[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools

[Willow]

verykiasu2010:

cheerie:

[quote=\"Willow\"]ballot time is 10 am next friday....

Scary & Cherrie , r u gals coming too ? i saw a mummy dressed in pink by herself but didnt ask if she is cheerie ....too nerve wreaking ....the whole experience feels like reporting to my old school for exam results...cant imagine how i will feel next friday... :gloomy:

Hi Willow,
I'm there too ard same time as u... But dressed in black with DH.. :boogie:
Yes, me and DH will be there to witness balloting! :xedfingers:

wow ! Black cherry !

willow must be slim and green .... :evil: :evil:[/quote]
nah, i made sure i wore my lucky color & green is defintely not one of them. even took along a red bag...felt like going for chinese NY! :oops:

cant never stop pple from renting ...but i hope these parents at least geniunely stay at the address for the child's interests instead of letting the child travel long distance.

[NonKiasuDad]

It is not the rental guys who make up the bulk of the <1km, that’s for sure. It is not an easy thing to rent. You need to be staying there, which means you need to shift house and if you own a HDB, then you must sell your HDB,etc, etc.


I don’t think there will be many from rental address.

[huaywenandkenneth]

Hi someone was asking for comments from Bukit Timah Primary School parents again. So reposting this comment which got lost in the many anxious questions from parents applying in P2B and now P2C.


My boy is now in P1 - had the experience of P1 Registration same time last year… the school was my only choice as I didn’t live within 1km to any of the hot schools and I didn’t do PV or had connections. Initially I was also KS like all parents are, and wanting my son to get into a good school, but I guess at the end of the day sanity prevailed and I didn’t even bother to apply to any of the hot bukit timah schools.

Generally I find Bukit Timah Primary School academically fine. My son and I like his school as it is small and cosy (even though he says it’s big… yup, compared to kindergarten, of course). He is doing well and amongst the top 5 in his class - that was what his teacher shared the last time we met. He had also opportunities to be class monitor last term. This term he is teacher helper, chinese group leader and monitor for health education. The belief of the school is to give the children opportunities for them to develop and celebrate their efforts.


Recently P1 and P2 had chinese speech and drama performance in school - it’s not the most perfect performance and there are 1 or 2 aspects they need to look into which I may feedback to the school, but I can see that the children (including the non-Chinese ones who took Chinese) generally do enjoy the experience. They also had FunDay cum Open House last Saturday and also Science Day today. So there are lots of interesting activities to engage the children.

BTW the Principal was formerly VP of Henry Park Primary School and top students in the school also have special programmes to stretch them to their fullest potential. In fact, many of them left to join the GEP programme, which was why the school was not part of the top performing schools every year. I am quite keen for my son to continue his education at Bukit Timah Primary even though his form teacher has said that he would most likely be able to qualify for GEP, as I have 2 other children (another boy and a girl), and 1 of them would need more help academically compared to his eldest brother - he would not be able to survive in a good school.

So if your child comes to Bukit Timah Primary School via P2C or even later phases, they would be in good hands.

As a parent, we want the best for our children. Competition shouldn’t start so early for them, and they will pick up vibes from us if they sense that they are going to an "unpopular" school and won’t enjoy their school life. P1 is just the start of their learning journey. Just my thoughts about P1 registration.

[Hotchix]

mummy of 3:

Hotchix:

[quote=\"Willow\"]ballot time is 10 am next friday....

Scary & Cherrie , r u gals coming too ? i saw a mummy dressed in pink by herself but didnt ask if she is cheerie ....too nerve wreaking ....the whole experience feels like reporting to my old school for exam results...cant imagine how i will feel next friday... :gloomy:

Ha! Thats what my hubby said too. He said the registration hall is as quiet and the atmosphere as still as the exam hall.
I'm observing SCGS too as the numbers as of yesterday seems too good to be true. >2km also in. Actually the school is our 1st choice. Too bad we stays >2km away. Do you guys think the numbers will surge last min?

I had the same thinking with u for SCGS but scare last min too many app then >2km will be in big trouble so to play safe... Will be calling them after 11am.[/quote]Did you see the numbers? There was a huge jump in numbers for >2km. I think not much chance liao...

[Jimei]

Thank you huaywenandkenneth for sharing information about BTPS. I am glad to know that BTPS is a good school also.


While we as parents try hard to get our children to ‘hot’ schools, we should not let them feel they have to go to a 2nd class school if we are balloted out. Anyway children will quickly get used to a new school and enjoy life there. In the end it is our children’s own quality that makes the most difference.

[phtthp]

rgps: 41 <1km, perfect match for P2C 41 vacancies available.

so these 41 no need to ballot, just go straight in.

those >1km no chance liao.

[Hotchix]

Live update frm rgps…42 <1km. There goes our hope of no need to ballot.

[Hotchix]

Ok, numbers for <1km going up. My hubby just 'interviewed' one parent who went in and more parents are spilling over from NYPS. Gosh...I think they must hve thot he is from CNA or what. :slapshead:

[phtthp]

which school spill over from NYPS ? RGPS ? why spill over ?

[Hotchix]

From nyps to rgps. I think they must be within 1 km to both schools. Ok, rgps 44 for 41 places.