Hi Chix


I am staying in Floravale too :lol: Just moved in 3 mths ago. I was preparing for the worst on the day of ballot. So many people, so many twins. My gal reg no. is 450+ and her namecard was the first few batch to be put into the box. I was thinking if they don't shuffle the papers or shake the box, my chance is equal to 0.

True enuf, most parents who went up to draw didn't really shuffle the papers. Did you realise the first 10-20s drawn were mostly with reg no. 200+. Luckily the staff finally remembered to shake the box a little harder. My gal was no. 45 (counting backwards) when she was called. I was tearing silently, don't want to be too emotional as most of the parents thay day were all very calm and composed. What a stressful day!

The orientation is on 21 Nov - find it a little late. Do you know if there would be any assessments done on the kids that day?

Hi


I know how you feel. I wasn’t selected as Rulang PV last yr. Felt so so down like I didn’t try hard enuf for my gal. I was staying in Taman Jurong and hardly any good sch nearby. So I shifted my place to Gek Poh, so that I could try my luck to squeeze into West Grove. I managed to get in under 2C thru balloting. If I didn’t, I would try Juying. Quite a no. of good comments abt this school in this forum.

Perhaps you wanna consider JY. It is a little out of the way but it’s a single session. Cooperation Pri is, to me, similar to BLGP in terms of standard. Don’t know abt the envt and teachers tho.

Good luck.

Hi


I am also a mummy of 2 gals, 6 and 3. My elder one will also be going to P1 next yr.

My sister used to teach in BLGP for several yrs (only this yr tsfr to Zhangde).

She told me they actually have very good teachers in the sch. All very committed and cooperative. But like many other schools, they are very bogged down by handling many ECAs in addition to teaching. Anyway, she advised the best is to try and get into the best class as the teachers are all very good.

Reason why the school is not so popular is because (hope I don’t offend anyone here) there are many 1-room flats in Boon Lay. Kids staying there usually will go to BLGP because of proximity. However, most of them come from broken family or family with both parents slogging to earn a living. Such, many kids are left on their own after school. Naturally, the kids will not be disciplined to study hard and most do not do well in PSLE.

We all know parents play an important role in a child’s study. So as ong as you monitor and support your gal along the way, I am sure your gal will do fine. The centre manager of MPM Maths in Pioneer Mall has 2 gals, all graduated top from BLGP with very good PSLE results and now stuying in SAP sec sch. She has good comments about the school. So not to be too worried.