[Bedok] Primary Schools

[LittleLambie]

This thread is getting really quiet.....anyone can help with the feedbacks for St Anthony's Canossian? I called them up twice once for distance enquiry and once for school tour. Both times the replies were curt and rude and unfriendly. How's the school overall? Do they have close communications with parents if their staffs are so curt and unfriendly? I am registering my girl for P1 this year and not much time left to decide. Please help!!!


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[fatherfitness]

Hello there,


I need some advice on which Primary school i should choose. I have just sold my flat in Punggol and moving to the east. Im deciding between 2 schools Yu Neng or St Stephans for my son who is due for registration next year.

I’ve tried PV for St hilda but i think i got rejected. sigh

Few things im concern about.
1) academic
2) leadership
3) sportsmanship

How do they fair between them?

can somone give me their honest opinion between this 2 schools with regard to my concerns.

[sleepy]

joejerry:

Why Bedok Green or Feng Shan have less demand compare to Yu Neng/Temasek/Red Swastika? Is Bedok Green/Feng Shan not good school?

I can't comment on the standard of these schools since no first hand experience there

If looking purely at statistics...
My impression is Fengshan is more popular than Bedok Green. Bedok Green usually have vacancies even after phrase 2C. Fengshan on the other hand, had to ballot during dragon year for phrase 2C. Recent years not so sure about its balloting history though

[chie]

joejerry:

Why Bedok Green or Feng Shan have less demand compare to Yu Neng/Temasek/Red Swastika? Is Bedok Green/Feng Shan not good school?

Hi joejerry,

I don't think it is a matter of whether these 2 schools are good or no good. It is more of them being relatively very new as compared to Yu Neng/Temasek/Red Swastika. If not wrong, bedok green only starts around 2000 or 2001 and the now Feng Shan is a merged school which is also around 2001 or 2002. With only few batches of graduates, hard to show result.

Best Regards,
chie

[Lucky]

Yuneng seems to be a popular school in the past but it seems like it's popularity seems to be decreasing over the years.


Anybody knows the reason why ? :?

[MMM]

chie:

Feng Shan is a merged school which is also around 2001 or 2002. With only few batches of graduates, hard to show result.


Best Regards,
chie

Hi,

What is a merged school????

I thot fengshan has been around for 50 years.... My mum told me that when she 1st came to Spore at the age of 11. She was refused a place in fengshan although my grandpa and granduncles are the committee board then. So she hated the school for not giving her a chance to further her studies and didn't want me to go to fengshan at that point (which alot of my cousins did).

[chie]

MMM:

Hi,


What is a merged school????

I thot fengshan has been around for 50 years.... My mum told me that when she 1st came to Spore at the age of 11. She was refused a place in fengshan although my grandpa and granduncles are the committee board then. So she hated the school for not giving her a chance to further her studies and didn't want me to go to fengshan at that point (which alot of my cousins did).

Hi,

Quoted from the school website (http://www.fengshanpri.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=3383) - \"The present Fengshan Primary School was merged on 2nd January 2001 to take on the challenge of bringing 2 schools (former Ping Yi Primary School and Fengshan Primary School) together into the new Fengshan family of nearly 2500 pupils in 66 classes.\"

The present school combine students of former Ping Yi primary school and Feng Shan Primary School, just that they did not adopt a new name. Of course, one can still based on the fact that Feng Shan Primary is not exactly a new school in the sense that it still has students from the old Feng Shan Primary but in my view, it is not the same as the old school.

Best Regards,
chie

[doggylittle]

its still popular

[YingYing]

fatherfitness:

Hello there,


I need some advice on which Primary school i should choose. I have just sold my flat in Punggol and moving to the east. Im deciding between 2 schools Yu Neng or St Stephans for my son who is due for registration next year.

I've tried PV for St hilda but i think i got rejected. sigh

Few things im concern about.
1) academic
2) leadership
3) sportsmanship

How do they fair between them?

can somone give me their honest opinion between this 2 schools with regard to my concerns.

I'm not too sure about Yu Neng .. so i can't comment.
I know of people trying to send their sons to St Stephen's 2 years ago but was unsucessful even tho some stayed within 1 km.
My fren is registering her son for next year in Phase 2C (which i believe starts tomorrow or some time these 1-2 weeks) ... based on current statistics , there are curently only 9 places left for Phase 2C ... slim chance but worth trying.
I can't say if the standard is good or not ... but it is definitely quite a popular school in the East , looking at how \"competitive\" the enrolment is ..
i heard apart from its Manadarin , St Stephen's is actually quite a good school with an all-round academic focus including sports like soccer & swimming ... but unless u stay within 1 KM or was an old boy, i think it is not that easy to get in.

[ChiefKiasu]

YingYing:

... based on current statistics , there are curently only 9 places left for Phase 2C ...

Dear YingYing, your friend may be quite mistaken... there should be 68 + 9 = 77 places left in St Stephens for children in Phase 2C. The TUR has dropped by 11% this year from the average of the past 3 years. If your friend stays within 2km of the school, he/she stands a great chance to get her child in the school next year.