2019 P1 Registration Exercise for 2020 In-take

[MsPiggyMM]

Hi Careybear, I will be enrolling my boy in St Andrew for 2020. Hoping that there won’t be any balloting required for under 1km, Phrase 2C this year.

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MsPiggyMM\" post_id=\"1913691\" time=\"1559879327\" user_id=\"65010:

Hi Careybear, I will be enrolling my boy in St Andrew for 2020. Hoping that there won’t be any balloting required for under 1km, Phrase 2C this year.

Get ready plan B school just in case. Bidadari area has multiple HDBs developing. So the two schools like Maris Stella and St Andrew's likely to be hotly contested. Good luck!

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MsPiggyMM\" post_id=\"1913691\" time=\"1559879327\" user_id=\"65010:

Hi Careybear, I will be enrolling my boy in St Andrew for 2020. Hoping that there won’t be any balloting required for under 1km, Phrase 2C this year.

Get ready plan B school just in case. Bidadari area has multiple HDBs developing. So the two schools like Maris Stella and St Andrew's likely to be hotly contested. Good luck!

I think under 1km still safe for now. Next time? Hard to tell.

[zac's mum]

MOE webpage showing vacancies per phase has been updated since 23 May 2019. I just realized it. Sharing here. U can see how many starting seats each school has this year.



https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/primary-one-registration/vacancies

2019 registration folks, it’s useful to bookmark that page and keep monitoring it as the phases progress.

[Careybear]

MsPiggyMM\" post_id=\"1913691\" time=\"1559879327\" user_id=\"65010:

Hi Careybear, I will be enrolling my boy in St Andrew for 2020. Hoping that there won’t be any balloting required for under 1km, Phrase 2C this year.

Under 1km should be in safe zone.

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zac's mum\" post_id=\"1913846\" time=\"1559992106\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1913846 time=1559992106 user_id=53606]
MOE webpage showing vacancies per phase has been updated since 23 May 2019. I just realized it. Sharing here. U can see how many starting seats each school has this year.


https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/primary-one-registration/vacancies

2019 registration folks, it’s useful to bookmark that page and keep monitoring it as the phases progress.[/quote]

I think it was discussed earlier but I still can't get this off my mind, I find this year's numbers so weird and strange.
e.g PEI HWA PRESBYTERIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL - 224, GREENDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL - 280, MEE TOH SCHOOL - 320.

I don't recall numbers, e.g. PHPPS, that aren't rounded to zero, or numbers that aren't in multiples of 30 in the past.

[monajoba]

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zac's mum\" post_id=\"1913846\" time=\"1559992106\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1913846 time=1559992106 user_id=53606]MOE webpage showing vacancies per phase has been updated since 23 May 2019. I just realized it. Sharing here. U can see how many starting seats each school has this year.


https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/primary-one-registration/vacancies

2019 registration folks, it’s useful to bookmark that page and keep monitoring it as the phases progress.

I think it was discussed earlier but I still can't get this off my mind, I find this year's numbers so weird and strange.
e.g PEI HWA PRESBYTERIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL - 224, GREENDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL - 280, MEE TOH SCHOOL - 320.

I don't recall numbers, e.g. PHPPS, that aren't rounded to zero, or numbers that aren't in multiples of 30 in the past.[/quote]

These are schools with 32 kids or 28 kids per class

[zac's mum]

I agree. Very strange. And why?? Logistic issues like not enough tables and chairs?? Or not enough teachers??


I think St Margaret’s already had a weird odd total number last year. Not sure what happened there.

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monajoba\" post_id=\"1914074\" time=\"1560219571\" user_id=\"17789:

There are schools with a little less or a little more than 30 kids, especially if the schools have insufficient applicants. The difference here is that these schools are planning to start with an odd number in mind.

Eg PHPPS used to have 300 places, then reduced to 270, which I assume would be 9 classes of 30 kids. This year, it will only have 224. One, it’s a huge reduction. Two, it seems like they are planning for 8 classes of 28 kids only. If they are choosing by class count, it would be 240 (8 classes). However, it looks like they are doing both - by class and by size per class. Are they running out of tables and chairs like zac’s mum says?!

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1914098\" time=\"1560225641\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1914098 time=1560225641 user_id=53606]I agree. Very strange. And why?? Logistic issues like not enough tables and chairs?? Or not enough teachers??

I think St Margaret’s already had a weird odd total number last year. Not sure what happened there.

I was looking at the numbers for Punggol schools. It seems like some of them are planning for 25 per class, others 28 and the rest 30, when in previous year, they are running 30 per class (in multiples of 30). Could it be MOE way to move the applicants / students around by tweaking the supply side given the slightly lower of expected applicants this year (compared to last and next year)?

[zac's mum]

I think it’s fine if their planning for better ratios. But not if the popular schools are squeezing more kids in and overloading their teachers.


Eg I hope Pei Hwa’s 224 seats is 8 classes of 28 kids, rather than 7 classes of 32 kids!

Btw Pei Hwa is moving from dual session to single session. Therefore the drastic reduction in numbers.