Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools
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janet_lee88:
nowadays, many parents stressed and worried over the high standard of PSLE questions set. I see more and more concerned mothers (my friends) apply no paid leave from work, or quit job temporarily from as early as mid P4 or beginning P5, to supervise their child at home gear up for PSLE preparation. These parents are \"taking\" PSLE exam, together with the child. Not leaving child alone to face the struggle.My daughter's school increased the cut off point to 220 (for affiliated pri) with immediate effect.
With PSLE getting tougher, an affiliated sec school makes more sense. At least there is a safety net.
The P6 Maths paper getting a lot tougher. Is no longer testing just Maths concept alone - but also playing around with sentence structure English nouns / keywords, testing a child's English interpretion & understanding. The child must practise a lot of Maths to get familiar with the \"style\" of questions raised, before knowing which is the best most efficient method to apply & solve under short time frame (pressure) constraint exam condition - ie. should i solve via algebra method simultaneous equation, model method, or what ? Only if the child has gone through lots of practice, then can \"discern\".
parents now questioning schools - why do you have to set this type of high standard ?
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35402&start=100
With an affliated Sec school, the safety net helps somewhat to reduce stress mentally. Even if COP cut off to 220, it is still better to have a net to catch your child somewhere. If child perform exceedingly far beyond COP, child has the choice to go another school.
No net, great risk; becomes \"free fall\". Child needs to work doubly hard to meet entry at a much higher challenging COP, just to enter the same Sec school. It can be more than 10 points difference. Fight to earn an extra point .... is not easy. -
Kluvs:
Try and stay within 1km of CHS as balloting is hot. CHS balloting can be worse than NYPS. There was once they were only left with 9 seats for Phase 2B with about 45 pple within 1km fighting for them.Hi can anyone advise what are the chances of entering Nanyang Pri via phrase 2b if staying within 1-2km? Need balloting and is it risky?
In your opinion, which will be a more ideal school to choose ie. NYPS- good school but without sec affiliation for boys or CHS- good school with secondary affiliation?
Your comments and advice please. Thanks in advance.
The situation at NYPS seems OK if you are trying for Phase 2B.
PPle who put their kids in NYPS expect their kids to do well enuff to enter RI etc. If you think your kid may need the secondary affiliation, then take a school with an affiliated secondary school. CHS or not, that depends on your Phase and distance from home. You can also consider ACS or SJI. -
Hi all, please give me your comments on these school
(1) Balestier Hill Primary School
(2) Hong Wen Primary School
(3) Farrer Park Primary School
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Need some advise here, my son was born on 2007 and now im thinking of which sch to place him in, im currently staying at yishun;
Jiemin pri - phase 2a as hb is ex-student
northland < 1km
Xinmin pri - phase 2a as im ex-student > 1km from my mum place
Hougang primary < 1km from my mum place
move house to other location, as hb and i have intention to change into a bigger house since we got 3 kids -
Since you intend to move, buy a place near your mom and choose Xinmin Pri (guaranteed a place at least). Good reviews and not very far from Hougang Pri.
It will be for the best as your mom can help you with afterschool care.
Northland is good but you may not be able to ballot in. Too stressful. -
0610yuki:
Out of these 3, only Hong Wen made an impression. Go to the networking thread if you want more in depth knowledge.Hi all, please give me your comments on these school
(1) Balestier Hill Primary School
(2) Hong Wen Primary School
(3) Farrer Park Primary School
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out of the 3, i’ll choose … Hong Wen
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split:
You get to enjoy phase 2A for 2 schools. However, you have to consider some factors:Need some advise here, my son was born on 2007 and now im thinking of which sch to place him in, im currently staying at yishun;
Jiemin pri - phase 2a as hb is ex-student
northland < 1km
Xinmin pri - phase 2a as im ex-student > 1km from my mum place
Hougang primary < 1km from my mum place
move house to other location, as hb and i have intention to change into a bigger house since we got 3 kids
1)is the school in morning or afternoon session?
2) supposing morn session, is the school far from your mum's place if she looks after?
3) do you plan to put your son in before/after school care? -
Hi, can anyone advise me what is the ranking of Canberra Primary Sch as I was intending to send my girl who is going into P1 next year?
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Hi parents,
Please share what do you consider when choose a primary school.
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