With Full SBB, we are moving towards one secondary education, with many subject bands, to better meet our students’ learning needs, without labels. This is part of the broader shift in our education system to recognise the strengths and interests of our children, to help them build their confidence and develop an intrinsic motivation to learn for life in them.

By 2021, the pilot schools will have fully implemented the following aspects of Full SBB:

· Organising Secondary 1 form classes in new ways; or

· Offering of Humanities subjects at a more demanding level from Secondary 2.

Full SBB Pilot in (Edgefield Secondary School) in 2020


Offering of Humanities subjects at a more demanding level from Secondary 2 and Organising Secondary 1 form classes in new ways	As part of the pilot, our school will be implementing the following: (a) Reorganised form classes at Secondary 1 This is applicable to Secondary 1 students entering our school in 2020. · This common learning experience creates a valuable setting for students to mingle, build meaningful friendships, and appreciate different perspectives. It can also help reduce the inadvertent labelling associated with streaming. · Each form classes comprise students from the Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical Stream) · Students take half of their lessons, such as CCE, PE, Art, Design and Technology and Music together as a form class while they are regrouped for subjects English, Mother Tongue languages, Mathematics and Science (b) Providing Secondary 2 students with the opportunity to offer Humanities subjects at a more demanding level This is applicable to students who are in Secondary 2 Normal (Academic) in 2020. · Eligibility criteria is based on Sec 1 Overall results and subject teacher’s feedback · Students who met the eligibility criteria will receive a Letter of Offer · Consideration factors to offer the Humanities at a more demanding level includes the strengths, interest in the subject and an appropriate overall academic load for the child: o Once your child offers Humanities at a more demanding level, he or she would sit for the same examinations as students in Express. o Should he or she be unable to cope, he would be advised to take the subject at the Normal (Academic) level. Humanities subjects at a more demanding level will be made available for Normal (Technical) Secondary 2 students starting from 2021.

Offering of Humanities subjects at a more demanding level from Secondary 2

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Organising Secondary 1 form classes in new ways

As part of the pilot, our school will be implementing the following:

(a) Reorganised form classes at Secondary 1

This is applicable to Secondary 1 students entering our school in 2020.

· This common learning experience creates a valuable setting for students to mingle, build meaningful friendships, and appreciate different perspectives. It can also help reduce the inadvertent labelling associated with streaming.

· Each form classes comprise students from the Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical Stream)

· Students take half of their lessons, such as CCE, PE, Art, Design and Technology and Music together as a form class while they are regrouped for subjects English, Mother Tongue languages, Mathematics and Science

(b) Providing Secondary 2 students with the opportunity to offer Humanities subjects at a more demanding level

This is applicable to students who are in Secondary 2 Normal (Academic) in 2020.

· Eligibility criteria is based on Sec 1 Overall results and subject teacher’s feedback

· Students who met the eligibility criteria will receive a Letter of Offer

· Consideration factors to offer the Humanities at a more demanding level includes the strengths, interest in the subject and an appropriate overall academic load for the child:

o Once your child offers Humanities at a more demanding level, he or she would sit for the same examinations as students in Express.

o Should he or she be unable to cope, he would be advised to take the subject at the Normal (Academic) level.

Humanities subjects at a more demanding level will be made available for Normal (Technical) Secondary 2 students starting from 2021.

For more information on how our school would implement Full SBB, you can contact us at edgefield_ss@moe.edu.sg. The school will also be engaging parents of cohorts of students who are involved in the pilot in 2019/2020.

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Programme
Full Subject-Based Banding (Full SBB)