[Geylang] Primary Schools

[qms]

kitab:

sorry i think i made a mistake....

khs is within 1km, gmps and tkps is 1-2km, naps is more than 2km......

then any change to strategy u reckon?


:thankyou:

Have you also considered schools in the other planning areas?

[kitab]

hmmm… have no school in mind at all… don’t know which one to consider.


but i know i want a school where my kids can at least enjoy their lower pri years and not be pushed into the rat race from day 1 of pri 1.

any suggestions?

[Ran1977]

kitab:

hmmm.... have no school in mind at all.... don't know which one to consider.


but i know i want a school where my kids can at least enjoy their lower pri years and not be pushed into the rat race from day 1 of pri 1.

any suggestions?

I am in the same boat. people have adviced me on against a \"rat-race\" school if you want your child to have a enriching primary school life.

[kitab]

Ran1977:

kitab:

hmmm.... have no school in mind at all.... don't know which one to consider.


but i know i want a school where my kids can at least enjoy their lower pri years and not be pushed into the rat race from day 1 of pri 1.

any suggestions?

I am in the same boat. people have adviced me on against a \"rat-race\" school if you want your child to have a enriching primary school life.

ran1977 :boogie: :boogie: :celebrate:

[qms]

kitab:

hmmm.... have no school in mind at all.... don't know which one to consider.


but i know i want a school where my kids can at least enjoy their lower pri years and not be pushed into the rat race from day 1 of pri 1.

any suggestions?

Personally, I think you haven't shortlisted a school that definitely has vacancies in P2CS. TKPS, initially, seemed to fit in this category until last year. So, maybe last year was an outlier?

KHS is a SAP school, so students will take Higher Chinese from P1. Is this a concern to you?

Based on your criteria, if TKPS doesn't require balloting in P2C, you may like to consider this school.

If TKPS requires balloting in P2C, you might like to go for KHS. My rationale: if I need to go through sleepless nights in anticipation of the balloting, I might as well go through it for a school that is as near to my house as possible. Of course, this viewpoint disregards the chance of getting into the school. When it comes to luck, nobody is certain, right? Your child may be one of the 99 vying for 100 places but who is very certain that you will not end up as the only one out (touch wood)? If you base purely on last year's statistics, it seems like your best bet will be with GMPS.

How far are Eunos Pri. and MacPherson Pri. from your house?

[phtthp]

Kitab,

Is yr child a boy or a girl ? Sc or pr child ?

[kitab]

qms:

kitab:

hmmm.... have no school in mind at all.... don't know which one to consider.


but i know i want a school where my kids can at least enjoy their lower pri years and not be pushed into the rat race from day 1 of pri 1.

any suggestions?

Personally, I think you haven't shortlisted a school that definitely has vacancies in P2CS. TKPS, initially, seemed to fit in this category until last year. So, maybe last year was an outlier?

KHS is a SAP school, so students will take Higher Chinese from P1. Is this a concern to you?

Based on your criteria, if TKPS doesn't require balloting in P2C, you may like to consider this school.

If TKPS requires balloting in P2C, you might like to go for KHS. My rationale: if I need to go through sleepless nights in anticipation of the balloting, I might as well go through it for a school that is as near to my house as possible. Of course, this viewpoint disregards the chance of getting into the school. When it comes to luck, nobody is certain, right? Your child may be one of the 99 vying for 100 places but who is very certain that you will not end up as the only one out (touch wood)? If you base purely on last year's statistics, it seems like your best bet will be with GMPS.

How far are Eunos Pri. and MacPherson Pri. from your house?

hmm... some ideas to mull abt. thanks.

eunos n macpherson is out of my radar based on distance n gut feel.

not too keen on KHS cos i dun like the high CL std n feedback fr neighbours is lots of hwk....

[kitab]

phtthp:

Kitab,

Is yr child a boy or a girl ? Sc or pr child ?

phtthp
child is sc.


i have both boy and girl.... so prefer co ed school

[Mummy EA]

it seems to me that the risk of ballot at P3C is getting higher by the years. I used to think that I can try KH at P3, if cannot, then go for TKPS or GMPS at P3C. Now my worry is if i try KH and fails to get in, I may end up in Eunos pri or Macpherson pri which is too far.


anyone has heard feedback abt GMPS? Most of my neighbours kids are in KH. Had been told not easy there, which is another worry.

[Diana133]

Mummy EA:

it seems to me that the risk of ballot at P3C is getting higher by the years. I used to think that I can try KH at P3, if cannot, then go for TKPS or GMPS at P3C. Now my worry is if i try KH and fails to get in, I may end up in Eunos pri or Macpherson pri which is too far.


anyone has heard feedback abt GMPS? Most of my neighbours kids are in KH. Had been told not easy there, which is another worry.

Hi,

My boy is now a Pri 2 student in GMPS. So far so good. He likes this school. Work wise, he seems to have more homework in Pri 2 than in Pri 1 but still manageable. What he enjoys most is the PAL programmes which students can learn things such as rope-skipping (which the school is very good at), instrumental ensemble, Chinese brush painting, hip-hop dancing, badminton etc. I'm glad that school life to my boy is not boring though some of his teachers, according to him, are very fierce. So far, the teachers who have taught him in P1 and P2 were quite responsible. I have no complaints about his teachers. My boy is coping well so far.