2016 P1 Registration Exercise for 2017 In-Take

[Lassie]

Dear Parents,


I have bought a yet to complete property which is within 1 km from the school I intend to register my gal. I have checked the MOE website which call for "certified true copy" of S&P agreement during registration. Anyone know the S&P has to be certified by which party? Lawyer? Developer? Thanks.

[eurostar]

booked this thread 1st

[raymondlee12]

Hi Lexy,


Thanks for the reply.

Not sure of Elias Park, Coral Primary and Poi Ching's history. Could you pl share more?Few more questions:-

1) any enrichment classes/services?
2) transport services?
3) CCA?
4) strong areas like Chinese orchestra, sports, etc.
5) tuition class?

Pl assist.

Lexy:

raymondlee12:

Dear mummies and Daddies,

I'm in a dilemma.....pl help.

My child is due for P1 registration next year. I am still searching around the neighbourhood schools in Pasir Ris and happened to bound into this thread and seems like there are lots of parents facing similar issues when it comes to registration.

I am currently staying in Livia Condo and is within 1km of Elias Park and believe within 1km of Coral Primary too. Pl assist too as I am not sure of the MOE guidelines in terms of distance. I am interested in Pasir Ris Primary and wanted to enrol into their parent volunteer scheme, but received a letter from them about the letter of rejection. I am interested in St Hilda primary too.

So, among these schools, which is the preferred choice for my kid and the success application rate considering all factors such as distance, SAP, environment, facilities, transport, etc.

Please assist in this matter as I am really in a dilemma...

Hi

Have you used onemap to identify which schools are within 1km and between 1-2km?

Go to http://www.onemap.sg/index.html
use the SchoolQuery, find school near a building and click on your block. As there are a number of blocks in your condo, the distance from the school may slightly differ.

For those schools you are refering to,Coral primary is not fully subscribed by 2C and Elias Park has more take up rate.

Please refer to history: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/pasir-ris

You may have to drop St Hilda and Pasir Ris as it seems both are more than 2km from your home (if you are thinking of 2C for both schools).

Your area should also be near to tampines:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/tampines

Please note that primary school registration doesn't start from phase 2C. It's very often parents doesn't consider the earlier phases like the parents' primary school that limit their own choices.

Anyway, use onemap to identify all the schools within the vicinity. Then look at the historical stats to mark out those under \"no chance\", \"need balloting\" and \"high chance\" (this can be quite certain but we name it high so that we don't jinx it :rotflmao: )

With the schools identified and classified, you may want to assess each of the schools by visiting them or ask on each of the school's thread to find out more.

The above can be a good starting point for you.

All the best!

[Lexy]

raymondlee12:

Hi Lexy,


Thanks for the reply.

Not sure of Elias Park, Coral Primary and Poi Ching's history. Could you pl share more?Few more questions:-

1) any enrichment classes/services?
2) transport services?
3) CCA?
4) strong areas like Chinese orchestra, sports, etc.
5) tuition class?

Pl assist.

Hi

I am not familiar with the schools as well. I am making references to the school based on take up rate and past statistics. You can refer to their website and the KSP school thread for more information.

Coral Primary has school tour on Wednesdays. the form can be found at their website.

http://www.coralpri.moe.edu.sg/

Elias Primay has a program called Elias Chinese Orchestra (in short ECHO)

http://www.eliasparkpri.moe.edu.sg/

You may like to check with the school directly on open house dates.

As for Poi Ching, if you are staying within 1km of Coral and Elias, it's likely you are staying more than 1km from Poi Ching, Poi Ching need balloting for those staying within 1km for the past 3 years.

[lilac10]

Hello, I have a boy born in 2010 as well. I am within 1km of temasek but seem that even 1km also have to ballot.

[grapevine]

The reality of phase 2C. Nearly every school has balloting.

[pin9]

So difficult to predict whether should take the risk. Birth rate wise, 2010 did not see a sharp drop… in addition even if birth rate is lower nationwide, it may not mean that birth rate in my area is lower… anyone looking at Yu Neng and Red Swastika for 2016 reg?

[Nikoju]

Hi I’m new here.


My girl is due for P1 in 2017. I’m staying in Sengkang and looking at registering her in Nan Chiau Primary School. Now starting to feel the pressure and the stress.

Do I have any neighbors here who will be considering Nan Chiau too?

Please feel free to share your experiences and advise with me.

Thanks!

[Kidsprodigy]

Hi All,

My son is going primary 1 in 2017. I am registering him in acs but looking at the results for this year, I will need to move within 1km even though I am a member of the church. Any kids here going acs in 2017?

[chocpockie]

sparkjan:

canuckmum:

Hi dkiasu, both Gan Eng Seng and Zhangde (and Radin Mas) are 1-2km from me. I am not hoping for Radin Mas mainly because it seems to be the most popular school in Bukit Merah area and don't think we will stand a good chance.

Hi canuckmum! I also stay at Bukit Merah area and thinking of Gan Eng Seng for my children (Twins)
But not sure about Zhangde :roll:
Have you been doing PV already?

Gan Eng Seng - i have a friend working in this school's office, when she knew that I will be registering my child for p1, she told me not to. She didn't really explain why but it is good to find out more by asking around.

At Bukit Merah area, the only school I feel worth considering is Alexandra Pri. Zhangde is popular because of it's good location. Near mrt, bus stop and plaza. School wise and I look at how some of the students behaved, I shake my head.

Radin Mas can be too stressful as it is very academic. So depends on what u want.