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    St Margaret's Primary

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      Smps are more relaxed and parents are pretty chill, only a small handful are kancheong. Parents profile are mixed bag, slightly skew towards private condo than hdb due to location. Most parents choose SMPS because they prefer a more ‘balanced’ school, it is not as competitive as SAP or elite school along Bukit Timah. The school does not glorify on academic achievement or competition. Academic standard wise I think it is slightly above average - English standard should be pretty high and most girls read pretty well for their age but Chinese standard is lower. Maths standard are not high through observation on Maths Olympiad results and schoolwork. The school focuses a lot on character development and my girl enjoys going to school.

      Thats good to know, seems like very holistic! Can you share why you decided this is a right choice of school for your girl?

      Simple reason: 1) No ballot required and pretty close to home 2) wide range of Cca activities to choose. Ideally I prefer slightly stronger academic focus school, but SMPS is good enough with Strong character development. I do not want to stress myself out and not keen to send her to expensive TLL just to keep up in a competitive environment.

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        hi, anyone know if SMPS will be at temp location for how many yrs? I am considering to enrol my girl in, at 2C, seems balloting is not necessary at 2C, looking at history.

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          To add, do anyone enrol their girls in the student care services within SMPS, isit good? I’m new to student care, and unsure what activities the girls do inside.

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            p0o9i8\" post_id=\"1978916\" time=\"1590993364\" user_id=\"65485:

            hi, anyone know if SMPS will be at temp location for how many yrs? I am considering to enrol my girl in, at 2C, seems balloting is not necessary at 2C, looking at history.
            https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/virus-curbs-delay-school-upgrading
            St Margaret's Primary will go back to its permanent site in January 2023 instead of January 2022

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              TheTeds
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              p0o9i8\" post_id=\"1978916\" time=\"1590993364\" user_id=\"65485:

              hi, anyone know if SMPS will be at temp location for how many yrs? I am considering to enrol my girl in, at 2C, seems balloting is not necessary at 2C, looking at history.
              Apply to SMPS if you really like the school and willing to travel there. Its very risky to look at just the balloting trend. Imagine if everybody thinks the same, the school will be very well over-subscribed suddenly. I also observed that each time MOE allocates more seats to a school, the number of additional applicants that it attracted is more thn the number of increased places. Especially the 2014 cohort is as big as the dragon cohort.

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                Anyone staying in Marsiling / Woodlands area?

                Morning: Available car seat space - 02 pax (woodlands to SMPS)
                Looking for reciprocal efforts for the return journey.

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                  can someone please verify if st margarate’s is correctly placed in onemap-> schoolquery?

                  it still shows location as at Wilkie Road but the school website says it will be at temp location (2 mattar road) until 2022~!

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                    can someone please verify if st margarate's is correctly placed in onemap-> schoolquery?
                    it still shows location as at Wilkie Road but the school website says it will be at temp location (2 mattar road) until 2022~!
                    Address to determine location priority is based on ORIGINAL location. Hence, OneMap is correct.

                    The school will be at the temp site till 2021 / 2022.

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                      lot286\" post_id=\"1981061\" time=\"1592296895\" user_id=\"136716:

                      can someone please verify if st margarate's is correctly placed in onemap-> schoolquery?
                      it still shows location as at Wilkie Road but the school website says it will be at temp location (2 mattar road) until 2022~!

                      Distance is calculated based on original site. SMPS will move back to Wilkie road in 2023 January. The school has already issued letter to existing parents to confirm this

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                        p0o9i8\" post_id=\"1978916\" time=\"1590993364\" user_id=\"65485:[quote=p0o9i8 post_id=1978916 time=1590993364 user_id=65485]hi, anyone know if SMPS will be at temp location for how many yrs? I am considering to enrol my girl in, at 2C, seems balloting is not necessary at 2C, looking at history.
                        There’s no balloting last year properly because of the lower birth rate. Ballot for dragon children so do expect a ballot for horsey as birth rates are similar to dragon year but seat numbers smaller


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