[Choa Chu Kang] Primary Schools

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duckeroo:

My child is born in yr 07 and I stay within 1km of South View which is my No1 choice for pri sch.


Pls kindly advise do I need to do PV to guarantee my child can get into the school? If yes when should I apply to do PV. Also what are the chances of getting into the sch if I do not do PV and are there are ways to boost my child's chance of getting into this sch??

Please refer to the http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/choa-chu-kang.

Based on last year's statistics, PVs staying within 1 km of the school also had to go through balloting. The school was so popular that many parents applied as PVs, and the principal was more than happy to take in as many PVs as they had. Hence, the situation observed last year.

This is where the problem lies. Besides Phase 1, there is no such thing as guaranteed place to the school, though so far, we have not seen balloting in P2A, too.

Hence, please do not assume that your child will be guaranteed a place once you become a PV. South View is a good example.

[titank]

Anyone know the chance of entering De La Salle in Phase 2B? Assuming staying more than 2Km.


De La Salle is affiliated to SJI?Meaning can get lower PSLE points to enter SJI next time?

[chipndale]

hi all, am considered a newbie here, as i seldom post replies/queries have decided to enrol my dd to cckps after deliberating btwn south view (cos of good results) & cckps (convenience) .. though south view is oso 1km from my place but cckps is just downstairs my block. in the end, convenience won the battle :lol:

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chipndale:

in the end, convenience won the battle :lol:

:hi5:

[KP]

duckeroo:

Hihi,


My child is born in yr 07 and I stay within 1km of South View which is my No1 choice for pri sch.

Pls kindly advise do I need to do PV to guarantee my child can get into the school? If yes when should I apply to do PV. Also what are the chances of getting into the sch if I do not do PV and are there are ways to boost my child's chance of getting into this sch??

Thks alot:)

SV did accept PV 2 yr in advance. For child born in 2007, u could start apply when ur child is 4 years old.
But dont get too excited abt SV, cos the Principal is due to move on, after having spent more than 7 years in SV. Under MOE, P will be rotated within 8 years.
Once P changes, nobody would be sure if the sch could preserve its standard. Note that teachers quality is about the same among all schools, it's the P who makes the big difference.

[Kellytai]

Went to SV Open hse yesterday n found out that they only hv 300 seat for P1 2010 .... Is it mean that more difficult to enter SV next yr ??? :? :shock:

[KP]

Kellytai:

Went to SV Open hse yesterday n found out that they only hv 300 seat for P1 2010 .... Is it mean that more difficult to enter SV next yr ??? :? :shock:

Yes...
Last year registration had 330 seat, with only 51 seat left for phase 2C.
This year registration only has 300 seats, hence likely see less than 40 seats for phase 2C later.
Every year there are about 150 apply for phase 2C ( those within 1KM).
So....more or less 1 out of 4 will succeed in phase 2C ballot.

[callndrew]

Hi, this is the first time I am goin to register my daughter for P1 for 2010. I stay in Yew Tee and I have studied the MOE website and got a referral link to onemap.sg to find out the distance from my place to YTPS.


To my surprise, the map showed the driving distance is 1.05km and De LaSalle is 0.47km, actually walking to YTPS school is so near that I wouldn’t need to drive at all.

Our choices of schools is priorty to YTPS and De LaSalle. But De LaSalle has relocated to Tech Whye for the purpose of renovation and upgrading the current school now. In addition, I hv learned that priorty will goes to Catholic and I am not.

I hv the following doubt, hope any kind mummy to help answering these.

1. Does this mean I will not be entitle to Phase 2C for YTPS and have to go for Phase 2C Supp?

2. If De LaSalle has relocated to Teck Whye, will my live place still be entitled to the phase 2C

3. How can I or where can I get a better information regarding the distance accuracy before enrolling my daughter for the Pri enrolment exercise.

4. If I have so much wanted to enrol for YTPS and the distance to the school is merely exceed by 0.05km(which is unreasonably an error calculation), will I still be able to allocate in the Phase 2C exercise?

I am Singaporean and sincerely hope some kind soul to verified and share similar experience.

Thanks

[jedamum]

replies in red.

callndrew:

Our choices of schools is priorty to YTPS and De LaSalle. But De LaSalle has relocated to Tech Whye for the purpose of renovation and upgrading the current school now. In addition, I hv learned that priorty will goes to Catholic and I am not.
catholics/church affiliations are applicable for Phase 2B; if you do not have this, you are under Phase 2C.

I hv the following doubt, hope any kind mummy to help answering these.

1. Does this mean I will not be entitle to Phase 2C for YTPS and have to go for Phase 2C Supp?
- you are allowed to enrol in any school under Phase 2C if you did not fulfil any of the earlier phases eligibility. issue here is what are your chances of succeeding if you enrol in a school that needs balloting within 1km if you stay more than 1km away from the sch...the answer is Zero chance. past statistics showed that there are balloting for both schools for those staying less than 1km. so if you staying within 1km from both schools, you have a chance for ballot for any of the school you registered.

2. If De LaSalle has relocated to Teck Whye, will my live place still be entitled to the phase 2C.
- which phase you are in are depending on eligibility stated under MOE website - http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/phases/
distance to school will only denotes your success rate.
even if DLS is relocated to Teck Whye temporarily, registration will still use the permanent sch address as a benchmark for measuring distance.

3. How can I or where can I get a better information regarding the distance accuracy before enrolling my daughter for the Pri enrolment exercise.
- read here - http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=426&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=150
and http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/faqs/#proximity


4. If I have so much wanted to enrol for YTPS and the distance to the school is merely exceed by 0.05km(which is unreasonably an error calculation), will I still be able to allocate in the Phase 2C exercise?
- prior to your registration, just check with the school to see what is your distance from the school. when i was registering, the school did a check on the spot using their distance to determine the distance bracket.

i don't think the distance is using driving distance.

[callndrew]

Hi jedamum, thanks for your reply. I have managed to get the Phase 2C choices of schools.


Thanks to your advice, with the onemap.sg, I manage to have found out the following Pri Sch is within 1km from my premises. I shall list them from the shortest range to the longest range in sequence.

(From Shortest to longest distance)
1. Kranji Pri Sch
2. De LaSalle
3. Yew Tee Pri Sch
4. Unity Pri Sch

With the above order, can I know does the school choose the applicant at the nearest distance or they just follow according to the criteria of within 1km policy.

Thanks