doraemo:

simplyme:

Hi everyone,


I received my orientation pack, my dd will be in P1 Joy next year. I don't think they have banding in P1 since the classes are already allocated.

Any mummies with dd in P1 Joy next year?

My younger ger will be in P1 Devotion next year. No banding in P1 .. the class will move up together to P2.

Hi, my dd is in P1 Joy and she is in after school care too.

yaokel:

rec letter from st marg, orientation date 11 Nov.. Anyone here register yr ger at st marg?

I registered my girl at St Margaret in P2C and live within 2 km so I guess she is in. But no letter about orientation yet!

foreverj:

if i m not wrong, its YMCA. feedback seems not bad...maybe u can call the sch to confirm.

Thank you to all who responded. Will check out the school and YMCA.

Wondering if anyone know of a good afterschool care around St Margarets school.

tankee:

some of the merged schools do post which are the schools that had merged & formed the new school. Too bad, nothing on Belvedere, perhaps it was closed down too long ago.

Hahaha, it was so long ago that MOE told me they had no record of mergers with other schools! Late 1980s is when they said the school closed. I remember going to the dentist too.... that small building... the smell..

25hourmaid:

I would think along these lines first. CHIJ TP is a Catholic school, St Margaret's is Anglican and Hong Wen is secular. Is a religion based school important to you and your family?

Secondly, do you have a boy or a girl after this girl? If the sibling is another girl, then either CHIJ TP or SMP are both good choices, but I think your answer to Q1 would have to be answered first before you make a decision.

However, if the sibling is a boy, then perhaps HW might be a better idea since it would save you some headache when the time comes for registration of P1.

Lastly, HW is a SAP school. Are you okay with that?

Thank you for your guidance. I dont have a younger child. My elder son was from SJI Jnr and now in SJI. I am not particular about a religion based school although that will be preferred. Guess the choice will really depend on what vacancies are available at end of P2B! Sigh, my old school have been merged and merged and disappeared as far as MOE records are concerned!

citygirl:

tankee:

where was this Belvedere School located? and when were you there?

If it's the same as Tangling Girls School (TGS), then it's at Kay Siang Road, somewhere between Queenstown Library and Crescent Girls School. I was at TGS in 1979 and 1980 so I guess Kaye at Belvedere would be sometime in the 80s? God, I feel so old!

And it all came back in a flash - the bookshop at the corner where I would go to covet the erasers and other stationery, squatting at the side of the drain brushing my teeth and being given powdered milk in a plastic bag because I was underweight, drinking the pyramid-shaped Magnolia milk when I got lucky, Chinese-language teacher from hell (in my 7-year-old opinion)....

Actually, I was there in the early 70s so I am really old. Yes you are right Belvedere is on top of the hill where Cresent girls was. I recalled the drain where we brush our teeth and the little garden to rear of the block.

qms:

citygirl:

Hi, does anyone know if the old Tanglin Girls School (at Kay Siang Road) merged with any school? Was there for two years. If I recall correctly, it merged with Kay Siang Primary but both are now gone, so I'm not really sure how else to trace. The web site provided by MOE was of no help too, listing only a Tanglin Primary which I don't believe is the same.

Found somewhere in the website:

Tanglin Girls --> Xianglin Primary School. Xianglin Primary merged with Belvedere Primary and became Belvedere Primary which occupied the Xianglin building. This didn't last for too long before they closed the entire school down.

I was from Belvedere School and was hoping to trace to a new school to get into an earlier phase than what it would be (P2C). I wrote to MOE and they could not give me an answer despite many mails. So I am resign to P2C! Yes, the slope!!

Hi,


I have a daughter who will be registering for P1 later next month. Unfortunately, her registration will fall under P2C. I live within 2km of CHIJ Toa Payoh, St Margarets Primary and Hong Wen Primary. Which would you recommend if the places available are about the same?

Thanks in advance to those who can value add to this nagging question.

Kaye