Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit 20 February 2016

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Agenda 1. Principal’s Address 2. Key considerations for Sec 2 streaming 3. Monitoring your child’s progress – C2HAMPS app

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Streaming Considerations - Guiding Principles Before considering and selecting the subjects for Secondary 3 education, the following factors are noteworthy: a)Understanding future post secondary options b)Realistic expectation of your child’s ability to cope with demands of the subjects selected c)Consider child’s needs/preferences/interests

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Post O-level Options Based on a student’s O-Level exam he/she could… enrol in a Junior College or Millennia Institute (A-Level) enrol in ITE (Higher Nitec). Possibility of entering Poly if he/she does well enough enrol in a Polytechnic (diploma) enrol in NAFA or LaSalle (unique arts programmes )

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Junior Colleges (JCs) & Millennia Institute

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Junior Colleges (JCs) & Millennia Institute Length of study: JCs – 2 years MI – 3 years Prepares students for ‘A’ levels and tertiary education

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit What does one study at the A-Level? H1H2H3 Half of H2 in terms of curriculum time Equivalent to ‘A’ level subjects prior to Subjects with opportunity for in-depth study (e.g. advanced content, research paper, university module). Select subjects from three levels of study: Usual subject combination: 3H2s + 1H1

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Junior College Curriculum Norm Combination of subjects 3H2 content-based subjects 1H1 content-based subjects H1 Mother Tongue Language H1 General Paper H1 Project Work At least one H1 or H2 subject is from a contrasting discipline

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Selected Subjects offered at JC DisciplinesSubjects Knowledge SkillsGeneral Paper, Project Work (H1) Knowledge & Inquiry (H2) LanguagesMalay, Chinese and Tamil (H1 & H2) French, German, Japanese (H1) Humanities & ArtArt, Economics, Geography, History, Literature, China Studies, India Studies, English (H1 – H3) Mathematics & Science Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics (H1 – H3) Computing, Principles of Accounting, Management of Business* (H2 only) * Only offered in Millennia Institute

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Admission Criteria for Junior College Aggregate of English & 5 Relevant subjects (L1R5) ≤ 20 points L1R5 for top 5 JCs  10 points L1R1R2R3R4R5 A1  C6 HumanitiesMath or Science Humanities or Math or Science Best other subject

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit L1R5 Aggregate Scores of students admitted to JC in 2016 Joint Admissions Exercise No.JCArtsScience 1.Anglo-Chinese JC77 2.Anderson JC98 3.St Andrew’s JC99 4.Nanyang JC76 5.Catholic JC10 6.Serangoon JC11

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Polytechnics

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Polytechnics Courses are market driven and career oriented Students graduate with a Diploma Ready to enter the workforce

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Entry into Poly Using O-Level results – Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) Students must also qualify for the Min Entry Requirements for the course they want to pursue ELR2B2 is used for admissions into the Polytechnics.  English Language  2 RELEVANT subjects for the course applied for  2 other best subjects

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit L1R2B2 Aggregate Scores of students admitted to Polytechnics in 2015 Joint Admissions Exercise

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Student A SubjectO-level gradeSubjectO-level grade English LanguageA2BiologyA1 MathematicsB3ChemistryC5 Additional Mathematics B3Combined Humanities (SS/Geog) A2 Chinese LanguageA1CCAA1 L1R5? L1R1R2R3R4R5 A1  C6 HumanitiesMath or Science Humanities or Math or Science Best other subject 12 points

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Student B SubjectO-level gradeSubjectO-level grade English Language B3Science (Phy / Chem) A1 MathematicsA2D&TA2 LiteratureB3Combined Humanities (SS/Geog) C5 Chinese Language B3CCAA1 L1R2B2 for Business Course? EL + Math + Literature + 2 Best Subjects 11 points

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit 2017 SECONDARY 3 EXPRESS 3 classes of Pure Science 2 classes of Combined Science Combination Subjects Chemistry Science (Phy/Chem) Science (Bio/Chem) Physics OR Biology OR English Literature A MAT A MAT / LIT/ GEO (Choose 1) D&T / ART / F&N / POA (Choose 1) SS Geography / SS History / SS Literature SS Geography / SS History / SS Literature SS Geography / SS History / SS Literature Common Subjects English Language Mother Tongue Mathematics Total number of GCE O Level subjects = 7

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Basis of Streaming Merit Stipulated criteria (Min 65%) Student ’ s option Professional discretion of the school

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Streaming Criteria and Procedures 1.Rank all students according to merit based on Overall Sec 2 results of the year 2.Check eligibility for subject (Criteria for respective subjects) 3.Refer to student’s choice ie. If there is vacancy in the first choice and student satisfies conditions set by subject (if any), he/she will be granted the first choice. If not, he/she will be considered for next choice.

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Information about elective subjects Please refer to the handouts Categories Additional Mathematics Science – Pure and Combined Sciences Humanities – Pure Geography and Social Studies Craft & Technology – Design & Technology, Art, Food & Nutrition

Mighty in Thought & Deed A Zest for Life, A Curious Mind & A Generous Spirit Schedule of events (Tentative)

C2HAMPS Parents Guide

C2HAMPS Mobile Apps Search for C2HAMPS on Apple’s App Store or Google Play iOS App ?mt=8 Android App elchemi.c2hamps&hl=en

Configure the app When the app is first launched after being installed, you may be prompted if you wish to receive notifications. Please select OK to allow the app to receive notifications from the school. You will first need to search for your child’s school. Type in the first few letters of your school name and tap on the search button on your on-screen keyboard Select your school name from the list of results. This will save your school name in the app’s settings.

Logging On Type in your user ID and password which is provided by the school and tap on the “Login” button Userid is with a ‘P’ appended in front of your child’s birth cert/NRIC no. i.e. ‘PTXXXXXXXA’ Default password is ‘Passw0rd’. You will be prompted to change your password at the 1 st log-on Subsequently, if you had forgotten your password, your can do a self-reset and the new password will be sent to your account Note: if you had chosen the wrong school in the previous step, you can tap on the “Cancel” button to go back and re-select your school

Menu To access a module within C2HAMPS, simply tap on the name of the module you wish to access.

View Notifications When the school sends a message to you, you will receive a notification on your device. As the notification message may not be displayed in full, you would need to log on to the app to view the full message Tap on the message in the message list to view the whole message Envelope icon indicates new unread message Tap close to close the message box Tap delete to remove the message from your list of messages

CCA Attendance You can view your child’s CCA attendance records for the year If your child is in more than 1 CCA, you can choose which CCA attendance records to view List of CCAs Only shown if your child is taking more than 1 CCA Tap on CCA name to view attendance records Tap to go back to select another CCA CCA Attendance Summary

My Child’s Calendar You can view your child’s school schedule including school events, homework information and CCA schedules Switch the view of the calendar Tap on down arrow to expand and choose calendars Tap on event item to view pop up of event details