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Parent Teacher Conference

Subject Allocation Briefing to Parents – 31 May 2019

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Agenda

1. Guiding Principles

2. Post-Secondary School Options

3. Secondary 3 Subject Combinations

4. Allocation Process and Considerations

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Guiding Principles

When selecting subjects for Upper Secondary, consider these

factors:

What are the options for post secondary progression?

What will be a realistic expectation of your child’s ability

to cope with new subjects’ demands?

What are your child’s needs/preferences/interests?

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Post Secondary Options4

Upon graduating from Mayflower, your child 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 specialised

institutes like NAFA,

LaSalle, Shatec,

Sunrice

Junior Colleges / Millennia Institute5

Junior Colleges / Millennia Institute6

Junior Colleges (JCs) and Millennia Institute (MI)

Prepare students for GCE A Level examinations

Length of Study:

o JC – 2 years

o MI – 3 years

A Level7

GCE A Level Curriculum

Subjects are selected from 3 levels

H1 H2 H3

Half of H2 in terms of

curriculum time

Equivalent to ‘A’ level

subjects prior to 2006

Subjects with opportunity

for in-depth study (e.g.

advanced content,

research paper, university

module)

A Level 8

Three H2 Content-Based Subjects

One H1 Content-Based Subject

H1 General Paper

H1 Mother Tongue

H1 Project Work

*At least one H1 or H2 subject is from a contrasting discipline

Subjects Offered 9

Discipline Subjects

Knowledge Skills General Paper, Project Work (H1)

Knowledge & Inquiry (H2)

Languages Malay, Chinese, Tamil (H1 & H2)

French, German, Japanese

Humanities & Arts Art, Economics, Geography, History,

Literature, China Studies, India

Studies (H1-H3)

Mathematics & Science Biology, Chemistry, Physics,

Mathematics (H1-H3), Computing,

Principles of Accounting,

Management of Business * (H2 only)

Admission Criteria - JC10

Aggregate of First Language & 5 Relevant Subjects (L1R5 ≤ 20

points)

L1 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5

English /

Higher

Mother

Tongue

Humanities Mathematics

/ Science

Humanities /

Mathematics

/ Science

Best Other

Subject

Best Other

Subject

Admission Criteria - MI11

Aggregate of First Language & 4 Relevant Subjects (L1R4 ≤ 20

points)

L1 R1 R2 R3 R4

English /

Higher

Mother

Tongue

Humanities /

Mathematics /

Science

Humanities /

Mathematics /

Science

Best Other

Subject

Best Other

Subject

L1R5 – JC Aggregate Scores (2019)12

Junior College Arts Science

Nanyang JC 7 6

Anderson Serangoon JC 12 11

National JC 8 7

Catholic JC 13 14

Yishun Innova JC 20 20

Jurong Pioneer JC 16 15

Polytechnics13

Polytechnics14

Polytechnics

Market driven courses which are career-oriented

Students graduate with a Diploma

Prepares students to be work force ready

Admission Criteria - Polytechnic15

Aggregate of English, 2 Relevant & 2 Best Subjects

(L1R2B2 ≤ 26 points)

o English Language

o 2 Relevant Subjects to the course applied for

o 2 Other Best Subjects

Course-specific minimum requirement must also be met

Courses Offered16

Course Group Course Title

Applied Science Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemical

Engineering, Food Science & Nutrition, Material Science,

Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Technology

Built Environment Architecture, Facilities Management, Real Estate Business

Business & Management Accountancy, Banking & Finance, Business & Social

Enterprise, Culinary & Catering Management,

Hospitality & Tourism Management

Engineering Aerospace Electronics, Computer Engineering, Digital &

Precision Engineering, Mechatronics, Nanotechnology &

Materials Science

Health Sciences Nursing, Optometry, Sport Coaching, Social Sciences

ELR2B2 – Poly Aggregate Scores (2019)17

2020 Subject Combination18

2020 ExpressPure Science Combined Science

Combination

Subjects

A MAT A MAT A MAT

Choose only

1 Elective

[D&T / ART /

F&N]

POA

Physics /

Biology

Physics /

Biology

Choose only 1 Elective

[POA / A MAT / GEO]

Chemistry Chemistry ChemistryScience (Chem) /

Science (Bio/Phy)

SS Geography /

SS History /

SS Literature

SS Geography /

SS History /

SS Literature

Common

Subjects

English Language

Mother Tongue

Mathematics

English Language

Mother Tongue

Mathematics

Total number of

GCE O Level

subjects = 7

Subject Allocation19

Subject Allocation

School’s professional discretion

Mastery of Pre-

requisites

Student Choices

Student choices

• Preference is given to student’s choices

Mastery of Pre-requisites

• Student performance in pre-requisites

School’s professional discretion

• Considerations for manpower and

resource planning

Pre-Survey

In June 2019, we will be conducting a ‘pre-survey’ to gauge students’

preferred subject combinations

The ‘pre-survey’ will be via an online Google form

(bit.ly/mfss-2019subjectallocation)

On 29 May 2019, students were briefed on how the pre-survey works and

what they need to do to complete the survey

Students are advised to discuss with their parents/guardian on the offered

options and put in their choices in the order of preference

Briefing slides and pre-survey information will be sent out via Parent

Gateway (PG) and will be on the school website

(https://mayflowersec.moe.edu.sg/)

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Schedule of Key Activities21

TIME FRAME EVENT

April Subject combination briefing for Sec 2 students

29 May Pre-survey briefing for Sec 2 students

31 May Subject combination briefing for Sec 2 parents and students

June Conduct of Pre-survey

Early Oct Subject combination and allocation briefing for Sec 2 students

21-24 Oct Conduct of subject allocation survey for Sec 2 students

4 – 6 Nov Release of subject allocation results

7 – 11 Nov Submission of appeals to General Office

14 – 15 Nov Release of results of appeals

21 – 22 Nov Release of 2020 Sec 3 class info

IP HODs

Department HOD

Craft & Technology (Art, D&T, FCE) Ms Sim Ann Chi Angie

English (Literature Elective) Mdm Santhi d/o Allagoo

Humanities (Social Studies, Geography, History) Ms S Santhi

Mathematics (Additional Mathematics. POA) Mr Narayanan

Mother Tongue Ms Eileen Chew Qian Ru

Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) Mdm Krishnan Malathi

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*the contact details can be found in the school website

Questions?23