Singapore Sports School

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An interesting and useful video for Parents of Student-Athletes

http://www.caadinc.org/parentvideo.html

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An interesting and useful video for Parents of Student-Athletes

http://www.caadinc.org/parentvideo.html

Excellent link.

Must find a way to play it at the swimming pool during training sessions.

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Hi thanks for all the info.

My DD attended the Advance shooting course conducted by Sports Course and her coach invited us to DSA. May I know what's the school fees and boarding fees like?

Do they have to stay in school even during school holidays?

What are the criteria to be in IB programme? For O level track, are there Pure science offered in Sports school?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi thanks for all the info.

My DD attended the Advance shooting course conducted by Sports Course and her coach invited us to DSA. May I know what's the school fees and boarding fees like?

That's nice! School fees is $25000 but government subsidizes $19000, so you pay only $6000/annum or $500/month. This amount includes fees for studies, sports coaching, sports science support, food, boarding and laundry (20 pieces a day). For travelling be it academic or for sports, students sometime have to co-pay. Can also use edusave fund or internationalisation fund but always not enough one lah



Do they have to stay in school even during school holidays?

The school operates the same style as MOE's 40 weeks a year and the school holidays mostly coincide with the Mainstream holiday. In July, the school closes for about 2 weeks for the annual Thai Sports Schools tournaments. Most of the kids will travel for this but some go to other countries for other tournaments.

The students stay at home during all the school holidays. They only move their things back for June and Dec holiday. For Mar and Sep, they are allowed to just lock up and go home.

Not sure about shooting but usually there are a lot of training and competitions during the school holiday itself. It's a great way to keep the kids occupied anyway, though I do wish we can plan our family holiday program with greater ease.


What are the criteria to be in IB programme? For O level track, are there Pure science offered in Sports school?

The criteria is T-score of 230. I think there could be a minimum grade for English. For 'o' level track, if pure science means triple science, I'm not sure. you need to check with the school during the Q&A. You see, the school is much like a boutique style. If you are very good and can do triple science, they may get teachers to help you. In fact some of the the class size is now 1 teacher to 3 students only. However, the child must be able to cope with a heavy academic curriculum and balance with his sporting demands. I'm not sure about sports school but I've learned that in SOTA, if the students want to do triple science in year 5 and 6, they actually allow them to drop their art form and just concentrate in the studies. I think this is so kind and understanding of the school. Kids have their dreams but their aspirations do change over the years.


Thanks in advance.

You are very much welcome!

[parentof3]

WOW the fees is a killer. Any scholarship or financial assistance available? My household income less than 6k with 3 kids.

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WOW the fees is a killer. Any scholarship or financial assistance available? My household income less than 6k with 3 kids.

Don't worry. There is FAS ( financial assistance schem) that gives subsidy up to 90% of fees based on household income. They want to make sure that no deserving kid will be turned away because of fees. If you think about it, for the type of coaching and support and care that your kid will have, $500/mth is more than reasonable. Private coaching is very expensive. Sports science support you won't get outside. Boarding is a great learning experience. So, worth it lah.

They do offer scholarships for the outstanding ones.

[parentof3]

Thanks a lot. Will be meeting the coach tomorrow afternoon before we decide.
Can we still apply thru the S1 option after PSLE if we apply for the DSA?

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Thanks a lot. Will be meeting the coach tomorrow afternoon before we decide.
Can we still apply thru the S1 option after PSLE if we apply for the DSA?

Yes, that is compulsory. MOE wants to ensure that if a student-athlete should decide to return to mainstream, either by choice or due to disciplinary problem, there is a MOE school they can go to. This backup school is selected via the S1 option using his PSLE t score.

SSP will give you a 'Request For Transfer' Letter addressed to the MOE school's principal. On the day you get letter of posting result, bring this letter to the school to get the principal to sign for your child to be transfer out. If it is a top school, the reaction is , "do you know I have a long queue in the waiting list to get into my school, are you sure about this?" Yes, one lucky student have to thank you a million for giving up that space so he can get in

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So we can still decide not to transfer after the S1 posting result by not submitting the letter?

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So we can still decide not to transfer after the S1 posting result by not submitting the letter?

Yes, of course. I suppose if one changes his mind at the very last minute after getting his result, then he isn't quite clear why he intended to go to a specialized school in the first place. I think the school would be most happy to sieve out these students. Parental support for a student-athlete is very important.

Cheers!