All About Pri 1 Registration for Foreigners & Phase 3

[newcity1]

Hi everyone,


Let me share the experience of my hubby’s friend at Phase 3.

There were around 30 parents (including himself) queued up at Canossa Convent from Friday (27/8/10) itself. After the declaration of results by MOE on Sunday (29/8/10 - Canossa Convent- 2), all of them except first 2 rushed to Macpherson Primary where they were given some kind of token no. (may be to avoid any confusion later). My hubby’s friend thought that this token is the confirmation of the seat and he queued up again at Canossa Convent for waiting list from Sunday till Monday morning. Poor guy, it was only when he reached at Macpherson Primary on Monday(30/8/10) for registration he realised that the token no. issued was not the confirmation of place in school and by that time all the vacancies were filled. Any way he managed to secure a place for his daughter in Farrer Park Primary School.

[qms]

:thankyou: for sharing your experiences, bettydraper and newcity1! It's great to see more and more foreigners sharing their experiences here.


:congrats: bettydraper for getting a place for your child!

:congrats: to friend of newcity1's husband, too.

[Julia Wu]

I heard from Principle of Seng Kang Primary that last year, they turned out had to do balloting, due to too many parents for phase 3. I guess the parents last year did not keep a record of sequence before the school issueing offical tickets, which is creating problem. Parents next year, be careful!

[qms]

Julia Wu:

I heard from Principle of Seng Kang Primary that last year, they turned out had to do balloting, due to too many parents for phase 3. I guess the parents last year did not keep a record of sequence before the school issueing offical tickets, which is creating problem. Parents next year, be careful!

You mean balloting at Phase 3? I thought registration was on first-come-first-serve basis? :scratchhead:

[Julia Wu]

Yeah, it should be first come first serve. But think about it, too many parents started queue long long time before the school started issuing official ticket. And when the school start issuing ticket, nobody could tell who came first who came later, what would they do? Compete who was stronger and who ran faster? I guess what they could do it only balloting…so crazy!

[tankee]

Julia Wu:

Yeah, it should be first come first serve. But think about it, too many parents started queue long long time before the school started issuing official ticket. And when the school start issuing ticket, nobody could tell who came first who came later, what would they do? Compete who was stronger and who ran faster? I guess what they could do it only balloting....so crazy!

This \"compete who was stronger and who ran faster\" reminds me of amazing race :lol:

Gate open, contestents ran in and grabbed numbered stickers to determine their sequence :roll:

[tankee]

newcity1:

Hi everyone,


Let me share the experience of my hubby's friend at Phase 3.

There were around 30 parents (including himself) queued up at Canossa Convent from Friday (27/8/10) itself. After the declaration of results by MOE on Sunday (29/8/10 - Canossa Convent- 2), all of them except first 2 rushed to Macpherson Primary where they were given some kind of token no. (may be to avoid any confusion later). My hubby's friend thought that this token is the confirmation of the seat and he queued up again at Canossa Convent for waiting list from Sunday till Monday morning. Poor guy, it was only when he reached at Macpherson Primary on Monday(30/8/10) for registration he realised that the token no. issued was not the confirmation of place in school and by that time all the vacancies were filled. Any way he managed to secure a place for his daughter in Farrer Park Primary School.

Started queueing from Friday :!: :faint:

I do believe that there are more than enough places for all children, but a matter of which school.

The misunderstanding is so unfortunate, but then again maybe all may just turned out to be better.

[keroppi]

tankee:

I do believe that there are more than enough places for all children, but a matter of which school.

and location ...

I can't help but notice that the schools listed here: Canossa Convent, MacPherson and Farrer Park aren't exactly a stone's throw away from each other.

[Tamama]

can someone pls tell me what to do now? we went to quite some schools yesterday morning but still cannot find one with vacancy. we were just touched ground with singapore last weekend and we were so tired these two days waiting for the jetlag to fade... :oops:

:?: what to do now... sigh... :?:

[qms]

Tamama:

can someone pls tell me what to do now? we went to quite some schools yesterday morning but still cannot find one with vacancy. we were just touch ground with singapore last weekend and we were so tired these two days... :oops:

:?: what to do now... sigh... :?:

Please find schools with vacancies in MOE's website:

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/vacancies/