Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[tampineskiasu]

Any idea about the Tampines North Primary and East Spring Primary ?


Which one is better ? Can someone in Tampines help me regarding this ?

Thanks

[william_toh]

Dear All,

are there any site that will allow us to know the School performance for pass PSLE results.
My son was ballot out for Rosyth Primary, now desperately looking for another primary school.
school which I am given and are near to my area are :
Ang Moi Kio Pri
Da Qiao Primary
Jing Shan Primary
Mayflower Primary
Townsville Primary
Holy Innocent's Primary
Montfort Junior
Punggol Primary
Xinghua Primary
Yio Chu Kang Primary
St Gabriel's Primary

Please help,
Thank you all :roll:

[ngpetert]

william_toh:

Dear All,

are there any site that will allow us to know the School performance for pass PSLE results.
My son was ballot out for Rosyth Primary, now desperately looking for another primary school.
school which I am given and are near to my area are :
Ang Moi Kio Pri
Da Qiao Primary
Jing Shan Primary
Mayflower Primary
Townsville Primary
Holy Innocent's Primary
Montfort Junior
Punggol Primary
Xinghua Primary
Yio Chu Kang Primary
St Gabriel's Primary

Please help,
Thank you all :roll:

William,

Sorry, I am not aware of such site. From the list of schools above, I believe Holy Innocent's and Punggol risk being oversubscribed, so you may wish to reconsider. Also, have you considered visiting two or three schools, during which you can ask for the PSLE results?

[floppy]

william_toh:

Dear All,

are there any site that will allow us to know the School performance for pass PSLE results.
My son was ballot out for Rosyth Primary, now desperately looking for another primary school.
school which I am given and are near to my area are :
Ang Moi Kio Pri
Da Qiao Primary
Jing Shan Primary
Mayflower Primary
Townsville Primary
Holy Innocent's Primary
Montfort Junior
Punggol Primary
Xinghua Primary
Yio Chu Kang Primary
St Gabriel's Primary

Please help,
Thank you all :roll:

I don't think it makes much sense for you to use the PSLE result as a basis of selection for Phase 2Cs. If available, everyone will be doing that and you risk being balloted out again (or worst, no chance to ballot at all).

From the list above, just pick the one nearest your place (ideally < 1km) and with the lowest risk of balloting.

[jasminefsy]

Dear Gurus,

Need advice for planning of DD's primary school, please help!

Here's our background:
- DD1 born 2013, so P1 registration in 2019. DD2 born 2014 (one year apart, i know! )
- Our home is in serangoon
- hubby was from cat high, whereas i don't have any sch alumni
- i'm catholic so eligible for Phase 2b for catholic schs.

Factors/criteria for school:
- school shouldn't be too far from our home
- we want a catholic/christian all girls sch
- preferably with affiliation to a good secondary sch

Schs shortlisted (by order of preference, not necessarily eligible )
1) St Nicholas girls --> no hope cause >2km. sigh...
2) CHIJ Toa Payoh --> looking at past year's stats, have to ballot for >2km under Phase 2B
3) PLMGS --> no affiliation to church/no alumni. Asked sch about PV scheme, they replied that they are open to applicants >2km but said that they don't usually select parents who can only volunteer on weekends i.e. working parents. PV applications open in June 2017 for DD1
4) CHIJ OLGC --> we stay within 1km. this is my fall back plan if all else fails.... past stats showed phase 2C <1 has good chance. but this school seems unpopular?

Appreciate all advice/insights please! Thanks!

[galaxyraider]

jasminefsy:

Dear Gurus,

Need advice for planning of DD's primary school, please help!

Here's our background:
- DD1 born 2013, so P1 registration in 2019. DD2 born 2014 (one year apart, i know! )
- Our home is in serangoon
- hubby was from cat high, whereas i don't have any sch alumni
- i'm catholic so eligible for Phase 2b for catholic schs.

Factors/criteria for school:
- school shouldn't be too far from our home
- we want a catholic/christian all girls sch
- preferably with affiliation to a good secondary sch

Schs shortlisted (by order of preference, not necessarily eligible )
1) St Nicholas girls --> no hope cause >2km. sigh...
2) CHIJ Toa Payoh --> looking at past year's stats, have to ballot for >2km under Phase 2B
3) PLMGS --> no affiliation to church/no alumni. Asked sch about PV scheme, they replied that they are open to applicants >2km but said that they don't usually select parents who can only volunteer on weekends i.e. working parents. PV applications open in June 2017 for DD1
4) CHIJ OLGC --> we stay within 1km. this is my fall back plan if all else fails.... past stats showed phase 2C <1 has good chance. but this school seems unpopular?

Appreciate all advice/insights please! Thanks!

My advice to you is to try for a Catholic school in Phase 2B. It's OK to ballot.

Meanwhile, prepare a backup school for Phase 2C. Since you live in Serangoon, you can consider Yangzheng too. But you can still consider CHIJ or PLMGS too.

Prepare another backup school for Phase 2C Sup, just in case.

When I registered for my son last year, I had 3 schools in mind, even though I know that Phase 2B should be quite safe for us. I still planned for Phase 2C and Phase 2C Sup, just in case. Super kiasu, I know!

[cherrygal]

william_toh:

Dear All,

are there any site that will allow us to know the School performance for pass PSLE results.
My son was ballot out for Rosyth Primary, now desperately looking for another primary school.
school which I am given and are near to my area are :
...
Please help,
Thank you all :roll:

From your list, recommend Mayflower (they have Higher Chinese from P2), Townsville (heard from frens, not bad) and maybe St Gabriel's if you want all boys environment.

Like Floppy said, no point going for the \"better PSLE results\" schools. Key thing at Phase 2CS is to GET a place. Please do not go for balloting again otherwise you may end up in more distress.

[Lexy]

galaxyraider:

jasminefsy:

Dear Gurus,

Need advice for planning of DD's primary school, please help!

Here's our background:
- DD1 born 2013, so P1 registration in 2019. DD2 born 2014 (one year apart, i know! )
- Our home is in serangoon
- hubby was from cat high, whereas i don't have any sch alumni
- i'm catholic so eligible for Phase 2b for catholic schs.

Factors/criteria for school:
- school shouldn't be too far from our home
- we want a catholic/christian all girls sch
- preferably with affiliation to a good secondary sch

Schs shortlisted (by order of preference, not necessarily eligible )
1) St Nicholas girls --> no hope cause >2km. sigh...
2) CHIJ Toa Payoh --> looking at past year's stats, have to ballot for >2km under Phase 2B
3) PLMGS --> no affiliation to church/no alumni. Asked sch about PV scheme, they replied that they are open to applicants >2km but said that they don't usually select parents who can only volunteer on weekends i.e. working parents. PV applications open in June 2017 for DD1
4) CHIJ OLGC --> we stay within 1km. this is my fall back plan if all else fails.... past stats showed phase 2C <1 has good chance. but this school seems unpopular?

Appreciate all advice/insights please! Thanks!

My advice to you is to try for a Catholic school in Phase 2B. It's OK to ballot.

Meanwhile, prepare a backup school for Phase 2C. Since you live in Serangoon, you can consider Yangzheng too. But you can still consider CHIJ or PLMGS too.

Prepare another backup school for Phase 2C Sup, just in case.

When I registered for my son last year, I had 3 schools in mind, even though I know that Phase 2B should be quite safe for us. I still planned for Phase 2C and Phase 2C Sup, just in case. Super kiasu, I know!

CHIJ OLGC is safe for you. There is also CHIJ OLN along upper Serangoon.

Since you have time, add CHIJ Katong and St Anthony's Canossian (think can be a 2Cs backup)

HIPS is catholic school that is also nearer to your place but co-ed.

Some info: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum ... &start=680

[ptb7476]

cherrygal:

william_toh:

Dear All,

are there any site that will allow us to know the School performance for pass PSLE results.
My son was ballot out for Rosyth Primary, now desperately looking for another primary school.
school which I am given and are near to my area are :
...
Please help,
Thank you all :roll:

From your list, recommend Mayflower (they have Higher Chinese from P2), Townsville (heard from frens, not bad) and maybe St Gabriel's if you want all boys environment.

Like Floppy said, no point going for the \"better PSLE results\" schools. Key thing at Phase 2CS is to GET a place. Please do not go for balloting again otherwise you may end up in more distress.

agreed. every kid is different ..so cannot use psle result to choose.

dun put yourself into more stress.. pick one that you can get in without ballot and it is nearer to you ..

once the kid settle in primary school ... if his result is good .. u can try to register to join other school mid term or new terms

[jasminefsy]

Yangzheng is not in our list (co-ed and not mission sch)

i think OLGC is quite safe for 2Csup for <1km, thanks for the tip!
so if i get selected for PV for PLMGPS, our chances for that is better than CHIJ TP phase 2b >2km
wonder if it's worth that investment? or just place all bets on CHIJ TP

it's ok to be kiasu... isn't what this forum is all about

galaxyraider:

jasminefsy:

Dear Gurus,

My advice to you is to try for a Catholic school in Phase 2B. It's OK to ballot.

Meanwhile, prepare a backup school for Phase 2C. Since you live in Serangoon, you can consider Yangzheng too. But you can still consider CHIJ or PLMGS too.

Prepare another backup school for Phase 2C Sup, just in case.

When I registered for my son last year, I had 3 schools in mind, even though I know that Phase 2B should be quite safe for us. I still planned for Phase 2C and Phase 2C Sup, just in case. Super kiasu, I know!