[Jurong West] Primary Schools

[lakesidemum]

smurfymum:

I think Shuquan is quite a good sch other rulang. Too many parents going after the same schools

hi smurfymum, may I know what make you think Shuqun is another good school in this area. Just wanted to know more about Shuqun, appreciate it.

[alng]

LeeTaiTai:

If the number continue to increase each year , will it reach a point where there will be no vacancies by 2A(2)?

there are a few schools with less than 40 seats after phase 2a2 this year and this is not even the year for dragon babies. Coupled with the increase in PRs, it is quite possible for phases 1 and 2 to take up another 30+ seats! We might been seeing this soon.

[jon00]

Champion:

smurfymum:

I think Shuquan is quite a good sch other rulang. Too many parents going after the same schools

Those that are less than 1km from Rulang = also 1km from Shuqun...so...

That's quite true. So if you are in P2C, it will voice down to how much risk you want to take for getting a school which is <1km from your house. Last year, when I checked the chances of getting in under <1km balloting, it was 1:3 for Rulang and 1:1.X for Shuqun. I opted for Shuqun since I want to have a higher chance to get my DD into a school which is closer to home.

[lakesidemum]

jon00:

Champion:

[quote=\"smurfymum\"]I think Shuquan is quite a good sch other rulang. Too many parents going after the same schools

Those that are less than 1km from Rulang = also 1km from Shuqun...so...

That's quite true. So if you are in P2C, it will voice down to how much risk you want to take for getting a school which is <1km from your house. Last year, when I checked the chances of getting in under <1km balloting, it was 1:3 for Rulang and 1:1.X for Shuqun. I opted for Shuqun since I want to have a higher chance to get my DD into a school which is closer to home.[/quote]Hi, so did your DD managed to get into Shuqun?

[Kabby]

alng:

Rulang's P said that the reduction of one class was to plan for single session and ultimately all the schools should have about 240-270 vacancies. But that begs a question why they did not reduce the no of PVs. The current no is the same as the year before. So far from people I talk to, many will be trying for Frontier.


Rulang is meeting PVs from 1-2 km tomorrow morning. Think will be the similar message.

wah, i didn't receive any email from KSP abt updates for the Jurong West Pr sch thread and now I hv to catch up so many pgs!

i just read till this page, and very :shock: :scared: :yikes:

do u mean that all those PVs at the mtg at Rulang said they will try for Frontier? wah, now i starting to stress...

i don't like stress, always try and avoid, that's why for ds1 chose CPS and now Frontier for ds2, thought most likely sure get in.

[Kabby]

mintpapa:

phtthp:

it's clear cut.. tomorrow message is similar for those staying 1 to 2 km. They trying to pull students go Frontier new school. Who is the new P of Frontier - ex P or vice P from which school previously ? Let's hope that he can bring in the dynamic vision, relevant skillset and good leadership skills that Frontier needs.

先锋小学 sound like mad first, i don't like this chinese school name.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

ya, my Dh also commented on the Chinese name when we first saw it at the launch.

[Kabby]

hi alng,

i can feel for you. you did all the PV hours, and now have to be on waitlist.
but take heart, because if you are high on the waitlist, the chance is still very high.
there may be alumni and others who get in the school in earlier phases and pull out later because they live too far away or something.

when we withdrew our ds1 from Pei Hwa, the General office staff and a teacher there commented that we just made a parent on the waitlist super happy. cos they’re gonna call the parent to offer them that vacancy then. that was in Oct the same yr of P1 reg, after Phase 3, so who knows, even before P1 starts for your son, you may get a call?

[CactusInDesert]

kabalevsky:

mintpapa:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]it's clear cut.. tomorrow message is similar for those staying 1 to 2 km. They trying to pull students go Frontier new school. Who is the new P of Frontier - ex P or vice P from which school previously ? Let's hope that he can bring in the dynamic vision, relevant skillset and good leadership skills that Frontier needs.

先锋小学 sound like mad first, i don't like this chinese school name.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

ya, my Dh also commented on the Chinese name when we first saw it at the launch.[/quote]Same goes for NanChiau, when I first heard it, I thought it is an all-boys school. No offence to parents of kids in NanChiau.

[mintpapa]

RRMummy:

mintpapa:

Doesn't mean that if you are a Grassroots leader (RC member) can have the right to sudden pop in and register without giving any notice to school.


GRL need to declare to school one year in advance in order to let the school to plan for the PVs intake.

There is no such rule.. I believe the GRL have also done their share for the community and hence given the choice to register at school of their choice in the area.. it is said that the hours clocked by GRL are more than that of PV even though their contribution may not benefit the school directly..

I know all is stressed and some are understandably upset but let's not attack each other..

Rule can be changed, let me clarify this i have no intention to attack GRL or whoever in this forum, clear cut, my point of view is having GRL sudden pop out at P2B will give parents and school management a unforeseen surprise hence, and this will only jeopardise what the school had planned for PVs intake so I personally think that it more appropriate to ask GRL to inform their choice of school they intend to register in advance so at at least school can have some idea how many GRL and PVs going for P2B and from there they know what to do with the PVs intake.

[mintpapa]

RRMummy:

mintpapa:

I saw quite a number of Rulang students staying out of 1km from the school and their sibling still can entitled for Phase 1 and those former students taking advantage also while they staying more than 2km , don't you think that something is wrong in our system. I think our Ministry need to look into this matter seriously before matter get worse!

Phase 1 is for those whose siblings are still studying in the school. I feel that it is only fair to allow the younger siblings even those even staying > 1km to be be still entitled to this phase to ease logistics problem and have family support, no?

If this the case, those can't get into school because of this so they have to bear logistics burden to travel out of the school that near them and study at distant school. I have seen many of this happen and is getting worse.