Elias Park Primary

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Fri, 24 Dec 2021 03:16:55 GMT

ChiefKiasu — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 03:16:55 GMT

I’m sure there is. But I think in most cases you’ll have to wait till school starts and the school calls for general introductory meetings with parents. Do attend those meetings.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Fri, 24 Dec 2021 02:25:40 GMT

Kathy.035900cai — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 02:25:40 GMT

Hi my daughter is enrolling into Elias park primary in 2022 p1. Is there any existing WhatsApp group chat that I can join? Thank you!

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:14:28 GMT

AHsDad — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:14:28 GMT

For parents whose kids entering EPPS next year…

Both my girls p6&p3 in this school. The environment in the school is very pleasant and teachers are very nurturing. Perhaps the new principal played a big role but then again, I never had any issue with the previous one too. COre CCas are Chinese orchestra and volleyball (girls were champs for a long time). Nowadays still good but no longer best in SG. My p6 was in Arts club since p3 while my p3 takes volleyball.

Most importantly, my kids are happy. And when they are in a good place mentally, they are at ease and can perform well. Homework is also not too much, so my girls have a balanced life (they don’t have tuition but have several external sports, music and arts classes)

One small thing I had a grievance this year was that they opened up NMOs registration (maths Olympiads) to any and all p3 - p5. Admission $20. I had no idea Nmos was p5 standard and so bloody difficult. Most p3 kids were out of their element. It’s not right to allow the kids to attend without any training or guidance, or at least give a heads up on the preparation level required. 😵

All in all, a good school which I would recommend to anyone. My girls are doing well there 👍🏽

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:41:35 GMT

Spencer111 — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:41:35 GMT

Anyone living in pasir ris (Elias) whose kid is taking PSLE in year 2022? An ex-MOE tutor who does EMS tuition, still need 2 more students to form a class. The price is very affordable.

Let me know if anyone is interested. Thank you!

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:11:58 GMT

Mrs Lindy Lee — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:11:58 GMT

Hi, both my sons have graduated from EPPS. I would like to donate their school uniforms, PE attire and some assessment books and exam papers. My priority is to donate to those who are on MOE financial assistance scheme. Kindly pm me if you know of any student in EPPS who may want to have used items mentioned above. Thank you.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:34:29 GMT

romone28 — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:34:29 GMT

My wife and I attended the presentation today of our third child’s 1st day in school at EPPS. My two older child who are now 16 and 18 years old completed their 6 years education at EPPS. They are now in Temasek Polytechnic and one of the popular Junior College.

During those days, under the influence of friends who shared about how their children got into MOE listed of schools who received the most awards, we were initially thinking of placing our two elder children into school like St. Hilda at Tampines. We also met two PR’s who are staying with our block in Pasir Ris and shared with us on how they volunteered with St Hilda and managed to admit their children there. In fact, I saw one of the parent fetching his son there on one bicycle! :yikes:

My wife and I who are both being strong in the spirit but weak in the flesh, cannot afford to make that kind of sacrifice – waking up earlier, less rest time, feeling bad to see our children go through the hassles and stress to join the elites. :?:

As parents, we want the best for our children. We want to make sure that our kids get a head start in life the top primary schools in Singapore. Still, we make our decisions based on the comfort and convenience of our child and ourselves. As we resided just two blocks away from EPPS, we decided just to enroll them with EPPS. The decision was a happy one for both of us parents and our two elder children. :hugs:

Emphasis is for parents, principal and school teachers to work together to build confidence and positive image in the kids in EPPS. Elias Park Primary School, being an older school in the neighborhood, has the history and potential to achieve excellence on par with other schools.

My personal observations with EPPS.

Pro’s:
-\tNew principal with new ideas and challenges. I believe she will do her best to lead her team to improve the standings of EPPS.
-\tNew 4 storey sports hall.
-\tNew after school student care centre within the school compound run by established NTUC providers.
-\tDr Ang Swee Chong Holistic Education Framework which look interesting and promising.

Cons:
-\tToilet look rundown and need some touch up. It took away the glamour of the new building. When I was using the toilet, I saw of the faulty tap water running nonstop. I hope it is just faulty only today as it was the 1st day of school. I informed the admin staff and she was fast to get it fixed after the presentation.
-\tOne or two of the food stalls were closed. Hope they put it up for tender and get in new food vendors to add in more variety of food. This can be done if rental are kept lower for the food vendors or hawkers.
-\tThe number of EPPS achievements and rewards in 2018 seems to be the lowest compared to the past 8 years. I wonder if it is due to more emphasis by the school on scoring higher PSLE examination grades and whether it has been achieved.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Fri, 05 Oct 2018 03:25:06 GMT

greyice — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 03:25:06 GMT

Like to check how your view on the school so far? Understand there was a change in principal in 2017, unsure it is due to thaf, there will be a change in the schooling time in 2019.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:05:37 GMT

Anpanman — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:05:37 GMT

Hi, not sure if this reply come too late. I understand that there is ballot for Singapore Citizen within 1km this year…

My daughter is P1 this year. Balloting was only for PR last year.

I think subsequently, there are quite a few new flats and condos… So I guess more young families might be looking at the school.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:05:26 GMT

Anpanman — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:05:26 GMT

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:31:22 GMT

Sinyee06 — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:31:22 GMT

Hi Parents,

Would you share with me is it difficult to get into Elias park primary? It is 1.2km fromy house. What are the chances like for me?

Thanks in advance!

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Fri, 07 Jul 2017 08:45:57 GMT

jtee07 — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 08:45:57 GMT

vintagecrush1611:
Hello to all parents whose child(ren) is/are at EPPS,

I am considering in enrolling my child to EPPS. Would appreciate if someone could share :

1. how is the school environment ?
2. How are the principal's and teachers' attitude towards students? Passionate towards teaching ? Or heck care type? Or overstressed on the results type?
3. I believe you had the chance to observe the other students be it same class as your child or the seniors. What is the first impression of their attitude? I heard some schools' students are being labeled as 'naughty'.
4. Do you think you have made the right decision in choosing EPPS?

TIA!

Hi,
Latest info from my son (in P6) is that students who did not score A in MYE2017 are supposed to have remedial lessons.
cheers

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Mon, 22 May 2017 05:56:21 GMT

nucleus80 — Mon, 22 May 2017 05:56:21 GMT

Hi

Anyone living in pasir ris whose kid is taking PSLE this year? I got in touch with a MOE certified tutor who does English group tuition, we still need 2 more students to form a class. The price will be a lot cheaper than one to one tuition.

Let me know if anyone is interested, I hope can form a class before holiday starts! Thank you!

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 09 May 2017 00:24:58 GMT

jtee07 — Tue, 09 May 2017 00:24:58 GMT

vintagecrush1611:
Hello jtee07,

Thanks for the advise. I do agree every school has \"good and bad\" students and it is parents' job to educate the kids. The purpose of my enquiry is to know what are the parents' opinion on the school this year as previous posts were from a few years ago. So, not sure if parents still feel the same way (based on previous posts, seems like negative comments > positive). Nevertheless, the school will organise a tour and I will assess from there. Thanks again...

Hi, I do know of parents who feels that the earlier EPPS was better compared to the EPPS now. (Reason given was that there used to have more supplementary classes esp for graduating classes)
As for behaviour, I do observe 'rowdy' students near my house. Some of them can be really loud and rough when 'playing' at the playground (there's one near EPPS at Blk 510).
Do make a trip to the back gate to observe them if you are free. The students' behaviour in the absence of parents and teachers is the most authentic.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 02 May 2017 05:20:51 GMT

prata_queen — Tue, 02 May 2017 05:20:51 GMT

My Pri 1 child enrolled in Jan 17. To-date, I can objectively say the form teacher and Chinese teacher are both very communicative in that they provide parents with weekly updates on what has been taught, what homework needs to be completed by the child and handed up the following day, reminders on the upcoming tests and excursions etc.

Regarding the comment that the school does not focus on academic achievement, it is too early (for me) to tell as my child has only been with the school for 4 months. Perhaps parents of the older children in EPPS can comment.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 02 May 2017 01:25:17 GMT

vintagecrush1611 — Tue, 02 May 2017 01:25:17 GMT

jtee07:
vintagecrush1611:
Hello to all parents whose child(ren) is/are at EPPS,

I am considering in enrolling my child to EPPS. Would appreciate if someone could share :

1. how is the school environment ?
2. How are the principal's and teachers' attitude towards students? Passionate towards teaching ? Or heck care type? Or overstressed on the results type?
3. I believe you had the chance to observe the other students be it same class as your child or the seniors. What is the first impression of their attitude? I heard some schools' students are being labeled as 'naughty'.
4. Do you think you have made the right decision in choosing EPPS?

TIA!
Hi,
1. The school environment is ok. Not sure what exactly you are looking at, but it feels normal. Currently there is construction in the school to build Indoor Sports Hall.

2. The Principal has been there since 2011 (I think).
So far my kids' teachers are all passionate towards caring and teaching them. Many of them communicate with parents through various means such as SMSes, emails and Class-dojo. The kids are made to copy down important messages into their student's handbook when necessary. Some teachers give their handphone number for communication purpose but, as parents, we have to be mindful that these are their private number and should not disturb the teachers.
MT: The school used to have enrichment/supplementary classes for mother tongue but not any more.
Science: However, they have started a Science extra lesson every Thursday morning to help the P6 students brush up their answering technique.
Maths: Students from different classes have different Maths assessment book.

I do not feel that the school emphasises on academic achievement.

3. To be fair to EPPS, most schools have a wide variety of types of students. I think if you walk into any primary school, there will be the 'well-behaved' and the 'naughty' types. The kids nowadays are different. I guess we, the parents, are responsible for the behaviour of the kids since there is nothing much the teachers or school can do to discipline the children except to scold them when necessary. My children said that their classes can be noisy at times. However, the STELLAR (English programme) is supposed to inculcate outspokenness in the students.
Handphones are strictly no no, but I heard from my elder boy that some of his friends bring handphon to school. Though they do not use them in class.

4. I am glad my kids go to EPPS. The school also have arty programme to instill the appreciation of art (clay/pottery) and music (all students will learn a different Chinese Orchestra instrument every year) in the students. EPPS is also strong in volleyball and table tennis. [But I understand that Park View Pri Sch has a stronger sports scene].
For us, it is important that the school is within walking distance from our house without the need to cross any roads. Should there be any enrichment/supplementary classes and the kids are old enough, they can walk home on their own without us worrying.
In fact, if you have time, you can go to the back gate of the school (near Blk 511) during dismissal time (all days - 2.05pm; except Wed - 1.30pm) to take a look. Some of them walk home from there own their own and you can observe the students' behaviour too.

Hope this help.

Hello jtee07,

Thanks for the advise. I do agree every school has \"good and bad\" students and it is parents' job to educate the kids. The purpose of my enquiry is to know what are the parents' opinion on the school this year as previous posts were from a few years ago. So, not sure if parents still feel the same way (based on previous posts, seems like negative comments > positive). Nevertheless, the school will organise a tour and I will assess from there. Thanks again...

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 02 May 2017 00:42:33 GMT

jtee07 — Tue, 02 May 2017 00:42:33 GMT

vintagecrush1611:
Hello to all parents whose child(ren) is/are at EPPS,

I am considering in enrolling my child to EPPS. Would appreciate if someone could share :

1. how is the school environment ?
2. How are the principal's and teachers' attitude towards students? Passionate towards teaching ? Or heck care type? Or overstressed on the results type?
3. I believe you had the chance to observe the other students be it same class as your child or the seniors. What is the first impression of their attitude? I heard some schools' students are being labeled as 'naughty'.
4. Do you think you have made the right decision in choosing EPPS?

TIA!

Hi,
1. The school environment is ok. Not sure what exactly you are looking at, but it feels normal. Currently there is construction in the school to build Indoor Sports Hall.

2. The Principal has been there since 2011 (I think).
So far my kids' teachers are all passionate towards caring and teaching them. Many of them communicate with parents through various means such as SMSes, emails and Class-dojo. The kids are made to copy down important messages into their student's handbook when necessary. Some teachers give their handphone number for communication purpose but, as parents, we have to be mindful that these are their private number and should not disturb the teachers.
MT: The school used to have enrichment/supplementary classes for mother tongue but not any more.
Science: However, they have started a Science extra lesson every Thursday morning to help the P6 students brush up their answering technique.
Maths: Students from different classes have different Maths assessment book.

I do not feel that the school emphasises on academic achievement.

3. To be fair to EPPS, most schools have a wide variety of types of students. I think if you walk into any primary school, there will be the 'well-behaved' and the 'naughty' types. The kids nowadays are different. I guess we, the parents, are responsible for the behaviour of the kids since there is nothing much the teachers or school can do to discipline the children except to scold them when necessary. My children said that their classes can be noisy at times. However, the STELLAR (English programme) is supposed to inculcate outspokenness in the students.
Handphones are strictly no no, but I heard from my elder boy that some of his friends bring handphon to school. Though they do not use them in class.

4. I am glad my kids go to EPPS. The school also have arty programme to instill the appreciation of art (clay/pottery) and music (all students will learn a different Chinese Orchestra instrument every year) in the students. EPPS is also strong in volleyball and table tennis. [But I understand that Park View Pri Sch has a stronger sports scene].
For us, it is important that the school is within walking distance from our house without the need to cross any roads. Should there be any enrichment/supplementary classes and the kids are old enough, they can walk home on their own without us worrying.
In fact, if you have time, you can go to the back gate of the school (near Blk 511) during dismissal time (all days - 2.05pm; except Wed - 1.30pm) to take a look. Some of them walk home from there own their own and you can observe the students' behaviour too.

Hope this help.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:01:42 GMT

vintagecrush1611 — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:01:42 GMT

Hello to all parents whose child(ren) is/are at EPPS,

I am considering in enrolling my child to EPPS. Would appreciate if someone could share :

1. how is the school environment ?
2. How are the principal’s and teachers’ attitude towards students? Passionate towards teaching ? Or heck care type? Or overstressed on the results type?
3. I believe you had the chance to observe the other students be it same class as your child or the seniors. What is the first impression of their attitude? I heard some schools’ students are being labeled as ‘naughty’.
4. Do you think you have made the right decision in choosing EPPS?

TIA!

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Fri, 27 Nov 2015 06:39:06 GMT

disillusioned — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 06:39:06 GMT

I am new to this thread. Just want to share my experience as a parent of the school. Sending my child to this school was the worst decision of my life. During the Psle year, there were no extra classes. No supplementary classes and no remedial classes too, only 2 weekly half an hour Science lessons held in the mornings before assembly. Very unlike other schools. A lot of dependency on children’s parents to send them for tuition. Many worksheets were not marked and some were not gone through. I do not know why the teachers asked them to do in the first place.

As for caring teachers, only the Chinese teachers and a few others from other departments are really dedicated.
As for other teachers, well, if your child is one of the top ones, there will be lots of opportunities for him/her. There are excursions and overseas trips etc only for selected ones as always.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:48:01 GMT

jtee07 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:48:01 GMT

raymondlee12:
Hi Dao,

Thanks for the reply. Few more questions:-

1) any enrichment classes/services?
2) transport services?
3) CCA?
4) strong areas like Chinese orchestra, sports, etc.
5) tuition class?

Pl assist.

Hi, I see that Dao had answered your questions. But may I add that:

1. Non-academic 'enrichments' are:
P1 to P3 have PAL which are lessons in the sport/art/outdoor edu aspect.
P4-P6 have MOCCA, where students will learn life skills, Aesthetics, sports, Science & Tech.

2. There are school buses, you need to check this during the Pri 1 Orientation held in Nov.

3. There are various CCA like Volleyball, Chinese Orchestra, Dance, Table Tennis and Pottery (I think).

4. Strong CCA are Volleyball and Chinese Orchestra. The students (especially the girls) in Volleyball can use DSA to go to rather popular Sec sch in the east (if this is what your intention was when you ask this question).

5. I heard that students who are weak in EL (P1 and P2) have remedial class.
All students, from P3 onwards ,will have extra CL lessons (optional).

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:33:35 GMT

jtee07 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:33:35 GMT

eliasmum:
Hi Dao,

Thanks for sharing with us about how your daughter is doing at EPPS.

Would you mind sharing more on -

1) School culture - Caring staff, caring students?
2) Does the school focus on Art? My boy loves art.
3) How do you find the communication ties between parents n teachers/principal? Is it open and collaborative?

I'm deciding between Park View and EPPS for my son registering in 2016.

TIA.

Hi, I can help to answer some of the questions...

1. So far, my 2 children have met very caring teachers. As my children have food allergies, the teachers will help to ensure that they are fine during activities that involved food.

2. I am not sure about the weekly art lesson, but their art lessons are unlike the \"Global Art\" type of art works/lessons. EPPS has pottery/claywork. There are dance and music lessons/CCA if you are thinking in this aspect.

3. The teachers can be reached via email or a call to the general office. Some teachers do give their personal mobile phone number, but I think one should refrain from calling their personal number unless it is really urgent. If you want to speak to the P/VPs (which I have not done so), you can email the school or speak to them during dialogue sessions.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:23:46 GMT

jtee07 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:23:46 GMT

poopoo:
Hi parents of EPPS,

I have a few questions as follows:

1) Currently the top classes in Elias are still Courage (C) and Diligence (D) ? Or only Courage (C)?
2) It is from P3 onwards, there will be streaming yearly based on their score?
3) Does EPPS has higher Chinese? if so, will be started from which grade?

1) The students are grouped into classes in C, D, ... based on EL and Math (if I'm not wrong). Not sure if Science is included. Hence, one can't really say the students in C is better than D... unless you can talking about EL and Math only.
2) Yes, P2 results will be used for the streaming/grouping... and I understand that it'll be done for every year onwards. However, the change in students are not too great.
3) EPPS has HCL. Offered to students using P4 results, starting in P5. Students with all subjects getting Band 1 in P4 will be offered (not compulsory to take it). P5 results will be used to review whether to continue or to \"drop\" to normal CL. The results to remain in HCL is made known to parents during P4 presentation to parents.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Thu, 08 Oct 2015 05:16:06 GMT

poopoo — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 05:16:06 GMT

Hi parents of EPPS,

I have a few questions as follows:

1) Currently the top classes in Elias are still Courage and Diligence (D) ? Or only Courage ?
2) It is from P3 onwards, there will be streaming yearly based on their score?
3) Does EPPS has higher Chinese? if so, will be started from which grade?

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Sun, 04 Oct 2015 08:37:29 GMT

dao — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 08:37:29 GMT

eliasmum:
Hi Dao,

Thanks for sharing with us about how your daughter is doing at EPPS.

Would you mind sharing more on -

1) School culture - Caring staff, caring students?
2) Does the school focus on Art? My boy loves art.
3) How do you find the communication ties between parents n teachers/principal? Is it open and collaborative?

I'm deciding between Park View and EPPS for my son registering in 2016.

TIA.

1) I didn't have any personal encounter on that aspect (Caring staff, caring students). But i do hear it from other parents how they get various help from the staff and students.
2) Not too sure about that. But I do see many art pieces from students on the walls in the school to showcase.
3) There are newsletter, workshops, letters to parents. I have no other school for comparison. But I think it is open and collaborative. The Parent Support Group (PSG) is strong. If you join PSG, you have a even closer communication with the school.

Reply to Elias Park Primary on Wed, 30 Sep 2015 11:33:20 GMT

eliasmum — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 11:33:20 GMT

Hi Dao,

Thanks for sharing with us about how your daughter is doing at EPPS.

Would you mind sharing more on -

1) School culture - Caring staff, caring students?
2) Does the school focus on Art? My boy loves art.
3) How do you find the communication ties between parents n teachers/principal? Is it open and collaborative?

I’m deciding between Park View and EPPS for my son registering in 2016.

TIA.