[Bukit Merah] Primary Schools

[mummy of 2]

So Zhangde is your back-up plan?

[sotong008]

I’m thinking of registering my twins in either Zhangde or Gan Eng Seng too. Didn’t know they’re so hot.


Wonder if I need to ballot cos I’m more than 1km away from the school. Panicking now…

In terms of academic, which one is less competitive? My son is very slow in learning, so not sure if he can cope. Anyone know which school got better LSP & special needs teacher?

[phtthp]

as of 30 June 2011 (end of Day 2 Phase 1 registration), BUKIT MERAH


school Total No. registered Taken (%)

1\tZhangde Primary School\t240\t96\t40%

2\tGan Eng Seng Primary School\t240\t91\t38%

3\tRadin Mas Primary School\t240\t81\t34%


4\tCHIJ (Kellock)\t 200\t43\t22%

5\tBlangah Rise Primary School\t180\t28\t16%

6\tCantonment Primary School\t210\t19\t9%

[vfong1]

mummy of 2:

So Zhangde is your back-up plan?

Yes.

[phtthp]

is Radin Mas good school ?

[mummy of 2]

Radin Mas has been the most popular school in Bt Merah area for the past few years

[qms]

sotong008:

I'm thinking of registering my twins in either Zhangde or Gan Eng Seng too. Didn't know they're so hot.


Wonder if I need to ballot cos I'm more than 1km away from the school. Panicking now...

In terms of academic, which one is less competitive? My son is very slow in learning, so not sure if he can cope. Anyone know which school got better LSP & special needs teacher?

If you are in the 1-2 km category, you may need to go through balloting for Zhangde in P2C.

GESPS - you are quite safe, because, historically, the school still had places left for P2CS.

[sotong008]

We went for Zhangde & GESPS’s open house last Sat. Both my kids like Zhangde better. We were late for GESPS’s open house, they were packing up when we were there so didn’t get to see much. Thankfully, we managed to speak to some teachers there. Impression given is Zhangde is more holistic while GESPS is more academic. Still pondering over which school.

[qms]

sotong008:

We went for Zhangde & GESPS's open house last Sat. Both my kids like Zhangde better. We were late for GESPS's open house, they were packing up when we were there so didn't get to see much. Thankfully, we managed to speak to some teachers there. Impression given is Zhangde is more holistic while GESPS is more academic. Still pondering over which school.

You can probably tell that Zhangde made a lot of preparation and dedicated a lot of resources for the open house.

Perhaps you would like to read through the posts of one of the forummers here in this thread. She gave a very good review of GESPS. Look for 2009 posts, sometime in May-Jul.

[gt1122]

We went to zhangde’s open house too… very nice and informative…

There were a few students that took pains to explain to us about their school activities and CCA…
My DD was a bit stressed when I told her that she has to buy food herself in the canteen… think she was soaking in the big school atmostphere…