[Choa Chu Kang] Primary Schools

[buds]

confused_jo:

How about CHIJ Bt Timah? wonder how is this school? prefer to put my gals in girls school and I think this is the nearest I have in my compound..

I tried applying, no luck. First choice was to put in all girls school, so
there goes the only chance. No more PV for parents. Was told at (then)
Phase 2C left only 2 seats. The sibling intake alone was quite the bulk
of it. Plus i was outside the 2km radius. So, i quickly moved on.. don't
wanna waste time dwelling on the unexpected.

[buds]

xjysg:

bigeyedfish:

Hi xjysg,


Can you share roughly what kind of PV work did you do in SV? It's one of my choice and if I decide to send my child there, I would have to volunteer to get priority as I live <2km away.

TIA.

I helped out in their cooking class. 4 hrs each time and each time a class came in ... was handling the P4 and the P2. Pretty fun and the kids have to greet us ... some even made to call us \"teachers\". My hubby helped out at an overnight camp... he had to patrol at night, so he said was quite tiring ...

.ky.

Wuah! Cooking class? Sounds very interesting!

[buds]

honeybeel:

How about Unity Primary School? Is it good? Any parents has any comments on this school? I am thinking to registered my gal in this school because it's <1km.

If distance is the main factor just go ahead, honeybeel. In my opinion
every school will have their strengths and weaknesses. But was told
the school only caters 2nd Language Mandarin (CL) and Malay Language
(ML). No Tamil.

[buds]

Needy:

Hi parents,


I am a newbie here. Can anyone give me some information about Yew Tee Primary School ? I want to know more about this school. :?

Thanks in advance ....

Needy

Yew Tee Primary has just gotten a new principal, Mrs Janis Kok.
Hailing her years of expertise from Fengshan and CHIJ St Nicholas.
I've MANY friends there who boast the school's rich CCA options..
Also involved in various projects like when they championed the
recent Roving DV contest on OKTO. Other achievements from
Maths Olympiad, SYF and last year's PSLE results saw a girl coming
in 5th place (Top 5 PSLE Top Scorers). We passed by sometime back
and saw a huge banner on their students who had DSA.

No CA's for P1-P3. Only SA1 and SA2 plus the term appraisals, so
parents can have an overview of how the children have fared in their
lessons. I do recall they had Open House 3 yrs back. If they have one
this year, go check it out. Don't take my word for it!

The best part of it all is, my friend said... she didn't do PV and there
wasn't any balloting. All smooth sailing. Her kids were from BPPS b4
that, but they shifted to CCK area. Having distance as her most
important factor in school selection, she chose YTPS. Just my sharings.

[bigeyedfish]

xjysg:

bigeyedfish:

Hi xjysg,


Can you share roughly what kind of PV work did you do in SV? It's one of my choice and if I decide to send my child there, I would have to volunteer to get priority as I live <2km away.

TIA.

I helped out in their cooking class. 4 hrs each time and each time a class came in ... was handling the P4 and the P2. Pretty fun and the kids have to greet us ... some even made to call us \"teachers\". My hubby helped out at an overnight camp... he had to patrol at night, so he said was quite tiring ...

.ky.

Hi xjysg, so husband and wife can do PV together to accumulate the 40hrs? Or separately so each of you clocked 40 hours?

[xjysg]

Yes, I heard there’s a new principal in Yew Tee Pri this year, and probably will see hopefully more changes to come.


They do have openhouse every year … usually just around the registration period in June/July. I went 2 yrs ago (ie when ds was 4 yrs old); it was on a Friday and started at 4-ish. The tour was conducted by the teachers and ended with a cultural night.

On that same year, I went to SV’s openhouse as well. The kids did the tour for us.

This is purely a personal opinion. I like the compound and environment of SV vs YT. Somehow it’s the first impression that I took in. Yew Tee is walkable to my place but SV is a bus-ride away. Most of my neighbours send their children to YT since it’s the nearest and they are happy with the school.

I’ve a neighbour who PV’ed in Yew Tee and SV. She wanted to see what’s in the school before deciding where to send her child to. Despite what everyone says about neighbouring schools, neighbouring schools such as Yew Tee and Unity do have big fishes in them.

Thanks, csc, for the info on SV. I think I’ve done what I can do… if I’m balloted out despite the PV (who knows), then I’ll go for Yew Tee. At least my son would meet a lot of friends he already know from my neighbourhood.

.ky.

[buds]

Yes, SV as compared to the rest in the area is newer and has more

up to date facility. A friend of mine also did PV in both before deciding
which to go for first choice registration.. As far as i know, according to
her all the PV's during her time all got in. Yew Tee was 2nd choice.
Distance wise, SV slightly out of 2km. Yew Tee might prove to be more
popular between the other 2, (this year) Kranji and Unity due to recent
big bloomers who made the school proud, hence might see a bigger flow
of registration this year. Must also be prepared for the fact that if one
does not get into SV, Yew Tee might have to go into balloting this year.
I agree that some of our neighbourhood schools have hidden talent. :evil:
Until they're discovered...

[honeybeel]

Yes, Thanks for your advice.

[xjysg]

bigeyedfish:

Hi xjysg, so husband and wife can do PV together to accumulate the 40hrs? Or separately so each of you clocked 40 hours?

yes, can combine. One mother told me she did 2 hrs and the hubby do the other 2 for a cooking class before. As long as u fill up the details in the PV form and provide supporting documents.

.ky.

[doratheexplorer]

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Are there any parent volunteers from delasalle pri scho in this forum. i have been trying to gain some entry to do volunteer service in this school and i just found this forum so thought of seeking some help. Can any parent help me