2013 P1 Registration Exercise for 2014 In-Take

[mark_chuah]

Busymom:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"mark_chuah\"]\"Phase 1 is completed by the forms being passed by the older sibling to the school\"


Note: The older sibling can be as young as Primary 1 this year.

I showed up today at my child's school and the school staff members were surprised that I was there for Phase 1. I was equally surprised that no other parents were there ... making me look very dumb ...haha.

Question: If the older sibling had misplaced the forms and no one knew about it, how do we know that we have registered our child successfully? By the time anything amiss is found out, it will be in Phase 3 whereby it is too late and all the places has been filled up.

I am surprised there has not been any issues reported before.

I'm in phase 1 this yr, dd1 P2. I was expecting the form so kept a look out.

1st step, school sent out a P1 registration survey to find out who has siblings going to P1 this yr and also to find out if any parents not going to register in the school though the sibling is eligible to register this year.

2nd step before school hols, an envelope with dd1's name was passed to her. In the envelope was the registration form. I completed it and attached it with relevant documents. DD1 passed it to her tr. I chked with dd1 again and she confirmed she handed in the form.

3rd step, I called the school yesterday, I kiasi, to double chk that ds' name is in for registration. Fr the way the staff handled my qn, I knew she had the list of eligible names by her side sorted by class and name.

The way dd1's school handled Phase 1 process was very organised. I on my part do not just depend on the school, tr and dd1. LOL

:hi5: I called up the school yesterday too.[/quote]I was told that the school could not confirm the acceptance earlier as the registration phase
has not started. I guess I just wanted some form of acknowledgment from the school / MOE.

Also, my boy told me that some of this friends pass up the form to the form teacher
but some pass it up to the general office. Last time, I was with him, he told pointed
to the boy's toilet when I asked where his general office was.

Also, he is very fond of paper aeroplanes. I was afraid that he may have run out
of raw materials on that day and could have found the forms to be handy.

Or there could have been sibiling rivalry where he does his best to ensure his little
sibling does not go into the same school as him.

If there had been case of misplaced forms, etc, what recourse do I have?
Words of years and years of experience of an administrator vs words of a 7 year old child?

Calling the school could have saved me a trip. But being super-duper kiasi ...

[qms]

phtthp:

Wondering tomorrow day 2 -

Who will go and register their kid in phase 1, since most would have done it through schools already.

Actually, for Phase 1, how updated the numbers are on Day 1 depends on how fast the staff enter the data into the computer system. So, final numbers may only be confirmed just before the start of P2A1. This happened to my children's school previously.

[qms]

panickymum:

Do phase 1 parents receive some sort of acknowledge form? I 'm afraid of misplaced too . My dd told me she passed to the general office ! :

Yes. Remember the registration form that you completed? The school will pass a carbon copy to your girl. But, don't expect to receive it so soon. Some schools take their own sweet time to process and return the forms. The place is confirmed, anyway, they think, so no hurry.

[qms]

mark_chuah:

I was told that the school could not confirm the acceptance earlier as the registration phase

has not started. I guess I just wanted some form of acknowledgment from the school / MOE.

You remember the survey that the school conducted for parents to indicate whether they had younger children registering for P1 this year? Schools usually use this survey as a guide as to how many students they should expect in Phase 1. Last year, my child was held up during school dismissal one day because the teacher couldn't find the survey form of one particular student. So, this kind of made sure that every student did hand in the form duly completed.

mark_chuah:

Calling the school could have saved me a trip. But being super-duper kiasi ...

If calling once doesn't help, call twice or thrice until the staff recognise you and you are satisfied with their replies. :siam:

[panickymum]

qms:

panickymum:

Do phase 1 parents receive some sort of acknowledge form? I 'm afraid of misplaced too . My dd told me she passed to the general office ! :

Yes. Remember the registration form that you completed? The school will pass a carbon copy to your girl. But, don't expect to receive it so soon. Some schools take their own sweet time to process and return the forms. The place is confirmed, anyway, they think, so no hurry.

Thanks . My friend posted on Facebook that she received it yesterday but of different school . That 's why I'm so scare whether my forms were passed to the correct person .

[mark_chuah]

I am not sure about other parents but I will be one who will be much more likely to register all my kids into the same school. It makes it much easier to arrange transportation, etc.


Yet, looking at the number of children registered in Phase 1, you will find that in the popular schools, there are more children registered. Across Singapore, it should not be this case unless

1) Children in popular schools are more likely to have siblings OR
2) The current school has not been up to par and parents want to try for another school OR
3) The current school has been up to par but parents still wants to try for another school OR
4) ???

Except for new schools, MOE could do a study on why Phase 1 registration is lacking in some of the older schools.

It would be interesting to find out the statistics of the number of applicants for Phase 1 vs number of siblings eligible for any school.

[SAHM_TAN]

mark_chuah:

I am not sure about other parents but I will be one who will be much more likely to register all my kids into the same school. It makes it much easier to arrange transportation, etc.


Yet, looking at the number of children registered in Phase 1, you will find that in the popular schools, there are more children registered. Across Singapore, it should not be this case unless

1) Children in popular schools are more likely to have siblings OR
2) The current school has not been up to par and parents want to try for another school OR
3) The current school has been up to par but parents still wants to try for another school OR
4) ???

Except for new schools, MOE could do a study on why Phase 1 registration is lacking in some of the older schools.

It would be interesting to find out the statistics of the number of applicants for Phase 1 vs number of siblings eligible for any school.

6 other reasons can be:

1. The sibling is in a all boys' or all girls' school so the other need to register in another school.

2. The sibling was in a Non- GEP school but passed the 2nd round of GEP, so the parents either qualify for P2A2 of the Non-GEP school or Phase 1 of the GEP school.

3. I have a fren, she wanted to her kids to study in different schools. They are study in different newly built schools.

4. The parents have dd and ds, father wants ds in his alma mater and mother wants her dd in her alma mater.

5. The age gap between kids is more than 6 yrs, so only qualify P2A2.

6. Family moved liao, so register in another school for the younger sibling.

[SAHM_TAN]

Oh ya one more possible reason,


School might have been suitable for the elder sibling but not suitable for the younger one. So parents decided to register in another school.

[smurfy]

err, have this been answered before?


is MMR booster compulsory?

[stonston]

Looking at the stats, it feels really scary.

Will this year be the first time balloting required at Phase 2A2 looking at some of the high numbers of siblings already registered?