[Jurong West] Primary Schools

[lakesidemum]

kabalevsky:

I agree with LKVM and Champion in that parents should choose the most suitable school for our children. That would therefore be the best for our children. I think someone published such an article in KSP before, about choosing the school that best suits our kid.


There was also a similar article that appeared in the Straits Times just a month or 2 ago also.

I understand where you are coming from, engp9337.
Going by PSLE results and academic output, then yes, Rulang is the best in Jurong West, I would say.

If your child has a passion for robotics, then Rulang is also the best in this area for robotics.

But if it is Chinese, then I think the best is Xingnan. If it is chinese chess, it is Juying or Corporation.

Lakesidemum, I have checked the website you pointed out. I don't think it is very reliable though. Have to see how they judged it. For example, for the Sec sch, they use COP and aggregate of PSLE as the way to rank, so NYGH comes out tops, and then some very good schools that take in lower aggregates due to affiliation come out so much lower. That is not a good indicator at all.

When I took a look at the JC rankings, it is also based on just one factor, that of the O level points used to enter (ie L1R5).

I feel it is very skewed or subjective, so that is why this website has not been quoted or used widely. Take the rankings with a pinch of salt.

I still feel that we need to look at many many factors to choose what is best for our kids, rather than what is best in terms of just results.

Hi, agree, just take the rankings for reference. But honestly, the website did contain substantial information relating the education system in Singapore. At least you are able to know the various COP for all the secondary schools.

[lakesidemum]

hi, does anyone knows the P1 withdrawal procedures? Eg, after you registered in P2A2 with school A, and decided to register in School B in P2C.


Thanks.

[phtthp]

as at 5 July 2011, end of Phase 2A1 registration:-


school,\tTotal,\tphase 1, phase2A1, Phase (1 + 2A1)\t%Taken

1\tRulang \t 270\t138\t8\t146\t54%

2\tShuqun \t270\t127\t0\t127\t47%


3\tWest Grove \t270\t111\t0\t111\t41%

4\tPioneer 270\t109\t0\t109\t40%

5\tLakeside \t270\t107\t0\t107\t40%


6\tXingnan \t270\t102\t0\t102\t38%

7\tJurong West \t270\t96\t0\t96\t36%


8\tJuying 240\t81\t1\t82\t34%


9\tBoon Lay Garden 270\t79\t0\t79\t29%

10\tCorporation \t240\t34\t27\t61\t25%


11\tFrontier \t240\t0\t0\t0\t0%

[Kabby]

thanks phtthp

btw, can refresh my memory what is Phase 2A1?

[Kabby]

lakesidemum:

hi, does anyone knows the P1 withdrawal procedures? Eg, after you registered in P2A2 with school A, and decided to register in School B in P2C.


Thanks.

Thanks for the link anyway (the ranking one).

I have not withdrawn during P1Reg itself but not sure if my experience is the same procedure as that.

We were overseas and mil helped ds1 to reg for dh's alma mater, but when we returned late 2009, we decided our home in JW was too far to travel to Bt Timah, so we decided to withdraw, and what we did was go to the school already reg in, the General Office staff gave us some forms, we withdrew him then we needed to go to CPS (the sch near our place). We then transferred him to CPS by filling in some form again.

That's it.

[LeeTaiTai]

Phtthp , you are also in here

[lakesidemum]

hi all, thanks for your info. Looks like withdrawal is a simple procedure.

[RRMummy]

lakesidemum:

Hi, agree, just take the rankings for reference. But honestly, the website did contain substantial information relating the education system in Singapore. At least you are able to know the various COP for all the secondary schools.

Actually in KSP, we also have a blog on the COP which was compiled by one of our CM, Maid.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/3-year-official-psle-cop-2009-2011-secondary-1-intake

[Kabby]

Thanks RRmummy on the link for the COP.


I just went for the Xingnan Pr Open House this morning. Provide some info here for those who can’t make it but would like to consider her.

Some of the stuff would be found in most Pr schools, so I won’t go into detail.

Stuff like the the performing arts modules in the PAL prog and the studio where the dance is learnt is similar to CPS, and I believe other schools as well, so won’t go into that. (They call it a different name, FLAIR.)

They also showed us the library, the hall, the eco-garden, all of which should be standard too. The hall looks exactly the same as CPS one, lol. I thought CPS’ hall is very nice and I admired the "new" feature of having steps all around the stage (instead of our time, where the steps are only going up and down one end of the stage, you all remember?) last year when I went to ds1’s school, but then now I see that Xingnan has the exact same hall, err, I believe, maybe MOE built all school halls in a similar way?

I will highlight the parts which I think should be unique to Xingnan and not offered in many other schools in the area, which should be what draw parents to her.

1. Chinese programme
They are the W3 Cluster Centre for Chinese learning. They have very nice specialised room for Chinese learning. The teachers we met who presented the Chinese programme are really impressive (Chinese standard and all).
They presented the 千句文 programme which the kids learn on top of the normal MOE texts.
This is a kind of word recognition programme where they have 4 volumes of 4 words, usually in a meaningful phrase in rows on each page. Maybe about 5-6 rows per page. The kids learn through flashcards, stories and CDs on the phrases and then practise reading the words together, while pointing to them.
We were shown videos of them doing this.
The teachers explained that they adapted the China version to local context by having HDB flat, local terms like government, the political leaders etc in the books. They also have traditional China children’s songs and poetry too.
I think it was very impressive.

2. Some special CCAs.
We were shown Indian dance (won some awards), Malay dance, International Dance and Chinese Dance in the hall. The performances were entertaining. The diabolo (扯铃) and brass band CCAs were showcased in the canteen.

Xingnan is the only Primary school in Singapore to offer diabolo. My boys were very interested and intrigued by it cos it is similar to the yo-yo stunts and tricks. The spinning of the diabolo also reminds them of Beyblade, I think. haha.

The brass band is also award-winning. Think they got Gold with Honours in Hong Kong International Music comp, mentioned by the teacher.

3. Orchid Hybridisation Programme.
The school is part of this programme whereby the kids get to learn how to grow orchids from seeds and also clone them.

Yup, these are the special strengths of the school that I observed. How I wish more Pr schools will have Open Houses cos I enjoy attending such events!

[RRMummy]

Yes, :thankyou: for your detailed sharing kabby


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