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Welcome to

Bukit Batok Secondary School

Secondary 2NA and 2NT

Subject Selection Exercise Briefing

2014

Programme

Time Event

6:00pm Introduction of Key Personnel

6:10pm Welcome address by

Principal, Ms Chamb Cherk Ing

6:20pm Subject combinations &

selection criteria

Dean Sec 1E/NA, Ms Jasmine Tay

Programme

Time Event

6:30pm Post Secondary Institutions

Vice-Principal, Mr Abdulattif Abdullah

6:40pm Enhancing the Normal Course

Dean Upper Sec NA, Mrs Quek Meng Chee

Dean Upper NT, Mr Syam Lal

7:00pm Question and Answer

7:10pm Dialogue session between

Form Teachers and parents

Introduction of School Leaders

Principal

Ms Chamb Cherk Ing


Vice-Principal

Mr Abdulatiff Abdullah


Vice-Principal

Mrs Peggy Koh


Senior Head

Mrs Jenny Chua

Introduction of Deans

Sec 1E & NA Ms Jasmine Tay

Sec 2E & NA Ms Marinda Ali

Sec 3E Mr Danny Cha

Sec 4E Ms Dianah

Upper Sec NA Mrs Quek Meng Chee

Normal (T) Mr Syam Lal

Deans take care of the holistic development of

students at each level.

Introduction of

Curriculum Consultants

CCs take care of academic subject areas.

English & Literature Ms C Kavitha

Mother Tongue Ms Lee Choon Lin

Mathematics Mrs Lim Tong Wah

Science Mdm Yaw Lai Theng

Humanities Mdm Jayanthi

Introduction of

Programme Directors

PDs take care of co-curricular programmes.

Developmental Discipline Mr Lee Khoon Peng

CCA & PE Mr Chew Yiu Chee

Aesthetics Ms Kavitha Chandran

Infocomm Technology Mr Andy Lee

Character Development Mdm Norashikin

Youth Leadership Mr Goh Thye Heng

Introduction of Form Teachers

2N1

Mr Marshall Tan

2N1

Ms Crystal Ho


2N2

Mrs Toh Sock Tuang

2N2

Ms Bay Wei Lin

2N2

Mr Nicholas Ng


2T1

Mdm Khadijah

2T1

Mr Pandian

2T1

Ms Wynter Lee

Opening Address

Ms Chamb Cherk Ing

Principal

Subject Combinations

and

Selection Criteria

Normal (Academic)

Course

7 Subject

Combinations

Normal Academic Course

Normal (A) Course

7 Subject Combinations

You may refer to page 2 of the booklet.

Combi

N1a

N1b

N1c

N1d

N1e

N1f

1 English

2 Mother Tongue

3 Elementary Mathematics

4 Science(Physics / Chemistry)

5 Additional Mathematics

6 Social Studies + Geography Social Studies + History

7 D & T F & N Art D & T F & N Art

Criteria for Additional Mathematics

At least 75%

for Mathematics

(overall results)


6 Subject

Combinations


Normal (A) Course



Combination

Subject

N2a

N2b

N2c

N2d

N2e

N2f

1 English

2 Mother Tongue

3 Elementary Mathematics

4 Science(Physics / Chemistry)

5 Social Studies + Geography Social Studies + History

6 D & T F & N Art D & T F & N Art

Normal (Technical)

Course

6 Subject

Combinations

Normal Technical Course

Subject T1a T1b

1 English Language

2 Basic Mother Tongue

3 Mathematics

4 Science

5 Computer Applications

6 Elements of Business

Studies (EBS)

D&T

Normal (Technical) Course



Overall Criteria for Subject Selection

• Academic performance & aptitude

• Overall Marks

• Double weighting for English, Maths &

Science

• Single weighting for all other subjects

• Proposed subject combinations may be

subjected to changes, depending on

demand and availability of teachers

Post Secondary

Institutions Mr Abdulattif Abdullah

Vice-Principal

Post-Secondary Institutions

• Junior Colleges (JCs)

• Millennia Institute (MI)

• Polytechnics (Poly)

• Institute of Technical Education (ITE)

Admission Criteria to JC

Definition Subjects

L1 First Language English / Higher Mother Tongue

R5

Relevant Subject 1 Humanities /

Malay or Chinese (Special Programme)

Relevant Subject 2 Mathematics / Science

Relevant Subject 3 Humanities / Mathematics / Science /


Relevant Subject 4 Any GCE ‘O’ Level Subjects (except

Religious Knowledge and CCA)

Relevant Subject 5 Any GCE ‘O’ Level Subjects (except

Religious Knowledge and CCA)


Requirements on Core Subjects

• A1 – C6 English Language

• A1 – D7 Mother Tongue

• Merit / Pass Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus

• A1 – D7 Maths D or A Maths

• Aggregate 20 points or less for L1R5


Example

• L1 English Language: A2

• R1 Humanities: A2

• R2 Math: A1

• R3 A Math/Science: A2

• R4 Any ‘O’ level subj*: A1

• R5 Any ‘O’ level subj*: A2

*Except RK & CCA


‘A’ Level Curriculum

• Humanities grade must be included in

L1R5.

• Students must take a Contrasting

Subject.

You may refer to page 8 – 10 of the booklet.

Admission Criteria for

Millenia Institute

• L1R4

• Total aggregate of 20 points or less for

the first language and 4 relevant

subjects

• CCA grade may be used


Definition Subjects

L1 First Language English / Higher Mother Tongue

R4





Relevant Subject 3 Any GCE ‘O’ Level Subjects and CCA

(except Religious Knowledge)

Relevant Subject 4 Any GCE ‘O’ Level Subjects and CCA

(except Religious Knowledge)

Admission Criteria for

Millenia Institute


Entry Requirements for Polytechnic

Course Group Design, Business, Science-Based &

Technology Courses

EL EL English

R2

1st Group of

Relevant Subjects

Elementary Mathematics

Additional Mathematics

2nd Group of

Relevant Subjects

Science (Physics / Chemistry)

Combined Humanities

Design and Technology

Art

Food and Nutrition

B2 Best 2 other subjects excluding CCA


Enhancing the

Normal Course

Mrs Quek Meng Chee

(Dean Upper Sec NA)

Mr Syam Lal

(Dean, Normal Technical)

Outline

Enhancing the Normal (Academic) and

Normal (Technical) Course

Enhancing the Normal (Academic)

Programme

New initiatives (effective from 2013)

Enhancing the Normal Course

Normal Course

The Normal course comprises :

Normal (Academic) course

5 years

targeted towards a college/polytechnic

education after the ‘O’ level exams.

Normal (Technical) course

4 years

targeted towards a technical education at ITE

after the ‘N’ level exams.

A number of changes have been introduced to

the Normal Course to enable our students to:

benefit more from their learning experience.

do well in school and progress as far as possible

in their post-secondary education.



Normal (Academic)

Course


Course

Key Enhancements

2. Selected N(A) students

enjoy wider educational

experience by taking

elective modules

1. Selected N(A)

students can skip ‘N’

Level examinations

and progress straight

to Sec 5N(A)

3. Sec 4N(A) students

have the option of

taking more ‘O’

Level subjects

4. Refined promotion

criteria from Sec

4N to 5N

5. New N(A) Through –

train pathways for

eligible Sec 4N(A)

graduates.

6. More resources

to support

teaching of the

N(A) Course

From 2009 Sec 4N(A) cohort

English Language ≤ 5

Mathematics ≤ 5

EL + Maths + Best 3 ≤ 19


Course

Refined Promotion Criteria from

Sec 4NA to Sec 5NA

Refined Promotion Criteria from

Sec 4NA to Sec 5NA


Course

New promotion criteria will better match the

polytechnics’ admission requirements.

Benefits

N(A) students will be able to cope better with

polytechnic education.

Students will be motivated earlier in their

secondary school years to make the effort to

qualify for polytechnic courses.

4NA students can take more ‘O’ level

subjects


Course

Starting with the 2009 4NA cohort.

There is NO LIMIT to the number of ‘O’ level

subjects that 4NA students can offer.

Common subjects offered to students are

Maths and Mother Tongue as other subjects

require more time for coverage of syllabuses.

4NA students can take more ‘O’ level

subjects (Benefits)


Course

Students more capable in certain subjects can

take a few ‘O’ Level subjects at Sec 4NA.

The rest of the ‘O’ Level subjects can be offered

in Sec 5NA.

This helps to spread out the number of ‘O’ Level

papers a student has to take at Sec 5NA and

eases the load for the student.

New Initiatives

• New N(A) Through-train Pathways from

2012.

• The new pathways are namely, the

Polytechnic Foundation Programme

(PFP) and the Direct-Entry-Scheme-to-

Polytechnic (DES-to-Poly)

Programme(DPP)


(PFP) • PFP is expected to cater to students in the

top 10% of the Sec 4N(A) cohort.

• Students must obtain ELMAB3 aggregate

of 11 points or less and meet subject-

specific Minimum Entry Requirements

• Bonus points will be awarded for good

CCA grades. These bonus points will be

used in computing the ELMAB3 net

aggregate score for selection and posting

to the Polytechnic FP.


(PFP)

• offers a practice-oriented curriculum taught

by polytechnic lecturers, to better prepare

polytechnic-bound N(A) students for entry

into relevant Polytechnic Diploma courses

• Polytechnic FP students are given

provisional places in diploma programmes,

subject to them passing all modules in the

one-year Polytechnic FP.

http://www.polytechnic.edu.sg/pfp/

Direct-Entry-Scheme-to-Polytechnic

(DES-to-Poly) Programme (DPP)

• a pathway for N(A) students who do well in

their ‘N’-Levels to benefit from hands-on and

experiential learning at the ITE by enrolling

in a Higher Nitec programme immediately

after Sec 4

• ELMAB3 aggregate of 19 points or less and

meet subject-specific Minimum Entry

Requirements

Direct-Entry-Scheme-to-Polytechnic

(DES-to-Poly) Programme (DPP)

• Students accepted into the DPP will enrol

into Higher Nitec courses at ITE, and are

subsequently guranteed a place in a

polytechnic diploma course mapped to their

Higher Nitec, subject to them meeting the

Grade Point Average.

http://www.ite.edu.sg/wps/portal/definitely-des/

DPP Programme

10-week Preparatory Course

Successful applicants will go through a 10-week

preparatory course starting in January.

The course covers areas such as:

- oral and written communication skills

- science and mathematics topics

Benefits of Direct Entry

Save 1 year

More practice-based lessons

Opportunities for further

education

Good job

opportunities

New Direct Pathway to ITE’s DES-to-Poly

Programme for Sec 4N(A) Graduates

GCE ‘N’ Level Exams 4 years N(A) Course

2 years ITE Direct Entry Scheme3 (DPP)

to Higher Nitec 10 weeks

Prep Programme

Pathways for N(A) Students

GCE ‘O’ Level Exams 1 year S5N5

3 years Polytechnic

2 years ITE

Nitec2 2 years ITE

Higher Nitec 1

3 years NAFA/ LaSalle

3 years Polytechnic

1 year Foundation Programme4((PFP)

2 years poly

2 years

JC/

3 years

CI

Eligibility Criteria: 1 ELR1B3 (O-Levels) [for Accounting & Business courses] / ELR2B2 (O-Levels) [for S&T courses] 2 Two O-Level passes / Three N-Level passes 3 EL ≤ 4, MA ≤ 4, ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels) [for Applied Sciences, Engineering, Info-Communications Technology] / EL ≤ 3, MA ≤ 4, ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels) [for Business &

Services] 4 Students who have performed well in the Singapore-Cambridge GCE N-level examinations – expected to be among the top 10 percent of the Sec 4N(A) cohort. Additional

requirements for the subjects may be set, according to the demands of the courses. 5 ELMAB3 ≤ 19 (N-Levels)


Normal (Technical)

Course

Enhancing the Normal (Technical)

Course

Key Enhancements

2. Selected N(T) students

enjoy wider educational

experience by taking

elective modules

1. Selected N(T)

students can offer up

to 2 N(A) subjects

from 2006.

3. Top N(T) students have

flexibility to transfer to

N(A) course.

4. More resources to

support teaching of

the N(T) course.


Selected N(T) students enjoy wider educational experience by taking Elective Modules (EMs)

Aimed at benefiting upper secondary level N(T)

and N(A) students, EMs could extend and build

on the learning objectives of existing N(T) and

N(A) subjects. They could also introduce

students to a course of study in ITE and/or

expose them to possible career paths.


Selected N(T) and N(A) students enjoy wider educational experience by taking Elective

Modules (EMs)

EMs can be developed by schools in

collaboration with post-secondary institutes like

ITE and the polytechnics or external agencies.

EMs are optional, and are typically 20-30 hour

modules to develop N(T) and N(A) students’

interests and strengths in specific areas.


Course

N(T) students may offer N(A) subjects

Selected N(T) students who are able to offer

subjects at a higher level will be allowed to

take 1 to 2 N(A) subjects from the full range of

N(A) subjects.

The school will assess their capabilities and

offer N(A) subject(s) to those who qualify.


Course

More resources to support teaching of N(T) students

Like the recent enhancements for N(A) course, more

resources will be given to schools with Normal

Course students to help them benefit more from their

learning experience. Such resources are:

Education Associates

More manpower grant

New HOD, N(T) position

Customised training for N(T) teachers

Extended Nitec Foundation

Programme (e-NFP) • 2 year e-NFP for students with less than 2

N-level passes

– 4 technical modules over 4 semesters –

slower pace of learning

– Academic foundation modules in English and

Maths.

– Character education

– Motivational camps and team bonding

activities to addresses the socio-emotional

needs of the students

ITE Progression Path

Important Dates

Dates Event

24 April Briefing to Parents and Students

13 – 16 Oct

Online Submission

Opening of Library for students who need internet assess

17 Oct Form Teachers(FTs) to distribute verification slips

20 Oct Students to return all signed verification slips to FTs

7 Nov Release of Subject Selection Results at 10am via BBSS notice

board & school website

7 – 11 Nov Appeal for change

11 Nov Deadline for submission of appeals to General Office by 10 am

14 Nov Release of appeal results and display of final results at 2 pm via

BBSS notice board & school website

19 Nov Final date for all queries and clarifications

Contacts

No Level Dean Extension

1 Sec 2E/NA Ms Marinda Ali 217

2 Sec 1E/NA Ms Jasmine Tay 208

3 Upper NA Mrs Quek Meng Chee 216

4 Normal (T) Mr Syam Lal 212

Question & Answer

Session Questions raised via reply slips

Question and Answer Session

1. What are the different subject

combinations available for selection?

Please refer to the subject combinations

printed in the information booklet.


2. What subjects my child take in order

to go to the Polytechnic?

Please refer to the Page 6 of your

information booklet. It contains details

including the subjects required for entry

to the Polytechnics.


3. What are the allocation criteria used to

place the students in the respective

combinations?

Overall results for all subjects across

the whole year

Double weighting for English, Maths &

Science

For A Maths

at least 75% for Maths (overall)


4. Which exam results are taken into

consideration?

The whole year’s results are taken into

consideration.

This includes CA1, SA1, CA2 and SA2.


5. What is the maximum number of

subjects that a student can take?

The maximum number of subjects offered

to a student (in NA faculty) is 7.


6. How do we choose the subjects?

The student should choose the subjects

based on his/her aptitude and interest.


7. Who can we approach if we have

other enquires?

You may approach the Form Teachers

directly after the briefing. You can also

contact Ms Marinda Ali or myself. Our

contacts are found on Pg 12 of the

information booklet.


8. How do we choose the subjects?

The student should choose the subjects

based on his/her aptitude and interest.


9. Does the school allocate the students

to their subjects combination based

on their level position?

Yes, students will be streamed based on

the ranking of their overall results with

double weighting to EL, Maths and

Science.


10. In previous years, which subjects are

more popular?

It differs every year. The child should

choose the subjects based on his/her

aptitude and interest.

Question & Answer

Session

End of Sec 2

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