2018 P1 registration exercise for 2019 intake

[phtthp]

CHIJ Katong has advantage, due to affliation to Secondary school. On last day of Phase 2C, monitor closely. If you can enter CHIJ Katong without balloting, go ! But if need to ballot, enter Haig Girls #2 choice, because Haig Girls no affliation. Primary school wise : both are good


That is, if you are staying in the east.
If you stay in Queensway, then choose CHIJ Kellock, also a good school.

[zac's mum]

phtthp:

CHIJ Katong has advantage, due to affliation to Secondary school. On last day of Phase 2C, monitor closely. If you can enter CHIJ Katong without balloting, go ! But if need to ballot, enter Haig Girls #2 choice, because Haig Girls no affliation. Primary school wise : both are good


That is, if you are staying in the east.
If you stay in Queensway, then choose CHIJ Kellock, also a good school.

Phtthp, CHIJ Kellock is moving out of its Queensway holding site after Dec 2018. From Jan 2019 it will be back to its newly renovated permanent site in Telok Blangah.

[Eveeve12]

phtthp:

CHIJ Katong has advantage, due to affliation to Secondary school. On last day of Phase 2C, monitor closely. If you can enter CHIJ Katong without balloting, go ! But if need to ballot, enter Haig Girls #2 choice, because Haig Girls no affliation. Primary school wise : both are good


That is, if you are staying in the east.
If you stay in Queensway, then choose CHIJ Kellock, also a good school.

Thanks for the advice. Will monitor the numbers.

[janet88]

zac's mum:

That is, if you are staying in the east.
If you stay in Queensway, then choose CHIJ Kellock, also a good school.

Phtthp, CHIJ Kellock is moving out of its Queensway holding site after Dec 2018. From Jan 2019 it will be back to its newly renovated permanent site in Telok Blangah.[/quote]
CHIJ Kellock is under Bukit Merah.
it has affiliation to the secondary school.

[nicnac]

Eveeve12:

zac's mum:

Yes. P1 stress level already way up high.

Please consider your other nearby options. RMPS has reputation of most stressful in that district.

Thanks. Would Haig Girls be more suitable for child who is not academically inclined?

If you are looking for a less stressful school, then what about St.margaret’s? Take note that they will be moving to holding site at the current MacPherson Primary School in 2020. Affiliation to secondary school also and currently, the smps students need only an aggregate of 200 to secure a place in Express stream (while +/- 240 for non-affiliation).

[Eveeve12]

nicnac:

If you are looking for a less stressful school, then what about St.margaret’s? Take note that they will be moving to holding site at the current MacPherson Primary School in 2020. Affiliation to secondary school also and currently, the smps students need only an aggregate of 200 to secure a place in Express stream (while +/- 240 for non-affiliation).

Will take a look at this school. Not familiar with its current location too. Thanks.

[clouddealz]

kristy13:

Hello All!

Anyone has any advice on Bukit Panjang schools for Phase 2C?
4 schools all <1km
1) West Spring
2) Zhenghua
3) Greenridge
4) West View
Thanks!!

I feel u dun waste ur chance with west view as i am quite sure they will have seats in 2CS.
West Spring become quite popular nowadays as there is MOE kiddy and Zhenghua had slowly pickup compare to bt panjang pri sch. so perhaps u wan to see which is the sch nearest to u except west view. all the best

[redjohn]

Eveeve12:

nicnac:

If you are looking for a less stressful school, then what about St.margaret’s? Take note that they will be moving to holding site at the current MacPherson Primary School in 2020. Affiliation to secondary school also and currently, the smps students need only an aggregate of 200 to secure a place in Express stream (while +/- 240 for non-affiliation).

Will take a look at this school. Not familiar with its current location too. Thanks.

Hi

Maybe you can try Blangah Rise for your child then. All the best!

[kristy13]

clouddealz:

kristy13:

Hello All!

Anyone has any advice on Bukit Panjang schools for Phase 2C?
4 schools all <1km
1) West Spring
2) Zhenghua
3) Greenridge
4) West View
Thanks!!

I feel u dun waste ur chance with west view as i am quite sure they will have seats in 2CS.
West Spring become quite popular nowadays as there is MOE kiddy and Zhenghua had slowly pickup compare to bt panjang pri sch. so perhaps u wan to see which is the sch nearest to u except west view. all the best

Thanks! Actually all 4 schools are about the same walking distance.
Am keen to go for West Spring. I got a friend with kids there who enjoy the school, but i think there is a chance of balloting for SC <1km. So it's whether to take the risk, or go for either Greenridge or Zhenghua. :scratchhead:
This stage of life is such a headache...haiz

[Tomoko]

Thanks for the advise. Agreed with your comment.

I'm at Phase 2C and would like to go for Chongfu. But i read the comments that Phase 2B and 2C would be very intense for Chongfu.. Only left 72 seats for Phase 2B and 2C at Chongfu.. really hope to get 1 seat for my son as this school is <1km from my house. Praying hard. :xedfingers:[/quote]

I tried to look at numbers closer for Yishun, since the KSP has not updated the chart, I did my own and gotten the results below. (hopefully i didn't punch in the wrong figure)

Total vacancies increase for this area was in total 210 from 2040 to 2250 due to dragon year. I would have thought perhaps those schools with increase vacancies would have lower TUR (in percentages) but it was mixed according to the table. So Ahmad Ibrahim, Naval base have higher TUR until 2A2 while Peiying and Xishan has only a slight drop.

I would think the people who are still trying for northland and ChongFu will still want to try out and have a backup choice for 2Cs, but pick wisely on the backup choice as if you it look likely that northview, huamin and jieminwill be full by 2C.

The number of applicants to Chongfu and Northland will ultimately depend on the risk appetite of the applicants.

For Chongfu - 72 places left, 36 places for 2B and 2C. Average applicants under 2B for Chongfu is around 47-52 for the past 3 years, so potentially a balloting is needed for 2B, (likely for more than 2km) and that would mean the TUR until 2B would be 88%, that is the highest TUR recorded since 2006. Potential applicants under 2C is about 100-110 people but given such a high odd (3:1), perhaps a lesser number of people will register. Odd should be around 2 to 2.5 per vacancy (72 applicants to 90)

For northland, under 2B, the average applicants is around 24-26, this year left 27, so its a close call. As for 2C last year vacancies is 51 while attracting 200 applicants. this year should be left with 27-30 vacancies - a fierce fight will be coming up.

So I put up some of my thought here, it's for you to come out with your strategy and see your risk profile and what do you want to choose for your kids.

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for previous years results see here https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/yishun/[/quote]

:thankyou:
Thanks a lot, Lexy.. very useful information.. good analysis for the decision making too.. thanks again..