
FAQs
FAQs for CCAs selection and operations
How do I make an informed choice if there is no
physical CCA Open House?
For information
pertaining to CCAs offered by the school, you may log on to the link
https://northlandpri.moe.edu.sg/ to click on the heading ‘CCA’ in the
Northland Primary School webpage. Then you can browse all the CCA webpages
according to groups or individual CCAs. You can watch the eCCA Open House
videos and information of each CCA to make an informed choice with your child
before submitting the e-option google form.
What if I am not given my first choice or any
CCA of my choice at all?
Due to the allocated number of students in
each CCA with respect to our limited manpower, resources and venues, it is not
possible for all students to be offered their first choices in CCAs as some
CCAs may be oversubscribed. The reason for not offering more than 1 CCA in the
same group for the e-option google form is to minimize overwhelming responses for
certain groups too.
If you are not given
your first choice CCA, we will try to give you another CCA which is one of your
choices. Please take note that CCA allocation is not based on first come first
serve order. CCA allocation will be made known in due course through your
child’s form teachers.
Can I switch CCA
next year if I find that I do not feel comfortable to continue with the CCA
allocated?
We encourage all to
stay in their same CCAs till primary 6. However, we can make exceptions if
there are valid reasons eg medical or others. It is better for the students to
remain in the same CCAs so that through consistent involvements and learning
opportunities available, mastery of and progression in the skills can be
acquired as compared to switching to another CCA. Even if the transfer takes
place, it can only be once over the 4 years in our school.
Can I not join any
CCA for 2021?
You
are highly encouraged to join a CCA as our school strongly believes in giving our students a
well-balanced and all-rounded education. Thus, we hope our students to not only
excel in their studies but also to participate actively in co-curricular
activities.
Northland Primary School provides a wide range of CCAs to
broaden and deepen our students’ foundations for lifelong learning
incorporating holistic education for students to discover their strengths,
interests and talents.
It will also enrich your experiences and
improve your social skills through interactions with friends beyond your
classrooms.
If I am selecting Robotics or Photography under
Infocomm Club@Northland, what should I do?
As Robotics and Photography wings are under Infocomm Club@Northland CCA, you just need to select the CCA. On the first day of the actual CCA session next year, the CCA teachers will ask you for your preference and you will join the wing of your preference accordingly.
Questions on CCA posted in Slido
during The Primary 2 Parents’ Zoom Meeting on
16th October 2020
Below are the answers in red to the questions pertaining to CCAs that you have
posted. I have combined some questions as the answers are provided to clarify
similar questions. I have paraphrased some questions to address broader areas
of concerns.
1. If my child is currently already in a
competitive sport training in private, do you still encourage him to take up a
CCA in school? Can the school allow him to skip CCA?
2. Can we still change the choices
since next Monday is the last day?
Once the teachers have informed the class on the CCA
allocation, the students can still raise their preferences if they have for
some reason selected wrongly. But due to the quota we have taken into
consideration beyond what we can manage with the available manpower and
resources, we need to cap the number of some CCAs which are oversubscribed.
3. Why can’t students go with their
interests and strengths, if a child is aesthetically inclined, why can’t the
child choose more than 1 CCA? If a child is aesthetically inclined, why can’t
the child choose more than I CCA from the same domain/group?
4. For non-official CCAs, how does the
school support students to participate in competitions?
5. Does my child need to excel in CCA
alone to qualify for DSA? Or it has to be a combination of CCA, student
leadership and results?
For Direct School admission, it is mainly dependent on the child’s
talent and strengths to be enrolled to the school of choice. Result is not the
main criteria for most schools in consideration for entry. It can be a
combination of CCA or student leadership or based on 1 strength to determine
whether the school will accept. Normally, the child has to go through trials
(sports/dance etc) and or interviews in the selection process.
6. How is CCA allocated?
Every student is given 4 options from each of the 4 CCA groups
according to preference ie 1st choice to the 4th choice.
We have a quota for each CCA with respect to our manpower, resources and
logistics so that every student can be given adequate attention during the
sessions. If the CCA is oversubscribed, we may relook at the child’s strengths
by enquiring from the students’ PAM (Physical Education/Art/Music) teachers
related to the CCAs. For sports CCAs, most of the game skills can be acquired
through the physical education lessons thus it is not necessary to join a
sports CCA unless there is a compelling reason.
Everyone would be given one of his/her choices, not everyone
would be given his/her first choice which we try to allocate as best as we can
due to the said constraints stated.
7. Why are there no girls’ football and
basketball teams