Raffles Girls' Primary

[Sasawan]

@Elyssamama, @cm8668, are both of you under 1km distance from school? just wonder if one of the criteria for RGPS is distance. Appreciate your input. Thanks

[CM8668]

Sasawan\" post_id=\"2020642\" time=\"1618716085\" user_id=\"180231:

@Elyssamama, @cm8668, are both of you under 1km distance from school? just wonder if one of the criteria for RGPS is distance. Appreciate your input. Thanks

Hi Sasawan,

I am more than 2 km. As far as I am aware, distance is not a criteria for RGPS PV selection.

[Elyssamama]

Sasawan\" post_id=\"2020642\" time=\"1618716085\" user_id=\"180231:

@Elyssamama, @cm8668, are both of you under 1km distance from school? just wonder if one of the criteria for RGPS is distance. Appreciate your input. Thanks

I'm not within 2km too. Distance does not seem to be a criteria. The school probably focus on how the submitted proposals would benefit the students.

[Zeal mummy]

Congrats ladies!

[Sasawan]

Thanks for your input. Congratz and good luck to you both.

[qingzone]

I just saw in MOE website , the bonus points for affiliation in the table seems rather high . Are these Achievement Level (AL) grades? looks to me RGPS without affiliation is not so attractive anymore. I thought it will be most 1 point difference, But 8 to 9 bonus points is a lot!


this is for SCGS: https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=Singapore%20Chinese%20Girls%27%20School

this is for MGS:
https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=methodist-girls-school-secondary

[zac's mum]

qingzone\" post_id=\"2021505\" time=\"1619524343\" user_id=\"187770:

I just saw in MOE website , the bonus points for affiliation in the table seems rather high . Are these Achievement Level (AL) grades? looks to me RGPS without affiliation is not so attractive anymore. I thought it will be most 1 point difference, But 8 to 9 bonus points is a lot!

this is for SCGS: https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=Singapore%20Chinese%20Girls%27%20School

this is for MGS:
https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=methodist-girls-school-secondary

You may want to wait 1 more year (if u are not rushing for P1 registration this year).

This is the indicative AL COP (a computer simulation based on last year’s T scorers’ actual raw marks).

Wait till this year’s AL scorers have chosen their secondary schools and get their postings. Then u can call the schools to find out the actual AL COPs.

[Wwmm123]

qingzone\" post_id=\"2021505\" time=\"1619524343\" user_id=\"187770:

I just saw in MOE website , the bonus points for affiliation in the table seems rather high . Are these Achievement Level (AL) grades? looks to me RGPS without affiliation is not so attractive anymore. I thought it will be most 1 point difference, But 8 to 9 bonus points is a lot!

this is for SCGS: https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=Singapore%20Chinese%20Girls%27%20School

this is for MGS:
https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=methodist-girls-school-secondary

I think you can also think about if affiliation in this circumstances makes sense to you.
NYGH has very few affiliation bonus points for their girls from NYPS. cat high Sec also has very few discounted points for their juniors, in a way these Sec schools maintains a high minimum competency levels in terms of academics.

If your child is in a school who offer a huge discount in affiliation point, and your child scores a 6 point, would you be happy (value and mission aside) to place him/her in the affiliated Sec school knowing that the majority of the new cohort are kids who went in easily with the huge affiliated discounts. Not saying that majority of these kids score 17 points (from the MGS n SCGS link u sent) but 17 points probably can’t get you into many average neighbourhood schools even.

Similarly if a child scores a 17 point and goes into the affiliated Sec school, huge contrast against the kids who got in with no affiliation.
Not sure how healthy it’ll be for the child.

Happen to know a girl from SCGS pri who scored very well for PSLE and went to NYGH instead of SCGS.

[Mwongyx]

Wwmm123\" post_id=\"2021544\" time=\"1619543617\" user_id=\"192610:

qingzone\" post_id=\"2021505\" time=\"1619524343\" user_id=\"187770:

I just saw in MOE website , the bonus points for affiliation in the table seems rather high . Are these Achievement Level (AL) grades? looks to me RGPS without affiliation is not so attractive anymore. I thought it will be most 1 point difference, But 8 to 9 bonus points is a lot!

this is for SCGS: https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=Singapore%20Chinese%20Girls%27%20School

this is for MGS:
https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder/schooldetail?schoolname=methodist-girls-school-secondary

I think you can also think about if affiliation in this circumstances makes sense to you.
NYGH has very few affiliation bonus points for their girls from NYPS. cat high Sec also has very few discounted points for their juniors, in a way these Sec schools maintains a high minimum competency levels in terms of academics.

If your child is in a school who offer a huge discount in affiliation point, and your child scores a 6 point, would you be happy (value and mission aside) to place him/her in the affiliated Sec school knowing that the majority of the new cohort are kids who went in easily with the huge affiliated discounts. Not saying that majority of these kids score 17 points (from the MGS n SCGS link u sent) but 17 points probably can’t get you into many average neighbourhood schools even.

Similarly if a child scores a 17 point and goes into the affiliated Sec school, huge contrast against the kids who got in with no affiliation.
Not sure how healthy it’ll be for the child.

Happen to know a girl from SCGS pri who scored very well for PSLE and went to NYGH instead of SCGS.

Have to agree, when the affiliation advantage is too big, some parents may start to question the academic quality of the new secondary cohort, with such a wide range of admitted scores.

If academic is indeed your concern, why not look for a pri school with very good teaching support system, WITH very good track record of stellar PSLE results year after year?
Got to give good non- affiliated pri schools some credits too. Just look at the number of parents fighting over schools like taonan, ai tong, also without any affiliation.

[Aztac]

Therein lies the problem with us parents (me included).


We want our kids to go to an elite or good school to have a headstart and \"hope\" they score well to go into an elite or good secondary school. However when it comes to considering affiliation and cut-off points, our inner most fears rear their heads. \"Am I right to send my child to this elite/good school?\" \"What if he/she doesn't do well?\" \"My neighbour/fren/I heard from who and who has a friend who's kid went to ABC elite pri sch w/o affiliation but didn't do well enough and not got into a neighbourhood sec sch\" etc etc

So in the end, why are you all here in RGPS forum page?

If your decision is to send your girl to RGPS (w/o affiliation), then its a decision you make and to live with it as nobody know, barring the situation that your kid is a genius, whether she will do well in PSLE 6 years later.

If we still have nagging doubts re affiliation vs non affiliation then I think deep inside you know RGPS is not the choice for you. Because if you didn't really care about affiliation, your decision to send your girl to RGPS would be \"hope she can do well but if not then if she has done her best I am happy\".

My wife and I thought hard and deep about this and because we had nagging doubts deep inside on affiliation vs non affiliation, we decided in the end to register her into an affiliated pri sch, and forget about RGPS. Otherwise to keep up with the Joneses (so to speak), we will get her into numerous tuition and enrichment classes to stay within \"elite\" status. That would be very sad. So in the affiliated pri sch, there is a safety net if PSLE is messed up in some way.

In the end, we parents need to remember that kids should not be living their parents' dream.