Top Primary school?

[May]

Hi Chief Kiasu,


Agree. No point crying over spilt milk. There is no way to turn back the clock to be a PV and hence, I will just have to live with the disappointment should balloting be unsuccessful. Have to work even harder though to ensure that child is in a good class in a neighbourhood school. Yes, academic excellence is not the only thing - discipline training and inculcated with the right values from young cannot be overlooked. Yes, we loved our children no matter what.

[Anna]

My main concern of getting my child in a good schools, is mainly the environment. Im so worry if he end up in the bad schools, mixing up with a bad kids, since he already likes to play, going to that bad school will encourage more for him to play rather than study. This is main concern. As a parents we will try to do our best, but how many hours you can really concentrate on your children since you are out working. Only weekends and a few hours on weekdays :roll: :roll: ???

[jedamum]

for me, there is only one school within 1km from my place...it is a good one, but...i don't have any girls.


i will need to ballot for a place for one sch within 1-2km from my place (next nearest school). if *touch wood*, balloting is unsuccessful, i will go for the next nearest neighbourhood school. for this, i am wary that this school focus its resources on the 'diamond' class and streaming starts as early as end of P1! getting him into such class will be my next best bet.

so neighbourhood school may not all be bad after all. my boy is in 'neighbourhood' kindergarten, although the curriculum is lousy, the teachers are good and the kids are generally well behaved. thats easy cos all i need is to supplement with enrichment for the academic part.

[lizawa]

To be fair, I think people should not tag "good" or "bad" to a school. I don’t think there is really a "bad" school in Singapore. To me, the most important thing is the teacher your child gets. You can have very lousy teachers in the popular "good" schools as well. Or you can have very good teachers in the normal neighbourhood schools.


Academic excellence is not the only thing to look for in primary school education, what about character building ? team work ? All these should be equally important. And to me, my children must love to go to school and able to make good friends in school.

Parents’ involvement in schools also play a part in the children’s performance in schools. I noticed that children whose parents are more involved in the schools’ activities tend to perform better as well.

Just some thoughts.

[megbryan]

ChiefKiasu:

Which do you think is the top primary school in Singapore?


Based on academic excellence, my top 5 ranking would be:

1. Tao Nan
2. Nanyang
3. Nan Hua
4. St. Hilda's
5. Raffles' Girls

What about yours?

How about Ai Tong? What's your view? Given a choice between Ai Tong (Phase 2A1) and Nanyang (Phase 2B), which one would you choose?

[ChiefKiasu]

Ai Tong was very strong in the 1990s, but has been kind of relegated to the 2nd tier due to the very strong showing of the likes of RGS, Nanyang, Nan Hua, St. Hilda’s etc. It was only able to scrap up 2 national top 10 students in the last 7 years. However, there is no doubt it is still a very good and well-sought after school.


There were reports that our MM has sent his children and grand children to Nanyang Primary on a regular basis, so the school is well connected politically if that’s something you like.

[megbryan]

hello Chief,


Thanks for your sharings. Just a poll of vote. If you’re in my situation. Which option will you choose Nanyang (Phase 2B) or Ai Tong (Phase 2A1)?

I stay nearer to Nanyang (but still >2km) than Ai Tong.
Regards

[titank]

Hi,


I would suggest you try Ai Tong (Phase 2A1) at least is confirm have place. Nanyang Phase 2C most likely ballot scheme.Then everything depend on luck liao.

[megbryan]

titank:

Hi,


I would suggest you try Ai Tong (Phase 2A1) at least is confirm have place. Nanyang Phase 2C most likely ballot scheme.Then everything depend on luck liao.

Titank...I typed wrongly. How about Nanyang (Phase 2B)?

[Bishan_Mom]

Hi MegBryan,


Nanyang is definitely a better school than Ai Tong. For Nanyang, are you in Phase 2B or 2C, your earlier post mentioned 2B but later post says 2C. If its 2B, I would think your chances are high. My colleague is a PV in Nanyang, and she mentioned that most if not all the PVs she knows for this year’s batch stays outside 2km (herself included).

Also, you have to consider if Nanyang, being single session is something you would consider as a plus point. Some people do, especially if they have more than one kid, it’ll be easier to manage if all are in the same session. Actually…I do wonder, Nanyang opens up 13 classes for primary one almost every year and operate in single session, they must have a lot of resources to be able to achieve that.

Anyway, where do you stay? if distance is not really a problem, than you can go for Ai Tong as its a guaranteed place.