2021 P1 Registration Exercise for 2022 In-take

[Ruru]

Terrydad\" post_id=\"2030753\" time=\"1626408643\" user_id=\"193857:

My eldest child went to a neighbourhood primary school. I was frantic during P1 registration too, as we didnt ballot into a very popular top school in our neighbourhood despite our effort.

However, our son made it to a top secondary school last year, with T score of over 275. He was not the only one from his school. During the tough P5-6 years, he had an experienced Maths teacher who had rotated in from a good school and helped him with tough Math problems. I think there is now a MOE habit of rotating good teachers into neighbourhood schools.

If only MOE would release more data about neighbourhood schools so we can all make more informed decisions.

Just my 2 cents to parents who are worried.

Sorry, please do not assume. Your statement \"rotating good teachers into neighbourhood schools\" seems to infer that neighbourhood schools originally do NOT have \"good\" teachers?
And nope, MOE does not rotate. The \"good\" teachers your child got entered the neighbourhood school through their own means - that is, applying to teach in the school just like applying for the same jobscope in another company.

[Ruru]

Terrydad\" post_id=\"2030767\" time=\"1626411661\" user_id=\"193857:

Excuuuuse me, not what I meant

To give a fuller, more complete picture, the primary school that my son went to had great teachers, in particular a Chinese teacher who went out of her way to coach the kids. She would provide extra time to both strong and weak kids. And she had been at the neighbourhood school for many years. But his Math teacher was exceptional, giving extra quizzes to teach difficult concepts, helping with lesson questions, and he told my wife and I that he rotated in from Rosyth. He also mentioned that teachers are sometimes rotated after a number of years. I dont know if this applies to career track senior teachers or MOE administrators who got rotated into teaching.

Going by my son's experience, perhaps there are great teachers in neighbourhood schools, just like in top schools. I know for a fact there are kids in his school who after PSLE went to RI, RGS and other similar schools.

Glad to hear that your son's school had great teachers. If you don't mind, maybe you can share which school is that so that other parents can consider.😅

Congratulations to your son too. Actually, parents have to play a part too. If teachers teach well but parents don't follow up at home, there is no use too.

Anyway, I shall not digress.

Hope every parent here will be successful in securing a place at your ideal primary school for your child. If not, it is not the end! Cheers!

[floppy]

Terrydad\" post_id=\"2030773\" time=\"1626413582\" user_id=\"193857:

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That said, if MOE released more data and information about the less well known schools, especially neighbourhood schools, we would not have needed to feel so much stress initially!

I’m not sure if MOE released more data and info about schools, you will feel less stress initially.

Thinking back to your kid’s example. What if the data says that his primary school has a few students scoring 270+, a few scoring 260+, a handful scoring 250+ but on average, the school’s result is below national’s average. Would you truly be less stressed?

For those old enough to remember, that used to be the problem when MOE and schools willingly shared their ‘data’. While every school is capable of producing students in the top 10% (and even top students like your son), the majority of these top 10% consistently comes from some schools. Furthermore, these said schools also consistently produce above National’s average results. Over time, it resulted in the race for some schools that we see today. Releasing a subset of data won’t make things better. It will just result in another race within the main race.

[zac's mum]

Terrydad\" post_id=\"2030830\" time=\"1626438116\" user_id=\"193857:

I am old enough to remember when Rulang Primary used to be perceived as a neighbourhood primary school in the 1990s and 1980s in the West then it produced a series of 280+ top scores for several years in the 2000s and became a top 10 popular and elite school.

Now MOE removed the PSLE data for primary schools from public view, so it's hard to tell which are the 'hidden dragons' in the neighbourhood if any.

Likewise, in Jan 2021, a top R****** sec school told us in the parents briefing that they have students from over 80 schools. Subtract out the Top 20 primary schools, and you have 60 neighbourhood schools doing well enough to send their kids to this secondary school.

My son plays basketball with some neighbour's kids from the popular school. As it turns out, it produced only about a handful of boys also going to the same school as my son. This is despite the school being multiple times oversubscribed and being much more well known.

Based on such data, I would guess that it is the caliber of the kids themselves that produces the high PSLE score. Nothing much to do with whether branded/popular school or not, cos if so, then ALL the kids from popular school would score high, while NO kids from neighborhood schools would score high.

[floppy]

Terrydad\" post_id=\"2030830\" time=\"1626438116\" user_id=\"193857:

I am old enough to remember when Rulang Primary used to be perceived as a neighbourhood primary school in the 1990s and 1980s in the West then it produced a series of 280+ top scores for several years in the 2000s and became a top 10 popular and elite school.

Now MOE removed the PSLE data for primary schools from public view, so it's hard to tell which are the 'hidden dragons' in the neighbourhood if any.

Likewise, in Jan 2021, a top R****** sec school told us in the parents briefing that they have students from over 80 schools. Subtract out the Top 20 primary schools, and you have 60 neighbourhood schools doing well enough to send their kids to this secondary school.

My son plays basketball with some neighbour's kids from the popular school. As it turns out, it produced only about a handful of boys also going to the same school as my son. This is despite the school being multiple times oversubscribed and being much more well known.

With all due respect, I won’t call Rulang a top 10 and elite school, even though it did produce the nation’s top PSLE student as recently as 2011. It is no doubt a popular school in the west, much like Chongfu is a popular school in the north and Nan Chiau is a popular school in the northeast.

Every school is capable of producing students in the top 10%. There’s no need for data on that. If you are confident in your child’s ability, he can excel anywhere. Raffles statistics (over 100 primary schools represented) is a testament to that.

However, what is unspoken and not said is that, in truth, only a handful of schools can churn out more than their fair share of these top 10% students. More than 100 primary schools are represented in Raffles BUT some schools are more represented than others. These are the data that even Raffles won’t be comfortable in sharing, let alone MOE.

[SG_KP1]

floppy\" post_id=\"2030836\" time=\"1626440184\" user_id=\"97579:

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Every school is capable of producing students in the top 10%. There’s no need for data on that. If you are confident in your child’s ability, he can excel anywhere. Raffles statistics (over 100 primary schools represented) is a testament to that.

However, what is unspoken and not said is that, in truth, only a handful of schools can churn out more than their fair share of these top 10% students. More than 100 primary schools are represented in Raffles BUT some schools are more represented than others. These are the data that even Raffles won’t be comfortable in sharing, let alone MOE.

Just curious, how do you define “more than their fair share?” Is it simply more than the national average?

Reason being I would say there is a huge (self) selection bias as to which students are sitting in these schools at PSLE time. The most straight-forward is the GEP kids. Even beyond that group, there is likely a bias towards underlying cognitive ability and households that value academic results that does not mirror the population as a whole. Said another way, certain schools produce far more than 10% of the cohort above 250 but what was “par” for the course?

This is not to say all are the same or it makes no difference. Many of the popular schools are highly desirable for other reasons like culture, tradition, resources, and certain demographic pulls that cannot be replicated elsewhere. Even if we can’t definitively answer the question “how much” I think we can (at least partly) understand why we see the activity we do to try and secure spots at these schools (if feasible for one to try and do so).

Regardless, it is not possible for everyone to get a spot at these schools. Hence, I think it is more important that the kids receive support wherever they end up. There are always opportunities (and great teachers) wherever you are - I would argue it is more important to make the most of whatever opportunities are presented to you.

Good luck to everyone that is still trying to secure a spot in the P1 registration system for next year!

[Sherfernw]

Hi anyone know where i can find the chat group for 2021 registration for holy innocents primary school?

[Sherfernw]

Hi anyone know where i can find the chat group for 2021 registration for holy innocents primary school?

[glitterpen]

2A2 results are out. Good luck to everyone balloting in this phase, or registering in the subsequent phases!


https://www.moe.gov.sg/primary/p1-registration/vacancies-and-balloting

[floppy]

glitterpen\" post_id=\"2031284\" time=\"1626861385\" user_id=\"187525:

2A2 results are out. Good luck to everyone balloting in this phase, or registering in the subsequent phases!

https://www.moe.gov.sg/primary/p1-registration/vacancies-and-balloting

Quick glance.
The MK effect is real and is going to be worrisome for those aiming MK schools in Phase 2C. Have to hope there ain’t many applicants in Phase 2B.