CHIJ Family of Schools

[cherrygal]

Go to SLA website Onemap.sg and search School Query. Those highlighted in red are within 1km.


Be careful of buying Meadows at Peirce as some blocks are outside the 1km radius.

Just be aware that even if you live within 1km, your chances are only less than 50%. So think twice if it’s worth to move. You may get nothing in the end…have Plan B ready.

And if you are not Catholic or grassroots, you effectively only get one chance to ballot at Phase 2C. Also heard that St Nicks has stopped taking in Parent Volunteers from this year.

[phtthp]

janet_lee88:

My sil's daughter was from St Nic (primary)...the stress is terrible. According to SIL, her poor daughter was so stressed that she cried in school several times. There were also cases of bullying. Police were called in.

As for other IJ schools, they are not SAP. Affiliation doesn't mean they take in all their girls. The COP has been increased to 220 with immediate effect.

think maybe part of the stress arise is because -
St Nick Secondary had gone IP. Many SNGS primary P6 girls keen to enter IP track, need to meet the minimal COP score.

btw, can share what kind of bullying cases took place ?

[janet88]

phtthp:

think maybe part of the stress arise is because -
St Nick Secondary had gone IP. Many SNGS primary P6 girls keen to enter IP track, need to meet the minimal COP score.

btw, can share what kind of bullying cases took place ?[/quote]

The girls wrote answers on their palms and threatened the others to do the same...when caught, all will get punished. Girls strike fear in the timid ones.

[p1keys]

thanks Cherrygal


yes my family are catholics. i am aware of the risk

[nansk]

janet_lee88:

The girls wrote answers on their palms and threatened the others to do the same...when caught, all will get punished. Girls strike fear in the timid ones.

Wow! If I were looking to enroll my dd in this school, this sort of info would give me pause. :yikes:

[phtthp]

nansk:

janet_lee88:

The girls wrote answers on their palms and threatened the others to do the same...when caught, all will get punished. Girls strike fear in the timid ones.

Wow! If I were looking to enroll my dd in this school, this sort of info would give me pause. :yikes:

in the end, what sort of punishment was meted out to these group of naughty bullying girls, by their Disciplinary Master ?

do such bullies come from Lower primary (P1 to P3), or Upper primary (P4 to 6) ?

[vem137]

nansk:

janet_lee88:

The girls wrote answers on their palms and threatened the others to do the same...when caught, all will get punished. Girls strike fear in the timid ones.

Wow! If I were looking to enroll my dd in this school, this sort of info would give me pause. :yikes:

i am really shocked to hear this. in all the yrs my girls are in st nicks, they hv never encountered unpleasant situation with other girls. i find the girls are generally v well behaved, of course there'll be some difficult ones, but i suppose it's not only limited to st nicks. is this a recent incident? as for the stress, so far it's been pretty manageable.

[janet88]

vem137:

nansk:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]The girls wrote answers on their palms and threatened the others to do the same...when caught, all will get punished. Girls strike fear in the timid ones.

Wow! If I were looking to enroll my dd in this school, this sort of info would give me pause. :yikes:

i am really shocked to hear this. in all the yrs my girls are in st nicks, they hv never encountered unpleasant situation with other girls. i find the girls are generally v well behaved, of course there'll be some difficult ones, but i suppose it's not only limited to st nicks. is this a recent incident? as for the stress, so far it's been pretty manageable.[/quote]When my SIL told me, I couldn't believe it too.
My daughter is also studying in IJ though not St Nic.

[anlynn]

Hi,


Not sure if it’s appropriate to post this question here.

I intend to put my elder gal in a CHIJ sch. My younger one is a boy. Their age gap is 3 yrs. Have any parents here send kids to different primary school? Is it too much of a hassle?

[cherrygal]

Many of us have boys and girls but we still like to send our kids to single-sex mission schools. Usually it stems from our own experience in such schools. I don’t find it a chore coz this is what I prefer.


To lessen the problem, you could get mission schools that are nearby each other or get a mixed mission school like Holy Innocents. But if you use school buses, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem.