Welcome! Secondary 3 EXP Sec... · Minimum Level 3 in all four domains with at least a Level 4 in one domain. Good (1 bonus point) Minimum Level 1 in all four domains with any one

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Secondary 3 EXP Meet The Parents

60 Barker Road, Singapore 309919 | Tel: (65) 6256 1633 | Fax: (65) 6256 1366 | www.acsbr.moe.edu.sg/

God-fearing

• Sense of worth

• Sense of purpose

• Sense of honour

Growing in Grace

• Honour our self & our words (integrity)

• Honour each other (respect)

• Honour effort (commitment)

• Honour excellence

3 Senses

4 Honours


Sense of worth –fearfully & wonderfully made with strengths, gifts, talents and limits

Sense of purpose –blessed to be a blessing & beacon of truth & light

Sense of honour –character as the bridge and pathway from worth to purpose


Honour our self & our

words

• What God has given to each one – gifts, talents, limitations

• Integrity – matching words and deeds

Honour each other

• Seeing differences not as less or bad but a opportunity to empathize and embrace

Honour effort• Nothing worth doing is easy

• Value of hard work and perseverance

Honourexcellence

• Journey of being our best for the world


I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (Psalm 139:14)

Theme Verse 2019


Moving from Lower to Upper Secondary

● Increased rigor and demand of curriculum● Leadership opportunities● Maturity - Different pace of growth of physical and

mental & emotional maturity sets up tensions○ Responsibility - Freedom ○ Setting Goals – Minimizing Distractions ○ High Expectations - Current Realities


For Sec 3 Express StudentsCRITERIA FOR PROMOTION TO SEC 4EXP

Post-SecondaryOptions


Junior College

Entry Requirement:

a) L1R5 ≤ 20 points

L1 - English or Higher Mother Tongue

R1 - A Science or Mathematics Subject

R2 - A Humanities Subject

R3 - A Science or Mathematics or Humanities Subject

R4 & R5 - Any other 2 Subjects

(CCA grades cannot be counted as a subject).


Junior College

Entry Requirement:

b) at least a D7 for Mother Tongue [or at least a pass in CLB/MLB/TLB] AND a Mathematics Subject,

c) Failed to obtain the requisite language and/or Math grades but with L1R5 ≤ 15, student will be provisionally admitted but he will need to re-sit and must clear the relevant subjects in the following year’s GCE O-level.


PolytechnicEntry Requirement:

Must obtain 26 points or better for the net ELR2B2 aggregate score (i.e. English Language, 2 relevant subjects and best 2 other subjects, including CCA Bonus Points) and meet the minimum entry requirement of the course.


The level of attainment will be converted to a bonus point(s) which can be used for admission to (JC/Poly/ITE):

CCA Details

Excellent (2 bonus points)

Minimum Level 3 in all four domains with at least a Level 4 in one domain.

Good (1 bonus point)

Minimum Level 1 in all four domains with any one of the following: i. At least Level 2 in three domains; ii. At least Level 2 in one domain and at least Level 3 in another domain; or iii. At least Level 4 in one domain.

Fair No bonus points

Bonus Points


For students from feeder schools, if they choose their affiliated junior college courses as their:

i) 1st choice or } 2 bonus

ii) 1st AND 2nd choices } points

Bonus Points For Affiliation


Cut-off Points (net L1R5 with bonus points) of Students Admitted to Junior Colleges 2018

Junior College Arts Science/IB

Hwa Chong Institution 5 5

Raffles Institution 5 5

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)* - 6

Victoria Junior College 8 6

Nanyang Junior College 8 7

National Junior College 9 8

St. Joseph’s Institution* - 8

Anglo-Chinese Junior College 10 9


Junior College Arts Science/IB

Eunoia Junior College 11 10

Temasek Junior College 11 10

St Andrew’s Junior College 12 11

Anderson Serangoon Junior College 12 12

Catholic Junior College 14 15

Tampines Meridian Junior College 13 14

Jurong Pioneer Junior College 17 14

Yishun Innova Junior College 20 20

Cut-off Points (net L1R5 with bonus points) of Students Admitted to Junior Colleges 2018

60 Barker Road

Singapore 309919

Tel: (65) 6256 1633

Fax: (65) 6256 1366

www.acsbr.moe.edu.sg/

L1R2B2 Aggregate Scores of students admitted to Polytechnics in 2018 Joint Admissions Exercise

No. Polytechnic Course Cut-off

1. Nanyang Poly Accountancy & Finance 14

2. Ngee Ann Poly Psychology Studies 8

3. Ngee Ann Poly Veterinary Bioscience 8

4. Singapore Poly Aeronautical Engineering 13

5. Temasek Poly Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics

11

6. Republic Poly Sports Coaching 14

7. Nanyang Poly Animation 11

8. Republic Poly Restaurant & Culinary Operations

26


Family@Barker


http://drive.google.com/file/d/17maShflLHh8vw4ypZuILTCeklNk7QykD/view


Events you should support

● Dialogues with School Leaders: 12 Feb 2019 (Tuesday)

● 131st ACS Founder’s Day Celebrations : 1 Mar 2019 (Friday)

● Inter-House Cross Country : 15 Mar 2019 (Friday)

● C21@ACS(BR)

● Father-and-Son OCIP to Yangon : 1 June to 5 Jun 2019

● Job Shadowing Programme: 4 Nov to 8 Nov 2019

Secondary 3Programmes(Level Dean)


Year Head and Level DeansYear Head(Upper Sec)

Mr David Wong [email protected]

Assistant Year Head(Upper Sec)

Mr Desmond Lim [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Form Teachers (Secondary 3)Class Form Teacher Form Teacher Supervising Head

3H1 Mr. Ngiam Xing Yi Ms. Teo Puay Kee Ms. Joanne Tng

3H2 Mr. Azlan B Mohd Yuni Mr. Liang Sea Fong Mr. Alvin Lim

3H3 Mr. Oh Boon Teck Ms. Pearlyn Khoo Ms. Jacque Loo

3H4 Mr. Chew Teng Leong Mr. Tee Chen Kam Ms. Celine Teo

3S1 Mr. Mak Kuan Pak Ms. Sherri Tan Mr. Mark Goh

3S2 Ms. Lim Hwee Fern Ms. Sharon Choo Mr. Alvin Lim

3S3 Mr. Kishan Kumar Singh Ms. Noreen Mahmood Ms. Joanne Tng


Level Theme

Level Level Theme Focus

Sec 1 Making of an ACS(BR) Gentleman Self

Sec 2 Working together as an ACS(BR) Gentleman Others

Sec 3 Leading as an ACS(BR) Gentleman Leading

Sec 4 Excelling as an ACS(BR) Gentleman Excelling

Sec 5 Leaving a legacy as an ACS(BR) Gentleman Impacting


Student Leadership Development • Secondary 3 as the year of stepping up to lead.

• Servant Leadership

• Baseline leadership H3 lessons provided for all students.

• Leadership opportunities: CCE Ambassadors, Class Monitors, Peer Leaders,CCA Leaders, Prefects, Student Council, House Captains.


● nTrix System○ Attendance records○ Results of tests

● Academic Calendars (operational in Wk 3)○ Daily email digest of homework, projects,

reminders

● CCA websites -http://sites.google.com/a/acsbr.org/cca/

Monitoring: Academic, Attendance & CCA

http://sites.google.com/a/acsbr.org/cca/

Chinese New Year Celebration Feb 4

Founder’s Day Celebration Mar 1

ACS(BR) Homecoming Mar 2

Inter-House Cross-Country Mar 15

English Language Oral Examination Apr 15 & Apr 17

C21@ACS(BR) Travel Period May 13 – May 17

Mid Year Meet-The-Parents Session May 31

Inter-House Games Day Jul 5

Mother Tongue Oral Examination Aug 15 & Aug 16

CCA Stand-down for End-of-Year Examination Sep 14

End-of-Year Examination Oct 3 – Oct 11

Marking Days Oct 14 & Oct 15

Checking of End-of-Year Examination Scripts Oct 16 – Oct 18

Thanksgiving Chapel Oct 18

Results Processing Day Oct 22

Honours Day and Level Awards Oct 23

End-of-Year Meet-the-Parents Session Oct 25

Sec 3 Bridging Oct 29- Nov 1

Sec 3 Job Shadowing Nov 4- Nov 8

Calendar Overview


C21@ACS(BR)Programme Objectives

● Crossing Cultures

● Experiential Learning, Global Perspectives

● Inspire students to join great minds and hearts in noble causes for the good of humanity.

● Acquire ACS(BR) values & 21st Century competencies.

● Integrate and apply what they have learnt in the classrooms to real world context.


C21@ACS(BR)FEB - APR MAY JULY

PRE-TRIP ACTUAL TRIPISSUE INVESTIGATION

SUBMISSIONPOST-TRIP

10 lessons

Cross-cultural Skills

Country Research & Presentation

Interactions with Locals

Values-in-Action

School Exchange

Real-World Learning (Geography, History, Social

Studies)

Educational Visits

Due:21 MAY 2019 5pm

Send YouTube video link to Country Managers (Public View)

• Reflections

• Program Debrief

•Film Fest 2019

Closing Ceremony


C21@ACS(BR)

Performance Task

- In groups of 5, complete a 5 minutes video in group

- 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the country visited.

- 2. Identify challenges that young people would face in the country.

- 3. Analyse and evaluate to what extent young people in Singapore

face these same challenges.

- 4. Recommend a feasible course of action that young people can

take up to improve the existing way of life in the country you visited.

- The film will be screened during Film Fest 2019.


C21@ACS(BR)

How to Sign Up?

- A google form will be sent via email to your student email account

on 14th Jan 2019, 8 am.

- Deadline: 16th Jan 2019, 5pm

- This is to allow time for you to have family discussion before sign

up

- No sign-ups will be entertained after deadline.

- Allocation will be done by Asst Year Head & Year Head.

C21 Publicity(Country

Managers)


C21@ACS(BR) Concert HallDestinations & Order of PresentationMyanmarChiang MaiLocalCambodia (Siem Reap)Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

Negeri-Sembilan Team 1

Negeri-Sembilan Team 2Ipoh, MalaysiaVietnamKlang, Malaysia

Myanmar

Mandalay, Capital of Myanmar

• Upper Burma’s main economic

center

• Cultural capital

• Famous sites including Shwenandaw

Kyaung, Mandalay Hill, Royal Palace,

Mahagandayon Monastery,

Amarapura

• Great dining experiences

(restaurants listed on TripAdvisor)

Values-In-Action (Pyin Oo Lwin)

• Agape Orphanage Children’s

Home

• Run by Pastor Richard with a big

heart who sold his own land to build

the orphanage to improve the lives of

the children

• Possible VIA activities: painting,

teaching English, playing games,

expanding the library set up in 2017

etc.

Trip Details

• 5 Day 4 Night trip (15th May - 19th

May)

• Silk Air (~4 hour flight incl. transit)

• $1100 (before subsidy)

• 30 students

• Teachers involved

• Mr. Ang Puay Khoon

• Mdm. Elke P Handoyo

• Mr. Ngiam Xing Yi

Chiang Mai


Chiang Mai, Thailand

● Dates of travel:

13 May - 17 May 2019

● Estimated Cost: $900

● Country Managers:

Mr Tee Chen Kam

Mr Thio Yu Chong

Ms Joan-Anne Lim


School & Cultural Exchange Experience

● twinning

programme with

local school

● Cultural

immersion


Value-In-Actions activities

● Interact with local children at Phrao Children Hostel

● Visit local farm

Local

C21@ACS(BARKER ROAD) LOCAL PROGRAMME

Programme Details Dates:11 May – 18 May 2019

Estimated Cost:

$200 - $300

Teachers-in-charge:

Mdm Low Hei Chin

Mr Lionel Lin

Values-in-Action Programme with Methodist Welfare Society (MWS) and

Saturday@Lengkok Bahru

Visit to Heritage Places

Cambodia (Siem Reap)


Siem Reap, Cambodia

● Estimated Dates:

13 May - 17 May 2019



Ms Sherri Tan

Ms Ho Jia Yan

Mr Mak Kuan Pak

Mr Alvin Lim


Siem Reap, Cambodia

Boys committed to making a difference


Values in Action● 2 Days of teaching the local children &

interaction with poor villagers

● Historical visits to Angkor Wat, War Museum, Silkworm Farms, etc

Join us in our continuing workThese children are waiting for you...

Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

Dates: 13 May - 17 May 2019

Estimated Cost: $900

Country Managers:

Mdm Teo Puay Kee

Mdm Celine Teo

Mr Tan Yi Fan

Mr Chew Teng Leong

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Values-in-Action

• Twinning with

Methodist School of

Cambodia

• 2 Night stay in a orphanage

• Teaching local children


Visiting...

Historical Sites

Tuol Sleng Genocide

Museum

The Killing Fields of

Choeung Ek

Cultural Experience

National Museum, Phnom Penh


C21- Negeri Sembilan/ Malacca Team 1

Teachers in Charge:

Mr Azlan

Mr David Wong

Mdm Dorianne Yeo

Ms Pearlyn Khoo

Expected Cost: $350

(13 May -17 May)

School Immersion Program

Anglo-Chinese School (Seremban)

VIA

Beautiful Gate for the Disabled (Seremban)

Cultural Heritage Tour

Christ Church Melaka

Jonker Walk


C21- Negeri Sembilan/ Malacca Team 2Teachers in Charge:

Mr Mohammad Faisal

Ms Sharon Choo

Ms Joanne Tng

Mr Liang Sea Fong

Expected Cost: $350

(13 May-17th May 2019)

Values in ActionVIA Location: Shekinah Care Centre- Painting,

cleaning and interaction with kids at the centre

School Immersion Program

Wesley Methodist School (Seremban) -

School Visit, Classroom immersion, games and

interaction with the students.

Cultural Immersion ProgramVisit to Malacca - Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum, A Famosa, Stadhuys,

Christchurch, St Paul’s Church and Jonker Street.

Ipoh, Perak


Ipoh, Perak● Dates of travel:

13 May - 17 May 2019



Mr Syed Faizal

Mr Chong Meng Liang

Mdm Ng Hwee Fern

Mdm Noreen


Values in Action

Orang Asli School & Village, SK Pos Raya


SK Methodist (ACS) Ipoh

1 Day School Exchange

Local students to partner the boys in the Orang Asli VIA Project

Vietnam

C21@ACS(BR)

Vietnam Team 2019


Destination: Ho Chi Minh,

Vietnam

Dates: 13 - 17 May 2019

Estimated cost: $800

Country Managers:

Mr Oh Boon Teck

Mdm Mei Pui Leng

Mdm Jenny Goh

Mr Kishan


VIA at Vinh Thanh B Primary B (or equivalent)

2 days of Values-In-Action (VIA)

Teaching basic English, Art & Craft and

proper hygiene

➢ Cementing school grounds

➢ Interaction with and donation of

items to families of students


Places of interest

❏ War Remnants Museum

❏ Mekong Delta

❏ Cu Chi Tunnel

❏ Local factories (Coconut candy and Bamboo

mattress)

Klang, Selangor


…

C21 Klang, Selangor, Malaysia

5 Days 4 Nights

Cost: $300 before subsidy

Highlights: HAVE

History (Royal Klang City)

Adventure( Trekking at Broga Hill)

Values-In-Action (2days 2nights with DESA AMAL JIREH)

Exchange (Hin Hua High School)

Students who sign up must have good Vitamin

A, C, E (Attitude, Curiosity, Endurance)

Country ManagersMs Wong Qi Shan

Mr Isaac Lim

Mr Desmond Lim

Ms Chu Pei Yun


…

Exciting VIA ( VALUES IN ACTION )


Exchange - Hin Hua High School A day as Hin Hua Student

1. Lessons2. Attending CCA3. Night at Astronomy Centre

3H1 MT Room 3

Level 3

3H2 MT Room 4

3H3 MT Room 5

3H4 MT Room 6

3S3 MT Room 7

3S2 HU Room 9 Level 4

3S1 EL Room 9 Level 5

Meeting with Form Teachers

Thank you for joining us!

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Welcome! Secondary 3 EXP Sec... · Minimum Level 3 in all four domains with at least a Level 4 in one domain. Good (1 bonus point) Minimum Level 1 in all four domains with any one