[Bishan] Primary Schools

[xinxin]

I was a pv at ATS. But staying outside 1km. Looks like I’ve to look for another school.

[phtthp]

maybe 2005 is year of Rooster, so dun have this scenario whereby all seats snapped up by P2A2.


but if it is year of the DRAGON, then possible. In Dragon year, balloting under P2A2 can happen.

[phtthp]

end of P2A2 (12 July 2011):-


school, Total, Phase1, P2A1, P2A2, %Taken, Remaining Vacancies left.


1\tAi Tong \t330\t144\t40\t108\t88%\t38

2\tCatholic High \t240\t71\t79\t39\t79%\t51


3\tKuo Chuan \t240\t80\t0\t17\t40%\t143

4\tGuangyang \t180\t19\t0\t3\t12%\t158

[Fur-ma]

Cannot believe that AT can be hotter than CH this year. If only some of the boys trying for AT would go CH, then maybe my dd got chance. Oh well. I am quite firm that KCPPS will be where we will register next week

[phtthp]

why Guangyang low take up rate ?

[blmg]

Fur-ma:

Cannot believe that AT can be hotter than CH this year. If only some of the boys trying for AT would go CH, then maybe my dd got chance. Oh well. I am quite firm that KCPPS will be where we will register next week

Actually, CH added one more class this year, otherwise it would be hotter than AT. There will be some drop outs/withdrawals from Phase 1 and 2A1/2 which will be subsequently added back to 2B and 2C pool.

[zeemimi]

phtthp:

time is now 6.10 pm.


assuming Ai Tong number stabilise at 108 for P2A2, means remaining vacancies left is 38.

Ai Tong dun accept parent volunteers, right ? But still got RC grassroot leaders ?

if Ai Tong dun have P2B, means all remaining 38 seats will go to P2C, right ?

AT has clan members. Sure have P2B.
Furma, you should monitor how many register at P2B to gauge your chance, esp if you are within 1km. I'm always advocate of registering at a sch nearest to home.

[zeemimi]

deardear07:

Academic domain...is their curriculum up to standard?exams tough?


U mentioned bad teachers...in wat aspect?attitude or in terms of handling children or...?

Curriculum in spore schs all have a certain standard. During the PSLE 2 years back, my kid mentioned that the sch's english prelims paper was much tougher than the PSLE paper.

Aiya! Bad teachers every sch also have! Those that don't teach properly, those with attitude problems, those that play favouritism. I just tell my kids these are the same problems that you'll see when you come out to work next time. Nothing new. The kids have to be taught to work around the problems. Good or bad teachers, they still have to study hard and do their best.

[zeemimi]

deardear07:

Im just concerned that my gal may b bullied without my knowledge. Shez a sensitive child n when it comes to peer bullying,she gets v upset.so far,shez been telling me what transpired in childcare but as she gets older,she may keep things to herself.


I hope teachers there will do their good part to help in such situations and not frighten them frm school...

If your child has some area which needs attention, first, don't be too anxious to tell teacher everything. Observe how she handles the situation. For all you know, she matures with each passing day and may be able to handle problems better.

Sometimes you also get to find out more by talking to other parents. That is if you stay around the sch and meet them when fetching the kids. If not, there is always this forum to chit chat and vent.

Although I know some problems my kids face in sch, i pretend not to know. But i try to raise the problem in indirect ways and offer them options when faced with the problems. This will teach kids to work out life problem-solving skills because we as parents cannot be there 24 hours for them. They will need to learn how to handle problems themselves.

Unless it's serious, then you should feedback to teacher to take note.

Lastly, remember to communicate with your kids. as they get older, they tend to talk less. Parents have to engage them in conversations. I try to ask my kids how's sch for them. If i get monosyllabic answer, i will probe more. Eg, how's this friend doing? Did you play this or that? etc.

You can also find out more when you chit chat with parents. But that is if you stay around here and meet the parents when fetching the kids. But if not, there is always this forum to chit chat and vent.

[titank]

Wow ATS have 38 places left which mean 19 (Phase 2B) & 19 (Phase 2C).

The chance to get in where staying at 1km really very very low & must be super super lucky.