CHIJ Family of Schools

[tutu_san]

qms, i used http://www.elite.com.sg for the distance.


cherrygal, thanks for the advice!

[cherrygal]

Use onemap.sg and look under School Query. Then look for your home. If your home is in blue, then you are within 2km. If not coloured, then outside 2km. The schools will use this to determine your distance.

[phtthp]

princesskaris:

Hi, is CHIJ OLGC a good school?

How's the students' PSLE results for the past few years?

table below show:-
“ Ranking by academic excellence (by KSP)” - based on certain criteria stated (read), the ranking of CHIJ family :-
(give you an idea)

25. CHIJ St Nicholas

39. CHIJ Toa Payoh


47. CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace

52. CHIJ Our Lady of Nativity


75. CHIJ Katong

79. CHIJ Kellock


81. CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel

link :--
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/singapore-primary-schools-ranked-academic-excellence

[concerned_father]

Hi,


Is there any opportunities to further my child’s piano interest at CHIJ Kellock (such as opportunities to perform at school and public functions)? I checked the school website related to performing arts - the String Ensemble is pretty active. I don’t see any Piano Ensemble…

[kip]

i am really keen to get my girl (2009) into my ala mater (good counsel) but my husband is not happy as the school bus trip will be long, since we are staying in punggol. plus my boy is a dragon baby so not having a sibling and the birth spike will likely be a big problem come his time. i would like to send my children to missionary schools if i can help it, even if my husband is keen to send my girl to a co-ed school. holy innocent fits his criteria, co-ed, near, good school and for me, missionary but it is so hard to get in… any thoughts, anyone? need fresh minds and train of thots to provide new perspectives.

[ryes]

kip:

i am really keen to get my girl (2009) into my ala mater (good counsel) but my husband is not happy as the school bus trip will be long, since we are staying in punggol. plus my boy is a dragon baby so not having a sibling and the birth spike will likely be a big problem come his time. i would like to send my children to missionary schools if i can help it, even if my husband is keen to send my girl to a co-ed school. holy innocent fits his criteria, co-ed, near, good school and for me, missionary but it is so hard to get in... any thoughts, anyone? need fresh minds and train of thots to provide new perspectives.

I am from HIPS. My parents chose that sch for me because its within walking distance, for convenience sake. But my younger brother didn't enter that sch. He went to a boys school, following my elder brother. And I wonder, why didn't she opt for me to go IJ nativity, which was nearby too. Growing up, I want to be in IJ, but never had the chance.

Now come my turn for my only daughter, I would like her to go all girls school instead of co ed, even though I have two younger boys. I had already planned, they will go to the same boys sch as my brothers. In a way, I also hope to pass down the tradition where my grandchildren will go to girls and boys school using phase 2A. I have not consider sending her back to hips, for distance reason. S

How high is your chances to gt in hips? Is it in 2c? Do u intend to pv?
I would say alumni IJ is a bonus to secure a place. Just that the distance is an issue and also u have to consider abt ur son enrolment next time.

[kip]

I am like u! if i have can my way, my girl will go to good counsel, straight entry as i am non paid alumni member. my boy will ideally go to st gabriel’s or maris stella, though only as catholics. all these schools, including hips, are definately >2km. hips being the closer school to me in distance.


i am totally clueless right now, i can’t decipher the statistics re % balloting, % chances getting into schools etc. quite overwhelming and i am still slowly trying to digest the infor. i only managed to grasp being Catholic, and the alumni, and distance bit for now. embarrassing. coz i was taken up emotionally with transferring my girl out of her pre nursery the entire of this yr.

i can do pv as i am not working. or even grass roots.

[cherrygal]

kip:

I am like u! if i have can my way, my girl will go to good counsel, straight entry as i am non paid alumni member. my boy will ideally go to st gabriel's or maris stella, though only as catholics. all these schools, including hips, are definately >2km. hips being the closer school to me in distance.


i am totally clueless right now, i can't decipher the statistics re % balloting, % chances getting into schools etc. quite overwhelming and i am still slowly trying to digest the infor. i only managed to grasp being Catholic, and the alumni, and distance bit for now. embarrassing. coz i was taken up emotionally with transferring my girl out of her pre nursery the entire of this yr.

i can do pv as i am not working. or even grass roots.

Your case is quite simple actually, the only one you need to convince is DH. Since you are SAHM, you can volunteer to ferry the kids, then you can have your way and send gal to OLGC and boy to St Gab. St Gab is very safe for you as it has places even up to Phase 2C Supplementary. For many Catholics, having the kids in different mission schools is a normal thing. I don't see anything inconvenient about it.

But if your DH really wants to try for HIPS, then you can go via Phase 2B (Catholic) but may have to ballot since you are >2km.

For the mission schools, you won't need to do any grassroots work nor PV coz Catholics already get into Phase 2B.

[kip]

i dont drive, so even if we take public transport, it will probably be 1.5hr twice daily. and i will not be able to send 2 kids to 2 different schools in the morning thus school bus is my only option. which leads to DH’s big no no for schools further away. he is already harping bout the fact that dragon babies will face competition in enrolling into schools even when i reminded him that moe will open up more classes in all schools to meet this cyclical demand.


so basically, he prefers co-ed schools nearer our place so. meetoh is so hot that even <1km need to ballot from my neighbour’s caution, as with edgefield. that is the root of our conflict, coz i cannot fathom tikum-ing a school that we have above average chance no been able to get in, when my ala mater is already a not bad school. just that his ala mater is all the wat in katong, so not in our consideration. this is the ONLY thing we have agreed on until now. btw, he seems keen on roysth, as my mum stays next to the school, but even harder to get in from what i have heard. and moving is not an option for us.

[cherrygal]

Understand your difficulties... kip, since you are not focusing on CHIJ schools due to your DH's concerns, suggest you take your discussion to the 2015 P1 registration for 2016 intake thread or the Choosing & Evaluation thread.


http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35477&start=260
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=193&start=1350