Who is the govt trying to please??? Who are the ppl staying near the popular sch??? U know I know huh! It is obvious that they don’t want the not so rich old boys’s offsprings to affect the std of the sch!

SBKS:

nightlone:

[quote=\"Ikid\"]Aiyo, just cap the alumni phase, distance should not be the deciding factor. As long as oversubscribed, go for balloting. The school will then have rich and not so rich alumni's children, good mix. Afterall, the children need to learn to accept each other's background. If base on distance, then all rich children will study together, also not healthy. Our future leaders if never mingle with the lower income group people, next time will not understand the poor people's agony, no good.

wah siao...talk abt hdb blocks. i just checkout the school i going for. half of the 1km are all pte property. the other half then is hdb. SIAO LIAO...where gt money buy pte property? :siao: :shock:

lesser hdb blocks lesser chance to get a place near school

govt should start only in 2015 admission year. not far to us who are at 2014 admission exercise. no time for us to start PV at other schools. all too late now.

[/quote]Me too. My dc will be at 2A2 in 1 of the vry popular sch. Too late... How can MOE implement the change so suddenly!

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:? I don't understand what you guys are talking about. The 5 or 6 winners this year that will be affected if the same thing happens again next year all have HDB blocks within 1km.[/quote]


wah siao...talk abt hdb blocks. i just checkout the school i going for. half of the 1km are all pte property. the other half then is hdb. SIAO LIAO...where gt money buy pte property? :siao: :shock:

lesser hdb blocks lesser chance to get a place near school

govt should start only in 2015 admission year. not far to us who are at 2014 admission exercise. no time for us to start PV at other schools. all too late now.[/quote]

Me too. My dc will be at 2A2 in 1 of the vry popular sch. Too late... How can MOE implement the change so suddenly!

Stressed… My sch is borderline this yr. Left 51 places after 2A2. Might need to ballot if it falls below 40 places for nxt yr.

deminc:

We were lucky in that we had a choice as I am a WAHM. While I do believe that children will eventually adapt, cry and adapt method is not for me and I will send/withdraw/change preschools as I see fit. This does depend on the child's personality. DS1 has a very strong personality and good verbal skills and he can \"survive\" in any situations. However if he is unhappy, he will go into passive-aggressive mode at home, so we change preschool for his \"happiness\" more than anything else. DS2 on the other hand was totally not ready for various reasons including emotional ones, and we withheld from sending him to N1 and N2. Now he is ready for K1 next year and looks forward to it. To prepare him, I have taken him to the kindy 3 times, introduced him to other children who will also be transferring there, do role-play at home with him on classroom situations, and enrolled him for a weekly mum-child class. I give my children 1 term to try out any new places, after which they are allowed to withdraw if they want to.

To Deminc,

May I know what is the name of school of the weekly mum-child class? I used to bring my DD to a mum-child class but has to stop because she is over-aged. My DD is 3.5yrs.

Thank you Vevey. I will check it out.

Thank you ConcernedDaddy.

My DD not only have the problem with separation anxiety but also stranger anxiety. I should say that my DD very extreme. She doesn,t allow strangers to talk to her let alone touch her. I am actually hoping to let go slowly. At least let her familiarise with the teachers, students & environment first. But all the preschools that I have visited told me that this method will not work. What they told me is the longer I sit in with my DD, the more difficult is for her to let go. All along I have been skeptical about what they said. So what they have told me is kind of untrue. But until now I have not been able to find a preschool that is flexible to give myself & my DD a chance to slowly let go.

ConcernedDaddy:

Human beings are a creature of habit and routine, especially the young ones. Thus is it only human nature to want to resist change and not face uncertainty. However, when faced with challenges, humans are also the most adaptable of all species, no surprises why we are the dominant living things on earth.


My son did cry initially when sent to school in the morning. Mummy couldnt bear to see his tears as well so there was some dilemna too. One day, we bumped into an lady neighbour in the lift and she told us she went through this process too, and withdrew her daughter back then. Today, she regrets the decision terribly as she felt her daughter is not as independent compared to her peers. She encouraged us to perservere and tackle the issue head-on, instead of withdrawing.

It takes time to change. So whenever my son gets back from school, we ask(focus) him about the fun things he did and learned, to positively reinforce his experience. That said, the school staff do play an important role as well. We were quite fortunate to have experienced teachers who knew how to distract him during the initial minutes he reports to school. We also did our part to minimize the anxiety by saying quick byes and explaining that papa/mama are going to work etc, and leave the rest to the teachers (because he does not calm down when he knows we are still around). It was difficult for us too, because we were always thinking if our boy is still crying etc after we left him. But the school director was really was most helpful, sensing the parents' anxiety, would sms or give us timely updates during those initial few days - which really set our mind at ease.

Now every evening, my son will tell his teachers he wants to come back to school the next day and he likes school! However, there will still be a few days now and then, when he throws a tantrum and says he wants to stay home with mama/papa. Kids are kids afterall, i guess.

Just our personal experience...

Thank you for sharing your experience with me. The school director indeed has done a great job. May I know which school is your boy attending?

My DD is very clingy & slow-to-warm-up with high separation anxiety. Recently, I have been looking for preschool for her. All those I have visited, even those very premium ones, told me cry & adapt is the only method. Are there any other more subtle ways. I do not wish to end up with struggles everyday just to get her to school. Pls help…