SeenByIceQueen:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"greenbean2011\"]hello verykiasu2010,


curious ... are you in parent support group at NYPS, or ex teacher here before ?

how come you know so much about the in & out in this school, so detailed ?

my info may not be 100% accurate as in things may change over time

\"knowledge\" comes from being kaypoh.....having put my kids through the school as well as still in contact with parents whose kids are still in school, some teachers have become friends too ....

Hi there!

My son will be registering this year for P1 in 2012 in Phase 2C. I am living within 1km of NYPS. My husband and I are all nerves right now and trying to make sense of the overwhelming info. Can you advise based on last/past year's data what number of vacancies are available and what the TUR is for those within and out of 1km?[/quote]Phase 2C within 1km ... I would say chances are good to be able to get in. But with a large majority of the years, there is balloting required. I don't have the figures with me right now but if you were to head down to the school's website, there should be some history about the balloting. As I recalling, Phase 2C within 1km ... balloting is required but the numbers are rather close i.e. 55 applicants for 50 places - that kind of stats.

MoonFlower:

Many parents feels that she's bringing her Nan Hua style to Nanyang.

maybe P should read this thread

as confirmed with my boy - they are supposed to have morning assembly at the basketball court every monday morning but this depends on the weather. for all other days, they are to report directly to class. additionally, all students should be in school before 7.20am and will be considered late for school only after 7.30am - P wants classes to start on the dot at 7.30am rather than have to use up valuable time to wait for students to disperse from the basketball court and back to the classroom - hence morning assembly is only done once a week - on mondays.

verykiasu2010:

that is so sad for NYPS....was guessing what some quarters are thinking ....wow......

please don't get me wrong ... that's hearsay only. i guess time will tell.

mommyNg:

verykiasu2010:

new principal, new leadership, new style

Well, new leadership and new style is ok, but changes implemented without proper and timely communication to parents is frustrating... Or maybe THAT is the new style lol !

AGREE!

so far, this year has been rather disturbing ...

i hear from some quarters that there are many who are breathing a sigh of relief to hear that is P has been posted to NYPS ...

@cambriant


my boy is now in P3 - surprisingly he has coped well with chinese. no notable additional attention given to chinese. we do the necessary TING XIE practising and such but nothing out of the ordinary. personally, i am slightly pleased with his chinese results.

NYPS is everything that we expected. his friends and classmates are a good mix of backgrounds but kids being at their age - the boys tend to mingle among themselves. this year in P3, they finally got separated from their original P1+P2 class and i'm pleased to learn that he is still keeping in touch with his former friends and classmates while making new ones. that's the way it should be. so far, i guess the experience with NYPS can be described best as being \"all-inclusive\"

ACS ... you know when is the best time to visit? P1 orientation. that's when you get to go around without any hassle. though we didn't do it during P1 orientation, i went around with a friend whose child is in ACS. got to look around and spend some time at the canteen etc.

In the decision making process as to what school to choose, we spent some time to look at the existing students. we were there to look at students arriving to school and leaving school ... and we were there in the canteen to look around as well. i personally feel that its important to understand the environment that you are getting your child into and if that equates to what we like.

having said all of that, i think we sometimes neglect to treat our kids as peers. i know they are young ... but take some time to show them the school as well. not necessarily inside the school but on the exterior - give them a voting right as well. after that its only fair that they get to vote, since they will be there for next 6 years. we did with ours and he voted NYPS and we took it into consideration as well.

don't worry too much about chinese and being able to cope with the studies. i think we sometimes under-estimate the abilities of our children. at this age, they are very adaptable and without trying, we worth know if they are up to it. its a tough decision to make, but i'm sure whatever the choice, it will be a collective decision and the family has to stand by it ... all the best!

let me chime in with my 2cents worth ... if its of interest to anyone


prior to enrolling my boy into NYPS ... we went through the selection headache of ACS or NYPS as well.

in the end, our decision was NYPS even though one of the missing factors is that we have all boys in our family and there is no affiliation to a secondary school. ACS triumphs in that aspect. Additionally, ACS is known to have a very strong alumni, partly because the boys get to spend alot of their growing up years together.

so what was the pushing force to NYPS then?

it was simply the cohort and mixture of students. we come from a largely (90%) english speaking background so its natural for us to worry about how the boys can cope with chinese. when we visited ACS and NYPS respectively, the telling difference was the fact that NYPS seem to have a better mix of students. meaning, NYPS seem to have a better mix of students from all backgrounds. ACS gave us the feeling of being among the elites. Its not my intention to offend anyone, its just the feeling that we got. As such, we ended with NYPS despite everything. NPYS for us ... can be summarized as follows:

PLUS - better mix of students from all backgrounds thereby eliminating the feeling of \"eliteness\"

PLUS - better mix of students from all religious backgrounds

PLUS - school motto (the 4 chinese words - pardon me but i totally forgot what they are :P)

PLUS - emphasis on chinese (which we felt was important)

MINUS - no visible strong alumi

MINUS - no affiliation to a Secondary for our boys

verykiasu2010:

thankgod:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]still hoping that one day NYGH will become co-ed, eg FMSS has become co-ed

i'll second that ... definitely agree ... can we start a petition?

call Mdm Heng lor .....lol or at every NYGH open house, bring your boy there and ask for admission lor ... :lol:[/quote]
i guess the point about it is that however hard i try - i'm only one. but if there is a collective voice - then maybe there is a better chance :lol:

verykiasu2010:

still hoping that one day NYGH will become co-ed, eg FMSS has become co-ed

i'll second that ... definitely agree ... can we start a petition?

@Way2GO & verykiasu2010


thank you for your replies.

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whoa … i hope my son does well