All about Transferring to Other Primary Schools

[explorer]

Seeking advice from parents


My daughter's grades would qualify for a better school, if a vacancy arises. She is considered a rather big fish in her current small pond. If transferred, likely to be a small fish in such a big pond. I am not too worried about new school's higher standard, I believe she would enjoy the challenge. If continue in same school, alright for her self esteem too.

That new school gave better training in competitions and consistently produced better academic results. Although students' own motivation probably played a bigger role than teachers', I would like to think the school must have done something right & helped in some ways too.

Should I transfer her?

[snowz]

explorer:

Seeking advice from parents


My daughter's grades would qualify for a better school, if a vacancy arises. She is considered a rather big fish in her current small pond. If transferred, likely to be a small fish in such a big pond. I am not too worried about new school's higher standard, I believe she would enjoy the challenge. If continue in same school, alright for her self esteem too.

That new school gave better training in competitions and consistently produced better academic results. Although students' own motivation probably played a bigger role than teachers', I would like to think the school must have done something right & helped in some ways too.

Should I transfer her?

Quote from lianhe zaobao : \" 是金子到那里都会发光. But how about the non-academic aspects of the school? A good school is not only 24/7 study.

[hesiew]

I am transfering my dd to St Nicholas Pri (P3 next year). She got an interview next Mon. Anyone can advise what questions will be asked and how to prepare the kid

[ivylow]

Hi, my daughter had transferred twice and this was the first time she was interviewed by VP of the school. i was shock as i’m doing the completion of transfer to the school and the admin officer told me that the VP want to interview my daughter. i went in together with my daughter(as there is one interview going on with parent inside), so wonder if urs the same. The first Qn the VP ask is - do u want to come to this school? Or u had no choice due to shifting and this school is near to ur hse(ans by VP of school). Later he go thru her report bk and see the comment written by previous teacher, he also give good encouragement to my daughter and how to improve her result. My daughter listen attentively to him and remember wat he is just talk to her. To me, i feel that it is a kind of motiviting a child and let the child not feel alone on the first day, at least the child know someone and that’s the VP of the school. Hope this will help u.

[jedamum]

ivylow:

The first Qn the VP ask is - do u want to come to this school? Or u had no choice due to shifting and this school is near to ur hse(ans by VP of school).

:!:
what is your dd's reply???!!!

[ivylow]

My daughter was stunned and don’t know wat to answer.

[Cavin]

acforfamily:

[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]


Has anyone transferred their child midway through Primary school? Any experiences to share?

Yes, I transferred my son during his P2/2009 from a not so academic focus school to an academic focused one.

He was able to cope well despite the initial few weeks of adjustment,
most importantly, after much encouragement from his new form teacher and me, his results improved tremendously.

[kiasimom]

I am very overwhelmed by the parents enthusiasm to transfer their

children to a SAP or GEP school. Very often I will wonder
if there is a genuine need to transfer your child out of the
school that he is already familiar with.
To me, a compulsory transfer will be:
1. Shifting of house
2. GEP transfer
3. Affliation to secondary school
point 3 is the least supported reason though.

As a parent, I do understand that you want the best for
your child and hope to put your child in the best school.
However, did we look at it from the child’s perspective?

Having said that, I will like to share my personal experience
on school transfer.
2 years ago, I shifted to Tampines.
The only reason why I think of a transfer back then was distance.
I wanted my children to study in a nearby school and the nearest primary school near us is
St Hilda’s.
I called up the school and was offended by what the admin told me.
" You can come and fill up the form but I will ask you to try other schools and not waste your
Time waiting for us!" The lady on the other end of the line did not even ask for more
Informatuon. She just brushed me off like that.
Call it pride or egoism, I decided that I will rather not enrol my son in this school.
I have no faith in how they will instill values in my son. With DS’s results, I have no problem
Putting him in another school. But then again, what’s the purpose of doing that?
I discussed with DS and he mentioned that he will rather stay put in his current
School. 2 years down the road, judging from past year PSLE results, his current school top scorer
Is only 1 point behind SHPS Top scorer.
Many parents want to transfer their child, maybe more often than not, it’s the pride of
Saying your child is in a Sap or Gep school.
If the child is really good,his PSLE results will tell. This result will then place your child in a good
School.
Is there really a need to transfer your child to a sap or gep school when he is doing very well
In his current school?
For DS, I am not thinking of transferring to a SAP and GEP school.
I like the commitment and the positive attitudes of his teachers in his current school. And this is
Reflected from the principal down to his subject teachers.
They do not just focus on academic achievement, they also emphasized on values
And character building.
I think this is more important than just focusing on academics excellence alone.
No, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying academic results are not important.
My son does study very hard and he is happy although most of his time is spent on studying.
In my opinion, the environment plays an important part. As long as he is good, it doesn’t matter
Which primary school he is in.
The real acknowledgement is the secondary school your child is in.
To quote what my husband says,: it is ok to be a fish in a small pond as long as my son is happy.
Learning should be a happy process. "
I fully agree with what DH says as I have observed that a happy learner produces happy results.
the only reason that will justify the transfer is shifting of house. Otherwise, we are happy with our
Current decision.
The above is just my personal opinion.
,

[peterch]

kiasimom:

I wanted my children to study in a nearby school and the nearest primary school near us is
St Hilda's.
I called up the school and was offended by what the admin told me.
\" You can come and fill up the form but I will ask you to try other schools and not waste your
Time waiting for us!\" The lady on the other end of the line did not even ask for more
Informatuon. She just brushed me off like that.
Call it pride or egoism, I decided that I will rather not enrol my son in this school.,

I've just experienced this kind of attitude a few weeks ago at another school. In my case, I would like my DS to go to the same school as my DD. When I called up the school for information, the admin had a very bad attitude. BUT I didn't gave up, I came to the school last week and another admin was very friendly explaining the procedure of transfering my DS to the school. The lady that talked to me on the phone was there and her face.......... :x but I just didn't bother about her

[ooptimizer]

Some admin staff have very bad attitude everywhere.