I am not sure about other parents but I will be one who will be much more likely to register all my kids into the same school. It makes it much easier to arrange transportation, etc.


Yet, looking at the number of children registered in Phase 1, you will find that in the popular schools, there are more children registered. Across Singapore, it should not be this case unless

1) Children in popular schools are more likely to have siblings OR
2) The current school has not been up to par and parents want to try for another school OR
3) The current school has been up to par but parents still wants to try for another school OR
4) ???

Except for new schools, MOE could do a study on why Phase 1 registration is lacking in some of the older schools.

It would be interesting to find out the statistics of the number of applicants for Phase 1 vs number of siblings eligible for any school.

Busymom:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"mark_chuah\"]\"Phase 1 is completed by the forms being passed by the older sibling to the school\"


Note: The older sibling can be as young as Primary 1 this year.

I showed up today at my child's school and the school staff members were surprised that I was there for Phase 1. I was equally surprised that no other parents were there ... making me look very dumb ...haha.

Question: If the older sibling had misplaced the forms and no one knew about it, how do we know that we have registered our child successfully? By the time anything amiss is found out, it will be in Phase 3 whereby it is too late and all the places has been filled up.

I am surprised there has not been any issues reported before.

I'm in phase 1 this yr, dd1 P2. I was expecting the form so kept a look out.

1st step, school sent out a P1 registration survey to find out who has siblings going to P1 this yr and also to find out if any parents not going to register in the school though the sibling is eligible to register this year.

2nd step before school hols, an envelope with dd1's name was passed to her. In the envelope was the registration form. I completed it and attached it with relevant documents. DD1 passed it to her tr. I chked with dd1 again and she confirmed she handed in the form.

3rd step, I called the school yesterday, I kiasi, to double chk that ds' name is in for registration. Fr the way the staff handled my qn, I knew she had the list of eligible names by her side sorted by class and name.

The way dd1's school handled Phase 1 process was very organised. I on my part do not just depend on the school, tr and dd1. LOL

:hi5: I called up the school yesterday too.[/quote]I was told that the school could not confirm the acceptance earlier as the registration phase
has not started. I guess I just wanted some form of acknowledgment from the school / MOE.

Also, my boy told me that some of this friends pass up the form to the form teacher
but some pass it up to the general office. Last time, I was with him, he told pointed
to the boy's toilet when I asked where his general office was.

Also, he is very fond of paper aeroplanes. I was afraid that he may have run out
of raw materials on that day and could have found the forms to be handy.

Or there could have been sibiling rivalry where he does his best to ensure his little
sibling does not go into the same school as him.

If there had been case of misplaced forms, etc, what recourse do I have?
Words of years and years of experience of an administrator vs words of a 7 year old child?

Calling the school could have saved me a trip. But being super-duper kiasi ...

"Phase 1 is completed by the forms being passed by the older sibling to the school"


Note: The older sibling can be as young as Primary 1 this year.

I showed up today at my child’s school and the school staff members were surprised that I was there for Phase 1. I was equally surprised that no other parents were there … making me look very dumb …haha.

Question: If the older sibling had misplaced the forms and no one knew about it, how do we know that we have registered our child successfully? By the time anything amiss is found out, it will be in Phase 3 whereby it is too late and all the places has been filled up.

I am surprised there has not been any issues reported before.