[Ang Mo Kio] Primary Schools

[sgKiasu]

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Chief, Am planning to send my child to St. Nicholas School next year and am living in AMK Ave 10 which is far from St.Nicholas School. But am willing to relocate for my child and By when should i move to within 1km distance, if i need to be qualified for the 1km distance admission.
Also pls highlight me what all should i do to get my child admission into St. Nicholas School. Pardon me, i really have no idea about all this.

[2galsmum]

sgKiasu:

Chief, Am planning to send my child to St. Nicholas School next year

Next year?? You mean your girl going to P1 next year? For St Nic at AMK, every year they ballot phase 2B and 2C within 1 km....if you are not a parent volunteer by now...then you will have to go thru' phase 2C balloting, which is very very competitive.

Good luck!

[sgKiasu]

Oh no… Do you think i can be a volunteer now for next year?

[2galsmum]

sgKiasu:

Oh no.. Do you think i can be a volunteer now for next year?

Oh no, definitely not.....they close PV for this July enrollment for P1 for next year - last june, if I am correct.

[ChiefKiasu]

sgKiasu:

Oh no.. Do you think i can be a volunteer now for next year?

sgKiasu, have you gone through the articles listed http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/getting-primary-school?.

If by 2010 intake you mean your daughter will be in P1 by next year, and if you have no means of getting in at Phases before 2B, then you are in for a difficult time. Look at the http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/ang-mo-kio. And if you are staying more than 1km from St Nicholas, you should not consider that school at all, because it will be impossible to get in without any affiliation.

[Mynci]

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Hello..

I'm a newbie to this forum..

Can anyone tells me if your child is studying in this neigbourhood school - Townsville Pri? How you find the overall of this school?

Thanks

[ChiefKiasu]

Mynci:

...Can anyone tells me if your child is studying in this neigbourhood school - Townsville Pri? How you find the overall of this school?...

Hi Mynci, do check out the rest of this thread for discussions on schools in Ang Mo Kio.

[MerlionInGermany]

Marky:

Hi,

Does anyone know about St Nicholas Girls Primary from experience?
Am trying to know more about the school in terms of whether the workload is heavy.. it is stressful and pressurising (relatively), are the teachers more patient , are there lots of homework/ project. Do they empahsize alot on Chinese? How are children who are slower in Chinese taught? My girl tend to do better with love and tender than pressure.

Hi, I checked the whole thread but didn't find any response to this post. Thought I would bump it up. Thanks.

[dawnmitchel]

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Just compiled the comments of various parents.. if got any mistakes, please excuse me... and if have anything to add, very welcome to. Am sourcing for schools for my 2 kids too.

St Nicholas

Ai Tong

Da Qiao

Anderson
- popular coed school
- srong in sports & atheletic programs

Townsville
-Heard lots of relieve teachers
-Some teachers did not make use of time to teach but will instruct the student to play on their own
- construction site next door for at least a year
- new principal from woodsgrove with impressive record
- staff even security officer helpful (cmp: amk & mayflower)
- wide range of CCA\"

Teck Ghee
- lots of homework
- standard better than townsville
- No mid year exam but every 2 weeks got test
- used to be strong academically but slacken over last 5 years to slightly over national ave
- teacher more responsive n systematic in teaching than amk\"

Jing Shan
- Heard will lump all lower standard students together so students no motivation
- day care on premises
- focus on physical & aesthetics(?) growth\"

Ang Mo Kio
- near national ave in all subjects
- above ave for chinese
- sports & aesthetics slightly better then mayflower
- teacher dun respond to email, bad at handling children conflict.
- old principal not attentive, but now got new principal
- teaching change to learn thro play\"

Mayflower
- near national ave in all subjects
- above ave for chinese
- better than amk in terms of char devt
- hilly terrain
- insects due to proximity to park\"

[ChiefKiasu]

dawnmitchel:

...Just compiled the comments of various parents.. if got any mistakes, please excuse me... and if have anything to add, very welcome to. Am sourcing for schools for my 2 kids too...

Thanks dawnmitchel for sharing your research on AMK and Bishan schools!