River Valley High IP: 2025 Balanced Education & GEM Talent Tracks

Q: What does the River Valley High IP guide cover?
A: Insights from RVHS’ official curriculum and DSA pages—its Balanced Education structure, interdisciplinary learning, GEM talent academies, and the 2025 DSA talent areas and shortlisting criteria.

TL;DR
• RVHS customises its six-year Integrated Programme to “provide a seamless development” of talent, emphasising interdisciplinary applied learning through programmes like Construct, Integrate, Differentiate (CID) so students solve real-world problems with cross-disciplinary skills (Our Curriculum).
• The school’s Balanced Education Curriculum spans three domains—Cognitive-Interest Development (CIDC), Leadership Character Development (LCDC), and Civic Literacy-Global Awareness (CGDC)—ensuring academic depth, values formation, and global awareness (same source).
• Talent development follows the Grow–Excel–Magnify (GEM) framework and houses five academies (Science, Eco-Sustainability, Mathematics, Bicultural, Humanities & Social Sciences) to progressively identify and stretch every student’s strengths (GEM framework).
• The 2025 DSA-Sec intake invites highly motivated Primary 6 students in Sports, Performing Arts & Aesthetics, Leadership, and STEM (e.g., Robotics, Scientific Investigation); applicants must upload artefacts, meet academic benchmarks, and commit to the full IP if offered a place (DSA 2025).

Quick facts for families

• RVHS runs all six years on one campus, so the shift from lower secondary to JC happens without changing schools (Our Curriculum).
• Balanced Education means students always touch three areas: strong academics, steady character building, and global outlook (same source).
• The Grow–Excel–Magnify model moves students from simple exposure to focused mentorship through five talent academies (GEM framework).
• DSA 2025 lists clear categories like Sports, Performing Arts, Leadership, and STEM; each offer expects full IP commitment (DSA 2025).

1 | Balanced Education pillars

• RVHS highlights four programme pillars on its curriculum page (Our Curriculum