fitfitchan:

goodmummy:

anybody know the status for CHIJ (Toa Payoh)? Is balloting conducted for 1-2km?

Hi

I heard from my friend (her niece has registered for this school) that 53 SC < 1km need to ballot for 51 vacancies.

Wah!! Thanks for the info..

anybody know the status for CHIJ (Toa Payoh)? Is balloting conducted for 1-2km?

janet_lee88:

babyrainee:

Why not transfer the Top 10 popular schools principal to those bottom 10 schools & spread the news..

rotate the teachers from the popular schools to the other not so popular schools instead of the principals...i see arrows

As an educator, I feel that when MOE does the posting for us it's very random. They do not go by how well we have performed in NIE. Hence I can't agree with the fact that top school teachers are better than neighbourhood teachers. Infact in neighbourhood schools we get pupils who are under prepared and hence to make them sit for PSLE with peers from elite schools is a very exhausting long journey. What these teachers do gets seldom credit as the parents leave all responsibilities to the teachers. This is a stark comparison to teachers from elite schools as they get pupils who are already well prepared and know the concepts even before coming to class. Hence the teachers' task is to further stretch. MOE has done equipped all schools and neighbourhood schools especially, with all the facilities.

Hence fret not parents..MOE does it's best to provide your child with the best education.:-)

Thank u everyone for the timely info and all the sharing n advices…wish all the parents the best for ur child. I jus hope everyone of u will be in the safe zone. Keep ur fingers crossed ladies…

ryes:

goodmummy:

Yay!!! Got a place in SJi junior

Congrats! Are u 1-2km? How many balloting for more than 2km?

Thank you. Yes 23 balloting for 6 places.

ryes:

goodmummy:

Yay!!! Got a place in SJi junior

Congrats! Are u 1-2km? How many balloting for more than 2km?

Thank you. Yes 23 balloting for 6 places.

Yay!!! Got a place in SJi junior

jaster:

I called the following, just sharing:


Hong Wen : 57/? /? That person didn't sound sure

St Andrews : 33/18/?

St Joseph : 20/24/?

Thanks for the sharing. I live with 1.3km. Hope to get a place in SJI junior

How is the situation in IJ Toa Payoh? Any idea how many have applied within 1-2km?

Carlin:

sembgal:

[quote=\"littleprince\"]South view more homework, more remedial plus more time spent on travelling=more time lost. I just think $150 bus fare also not worth to pay . better to use that $150 on 1 enrichment class which you now also have more time for?

It depends on how you view it. My husband, hahaha, not me, is paying close to $200 for my daughter's bus transport fee to Marymount Convent.

Have you heard of how Amy Chua (the Tiger Mom) doesn’t do things by half measures? If she wants her kids to learn something, they don’t start lessons until she’s found the best teacher. And they’ll go to him even if he lives in another state.

For me, both my husband and I are willing to send my daughter to a school with niches in Rhythmic Gymnastic and Aesthetics (Dance & Arts). The experience my girl gets in the convent school is incomparable to normal neighbourhood school. My girl was reading one day and came across a phrase,\" The rich sent their daughters to convent schools (in the past).\" I had to remind her we are not rich and not poor. Just read with a pinch of salt. Otherwise she will think all her friends come from rich background.

I'm not affluent though there are affluent parents in Marymount convent and they are not the snobbish type. This is what I like

For me I have to consider 2 bus fare after 1yr which is $300 per mth. When I studied in Henry park last time n I have to wait for bus at 6am and reach school at 7.15am, after school I'm will reach home only at 2+. It's tiring. But still depends on individual parents, I'm those that want my kid to have a happy childhood. Furthermore my parents can coach them with their studies so less headache for me when I'm at work that's most impt.[/quote]
Well said..a colleague of mine shared the same sentiment on how she had to travel long to school n doesn't want her daughter to go thru Tt.