Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[zac's mum]

juniorgirl:

We are SPRs staying at sgoon north ave 4 and will be registering for our girl p1 for 2018


Nearest sch to us
1. Roysth sch (300m)
2. Hougang pri sch(1.1km)
3. Xinmin pri sch (1.2km)

Any recommendations in sgoon area tht we can consider? In deep dilemma. Thanks in advance.

Hi, firstly u are not using the correct tool to calculate home-school distance. The only recognized one is OneMap.sg, use the School Query function. The distances will be shown as within 1km or 1-2km.

Rosyth is definitely out for u. Last year (and every year I believe) there's balloting for SCs within 1km.

Hougang Pri and Xinmin Pri last year had balloting for PRs within 1km. If OneMap says u are actually within 1km of these schools, u can try the balloting. Otherwise, u need to choose another less popular school.

[floppy]

zac's mum:

...
Is the child's mother tongue or dialect group (Tamil) indicated on the birth cert? I don't think so right? ...

Birth certificate, under Mother's Particulars:
Race / Dialect Group
Ditto for the Father.

Thus,
Indian / Tamil + Indian / Tamil = Indian / Tamil

If anyone can suka-suka choose, it will be called a 2nd language policy and not a mother tongue policy.

[zac's mum]

Just for discussion’s sake, what happens in the case of a mixed-race child? Does MOE look at the mother’s race & language to determine which mother tongue the child should study?

[floppy]

zac's mum:

Just for discussion's sake, what happens in the case of a mixed-race child? Does MOE look at the mother's race & language to determine which mother tongue the child should study?

It's called Mother Tongue Policy but not necessarily to follow the mother's race & language. In such instances, you are free to choose either the father's or mother's language (most people end up choosing Mandarin if either one is a Chinese because it is the most practical).

[bringus2sg]

Hello Everyone,


If I am an alumni of both Henry Park Primary and ACS, which would you choose? Only have a boy

[phtthp]

Either school is good. Depend on which u prefer.


If u prefer affiliation to a Secondary school, then choose ACS.

But ACS is All-boys school.

if u prefer co-ed School, then choose Henry Park. Also benefit your future generation (grand-children) next time : whether your grand child is a boy or girl.
(Girls cannot study at ACS)

[zac's mum]

Apart from the sound logical considerations suggested above, can the alumnus himself tell us from his experience, which of the 2 schools did he have a better time in and why?

[galaxyraider]

zac's mum:

Apart from the sound logical considerations suggested above, can the alumnus himself tell us from his experience, which of the 2 schools did he have a better time in and why?

Agree. If you are an alumnus, you should know better. It sounds more like hypothetical question to me...

[Joonzz]

Hi, I am new to the forum . Any parents have feedback on red swastika school ? Is it an academic school ?

[mc_007]

Hi All


My boy will be in CHS which will be at Bishan and for my gal I am thinking between Nan Chiau and PLMGS for P1. I will be in Phase 2A2 for NC while Phase 2C for PLMGS.

PLMGS is just opp my house so logistic wise is easier taking into consideration that we will need to send my boy to bishan but I hearsay that academic wise NC is better PLMGS. Also, unsure if it will hit balloting for PLMGS so the risk there.

Any view to share?

Thanks a lot