[Seng Kang] Primary Schools

[leechk]

Really this mean my Child is IN...bright my day..thank... I'm so worry ..I just stay next door of this school

Papa:

Latest update from Anchor Green. I registered this morning but too kan jiong. Went there at 4.25pm just now to find out the total number of applicants. The teachers told me :

within 1km : No need ballot
more than 1km : Need ballot

Saw from the registration numbers in the red basket stopped at 87. Think there are 86 applicant this year.

[Singaporeandesi]

Does anyone know how many in North Spring?

[leechk]

You can call and ask :

North Spring Primary School
1 Rivervale Street. Singapore 545088
Tel: 68816887

Singaporeandesi:

Does anyone know how many in North Spring?

[aaadaddy]

Papa:

Latest update from Anchor Green. I registered this morning but too kan jiong. Went there at 4.25pm just now to find out the total number of applicants. The teachers told me :


within 1km : No need ballot
more than 1km : Need ballot

Saw from the registration numbers in the red basket stopped at 87. Think there are 86 applicant this year.

Official no. of applications for Anchor Green given on the MOE website is 85. So only one parent did not submit after collecting the form. From your figures, quite safe to conclude those within 1km are safe from balloting :celebrate:

[ChiefKiasu]

aaadaddy:

... Official no. of applications for Anchor Green given on the MOE website is 85. So only one parent did not submit after collecting the form. From your figures, quite safe to conclude those within 1km are safe from balloting :celebrate:

aaadaddy, does this mean you get to celebrate tonight?

[eileen_ng11]

i am so huat to get a place in compassvale pr school…or i to go for drawn in avp again 1-2km

[aaadaddy]

ChiefKiasu:

aaadaddy:

... Official no. of applications for Anchor Green given on the MOE website is 85. So only one parent did not submit after collecting the form. From your figures, quite safe to conclude those within 1km are safe from balloting :celebrate:

aaadaddy, does this mean you get to celebrate tonight?

Yes Chief! The consolation is that I dun have to go thru' Phase 3 So glad that this chapter of my life is finally closed... will take a short break before planning for my girl who is due for P1 registration in 3 years' time...

[ChiefKiasu]

aaadaddy:

Yes Chief! The consolation is that I dun have to go thru' Phase 3 So glad that this chapter of my life is finally closed... will take a short break before planning for my girl who is due for P1 registration in 3 years' time...

Well then... congratulations! But you won't really get a break lah... you'll understand when P1 starts But just live life as it comes... don't think too much about it lor.

[mommyof2]

jeslyntay:

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Hi

I am now very lost and very sad since yesterday balloting results.
I am less than a km away from Rivervale Primary which was registered at phase 2C. After the unsuccessful entry , we have to look for other schools but all around my area such as Mee Toh or Compassvale Primary are already fully occupied. Choices left with plently of vacancies are North Spring , Seng Kang Primary or as far as Greendale Primary at Punggol. The comments about these schools are not ideal . Should I try to ballot for Edgefield for phase 2C supplementary? I had not slept since yesterday as am very bothered about my girl to travel to the school.

What should I do?

I am also 1 block away from Rivervale Primary School and my girl did not get in. It really doesn't make sense but we have to accept it. I have applied for Edgefield Primary School and have to go through another balloting on 19 Aug. I also have not slept well.......can't wait for this to be over.

[ChiefKiasu]

mommyof2:

... I am also 1 block away from Rivervale Primary School and my girl did not get in. It really doesn't make sense but we have to accept it. I have applied for Edgefield Primary School and have to go through another balloting on 19 Aug. I also have not slept well.......can't wait for this to be over.

No, it doesn't make sense, but it is a fact of life in Singapore and we have to make do with what we have. We provide the P1 registration stats in the hope that parents will find it early enough to be useful for their planning. It is clear from the stats that Rivervale has a consistent history of balloting for under 1km, and hotly contested too with odds almost as bad as 1:4. This is probably due to the very high return rate of siblings staying in area taking up most of the vacancies as early as Phase 1.

Knowing this allows a parent to plan ahead if you want to get your child into Rivervale for whatever reasons. The obvious tactic would be to do PV or community work in order to get into Phase 2B, where success is almost guaranteed for Rivervale based on historical facts. Otherwise, a parent can only hope for the best in Phase 2C, where there will be more upset than happy parents wondering about the fairness of the system.