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Secondary 4 and 5

Parents Engagement

Session1 March 2019, Friday

QUEENSTOWN Secondary School

Programme

Sharing on

– Key Areas of Focus for the Year

– Updates to Post-Secondary Education Pathways

– Preparation for the Mother Tongue Languages

Examinations

Interaction with Form Teachers

Refreshment in the Canteen


Turning Dreams into Reality

A Dreamwritten down with a date becomes a

Goal.A goal broken down into steps becomes a

Plan.A plan backed by

Actionmakes your dream

Reality.


Dream

What are your dreams?

What are your child’s dreams?


Date

Period Event

1 March Parents Engagement Session

8 March Cross Country @ MacRitchie

Reservoir

15 March Quest Day Out!

16 April CCA Stand-down for

Graduating Cohort

23, 25 April Motivation Workshop


Date

Period Event

6 – 16 May Mid-Year Examination

27 – 30 May Intensive Mother Tongue (for

‘O’ Level students)

Cat B Elective Module (for

NA/NT students)

31 May Parents-Teachers Meeting

3 – 7 June Supplementary Lesson


Date

Period Event

5 – 15 August N Level Preliminary Exams

26 August - 4 September O Level Preliminary Exams

11 October

Evening

Graduation Ceremony

Ongoing After school consultations

and supplementary lessons


4 Normal (Academic)

4 Normal (Technical)

Period GCE ‘N’ Levels

29 – 30 April F&N Practical Exam

11 – 18 July EL Oral

30 July – 2 August MTL Oral

16 – 25 September Written Exam I

7 – 18 October Written Exam II

Dates according to SEAB: www.seab.gov.sg


Coursework Submission Deadlines

for 4 Normal (Academic) and

(Technical)

Subject Deadline

EBS (NT) 23 April

Food and Nutrition (NA) 9 July

Design and Technology

(NA and NT)

26 July

Art (NA) 30 July


4 Express

5 Normal (Academic)Period GCE ‘O’ Levels

25, 27, 29 March F&N Investigative Practical

Exam

22 – 24 May F&N Practical Exam

3 June

9 July, 23 September

10 – 22 July

23 July

29 July – 2 August

MTL Written Exam

MTL B Oral Exam

MTL Oral Exam

MTL, MTL B Listening

HMTL Oral Exam



4 Express

5 Normal (Academic)Period GCE ‘O’ Levels

13 – 27 August EL Oral Exam

3 – 15 October Science Practical Exam

16 October – 15 November Written Exam



Coursework Submission Deadline

for 4 Express and

5 Normal (Academic)

Subject Deadline

Food & Nutrition 31 July

Design & Technology 16 August

Art 17 September


Goal

What are your plans next year:

– Sec 5NA

– ITE

– Polytechnic

– JC?


Goal

27 February 2019, The Straits Times


Post-Secondary Education

Pathways4 Express 2020

GCE ‘O’ Level Examination

ITE

Higher

Nitec

(2 years)

Polytechnic

(3 years)Polytechnic

(2 / 3 years)

Junior College

or

Millennia Institute

ITE

Nitec

(2 years)

DSA EAE EAE



Pathways

4 Normal (Academic) 2020

GCE ‘N’ Level Examination

ITE

Higher

Nitec

(2 years)

Polytechnic

(3 years)

Polytechnic

(2 / 3 years)

GCE ‘O’ Levels

Secondary 5

Normal

(Academic)

ITE

Nitec

(2 years)

EAE

Polytechnic

Foundation

Programme (PFP)

(1 year)

DPP



Pathways4 Normal (Technical) 2020

GCE ‘N’ Level Examination

ITE

Higher

Nitec

(2 years)

Polytechnic

(2 years)

Polytechnic

(3 years)

ITE

Nitec

(2 years)

EAE

ITE Enhanced

Nitec Foundation

Programme

(3 years)

Based on Grade

Point Average

(GPA)


Plan, Action

Preparation for Early Admission Exercise

(EAE) to ITE or Polytechnic

– Application period is typically in late June

– Readying personal portfolio and write-up

Preparation for Direct Schools Admission

(DSA) to Junior Colleges

– Application period depends dates set by JCs

– Sports and Aesthetics talents preferred

– Readying personal portfolio


Plan, Action

Education and Career Guidance

Milestone Chart as a guide to work towards

the goal


Milestone Chart


Key Milestones

Target Setting

Term 1 results

Mid-Year Exam results

Preliminary Exam results

Use these milestones to work towards the

gaps between your targets and your actual

results.


Milestone Chart

Parents:

Check-in with your child at each of the key

milestone

Encourage your child to work consistently,

especially those doing their coursework

Ensure your child attends all school

programmes up till the start of their national

examination


2018 RESULTS


Eligibility for Progression to

Institutes of Higher Learning

2018 GCE N Level Results

PFP DPP ITE Nitec

4 Normal

(Academic)

13.5% 71.6% 10.8%

4 Normal

(Technical)

- - 100%

Achievements

GCE Normal Technical 2018– Special Mention

(% Pass Above National)

Sec 4 Normal Technical

• Malay

• Tamil

• Elements of Business Skills

• English Language

• Mathematics

• Science

Achievements

GCE Normal Academic 2018– Special Mention


Sec 4 Normal Academic

• Art Syllabus A

• Design and Technology

• Food and Nutrition

• Mathematics

• Science

Achievements

GCE ‘O’ Level 2018– Special Mention


Sec 5 Normal Academic


• English Language

• Malay

• Principles of Accounts

• Science (Physics, Chemistry)

Achievements



Sec 4 Express

• Chemistry


• Food and Nutrition

• Geography

• Physics

• Science (Physics, Biology)

Achievements



Sec 4 Normal Academic (Out-of-Stream)

• Chinese

• English

• Science (Physics, Chemistry)


Eligibility for Progression to

Institutes of Higher Learning

2018 GCE O Level Results

Junior College

/ Millennia

Institute

Polytechnics Institute of

Technical

Education

4 Express 64.7% 83.7% 100%

5 Normal

(Academic)

24.3% 67.6% 99.97%


Sharing by ex-Queenstownians


Jordana5A, Class of 2014

Diploma in Design for User

Experience

Republic Polytechnic, Class of

2018

Events Executive, LOPELAB


Ashley4A, Class of 2015

St. Andrew’s Junior College,

Class of 2017

Majoring in Life Sciences

National University of

Singapore

SHOULD I GO TO A JC ?

PRIORITY # 1: STUDIES

FUTURE PLANNING

DE-STRESS + REVIVE !!!

ALL THE BEST~WHEN ALL FAILS,

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF~

• JC OPEN HOUSE / WORD OF MOUTH

SCHOOL WEBSITES / INSTAGRAM

• LOCATION / SUBJECT COMBINATIONS

• CCAS & FRIENDS

• 1.5 years + 8 months break before

Entering university

• Financial Aids are readily available


Samantha4G, Class of 2017

EMB2 – 4 points

Finance Services

ITE College Central

ITE EAE PROCESS

Submit ITE application

through ITE portal (May)

Max 3 courses

(Prepare write up on why you are

interested etc. Not more than 100

words)

Shortlisted applicants are to attend interviews

as part of selection process (Jun-Jul)

Release of ITE EAE application results and acceptance of conditional offer

(Aug)

Withdrew from ITE EAE after acceptance of

offer (Sept)

Note: Students who accepted ITE EAE course will be automatically be accepted if they

meet their MERs.

About me (Leadership & Achievements)

• President of Entrepreneurship Club

• Class Chairperson Year 1 and 2

• NYAA (Gold)

• Finance Services Student Mentor

• Service Star Gold Award

• Scored bonus of GPA 0.2

About me(Participation)

• Financial literacy

• CCA Fair

• Outward Bound Singapore

• Competitions

• Enrichments

• Services

• Internship at KL Kidzania

Future plans to polytechnic

Applying NYP via EAE

3rd choice: SP

2nd choice: NP

1st choice: NYP

Course: Business Studies (Entrepreneur)

Polytechnics criteria

• Portfolio (write-up)

• Leadership

• GPA


Reality

What are the dreams that you want to make

reality?

Rain check


Turning Dreams to Reality

A Dream written down with a date becomes a

Goal.A goal broken down into steps becomes a

Plan.A plan backed by

Actionmakes your dream

Reality.

Be the moment you know you can fly,

And then you will fly forever!

QTSS MTLs

QTSS students do use MTL results for

L1R5 & L1B4 – JC & Pre-U admission

ELR2B2 – Polytechnics admission

TRY OUR BEST TO DO OUR BEST

Free Up more time to make other subjects

More than 90% of our students passed

O-level MTL exams, with at least a C6

grade

Important Dates

PRELIM EXAM P1 & P2

- 3 MAY (FRI)

ORAL EXAM

- 1 & 2 APR (MON & TUE)

LC Exam

- TBC, likely to be 16 MAY (THU)

QTSS

Important Dates

WRITTEN EXAM P1 & P2*

- 3 JUN (MON)

ORAL EXAM

- BETWEEN 9 JUL (TUE) TO 22 JUL (MON)

LC EXAM

- 23 JUL (TUE)

GCE

O-LEVEL

Important Dates

ONLY CL, ML & TL have both

June/ Mid-year & Nov/ End-of-Year

GCE O-level EXAMS

Please take note

FOREIGN LANGUAGES & HMTL

• ONLY Year-end Papers

• NO Mid-year Papers

• NO LC Papers

MTL B

•MTL B (YEAR END)

WITH ORAL EXAM

Please take note

The result for

MTL MID-YEAR EXAM

will be released in late AUG.

O-LEVEL PREP

• Mar Holidays - 19 MAR (MON) Mock Exam (P1 & P2) from 0800-1230

• Oral Practice – Mar & Apr

Revision Lessons

• 17 MAY (FRI) – 23 MAY (THUR)TBC

Intensive Lessons

• LAST WEEK JUNE HOLIDAYSOral

Practice

Retake in Nov?

A1 & A2 Congratulation!

B3, B4,C5 &C6 Will be recommended to

retake P1 & P2 in Nov!

D7, E8 & F9 Must retake in Year-end.

*For CL/ML/TL , there is only

ONE LC & Oral exam in the year.

Please take note

• The examination timetable is

available on SEAB Website

https://www.seab.gov.sg

https://www.seab.gov.sg/

• It is compulsory that students who have

registered for GCE O-level or N-level MTL

Papers, to be present for the examinations.

Please take note

Language is a skill.

So We Need to start today.

How Can Our Parents Help?

• Ensure Regular Revision (at home)

• Ensure Regular Attendance

• Ensure Necessary Resources are available

Dictionarry (Pinted or Electronic

dictionary)

MTL File

Ten Years’ Series

• Encourage Positive Attitude

• Cultivate the Growth Mindset

How Do You Revise?

• Read MTL newspaper regularly (daily)

• Accumulate useful vocabulary

• Complete assignments punctually

• Reflect on mistakes and do corrections

• 1-2 hours revision daily

• Do drafts on topics

30-day Challenge

95 days left.

3 sets of 30-day.


Form Teacher Interaction

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Form Teacher Interaction session according

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