About SBC

Starting January 2005, MGS will offer Upper Primary and Secondary School pupils the option of the Sophia Blackmore Class. A unique and customised scholastic programme, the SBC is tailored by MGS educators for distinctive, talented pupils who would benefit from a more challenging academic curriculum.

What?

• Living up to Sophia Blackmore’s vision to provide the best education for our daughters, the SBC seeks to empower, enrich and excite exceptional young minds in a more challenging environment, and bring out their potential to the fullest.
• The SBC seeks to address the needs of a group of pupils who have a different pace and learning profile.
• The SBC curriculum is modelled after the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) in consultation with renowned educators in the field of gifted and talented education.
• SBC pupils stand to benefit from the current strengths of an MGS education by being part of the overall school body, sharing in much of the mainstream’s activities.

Who?

• The SBC pupil is inquisitive, has the capacity to learn more quickly and possesses higher reasoning and critical thinking skills.
• Teachers for the SBC are identified based on experience, teaching styles, and most importantly, their willingness to engage and challenge pupils of exceptional abilities.
• The SBC pupil is inquisitive, has the capacity to learn more quickly and possesses higher reasoning and critical thinking skills. Teachers for the SBC are identified based on experience, teaching styles, and most importantly, their willingness to engage and challenge pupils of exceptional abilities.

How?

• The SBC is introduced at Primary 4 and at Secondary 1.
• In the Primary School, the SBC starts with one class of 35 pupils. In the Secondary School, every level includes two classes comprising 25 pupils each.
• Entry to the SBC at Primary 4 will be based on the GEP P3 Screening Test results as well as performance in school examinations.
• Graduating Primary 6 pupils are invited to take a skills-based selection test which includes humanities, mathematics and science, as well as non-verbal abstract reasoning. The test is administered by the school but results are analysed by external professionals.
• Application to join SBC via Direct School Admission or after posting to MGS to Sec One in Dec.