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Is your child one of those who breezed through Sec 1 and Sec 2 science? Do you think that Sec 3 is just ‘any other year’ in secondary school, because after all, the hard part is in Sec 4 when O Levels come? Well, that’s not entirely true. Sec 3 is actually a crucial time [...]

Sec 3 is a challenging transition year for students. From sec 2 to sec 3, they will have new classmates, new teachers, new subjects, and possibly new commitments in their CCAs. All of these happen while they only have less than 2 years left to prepare for their O Levels or IP year 4 exams, [...]

School’s out for most primary, secondary, and JC students in Singapore – except the ones still fighting it out in their O Levels and A Levels! As such, it’s time again to review our students’ results and achievements from this year! (If you missed our previous results report for January to June of this year, [...]

A competitive environment and high expectations make it tough for students in the integrated programme. Learn more about the difficulties IP students face.

Every secondary 2 student in Singapore faces a huge decision at the end of their Sec 2 end of year exams. Which subject combination to take in upper secondary? For some students, they already have a decision in mind, and they work hard to ensure they get the results that will allow them to choose [...]

As a secondary 2 student, you will know that it is streaming year and you will need to choose your subject combination once the year’s final results are out. However, terms like combined versus pure, triple science and double science may confuse you even before you make your choice! Before we get down to explaining [...]

Self-directed learning is a buzzword amongst educators, especially with the ‘teach less, learn more’ movement in Singapore schools. But when it comes to self-directed learning, schools running the Integrated Programme arguably place more focus on it. Due to the absence of O Levels, teachers in IP schools have more curriculum time to allow students to [...]

Every year, primary 3 students sit for the GEP screening test. A selected few will go on to sit for the GEP selection test, before the top performers are invited to join the Gifted Education Programme proper. While the GEP screening and selection tests are meant to measure a child’s innate potential, many tuition centres [...]

See room for improvement for your child’s results? Will your child be sitting for any major examinations next year? Or perhaps, are you worried about how they will cope when transiting from primary school to secondary school? There’s no time to waste! You don’t have to wait until next year to start them on IP [...]

The methods that worked for you in primary school may not be effective in the integrated programme. Find out how you can do well in your IP secondary school!