[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools

[citygirl]

Glamgem:

Hi


my baby is only 1 yr old, and we are looking for an apartment for ourselves (currently staying with in laws). Is it too soon to look for 1 within 1 km of good primary schools in Bukit Timah? Will the school shift?

I doubt any of the good schools in Bt Timah will shift as their buildings are pretty new and most of them are single session already. More worrying is that many of them require balloting even if you live within 1km.

It's good that you are planning early. Which school are you eyeing? Would be good to find something within 1km of a few schools so that you have a backup if the balloting situation gets too hot at your 1st choice. Good luck!

[janet88]

citygirl:

I doubt any of the good schools in Bt Timah will shift as their buildings are pretty new and most of them are single session already. More worrying is that many of them require balloting even if you live within 1km.


It's good that you are planning early. Which school are you eyeing? Would be good to find something within 1km of a few schools so that you have a backup if the balloting situation gets too hot at your 1st choice. Good luck!

Most of the schools will require balloting within 1km in few more years to come as condos are sprouting up nearby. Terrene (within 1km of Pei Hwa) will be up in few years time. Pei Hwa will be upgrading to move to single-session too.

[Glamgem]

Eyeing Pei Hwa and Ai Tong…once we decide on a place, we will prob stay there for long, don’t want to move for his P1 registration.


Pei Hwa is in Upper Bukit Timah near my parents, and Ai Tong in Bishan near my in laws…

Is Terrene a new condo coming up? Do you know if it will be freehold? We are looking at King Albert Park, the only one within 1 km.

[mummy of 3]

Glamgem:

Eyeing Pei Hwa and Ai Tong...once we decide on a place, we will prob stay there for long, don't want to move for his P1 registration.


Pei Hwa is in Upper Bukit Timah near my parents, and Ai Tong in Bishan near my in laws..

Is Terrene a new condo coming up? Do you know if it will be freehold? We are looking at King Albert Park, the only one within 1 km.

According to the past few year balloting record, Pei Hwa will be better under P2C...

[citygirl]

Glamgem:

Eyeing Pei Hwa and Ai Tong...once we decide on a place, we will prob stay there for long, don't want to move for his P1 registration.


Pei Hwa is in Upper Bukit Timah near my parents, and Ai Tong in Bishan near my in laws..

Is Terrene a new condo coming up? Do you know if it will be freehold? We are looking at King Albert Park, the only one within 1 km.

Ai Tong seems harder than Pei Hwa, but since you are planning early, you have the time to get yourself in on an earlier phase. Eg. if you or your DH are Hokkien, join SHHK now, if you haven't already done so. By the time you register, you'd have been a member for about five years already, and hopefully, that gets you in on Phase 2B.

Or you could PV in either schools, but that's dependent on whether you get accepted as a PV.

[Glamgem]

Thanks a lot. We are teochews so we are can’t join the huayguan. Looks like Pei Hwa got higher chance or maybe better cause my son is a tiger baby! Anyone know of any apartment within 1 km of Pei Hwa, let me know!

[janet88]

Glamgem:

Thanks a lot. We are teochews so we are can't join the huayguan. Looks like Pei Hwa got higher chance or maybe better cause my son is a tiger baby! Anyone know of any apartment within 1 km of Pei Hwa, let me know!

Since your son is still young, you can seriously consider looking around for a permanent place...ample time to do that. Flats/apartment getting more expensive by the day and prices are sky high now...very scary.

[markfch]

Glamgem:

Thanks a lot. We are teochews so we are can't join the huayguan. Looks like Pei Hwa got higher chance or maybe better cause my son is a tiger baby! Anyone know of any apartment within 1 km of Pei Hwa, let me know!

Sorry to say this but this yr was supposed to be the yr of record low births. Yet we set several new 'records' for balloting under 1km. So the hypothesis that Tiger babies will have it easier has to be refuted. I think the fact ascertained from this yr's experience is that popular schs will always remain popular irregardless of birth rates .

[janet88]

markfch:

Glamgem:

Thanks a lot. We are teochews so we are can't join the huayguan. Looks like Pei Hwa got higher chance or maybe better cause my son is a tiger baby! Anyone know of any apartment within 1 km of Pei Hwa, let me know!

Sorry to say this but this yr was supposed to be the yr of record low births. Yet we set several new 'records' for balloting under 1km. So the hypothesis that Tiger babies will have it easier has to be refuted. I think the fact ascertained from this yr's experience is that popular schs will always remain popular irregardless of birth rates .

I agree with markfch, the idea of 'low birth rate' = higher chance, doesn't quite stand now. 2004 is supposed to be all time low compared to other years but there were many schools saw which balloting within 1km.

[Glamgem]

Hi


between Henry Park and Pei Hwa, which school will be easier to get in?