. Parents can submit their child's school preference(s) either electronically via DSA-Sec Internet System or physically submit to the child's primary school.


Period Process

(Stage 3: Results Release Stage)

Results Student collects her DSA allocation result from her primary school, together with her PSLE results. Student who is unsuccessful in the DSA-Sec Exercise will be notified of the outcome of the application and will participate in the Secondary One Posting Exercise

SCHOOL

PROGRAMME /

NICHE

SELECTION CRITERIA,

IF ANY (eg SYF

participation, gold at

Math Olympiad, school

representation)

SELECTION

PROCESS eg

interview, skills test,

portfolio

APPLICATION

WINDOW

OTHER

INFORMATION

Anderson Secondary

School

(1) Science Research & Innovation (2) Sports and (3) Performing Arts

Pupils who excel in one of

the following areas: (1)

Science Research and

Innovation (2) Sports and

Games: Badminton (Girls

only), Basketball, Table

Tennis, Netball, Wushu,

Volleyball (3) Performing

Arts: Concert Band,

Chinese Dance, Choir,

Malay Dance (Boys only)

TBA

Open House 27 May

Aggregate range of 2011 pupils posted: Non-affiliation - Express (246 - 265), Normal Academic (191 - 199) & Affiliation (None posted) Add: 10, Ang Mo Kio Street 53 (569206) T: 64598303 F: 64586104

CHIJ St Theresa’s

Convent Hockey

(1) No hockey skill is

required * Those with hockey

skills will have an added

advantage (2) Physical skills,

agility, potential and team

work (3) Performance at

selection trial held by the

school (4) Display strong

leadership ability and has

taken up leadership positions

in school (5) Has performed

consistently well in academic

performance (from Primary 4

onwards) (6) Performance at

an interview conducted by

the school (for short-listed

applicants only)

Deadline 5 July

(5 pm )

Aggregate range of

2011 pupils posted:

Non-affiliation -

Express (229 - 240),

Normal Academic (192

- 197) & Affiliation -

Express (200 - 235),

Normal Academic (152

- 199)

Affiliated Schools:

Catholic Junior

College, CHIJ

(Kellock), CHIJ Our

Lady Queen of Peace

Add: 160, Lower Delta

Road (099138)

T: 64775777 F: 64775700

Raffles Girls’

School

(1) Sports, (2) Music or Visual Arts and (3) Academic

For admission to Year 1

at RGS based on Special

Talents, students must

demonstrate talent in

either: (1) Sports or (2)

Music (at least Grade 5

Theory and Grade 7

Practical: Distinction or

equivalent) or Visual Arts

(Drawing, Painting,

Sculpture) or (3)

Academic Domain

(Mathematics or Science

or English or Mother

Tongue Language)

(1) Online

application, cover

page, a personal

statement to be

handwritten in no

more than 500

words & other

relevant

documents (2)

General Ability Test

(GAT) except for

GEP pupils with

80% (overall

grade) or higher in

their Primary 6

SA1 school result

(3) Sports Trial

(27May – 12 Jul) /

Music Audition/

Half-Day Selection

Tests (Academics

& Visual Art) (4)

Interviews

22 Apr - 2 Jul 2013

(by noon)

Aggregate range

of 2011 pupils

posted: Non-

affiliation (261 -

283) & Affiliation

(None posted)

Affiliated schools:

Raffles Institution

Add: 20, Anderson

Road (259978)

T: 67371845 F:

62353731

Considerations :

1) Know your child :

-Does she want to continue in that CCA in the secondary school?

-Manage her expectations, stress level and morale in applying for DSA

2) Understand the school

- Culture, vision, mission and values

-CCAs / Special Programmes

-Match between the school’s strengths / niche and your child’s talents

Do note

• P6 students have a choice whether or not to participate in the DSA-Sec. If they choose not to participate in the DSA-Sec, they will participate in the Secondary One Posting Exercise after the release of the PSLE results.

• Students who opt for a school under DSA-Sec must achieve PSLE results that would enable them to be eligible for admission to the course being offered by their opted DSA-Sec schools.

• Applicants admitted to a school through DSA-Sec will not be allowed to participate in the annual

Secondary One Posting Exercise. They will also not be allowed to appeal to other secondary

schools

• Applicants who are admitted to the secondary schools because of their CCA achievements will be obliged to continue in that CCA

For more information, check this out :

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec/

Preparations

Parents

Check out the schools

Start to put together a portfolio

School

Interview Workshop for P6 students

DSA Infor Sheet


RGPS DSA Admission

Year No accepted Acceptance Offers

2012 125 126

2013 103 110

2014 116 124

School Matters

Work with the teachers - Common goal – well-being of the children - Start on the basis of trust - Communicate Email – 3 working days Telephone calls to office to relay message to teachers unless they are urgent Weekends & evenings are teachers’ personal

time



Homework Policy

1) Objective

- To help pupils manage academic demands, CCAs and

other enrichment activities they have outside of school

2) Guidelines on the amount of homework given

3) Co-ordination between the teachers to manage the homework load


Traffic Issues - Gate Opening Hours - Safety of pupils & road users - Consideration for residents RGPS Community

2016 Proposed Plan


Single Session

Increase of PE periods

School Hours - Start time 7.40am - End time 1.40pm - Lunch 1.40 – 2.20pm - Remedial / HMT 2.20 – 3.20 pm - CCA 3.30 – 5.30pm

Student Care Centre

In the pipeline


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