[Choa Chu Kang] Primary Schools
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kiakiamom:
Hi kiakiamom,Hi baby2momma,
So in the end which school did ur child ended with? I am planning to go down to DLS tmr to find out personally coz i tried calling but they dun really entertain us via phone. I know Unity and YTP both within 1km for me, so I am prepared to ballot.
When DLS shifted to Teck Whye next year, do they take in the CCK addess to compare the distance for P1 registration or will they be using Teck Whye address instead?
Buds is right. It really is torturing going thru the ballot. My child got into DLS ultimately.
And eventho DLS is shifting to TW, the address to be used for registration is still in the current place and not the TW's add.
Not all blocks in CCK Cres are within 1km of DLS; so if you strongly wish for yr child to go into DLS, u really gotta check with the admin staff on the distance first.
And yes, DLS's admin staff hv very low tolerance level :x towards phone calls..... read our last year's \"battle\" posts & u know wat I mean.
Meanwhile, wish u luck !!
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Hi baby2momma,
You are right. I went to the school yesterday to find out the actual distance for my place to DLS, and guess what, my address fall outside of 1km, that's mean its just a road away to fall within 1km....
Having said that, if I am fall under P2C, my application will surely be rejected cos based on past ballating history, there are ballot going on for those staying within 1km...
So now I left with Yew Tee Pri and Unity Pri, which is better? I've checked and both schools fall within 1km from my place... Sigh, Im starting feeling the stress even though my turn to register for P1 is one year away...
You are so lucky that little one managed to get into DLS, was it thru P2C balloting? -
Now i am really panicking…after reading all ur posts. I am also going try my luck for DLS for this year registration. My house is very near DLS (takes less than 5mins to reach). If less than 1km still got balloting is it and is it under phase 2c as well
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Yes. Phase 2C for all first time applicants.
You gotta rough it out with all other 1st time applicants at this phase.
Meaning, no registration priority.
> no siblings in the school...
> no affiliation whatsoever... ie. church (etc)
> no PV... (in the case of DLS, no chance to PV oso.. :P)
Failure to get in at this Phase 2C will entail another nerve wrecking
experience at Phase 2C Supplementary at your 2nd school of
choice... provided that 2nd choice has enough spaces for
all applicants who failed to secure seats at 1st choice
in Phase 2C... if not it will mean another round of
balloting. Lastly, if still fail to get a seat at Phase
2C Supplementary, you will be directed to the
few schs within your vicinity which are left
with available plcs. -
Extracted (& adapted) from MOE webbie..
Hope this helps provide an even clearer picture.
Registration Exercise
Children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
Phase 1
For a child who has a sibling studying in a school of choice.
*All children registered under this phase will be given places in schools.*
Phase 2A1
For a child whose parent is a former student of the school and who has joined the alumni association as a member not later than 30 Jun 2009; or whose parent is a member of the School Advisory/Management Committee.
Result announcement waiting period : Usually only 1-2 days.
Phase 2A2
For a child whose parent or sibling has studied in the school of choice; or whose parent is a staff member of the school of choice.
A 2-day registration period.
Result announcement usually : 2-3 days
Phase 2B2
For a child whose parent has joined the school as a parent volunteer not later than 1 July 2009 and has given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by 30 June 2010; or whose parent is a member endorsed by the church/clan directly connected with the school; or whose parent is endorsed as an active community leader.
A 2-day registration period.
Result announcement usually : 4-5 days
Phase 2C
For a child who is ineligible for or unsuccessful in earlier phases.
A 2-day registration period.
Result announcement usually : 10-11 days
Phase 2C Supplementary
For a child who is unsuccessful in gaining a place in a school of choice at Phase 2C.
A 1-day only registration period.
Result announcement usually : 5-6 days
Children who are neither Singapore Citizens nor Singapore Permanent Residents (Phase 3)
For a child who is neither a Singapore Citizen nor a Permanent Resident.
Other notes :
1.Should the number of applications exceed the number of vacancies in any phase, places will be balloted according to the following order of priority:
a.Children living within 1 km of the school of choice.
b.Children living between 1 km and 2 km of the school of choice.
c.Children living outside 2 km of the school of choice.
2.At the end of Phase 2A(2), 50% of the remaining places will be allocated for phase 2B and the other 50% for Phase 2C registrants in a school. In the event that less than 50% of the allocated vacancies are taken up at Phase 2B, the remaining vacancies will be carried forward to Phase 2C.
3.Children who are Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents and who have not registered at any of the earlier phases are also eligible to register at this phase. Registration in this phase will be done on a first-come-first-served basis.
For further details, you may click at this blue link here. >
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/phases/ -
doratheexplorer:
Now i am really panicking....after reading all ur posts. I am also going try my luck for DLS for this year registration. My house is very near DLS (takes less than 5mins to reach). If less than 1km still got balloting is it and is it under phase 2c as well
Dont bother waste time to apply DLS.
Ask any high rank secondary schools at CCK, the teachers will tell you students standard from DLS hav drop a lot....
The fact that the DLS will move to Teck Wyne for 2 years will make the standard becomes even worse...
I am within the system, so I know.... -
which means we have to ohysically hunt every remaining sch to check got place for phase 2c supplementary or MOE will automatically inform us
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doratheexplorer:
which means we have to ohysically hunt every remaining sch to check got place for phase 2c supplementary or MOE will automatically inform us
at the end of each day registration, there will be an update at MOE website on the no. of applications received. at the end of each phase of registration, the website will update the no. of vacancies left for the next phase registration. -
KP:
I have a P1 son in DLS this year and we got in via balloting. What I can say is so far my son is coping well in DLS (although not the top performance) in term of academic, school life, attitude etc and importantly he enjoys his school life. The most fortunately is he has a very good MT teacher and he is doing quite well for MT which save me lots of time to teach him MT but can focus to other subjects which he is weak.doratheexplorer:
Now i am really panicking....after reading all ur posts. I am also going try my luck for DLS for this year registration. My house is very near DLS (takes less than 5mins to reach). If less than 1km still got balloting is it and is it under phase 2c as well
Dont bother waste time to apply DLS.
Ask any high rank secondary schools at CCK, the teachers will tell you students standard from DLS hav drop a lot....
The fact that the DLS will move to Teck Wyne for 2 years will make the standard becomes even worse...
I am within the system, so I know....
Dear doratheexplorer & Kiakiamom: If you really want to apply DLS, maybe you can try to do the community work and by the time when you got to register, you still can have choice to choose DLS, Unity Or Yew Tee and you may feel more secure in P2B and avoid the torturing balloting. From the 2009 balloting result, if you cannot secure any seat in DLS, Unity or YT, the only choice is Kranji PS or Bt Pjg PS. And so far, as a parent of DLS, i have a very good parent network either in or outside the KS parent web-site. Baby2momma is one of my battle friend and helpful parent here. If you want to check more details for Unity PS and Kranji PS, i think my other battle friend honeybeel is the good person who can help out, she got a girl in Unity now.
Can somebody explain why “The fact that the DLS will move to Teck Wyne for 2 years will make the standard becomes even worse” ? if this is the case, I have to prepare myself. -
Hi Anna,
Don't worry about others putting down DLS.
And there is no reason why the standard of DLS
will drop if moved to other sites. The teachers
will still commit their best towards the students.
If others like to keep putting their own opinion
on DLS, let them be. Important is our kids
shld enjoy their 6 years of primary school;
not only academically.
And till now, I hv no regrets getting my child
into tat school !
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