[Central] Primary Schools

[Puffer]

You are welcome. May I add from my previous post: Every school has its pros and cons. Do not choose the school because your best friends’ kids are in that school, or the school has produced top PSLE students etc. You need to evaluate, apart from academic performance, a few other factors such as distance, school environment and its surrounding, transportation as in logistics arrangement, etc.


In my previous post, all the schools I’ve mentioned are also good schools - it boils down to your priorities as parents. I believe that in every school, there will be very good/dedicated teaching staff, and in every school, even the top schools, there will be some ‘bad hats’ as I may call it. The important thing is whether both you and your child, and care-taker, are comfortable. I drive my kids to and from school everyday, as I’m prepared for it. I want to give them comfortable rides and at the same time, the short journey (within 2km) is also bonding time for us.

[raynreg]

Hi Puffer


Thanks for sharing. I’ve just registered my DD at RVPS this morning. Hope I’ve made the right choice. Do you volunteer for the school since all your kids are there?

[Puffer]

raynreg:

Hi Puffer


Thanks for sharing. I've just registered my DD at RVPS this morning. Hope I've made the right choice. Do you volunteer for the school since all your kids are there?

Please do not regret once your decision is made. Every school is about the same - just whether you're alright with the logistics part (P1 is pm session hope you know that!). Just let me know if you need to find out anything.

I do not have to volunteer for the school as there are many capable parents already there! However, you will see me waiting to fetch my kids after school next year!

[titank]

Hi All,


Just to share that RVPS do offer Malay as a 2nd lanugauge. It does not offer Tamil as 2nd Language. Perhaps there is a small fraction of Malays in RVPS.

Anyway I now just choose RMPS due to I had done PV & also logistic arrangement is easy for me & my parents at a later stage (P3 onward)

[Rex]

Hi Puffer,


Thanks for your great and useful sharing.

Although my DS is still young, but we consider to register him in RV two years later.

We are 1.5km away from the school, we also want to send and pick him back by ourselves. Is there any student care center inside the school? we are working parents, can we send him to school by 7:30am and pick him back by 6:30pm?

[jedamum]

Puffer:

Let me share with you a little of our experience when we went through the 'stress and anxiety' exercise in 2006 (dragon year for our first child).


We stay in the Redhill vicinity and there are quite a handful of schools to choose from. We visited a few of these schools although our minds were more or less narrowed to RVPS, ZDPS, RMPS, or QTPS.

hi Puffer,
thanks for sharing!

ChiefKS, possible to shift these to merge with Bukit Merah's http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=294&start=0 (cos there are quite a fair bit of discussion on RVPS and RMPS over there)? I think parents eyeing schools in that area will benefit a lot from these feedback. If not, create a link back to this thread cos i realised that RVPS is actually from Central.

Thanks!

[titank]

Rex:

Hi Puffer,


Thanks for your great and useful sharing.

Although my DS is still young, but we consider to register him in RV two years later.

We are 1.5km away from the school, we also want to send and pick him back by ourselves. Is there any student care center inside the school? we are working parents, can we send him to school by 7:30am and pick him back by 6:30pm?

Hi Rex,

If you consider to have Student Care Centre inside the school then have to consider ZDPS & GESPS. Not sure about ZDPS is run by which organisation.GESPS is run by YWCA if I'm not wrong.

RVPS do not have any Student Care Centre.

[Puffer]

Rex:

Hi Puffer,


Thanks for your great and useful sharing.

Although my DS is still young, but we consider to register him in RV two years later.

We are 1.5km away from the school, we also want to send and pick him back by ourselves. Is there any student care center inside the school? we are working parents, can we send him to school by 7:30am and pick him back by 6:30pm?

There is no student care centre inside the school. I think you must consider this since both of you are working. Also, currently, the school afternoon session for P1 is 12.50pm to 6.30pm (except wed 12.30pm). P2-P6 morning at 7.20am to 1.30pm (except wed 12.30pm - contact time for teachers)

[Little_Princesses_LnK]

Does anyone know about St Margarets Primary School? Is it a good school? I have done enough research on the p1 registration but i dont know about the culture of the school!

[Wonderland Alice]

raynreg:

Jessica:

Anyone know whether RVPS has PV every year?

My parents-in-law are staying at Delta Ave and is within 1km wrt RVPS.
I'm planning for PV. Phase 2B TUR for this year, 2009 50%.

Yes, they do take in PV. I think they may have close their this year intake (ie. for year 2010 registration). You may check with the school

Hi, I have completed my PV this yr 2009. FYI, if you want 2 be the PV, you must register with the school before the closing date eg: June 2009. Then you start to do your PV in year 2009 till next year b4 the registration start in July 2010. So if im not wrong, it should have closed but 2 play safe call the school and ask.