janet88:

I don't think it is a good idea to transfer the child to another school after he/she has settled down and made friends. logistics wise, KPS is friendlier because it is in the morning session. vogue is staying at west coast...so her child would need to wake up early to get ready for the school bus. school ends at 630pm for pei hwa. that means a whole day is spent outside compared to studying in KPS.

Actually either way, I will be putting my girl with the student care before or after school be it PHPPS or KPS. So that there will be some help for her on her school work.

janet88,

Ok I think I’m more enlightened now! Good school doesn’t have to be good and the normal school doesn’t mean kids cannot excel! Maybe the less stressful environment would be a better bet for the next 6years so that they can enjoy the time spent in the primary school and at the same time study hard!

janet88,

Yes I truly agree on the flexibility of single session whereby kids will have more time after school, care to share how did your son fare in PHPPS? Seriously I’m not too sure about my girl’s stress level at K2 since there is more play than work but overall I think she is able to cope with the spelling and homework so far. I believe most school pushes kids these days so I feel stress is everywhere. Do you happen to know anything about KPS? I wonder if it will be a pity if I will to choose KPS over PHPPS since its a SAP school which every parents would have made it their #1 choice.

Janet88,

Which will be your choice school? Care to share?

Janet88,

Based on past years history, no balloting was required for Phrase 2A & 2B for both schools. Yes, though its every parents dream to enrol into the SAP school but PHPPS really at a disadvantage as till now it has yet to move into the single session. I’m in a dilemma.

Hi mummy of 3,

Nope not in the case of PHPPS. MOE has not found a holding site for the school yet so I feel it could take another 2yrs for this school.

Hi,

I will need to enrol my girl for Pri 1 next year and we have 2 choices under Phrase 2A as below :

1) Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary Sch (Bt Timah)
2) Keming Primary Sch (Bt Batok)

We are staying at West Coast therefore both schools’ travelling time I would say its not very ideal but however we would not want to go through the risk of balloting for other schools, my main concern is that PHPPS is still in the afternoon session for Pri 1 whereas KPS is already in the single session. Academically and holistic wise I think both schools are comparable.

Any advises from the other parents on these 2 schools for my consideration?


Thanks!