2018 P1 registration exercise for 2019 intake
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phtthp:
I think it’s scary that people still think that any schools with a 26x COP (or even a 250s COP) can be considered as “less good”. Extrapolating that argument, some of the remaining secondary schools, even those in the 24x range, would probably fall under the “horrible”, “cannot make it”, etc.
Scary, isn't it ?
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Imagine one student with 26x, computer selected him, got balloted into a good Secondary school, while another student with 27x (higher T-score), but computer didnt pick him up, instead he got balloted into another \"less good\" Secondary school. For the next 6 years, he got to study in this \"less good\" IP Secondary school. Frustrated, isn't it, because 27x performed so much better than that 26x student, yet couldn't get in ?
Elitism 101. -
IVK Mum:
1.Hi, first time posting. Hope I am doing it correctly.
I am a mother of 3. My eldest is a dragon baby and going to register for P1 this Jul (already so stressful now)..
There are a few questions which I hope all can help me with:
1. I have a house in Seng kang but it is within 2km from Nan Chiau Pri, which is the school of choice. However, I have been living at my mum's place which is within 1 km from the school (she helps to take care of the kids). During registration, I understand that they will be looking at the address on the parents IC. Is it possible to change the address on the IC to my mum's address?
2. Me and hub only found out about the affiliation to hokkiem huay kuan in 2017. We tried to apply and only got in in Dec 2017. Do you think there is a chance I can get a recommendation letter?
3. If we are going for phase 2c, me and hub were very stressed out on whther we should try for ballot at nan chiau or go straight to springdale pri, which we assume has a much better chance on getting in straight. Any advice on this?
4. If we are not selected during the ballot in nan chiau for phase 2c, does it mean that the only choice is to pick schools with vacancies for phase 2c(s)?
Thank you so much for helping out a mum in distressed. (\",)
read about MOE - statutory declaration
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https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/primary-one-registration/statutory-declaration
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f statutory declaration is used and balloting is required, children who are registered using either the grandparent’s or the parent’s sibling’s address and residing within 1 km or between 1 km and 2 km from the school of choice are placed together with the other children of the same citizenship residing between 1 km and 2 km from the school.
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confirm too late. need more than 3 years to clock the hours.
u join now, waste $500 only.
3. no comments
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floppy:
every parent wants the best for their kids ma....
I think it’s scary that people still think that any schools with a 26x COP (or even a 250s COP) can be considered as “less good”. Extrapolating that argument, some of the remaining secondary schools, even those in the 24x range, would probably fall under the “horrible”, “cannot make it”, etc.phtthp:
Scary, isn't it ?
...
Imagine one student with 26x, computer selected him, got balloted into a good Secondary school, while another student with 27x (higher T-score), but computer didnt pick him up, instead he got balloted into another \"less good\" Secondary school. For the next 6 years, he got to study in this \"less good\" IP Secondary school. Frustrated, isn't it, because 27x performed so much better than that 26x student, yet couldn't get in ?
Elitism 101.
its quite logical.
aim for the stars....missed, reached the top of the coconut tree
also not bad... at least got the coconut to eat. -
skii:
Not wrong but.. You are talking about the 270x, 260x and 250x. The gap isn't as big as the star and coconut tree.
every parent wants the best for their kids ma....
its quite logical.
aim for the stars....missed, reached the top of the coconut tree
also not bad... at least got the coconut to eat.
Think of it this way:
You aim for Alpha Centauri A (a 27x target)... you missed but manage to reach Alpha Centauri B (a 26x target)... or suay suay ended up in Proxima Centauri (a 25x target).
Reaching any of those star systems would have been an achievement by itself. May not have reached your primary target but you are still an astronaut.
It’s not the same as aiming to be an astronaut but ended as a PHV driver. -
don't get me wrong....
I am not Minister Ng nor do i endorse the AL system...
we, (I assume many of us are pink IC), went through the streaming la... EM123 la... PSLE la...
at least when my kid gets 260, I can say he did better than Daddy...
this AL system is more of a confusion than a disassociation from peer comparison.
IMO only...floppy:
Not wrong but.. You are talking about the 270x, 260x and 250x. The gap isn't as big as the star and coconut tree.skii:
every parent wants the best for their kids ma....
its quite logical.
aim for the stars....missed, reached the top of the coconut tree
also not bad... at least got the coconut to eat.
Think of it this way:
You aim for Alpha Centauri A (a 27x target)... you missed but manage to reach Alpha Centauri B (a 26x target)... or suay suay ended up in Proxima Centauri (a 25x target).
Reaching any of those star systems would have been an achievement by itself. May not have reached your primary target but you are still an astronaut.
It’s not the same as aiming to be an astronaut but ended as a PHV driver. -
We are getting off-topic already…but this is my interpretation of the purpose of the AL banding system:
It is to redefine the best school and spread out the top scorers to several best schools. Honestly, I do not like the current situation where RI and RGS are seen as the top boys & girls secondary school, and where only 27x can enter. Under AL banding, the population of such top scorers will be spread out to a few alternative schools that are also good quality. The students themselves can exclude from their option form those schools that they really don’t wish to be in. But whatever their choices, I’m sure they will hardly be going to the worst school in Singapore. Seriously, within the first-tier secondary schools, the variation in teaching quality does not differ a lot.
It is us parents’ perceptions of school X and school Y which needs to change. -
zac's mum:
+1We are getting off-topic already...but this is my interpretation of the purpose of the AL banding system:
It is to redefine the best school and spread out the top scorers to several best schools. Honestly, I do not like the current situation where RI and RGS are seen as the top boys & girls secondary school, and where only 27x can enter. Under AL banding, the population of such top scorers will be spread out to a few alternative schools that are also good quality. The students themselves can exclude from their option form those schools that they really don’t wish to be in. But whatever their choices, I’m sure they will hardly be going to the worst school in Singapore. Seriously, within the first-tier secondary schools, the variation in teaching quality does not differ a lot.
It is us parents’ perceptions of school X and school Y which needs to change. -
Me too for number 1 . Can sense the stress .
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Me too for number 1 . Can sense the stress .
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skii:
Are you out of your mind?don't get me wrong....
I am not Minister Ng nor do i endorse the AL system...
we, (I assume many of us are pink IC), went through the streaming la... EM123 la... PSLE la...
at least when my kid gets 260, I can say he did better than Daddy...
this AL system is more of a confusion than a disassociation from peer comparison.
IMO only...
Why must you stress your child by comparing his T-score with Daddy's T-score? Isn't it great he now has no more benchmark?
Btw, Minister Ng is not going care about this. He's stepping down from MOE soon.
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