KiasuParents - Parenting in Singapore

kiasu_pig wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:34 am

DS2 was accepted into his 1st choice secondary school via DSA (basketball). Following the footsteps of his brother (DS1) in 2019 also thru DSA (basketball). Sibling rivalry, DS2 refused to go to the same secondary school as DS1. I’m glad still that both schools are great schools both academically and in sports. And are basketball powerhouse.

If not for DSA and relying on their mediocre academic results alone, it would be impossible to get into their choice schools. For DSA route via sports, 1-1 coaching and strength conditioning sessions to have that extra edge is critical. During the year of DSA itself, both my boys went thru intensive 1-1 coaching to brush up their skills, speed, stamina and sighting. Glad that their effort paid off.

Let me know if anyone needs advice on DSA (basketball) for pre-covid (based on 2019) and covid year (based on 2021).

Hi Kiasu_pig

I'm keen to find out more abt DSA basketball. My boy will be DSA exercise in 2023, P5 this year. What are there differences between the 2 DSA intakes you experienced? Covid year there is no NSG , so were the criteria very different?

Also my boy is skilled and trains intensively with basketball academy, but he is average height cuz havent hit growth spurt yet. Was height a big factor for your boys' successful DSA via basketball?

We have shortlisted: Catholic High, Maris Stella High, Anglican High, maybe ACS (Barker)

Thanks for sharing!!!

Hi parents. Is the DSA 2022 created?

This is the thread for those going for DSA in 2022.

Good luck!

Hi parents

This is a workbook created with data from school finder site. It may be of some help to you in your research on selecting a school based on DSA domain.

Go to this site:
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sg.parent
And view the “Singapore Secondary School Search DSA” workbook.

It may not work from smart phone. do view it from computer

bbbay wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:04 pm

Hi parents

This is a workbook created with data from school finder site. It may be of some help to you in your research on selecting a school based on DSA domain.

Go to this site:
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sg.parent
And view the “Singapore Secondary School Search DSA” workbook.

It may not work from smart phone. do view it from computer

Thanks much for taking the time to build this!

Glad if I can help

Hello, can anyone here help me understand the following,

"You may provide information on non-school based activities and achievements, which are related to your child's chosen talent areas. This section is non-compulsory, with a limit of 10 entries and no supporting documents are needed."

How will the form look like?

Lavanya123 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:18 pm

Hello, can anyone here help me understand the following,

"You may provide information on non-school based activities and achievements, which are related to your child's chosen talent areas. This section is non-compulsory, with a limit of 10 entries and no supporting documents are needed."

How will the form look like?

Which specific talent area are you looking at? It could be very different for each talent area.

Lavanya123 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:18 pm

Hello, can anyone here help me understand the following,

"You may provide information on non-school based activities and achievements, which are related to your child's chosen talent areas. This section is non-compulsory, with a limit of 10 entries and no supporting documents are needed."

How will the form look like?

There is only 1 form for submission to MOE, even if your child is applying for different domains/schools

Form includes below inputs
1. The 3 (max) selected domains / schools
2. Non-school based awards / achievements
- period
- awards/activities name
- brief description (most I wrote was 5lines - there is a cap on no of character)

Personally I just maxed out all 10 entries. My girl applied for Visual Art and leadership, 2 unrelated domains within same school. My aim was to exhibit her rounded abilities. Her achievements I included some school-based as well which are not indicated in report book. Sucessful for leadership as Waiting list which was subsequently converted. (Didn’t even get interviewed for Visual Art)

On the flip side, my sister applied DSA sports (floorball and soccer) for my nephew with only 1 entry and got through also.

Hope it helps

bbbay wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:04 pm

Hi parents

This is a workbook created with data from school finder site. It may be of some help to you in your research on selecting a school based on DSA domain.

Go to this site:
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sg.parent
And view the “Singapore Secondary School Search DSA” workbook.

It may not work from smart phone. do view it from computer

Thanks