All about Transferring to Other Primary Schools

[myteapot]

thank you all for your suggestions. Will definitely try calling up the school to enquire and hopefully get lucky.

[Little_Princesses_LnK]

insider:

PS: Personally I am NLP trained (not under a good master though). Together with other psychological training, I sort of really believe the concept of if you think you can, you can (concept easy to tell kids but best if you can personally feel this power). I was taught there are 'positive ions' in the cosmic and so when you think positively, you will attract more positive ions and that the things that you want can come to you easily and vice versa. Again, abstract concept but I can feel the unseen power. From young, I am always positive and all these trainings further reinforce this part of me = more or less easier to get success...

Well Said! :salute:

[kwokwc]

Hi, I am new to this forum but find the information so interesting and informative. Would like so help or advise from other parents here.


I am planning to move from Choa Chu Kang to Commonwealth next yr Mar. So also need to transfer my 2 kids from a school in CCK to one nearby. Not quite willing to transfer to Queenstown or Newtown as I believe that both my kids can do much better and in a more ‘lax’ school, I am also worried that my boy will think that he is very good already and not want to study hard.

Just get to know that he is selected for 2nd round of GEP, can I use that as a good support to transfer him into a better school such as Nanyang or Nan Hua or Henry Park even if he is not selected into GEP?

My girl is in P1, can I use the reason that the school must accept both then I transfer my son to the school? How high chance is to transfer at P2 in these ‘popular’ school.

[kwokwc]

I went down to 2 schools of my choice but was disappointed with the reply that I get when I went down. It seems that at both schools, both are parent volunteer tending at the General Office. Both not sure what to do. One told me must go through the website to submit for waiting list. The other say write in to principal. I wonder if principal will read such email?


Any other suggestions to get the principal to get to read my application before it is dumped in the dustbin?? I believe only if the principal read through then got a chance. Heard from insider information, usually must have some connection inside, get some pp in the school to pass your application to principal then got higher chance to transfer. :?:

[jedamum]

kwokwc:

Any other suggestions to get the principal to get to read my application before it is dumped in the dustbin?? I believe only if the principal read through then got a chance. Heard from insider information, usually must have some connection inside, get some pp in the school to pass your application to principal then got higher chance to transfer. :?:

how about meet up with the principal to pass the letter or discuss?
i believe some of the school's email is central ones and perhaps the admin officer is the one who reads through them.

[kwokwc]

How to get to meet the principal? I heard that for some of these popular school, it is not easy to arrange an appointment with the principal. If call up General Office, they will entertain such request to meet the principal.


Any good idea?

[jedamum]

kwokwc:

How to get to meet the principal? I heard that for some of these popular school, it is not easy to arrange an appointment with the principal. If call up General Office, they will entertain such request to meet the principal.


Any good idea?

orientation for yr 2010 students is coming up (if you have not already missed it)...

[kwokwc]

Wow! That is a good idea. Seems like I got a lot to learn from here.


But just 1 last problem now. From MOE website, I know that the schools are changing principals, so how? Will the current principal word be effective? Or should approach the new principal?
Thank you GrandMaster!

[smag]

We applied when our son was P2 (end of yr 2007), the General Office staff of a SAP school near our home, claimed that there were no vancancy and it was on a first-come-first-seve basis. When I asked if they did not even look at result before they consider admitting, they said yes. I could not believe my ears.


After SA2 last year, we made a last ditch effort to transfer our son (P3 then) after learning that around 9 P3 students were offered GEP courses. This is the most precious ‘window period’ to apply as we feel that the school has no excuse to say ‘no vancancy’. We were thinking that, should my son get in, it will be less stressful for us to register our daughter for P1 this year 2009.

I wrote a lengthing letter, citing reasons like, proximity to school, good results, how we gave up priority to get into my husband’s alumini school (Maris Stella High) and went on to try balloting in P2C and failed. Got to meet the principal ( who was transferring out then) , he asked if our son could sing, play an instrument or excel in any sport. We said he has none to offer except ‘above average results’ (Band 1 in all 4 subjects). He told us he will keep us informed in due course.

We called almost every other week, until we were called up by the new principal in the 3rd week of December for interview, together with our son. He was relatively young, but was sincere and told us frankly that he had only 2 to 3 vancanies to offer, as he did not wish to overburden teacher with new student to manage.

Our good news came on Boxing Day, we bought all the new stuffs on the last few days of the new year. And our daughter’s P1 registeration was a breeze compared to our son’s , few years back.

So, do not give up hope, preserve, even though you have to wait till the few last days of the year. Cheers!

[favianboy]

Can someone enlighten me what is the different between government aided and government school?