[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools

[hquek]

dine:

So happy. My dd got in to MGS through the balloting this morning. :celebrate:

Congrats!

[ChiefKiasu]

KSP:

dine:

So happy. My dd got in to MGS through the balloting this morning. :celebrate:

I would like to thank kiasuparents and all who contribute to this forum for your support. It's hard for those that are not in the same boat to understand what we as parents are going through. The reply I receive from all of you really help during this stressful time. Even by reading others' post already provide enough support to know that there are some like-minded people out there that understands. Kudos to those who start this site.
Now, I can relax. Good luck to those in 2C!!

I can understand how happy u are though I didn't go thru it. It must be like striking 4D!!! :celebrate: U can relax for the next 10yrs.

Congratulations to dine, and for others who did not get through, there is always Phase 2C to try again.

@KSP - I'm not sure about the \"relax\" part. This is only the beginning of a long struggle. Primary school these days are very different from our time. We all have to unlearn what we know (or think we know) and re-learn everything from scratch in order to help our children get through Primary school. It's really a learning journey for both ourselves and our children for the next 10 years.

[KSP]

Oh, I said that is bcos MSG has affiliation. At least not so stressful when come to PSLE. Yeah, I agree there are lot of stuff that are very different from what we learnt during our time especially P5-P6 maths.


But I'm not that worried now because we have http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6373and other maths experts here to help.

[sassy]

Thank God my girl’s slip got picked! Gosh! My husband and I were so nervous. When I came back home, I was mentally and physically drained but I said a little prayer for the 5 girls who were unsuccessful. I prayed that they will go to phase 2c and there will be NO balloting for all categories!


Keep our fingers crossed for them! I really do not want anyone to go through this scary experience.

[BigDevil]

:congrats: sassy! :celebrate:

[lhoste]

that was really nice of you to spare a thought for those who did not get balloted today.

[hquek]

sassy:

Thank God my girl's slip got picked!

Congrats!

[sassy]

Luanee:

sassy:

I did not mention taking the places away from 2C so please don't jump the gun.

That is why I said I hope the schools can up their intake. I understand that they are trying to keep the class to a maximum of 30 for pr 1 & 2 but they increase it to 40 come primary 3. A lot of parents at my son's school think 10 less pupils in the class does not equate to more time, attention or effort spent on them. That was the case for my son's school, I don't speak for the rest.

Physically, every classroom is more or less of the same size so I gathered the capacity to accommodate the students has not reached its maximum.

Understand ur frustration but i dont think it is going to be easy for the school to accomdate extra students this way just because of more applicants. If u want to accomodate extra 5 staying within 1km, what about those staying out of 1km? They may argue that since you can take in extra 5, what about extra 10, extra 20? It would be a no-ending and thankless job. And if u do that this year, how would it be in subsequent years? Everyone would be asking the school to accomodate the extra applicants every year??

Yes, you are right and I know utimately, there must be a cap on the number of applicants.

I have this sudden crazy idea... why not build more \"top schools\"? You know like Nanyang Junior, Raflles Girls Junior, MGS junior... This is modeled after ACS primary and ACS junior since both are equally esteemed. Haha...

[sassy]

Thanks all for the well wishes!! :love:

[qms]

:congrats: sassy!