All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[Funz]

janet_lee88:

A friend of mine has 2 gals in MGS primary...no prob since she was a former student but now having a headache where to register her son.

She is considering Bukit Panjang as there is affiliated sec school.

Funz,
Since your daughter is in RGPS, I don't think it's a good idea to move house. Are you staying within 1km to Pei Hwa ?

No. And not schools within 2km. Else no need to so headache oredi.

[janet88]

Funz,

Your daughter is in RGPS ? Pei Hwa will be the best choice for your child.
Bukit Panjang Primary has a high intake too…my son’s classmate from kindy also had to ballot then, though they stay within 1km.

[Funz]

janet_lee88:

Funz,

Your daughter is in RGPS ? Pei Hwa will be the best choice for your child.
Bukit Panjang Primary has a high intake too...my son's classmate from kindy also had to ballot then, though they stay within 1km.

Yah I know. That goes for most of the neighbourhood schools within Bt batok as well. Problem is I have no priority for Pei Hwa and if I do not get selected for PV, only other choice is to find a place withing 1km. Even then oso not exactly guaranteed a place in Pei Hwa. Hence gotta look for alternatives.

[janet88]

Hi Funz,

I understand your frustrations. For some schools like Nanyang, MGS, Southview, even 1km have to ballot. That is very frustrating :frustrated:
Property prices are so expensive now, even moving house is another headache. Your child is '05 right ? I have a friend who moved within 1km to Pei Hwa too. Have you thought of renting first ?

[markfch]

Funz:

janet_lee88:

Funz,

Your daughter is in RGPS ? Pei Hwa will be the best choice for your child.
Bukit Panjang Primary has a high intake too...my son's classmate from kindy also had to ballot then, though they stay within 1km.

Yah I know. That goes for most of the neighbourhood schools within Bt batok as well. Problem is I have no priority for Pei Hwa and if I do not get selected for PV, only other choice is to find a place withing 1km. Even then oso not exactly guaranteed a place in Pei Hwa. Hence gotta look for alternatives.

Understand your frustration, especially when we don't want our kids to grow up and accuse us of being biased by sending them to different sch In this sense, some older generation parents had a easier time. My dad just sent me to his alma mater even though there were tons of schs that were so much nearer.

[janet88]

Markfch,

My parents sent me and brother to the same school as cousins.
My mum will send us ALL to school and uncle will pick us up after school. This went on until my older 2 cousins left primary school. BTW, we live very near to each other then.

[Funz]

markfch:

Funz:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Funz,

Your daughter is in RGPS ? Pei Hwa will be the best choice for your child.
Bukit Panjang Primary has a high intake too...my son's classmate from kindy also had to ballot then, though they stay within 1km.

Yah I know. That goes for most of the neighbourhood schools within Bt batok as well. Problem is I have no priority for Pei Hwa and if I do not get selected for PV, only other choice is to find a place withing 1km. Even then oso not exactly guaranteed a place in Pei Hwa. Hence gotta look for alternatives.

Understand your frustration, especially when we don't want our kids to grow up and accuse us of being biased by sending them to different sch In this sense, some older generation parents had a easier time. My dad just sent me to his alma mater even though there were tons of schs that were so much nearer.[/quote]RGPS is my alma mater and given where we are staying, that was a no brainer when it came time to register my DD. DH's old school is too far. I did say just get DS into any decent school in this area. But DH disagreed. Same thinking as you. He said dun want next time DS accuse us of being unfair.

[Funz]

janet_lee88:

Hi Funz,

I understand your frustrations. For some schools like Nanyang, MGS, Southview, even 1km have to ballot. That is very frustrating :frustrated:
Property prices are so expensive now, even moving house is another headache. Your child is '05 right ? I have a friend who moved within 1km to Pei Hwa too. Have you thought of renting first ?

We did our sums and concluded that buying makes more sense. Renting is as good as giving our money away. Among all the schools within this area, Pei Hwa has a higher success rate for those living within 1km compared to Nanyang, ACS, etc. The properties around Pei Hwa also cheaper.

[janet88]

Funz,

In my case, son is the older one while daughter is due for P1 registration next mth.

I foresee my son accusing us of being biased by sending them to different schools one day.

The primary school which hubby attended has closed down and we happen to stay within 1km of Pei Hwa. Hubby thought of sending son there just in case we have a #2 and happens to be a girl. Well, #2 did arrive and is a girl. But I am former student of CHIJ TP, so we did have several discussions regarding the primary school for #2.
In the end, hubby wants her to attend my former school bcos it has affiliated sec school which Pei Hwa doesn’t have.

[janet88]

Funz:

janet_lee88:

Hi Funz,

I understand your frustrations. For some schools like Nanyang, MGS, Southview, even 1km have to ballot. That is very frustrating :frustrated:
Property prices are so expensive now, even moving house is another headache. Your child is '05 right ? I have a friend who moved within 1km to Pei Hwa too. Have you thought of renting first ?

We did our sums and concluded that buying makes more sense. Renting is as good as giving our money away. Among all the schools within this area, Pei Hwa has a higher success rate for those living within 1km compared to Nanyang, ACS, etc. The properties around Pei Hwa also cheaper.

That's true. Since your daughter is in RGPS, it's wiser not to move too far away as she will have CCA and extra classes in upper primary. If you're looking at buying another place, do make sure that that location is preferably within 1km of Pei Hwa. Some blocks within the SAME condo around here are within 1km, while another can be out of that critical 1km.