2015 P1 Registration Exercise for 2016 In-Take

[ChiefKiasu]

sher_yeo:

Thanks for all your replies. The best situation will be Ai Tong as first choice and Kuo Chuan Pri School as backup. I stand better chance if I am 1km to Ai Tong but will be more than 2km to KCPS. How to do this in a win win way??? If I move now 1km to Ai Tong if I don't get balloted to do PV? Then I will have to bet on getting a letter from Hokkien Huay Kuan which is also not guaranteed!


Ok I am free to uproot to any part of Singapore. If u were me, which decent co-ed school will you choose?

If you stay more than 1km from KCPS, I think it is a dangerous strategy to use Ai Tong as your first choice. Assuming you can do PV for either Ai Tong or KCPS, chances are you might be balloted out of Phase 2B or Phase 2C for Ai Tong (choy, but the historical stats will give you an idea of the competition for Ai Tong). Whereas if you PV for KCPS, you are likely to get a place in Phase 2B. If you treat KCPS as your backup in Phase 2C, you will still be subject to balloting in Phase 2C in the best case, or worse, you may not even get a chance to ballot in Phase 2C since you stay more than 1km away.

[sher_yeo]

Sorry i should rephrase it as "popular" school. I am not so academic driven but i hope the school builds self confidence and character building.

[Gabdad09]

Really appreciate your reassurance chief and phtthp, fingers crossed there will be no major changes at moe or a freak surge in demand for places at oln for 2016 reg. cheers!

[mimiju]

buttons:

mimiju:

Anyone planning to register for for St. Andrews Junior School?

Me!! Any news if they are opening up pv yet?

Hi buttons!

They are opening PV next year. You can check with them between Jan to Apr 2014.
Do you stay within 1 km of SAJS? We are still considering between SAJS and Maris Stella...

[mimiju]

All the experienced peeps and pros out there -


What is your opinion about SAJS and Maris Stella vis-a-vis overall development of the child (values/morals, character building etc.) vs. Academic focus?

[phtthp]

mimiju:

All the experienced peeps and pros out there -


What is your opinion about SAJS and Maris Stella vis-a-vis overall development of the child (values/morals, character building etc.) vs. Academic focus?

My friend's son p1 this year.

Last year my friend was a parent volunteer in sajs. He was given the phase 2b letter from the school after clocking all the required pv hours and could have easily got into sajs, via 2b. However, he did not enrol his son into sajs & instead finally enrolled him into Kheng Cheng primary, under 2c. means he gave up his 2b privilege. i asked him why ? He replied that while clocking his pv duties, he witnessed the actual students' behavior in the school, did not wish to put his son grow up there. Some of the boys speak vulgar language, rowdy. Chinese also quite weak.

[buttons]

mimiju:

buttons:

[quote=\"mimiju\"]Anyone planning to register for for St. Andrews Junior School?

Me!! Any news if they are opening up pv yet?

Hi buttons!

They are opening PV next year. You can check with them between Jan to Apr 2014.
Do you stay within 1 km of SAJS? We are still considering between SAJS and Maris Stella...[/quote]Thanks for the reply. Will call them to check

[buttons]

phtthp:

mimiju:

All the experienced peeps and pros out there -


What is your opinion about SAJS and Maris Stella vis-a-vis overall development of the child (values/morals, character building etc.) vs. Academic focus?

My friend's son p1 this year.

Last year my friend was a parent volunteer in sajs. He was given the phase 2b letter from the school after clocking all the required pv hours and could have easily got into sajs, via 2b. However, he did not enrol his son into sajs & instead finally enrolled him into Kheng Cheng primary, under 2c. means he gave up his 2b privilege. i asked him why ? He replied that while clocking his pv duties, he witnessed the actual students' behavior in the school, did not wish to put his son grow up there. Some of the boys speak vulgar language, rowdy. Chinese also quite weak.

OMG...... something to consider......

[cherrygal]

Maris Stella and SAJS are both boys schools. Rowdy behaviour is to be expected. If you read the Maris networking thread, it also has bullying issues etc. You may want to try Maris if Chinese is important to you. It is a SAP school.


Ultimately, distance to home is more important.

[miffy_ang]

Hi, wondering what are the chances of my DD getting into Nan Chiau? My HB will be SHHK member for 2.5 years by the time when we need to register our DD for P1. We are staying 1km within the school.


Or should I shift to amk, as I am old girl of Anderson pri sch?