This document outlines the programme for a parent-teacher meeting at Damai Secondary School. It provides information about: 1) The school's GCE 'O' Level results from 2010 which showed improvements, including more students scoring distinctions. 2) Requirements and cut-off points for admission to post-secondary institutions like junior colleges and polytechnics. 3) The school's initiatives and expectations to help students prepare for exams, including motivational workshops, remedial classes and encouragement of parental support. 4) An invitation for parents to meet with teachers to discuss their children's progress and clarify any issues.

1. Welcome to Damai Secondary School Parent Teacher Meeting Sec 4 Exp and 5

4. 2010 GCE “O” Level Exam No. of Candidates 4 Express 219(223) 5 Normal Academic 71 (61) Total 290

5. Comparison across the years Year 7 Distinctions 8 Distinctions 1997 1 1 1998 2 1 1999 1 1 2000 2 2 2001 7 1 2002 0 1 2003 1 0

6. Comparison across the years 10 1 (4) Year 7 Distinctions 8 Distinctions 2004 2 1 2005 0 0 2006 1 2 2007 5 0 2008 2 0 2009 1 0 2010

8. Passes in 3 or more subjects No. of Pupils % 4E 216 99.1 (96.9) 5NA 61 (47) 85.9 (77)

9. Passes in 3 or more subjects Damai National 4E 99.1% 98.1% 5NA 85.9% 85%

10. Passes in 5 or more subjects No. of pupils % 4E 203 (200) 92.7 (89.7) 5NA 45 (28) 63.4 (45.9)

11. No. of Distinctions Scored No. of Distinctions No. of Pupils Cum % 8 1 (0) 0.3 (0) 7 10 (1) 3.3 (0.5) 6 13 (3) 4.3 (1.1) 5 26 (14) 8.6 (4.9) 4 40 (29) 13.2 (10.2) 3 69 (66) 22.8 (23.2)

12. Subjects with 100% Passes 4E 5NA Art Higher Chinese Higher Tamil Hindi, Tamil, Urdu Literature in Tamil Malay Music Chinese B Art D&T Chinese B Malay B

13. Achieved % above National Averages 4E 5NA Art Design & Technology Food & Nutrition Geography Higher Chinese & Chinese B Higher Tamil & Tamil Hindi Malay & Malay B Mathematics Music POA Science (Phy, Ch) Additional Mathematics Art Chinese & Chinese B Design & Technology Food & Nutrition Mathematics Science (Phy, Ch)

14. Core Subject and Scorecard

15. Core Subject and Scorecard

16. Core Subject and Scorecard

17. Eligibility for Post Secondary Education 4E 106 (48.4%) 5NA 11 (15.5%) Total 117 (40.3%)

18. Requirements for Admission to Post-secondary Education

20. Example 1 : GCE O LEVEL RESULTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE B3 MOTHER TONGUE A2 PHYSICS B4 CHEMISTRY B4 E MATHEMATICS A1 A MATHEMATICS A2 COMBINED HUMANITIES B3 BIOLOGY A2 B3 A1 B3 A2 A2 Aggregate of L1R5 = 13 Student qualifies for JC Admission . A2

21. Example 2 : GCE O LEVEL RESULTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE B3 MOTHER TONGUE C5 SCIENCE D7 MATHEMATICS A2 POA E8 COMBINED HUMANITIES B3 D & T C6 B3 A2 B3 Aggregate of L1R5 = 26 Student does not quality for JC Admission . C5 C6 D7

22. L1R5 Aggregate Scores (With Bonus Points) of Students Admitted To Junior Colleges In The 2011 Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) 20 20 Yishun JC 2020 18 4 5 Victoria JC 54 17 6 7 Temasek JC 76 16 13 13 Tampines JC 1313 15 9 9 St. Andrew's JC 99 14 14 15 Serangoon JC 1514 13 3 3 Raffles Institution 33 12 16 16 Pioneer JC 1616 11 5 5 National JC 55 10 9 10 Nanyang JC 109 9 9 10 Meridian JC 109 8 15 14 Jurong JC 1415 7 20 20 Innova JC 6 3 3 Hwa Chong Institution 5 10 11 Catholic JC 4 5 - Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 3 7 7 Anglo-Chinese JC 2 8 10 Anderson JC 1 Science Arts JC S/No

23. Polytechnics

25. 11 S76 SP Banking and Financial Services Courses by Group Poly Course Code 2011 JAE COP A. BUILT ENVIRONMENT Architecture SP S66 14 Civil Engineering with Business SP S68 17 Engineering Science NP N93 9 Hotel and Leisure Facilities Management NP N40 13 Integrated Events & Project Management SP S50 13 Integrated Facility Design & Management TP T28 16 Landscape Architecture SP S94 17 Real Estate Business NP N48 15 B. BUSINESS, FINANCE & LAW Accountancy NP N51 11 Accountancy SP S75 11 JAE 2011 Cut-Off Points (COP) -- SAMPLE Courses available in 2011 and the JAE 2011 Cut-Off Points (COP) COP indicates the ELR2B2 aggregate score (after deducting CCA bonus points) of the last student posted to the course under the 2011 JAE.

26. Lead Up to GCE ‘O’ Levels Date Event/Programme 26 May Sec 4 & 5 Parent-Teacher-Meeting And Talk 30 May GCE ‘O’ Level Mother Tongue Examination 1 Jul – 14 Jul GCE ‘O’ Level Mother Tongue Oral Examination 5 Jul – 15 Jul GCE ‘N’ Level English Oral Examination 19 Jul GCE ‘O’ MT LC Examination 25 Jul – 4 Aug GCE ‘N’ Level Mother Tongue Oral Examination 15 Aug – 26 Aug GCE ‘O’ Level English Oral Examination 11 Aug – 19 Aug GCE N Level Prelim Examinations 5 Sep – 11 Oct Start of GCE ‘N’ Level LC and written Examination 12 Sep – 20 Sep GCE O Level Prelim Examinations 24 Oct – 17 Nov GCE ‘O’ Level Examination (Single Intake – written)

27. School Programmes

31. School’s Initiatives for 2011

32. Enhanced Year-Head System Deanship System Level Dean Year Head Asst. Year Head Sec 1 Mrs Rose Chen Mr Sheikh Luqmahn Miss Isabel Wong Sec 2 Miss Lee Ley Har Mr Ng We Keat Mrs Tan Shu Fen Sec 3 Mdm Soraya Suleiman Mr Poon Lee Wang Mrs Lee Pei Kee Sec 4 & 5 Ms Norharyati Hassan & Mrs Judy Ling Mrs Loke Siew Ping Mdm Nur Sahira

43. Meeting your child’s Form Teacher / Subject Teacher in class - in Sec 4 and 5 classrooms

45. Thank You