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hogwarts

回復 yuekinwai 的帖子

Dear yuekinwai,

Your question is really difficult for any SPC parent to answer with confidence.  

S1 students, other than those such as Teresa's boy and mine, might come from the first batch of selection or from waiting list or even last minute door locking.  The very last intake did not necessary ranked lower than anyone in the first batch of selection for all well known reasons.

My experience with this school is that she provides opportunities for her students.  As Eliza pointed out the best 3 in S1 could go to course for elite students.  And, meanwhile, the low performance students were not given up by the school.

The school also accepts students with visual disabilities, they might not be band 1 students but many of them were champions of life, one is teaching Secondary School English and believe it or not one is teaching Physics in HKU.  Their fellow mates benefit a lot because of these students' companion.   Banding might be a minor issue then.

In some manner, my boy and their mates give me an impression that they respect friends with high academic achievement but they also treasure those mates with special talents and strong wills.

Hope, my dis-organized chats might help.

hogwarts

hogwarts

Dear Jackieson,

I did ask some stupid questions in those meetings:

• Why the boys were not allowed an earlier leave of lunch at the inter-class football semi-final?
• What did other teachers share with the class teachers about the class or my boy?
• What were the strengthens and weaknesses of my boy in their eyes?
• Did he or the class collectively do somethings, both impressed or troubled the teachers, that I should know?
  

Regarding ranking, a very good bench marking system for reference, and encouragement to be excel (within the top 15% tier) in at least one or two subjects might be the best way to push, for those average boys such as mine in the junior years.   
This ranking will become extremely important in S3 when facing S4 subjects selection.  The school used the overall ranking in S3 in the subject selection exercise.  Science stream is always the hot choice of boys. Sometime, overall ranking within 60, but beyond 50, out of the whole form, might not guarantee a first choice of subjects combination.

hogwarts

Could this help?

http://www.hkssf.org.hk/

hogwarts

Free in s1 only is enough, boys need 6 months to gear up.

hogwarts

我試過在門外呆等20多分鐘，prefect 多次圈圈也沒有用，不過到到自己入室拜見老師，也死拖不止十分鐘，學號後都幾慘!

hogwarts

回復 Jackieson 的帖子

Dear Jackieson,

Because you might need to wait a few minutes outside the classroom before your turn.  I suggest that you can take this opportunity to ask the duty prefect, a prefect will stay with you when you are waiting outside the classroom, questions about his own study life or his views of school or anything you can think of.

Last year, at late Jan 2012, I asked the duty prefect about his selection of LS project, he told me that it was about how HK young students participating in HK political affair.  I joked whether you were studying DAB Youth or Young Pigeons.   He replied me that his study subject was a group of young secondary students with no political affiliation.  It was then I first heard of the now famous and the must entry in the History of HK - 学民思潮.   Looking back in 12 months time, I can only admit that sometime we can learn new things from our children or the boys of SPC.

The boy was from the top class of last year S5 and I wish him all the best in this year's DSE exam.   Also, when the campaign went hot in 7 months' time, I found out from the Apple Daily, that a boy from that same top class, not that prefect I spoke to, had become core member of 学民思潮.   And anther SPC boy, who stood at 学民思潮 street stand, went to study Law.

The school is delivering all-rounded students, even not necessary the very type of every parent wishes, and I see the future of HK in them.

hogwarts

是的每一科獨立排名次，由英文到體育。

hogwarts

試試問團長再回覆您。

hogwarts

中二一定可以，正在問中途加入的機會。

hogwarts

Some interesting news for S1 - S3 parents, my boy told me yesterday that the school is considering not to offer combined science subject for next year's S3 students.


The so called phys/chem, phys/bio and chem/bio are funny subjects invented by our witty SAR education department.  Not offering these subjects would be good news for the junior boys.  However, it is just news from an unreliable source, my boy, S3 parents can find out more from the school in the forthcoming S3 parent mtg on 2nd March.

hogwarts

回復 KAA-2000 的帖子

Dear KAA-2000,

Please check PM.

hogwarts

hogwarts

早一點時間，學校派過贊助校刊（弘道就是校刊）表格，您有沒有訂購?

學校圖書館應該有從前的供借閱。

hogwarts

想請教有去 F3 家長日的朋友，明年的中四是否取消了 combined science?

hogwarts

好消息，相信會增加，但可能還是供不應求，現時最少位是物理，但物理不容易讀得好。

hogwarts

雖然最少位是物理，但好像在三科中生物讀的人最少。

hogwarts

回復 hogwarts 的帖子

Yes, in this year S4 there are only 60 places for Physics.  Learning from my son's mid-year exam report, only about 50 students are taking biology.

hogwarts

namanyi

Out of 163 students:

Physics 60
Chemistry 91
Biology 47
M1 & M2 combined around 80 (the school must have imposed some selection std for M1&2.)
no figures for CS

hogwarts

I guess that biology is the less chosen subject because many Class C and F students take Phy, Chem & Eco or Phy, Chem & IT.

hogwarts

回復 hogwarts 的帖子

The two exams should be carrying same weighting, can other parents help to clarify?    In the second half of S3 everyone works harder to fight for places they wish.  S3 is really the most decisive year apart from the DSE exam.

Just have a chat with a friend, he reckons that Geography, History or even Chinese Literature can be better choice than taking Economic as third elective.   Anyway, he just proposes a very eccentric opinion about learning.

Please give a lot of encouragement and love.   Science stream is not necessary the only choice for boys.

hogwarts

在S3有前50比較保險。