Opera Estate Primary

[bakebean]

chipyswim and Happyvon,

Hopefully no balloting required for BG. All the very very best for both of you.

dear parents of OEPS kids,
Is another super long weekend for primary sch pupils ... Thur and Fri no school due to PSLE Oral ... coming Monday no school due to Hari Raya. Good time for kids to revise for all the coming unit tests and practice on their writing test .

Selamat Hari Raya !

[chipyswim]

Happyvon:

Hi Chipyswim,


I am going for BG too. R u within 1km?

I also hv a gal in K1 this yr. It's nice to hear that we are in exactly the same situation. Hope both of us will get our kids into BG without the need for balloting.

I'm very transparent. Guess within 1 km - no need to ballot. I fall under the 1 to 2 km range. So it's confirmed I need to ballot for the 2nd time for BG. Around 4 pm, is like 15 vying for 10 seats. Leave it to God's will. Wish us luck. Hope that I am lucky to get in touch with you if my kid is successful for the balloting on 21 Aug.

[alwayslucky]

Happyvon:

Hi leine,


Bukit Timah Primary?? Too far away. I may be desperately in search of a gd Sch but not to the extent that I hv to send him to a Sch that is so far away.

I guess I will most likely opt for OEPS. If both of our children are in the as
Sch, perhaps we can exchange our contacts.:)

Btw, r u going to register online or go to the Sch?

Hi are you singaporean citizen?

[alwayslucky]

lwj:

Hi


I was superstressed during the phase 2CS balloting. Nearly broke down when my girl was balloted out.

My girl likes her form teacher the best. There are no exams for P1 & P2, however, they will have 2 tests for each subject in each term, which I find it useful as this will be a gage on whether your child is catching up in the school work. There are also enrichment programs in each term which are conducted during curriculum hours. Term 1 - English Speech & Drama, Term 2 - Chinese Speech & Drama and Term 3 - Maths enrichment.

How did you select OEPS after the 2c supplmentary? Did you fill up a form with 3 schools for selection? During that year ow many vacancies where there at oeps after the 2c supplmentary exercise when the exercise close at 4:30pm on the last day?

[lwj]

Hi Alwayslucky


On the day of balloting, for those who fail to secure a place, the school will give you a form immediately to fill in 3 choices of school. They will then fax the form to MOE to allocate the school of your choice. Imagine how devastated I was that time…on one side of the classroom you see the who were successful, happily queuing up to get the admission letters for orientation. On the other side were those unsuccessful ones, queuing up to get the form for MOE to allocate a place.

If I remembered correctly, OEPS have 30plus vacancies for those who failed in phase 2C(S) during last year’s registration.

[leine_ng]

Hi Alwayslucky


Yes, I am a Singaporean. You too?

[alwayslucky]

lwj:

Hi Alwayslucky


On the day of balloting, for those who fail to secure a place, the school will give you a form immediately to fill in 3 choices of school. They will then fax the form to MOE to allocate the school of your choice. Imagine how devastated I was that time....on one side of the classroom you see the who were successful, happily queuing up to get the admission letters for orientation. On the other side were those unsuccessful ones, queuing up to get the form for MOE to allocate a place.

If I remembered correctly, OEPS have 30plus vacancies for those who failed in phase 2C(S) during last year's registration.

Where were you staying? How did you fetch your child if there is cca?

[alwayslucky]

JAMUM:

Well, OPES is also not my 1st choice of school ... But i have no regret in choosing OPES ( within 2 km ) for my 2nd choice last year.


My girl like the school so much that i have no trouble to wake her up for school every morning at 6am (to be in time for school bus) ... She like her form teacher too... And she gets to know the different cultures from her other classmates ...
I noticed that the principal & teachers will be there to giude the children after school lessons when i went to pick my girl.
I feel that there is connection between the teachers & parents. The studying pace is just right for me ( A working mum ) & my girl.

Most important of all, my girl is happy , making alot of friends & no issue in copying the school work ...

Can understand if yr child taking school bus?
If you working how you pick up yr child from sch bus?

[lwj]

i’m staying bedok central. My girl will take the school bus back to student care after school. As CCA is not compulsory for P1 & 2, thus, she didnt join any for now.

[alwayslucky]

lwj:

i'm staying bedok central. My girl will take the school bus back to student care after school. As CCA is not compulsory for P1 & 2, thus, she didnt join any for now.

what cca do they have in pri 1 and 2?
when it comes to pri 3 how many cca per week?
any idea?