[Bedok] Primary Schools

[doggylittle]

its still popular

[YingYing]

fatherfitness:

Hello there,


I need some advice on which Primary school i should choose. I have just sold my flat in Punggol and moving to the east. Im deciding between 2 schools Yu Neng or St Stephans for my son who is due for registration next year.

I've tried PV for St hilda but i think i got rejected. sigh

Few things im concern about.
1) academic
2) leadership
3) sportsmanship

How do they fair between them?

can somone give me their honest opinion between this 2 schools with regard to my concerns.

I'm not too sure about Yu Neng .. so i can't comment.
I know of people trying to send their sons to St Stephen's 2 years ago but was unsucessful even tho some stayed within 1 km.
My fren is registering her son for next year in Phase 2C (which i believe starts tomorrow or some time these 1-2 weeks) ... based on current statistics , there are curently only 9 places left for Phase 2C ... slim chance but worth trying.
I can't say if the standard is good or not ... but it is definitely quite a popular school in the East , looking at how \"competitive\" the enrolment is ..
i heard apart from its Manadarin , St Stephen's is actually quite a good school with an all-round academic focus including sports like soccer & swimming ... but unless u stay within 1 KM or was an old boy, i think it is not that easy to get in.

[ChiefKiasu]

YingYing:

... based on current statistics , there are curently only 9 places left for Phase 2C ...

Dear YingYing, your friend may be quite mistaken... there should be 68 + 9 = 77 places left in St Stephens for children in Phase 2C. The TUR has dropped by 11% this year from the average of the past 3 years. If your friend stays within 2km of the school, he/she stands a great chance to get her child in the school next year.

[June]

Can someone advise how do you fare St stephen over Fengshan?

[tassie]

I am deciding btw Temasek Primary and Ngee Ann. For Temasek, I am within 1 km but understand from past history that balloting is req’d even for those within 1km under phase 2C. As for Ngee Ann, I am outside of 2km range … Anybody has any advice on what is the best strategy given my circumstances? Any thoughts / feedback on Ngee Ann?

[Mandie]

Hi, parents, my girl is going to P1 in 2011, I am considering Red Swastika, just realized it is SAP school after browsing the forum. Could anyone share their view about this school, I don’t worry about higher Chinese (she just need to cope with it, we are Chinese anyway), but more to the academic and teacher quality of the school in all aspect and also to the fact that there are no or minimum number of kids from other races, will that post a potential problem for kids to interact with other races or accept cultural difference in future? I was accepted as PV for Red Swastika, but nothing being assigned yet, does any parents know what kind of duties the school allocate normally, will they allocate at least 40 hours before next years registration?

Besides Red Swastika, I am also looking at Temasek Primary, not sure which one is a better school to go to. Appreciate if you could share your experiences with these two schools. Thanks

[YingYing]

June:

Can someone advise how do you fare St stephen over Fengshan?

Hmm..not too sure if you are looking at academice achievements or popularity .... but looking at the votes above - St Stephen's has 12% while Fengshan is 0%. I guess In terms of popularity, St Stephen's reigns over Fengshan given the votes ...

[June]

Hello Ying Ying…hmm not sure whether are u the one Ying Ying that i had know asking for pre-school information.


Anyway thanks for yr information…was asking in terms of academic achievement…

[MMM]

Mandie:

the fact that there are no or minimum number of kids from other races, will that post a potential problem for kids to interact with other races or accept cultural difference in future?

Hi Mandie,

I can't speak for RSS but my kids are in Maha Bodhi (as SAP and traditionally chinese) and as part of their aesthetics cirriculum, they learn kombang, indian dances that is taught by the native. I heard they also have malay conversational course in upper primary. In addition, one observation is that the school now has malay teachers (none during my era) as well as I thot I saw some Indian students. I just want to drive the point that SAP school doesn't mean it's all chinese only. I see SAP school as a place where the kids have to cope with 2 languages equally well (eg. both are like 1st language).

In our case, the kids attend other enrichment classes and there are bound to be kids of other races. They play along well. I don't really think it's a issue in cultural diverse Singapore as there are always people of different races all around eg. in malls, foodcourt,etc...

[kayemoss]

Just one question, i studied in Temasek pri for 4 yrs before changing to another sch coz parents shifted pl… Do i still qualify for phrase 2A if i need to register my gal there?