My wife and I attended the presentation today of our third child’s 1st day in school at EPPS. My two older child who are now 16 and 18 years old completed their 6 years education at EPPS. They are now in Temasek Polytechnic and one of the popular Junior College.


During those days, under the influence of friends who shared about how their children got into MOE listed of schools who received the most awards, we were initially thinking of placing our two elder children into school like St. Hilda at Tampines. We also met two PR’s who are staying with our block in Pasir Ris and shared with us on how they volunteered with St Hilda and managed to admit their children there. In fact, I saw one of the parent fetching his son there on one bicycle! :yikes:

My wife and I who are both being strong in the spirit but weak in the flesh, cannot afford to make that kind of sacrifice – waking up earlier, less rest time, feeling bad to see our children go through the hassles and stress to join the elites. :?:

As parents, we want the best for our children. We want to make sure that our kids get a head start in life the top primary schools in Singapore. Still, we make our decisions based on the comfort and convenience of our child and ourselves. As we resided just two blocks away from EPPS, we decided just to enroll them with EPPS. The decision was a happy one for both of us parents and our two elder children. :hugs:

Emphasis is for parents, principal and school teachers to work together to build confidence and positive image in the kids in EPPS. Elias Park Primary School, being an older school in the neighborhood, has the history and potential to achieve excellence on par with other schools.

My personal observations with EPPS.

Pro’s:
-\tNew principal with new ideas and challenges. I believe she will do her best to lead her team to improve the standings of EPPS.
-\tNew 4 storey sports hall.
-\tNew after school student care centre within the school compound run by established NTUC providers.
-\tDr Ang Swee Chong Holistic Education Framework which look interesting and promising.

Cons:
-\tToilet look rundown and need some touch up. It took away the glamour of the new building. When I was using the toilet, I saw of the faulty tap water running nonstop. I hope it is just faulty only today as it was the 1st day of school. I informed the admin staff and she was fast to get it fixed after the presentation.
-\tOne or two of the food stalls were closed. Hope they put it up for tender and get in new food vendors to add in more variety of food. This can be done if rental are kept lower for the food vendors or hawkers.
-\tThe number of EPPS achievements and rewards in 2018 seems to be the lowest compared to the past 8 years. I wonder if it is due to more emphasis by the school on scoring higher PSLE examination grades and whether it has been achieved.