PSLE 2010 Results Report Here

[Sun_2010]

HermioneCrookshanks:

Is 261+3 a good score?

lol!
It will serve its purpose - could probably get you into any Sec school ( except many be NUSH if no A* for maths and sci)

So congrats - now you can make your choice

[MdmKS]

verykiasu2010:

MdmKS:

Is your son going to HCI or RI ?

still undecided

what is your advice ?

What is your son's preference ? If it go against your wish, what will you do? He excercised his DSA? What is the cut-off date to decide ?

[HelloKiasu]

Can anyone giv me suggestions? scored 252 + hmt =254


1. River Valley High
2. NanHua
3. Bukit Panjang Govt.High
4. Commonwealth
5. Jurong Sec

Dunnoe wad to put for one more choice? Any suggestions pls?

[momsie]

ttlkbs:

vynx:

[quote=\"momsie\"]This is more for average students.


I have a story to share with all parents choosing a secondary school for their children. I have a daughter who was from one of the top SAP schools. She was only an average student there. My daughter was a well behaved and quiet girl. With her average results, she was not given much opportunities to shine. With her aggregate of 207 at the end of P6, I decided to put her in one of the notoriously 'bad' school, where she was top of her cohort. She was put into the best class and was given all kind of opportunities to shine. For 4 years, her teachers willingly stayed back after school whenever she needs extra coaching. At the end of 4 years, she was a leader in her CCA, a peer support leader and an oganiser of many activities, each allowing her to hone her leadership skills. She went into her 1st choice in Poly, Business Engineering, because of her strength in A/E Maths. Her Sec 4 teacher is still her mentor. She's just as popular in the Poly. The head of her Course is given her extra guidance now and then and she's just as active in all the activities. My daughter is now in her 2nd year in Poly and is one of the top 10 students there. I believe she would not have any problems getting accepted into our local U and most importantly, she has become a very confident girl.

My son this year score 226. He's all along had his eyes set on Temasek (COP 230-252). My choice for him is Bedok View (COP 218-229). Thanks to koguma for highlighting the Means and Median, I agree this is also very important. I brought him to Bedok View this morning and I was greeted by 4 students cousillors there, all in their Sec 2. The Principal and Manager were not available to answer to my questions. In fact there was no one in school other than these student cousilors. But, my trip was not wasted. They politely, diplomatically and clearly answered all my questions in good simple English, even the difficult ones I put in to test them. I saw with my own eyes the confidence the School has in them and how well they were trained. Yes, although Bedok View is just an average school, I'm impressed. My son wiill be one of the top cohort there in their best class. I believes like my daughter, he'll be given all opportunities to shine there and being one of the best, his morale will be high and that will motivate him to give off his best. But, if I were to appeal for him to go to Temasek, or put him in one of the better schools with COP 22X, he'll only be at the bottom of his cohort.

With so many of his peers better than him, would he be able to shine?

With my son's personality, I believes Bedok View is a good fit. My son also feels comfortable interacting with these students and is convinced Bedok View is more suitable for him. This school will be my son's 1st choice.

I've scanned thru many comments in this and other threads and I feel it is not how good the school is, but how good will your child be in that school. That's the questions you should be asking. A good school is a school that would give your child lots of opportunity to shine without overwhelming him. Hope all of you will make the right decision where to put your child in.

True. I agreed with you. My niece went to Ngee Ann with an aggregate of 250 last yr. She top in the Sec 1 cohort and she is very happy there. She have told me that if she has gone to any of the top school, she would not shine there.

Oh, now i m totally confused. DS's T-score is 235, thot of TKSS as 1st choice, but after reading above, shld i chg to Temasek as 1st choice? :?[/quote]You're the best person to know your son's personality, whether he'll thrive in a competitive environment or lost himself there. Secondary school is unlike Primary school. The students there are considered teens and will only be guided not spood-fed. If environment is too overwhelming or competative, putting a non-competitive child there will only kill him. I attended the open-house in Temasek so I can only tell you what I was told there. The school's only taking in 200 express students, about 30 in a class, given the size, I think there should be lots of opportunity for every child. However, they're going to have a new principal, who's from a neigbourhood school. He's promised not to change anything. The students I spoke to are decent and most of them are shy and the teachers I chanced upon are friendly. The feeling I got from there is 'small and close', hope you know what that means. Their mean is 233 and median is 232.

TKSS IS a good school, with many good feedbacks too. Their mean is 239 and median 238. If your child is the kind who is competitive, motivated to do better than others, than TKSS is also a good choice. Find out what's their class size and cohort and compare. Most importantly, don't care whether they have open house or not, bring your son to both schools, look at the canteen, the kind of food they sell. The food they serve at Bedok View and Temasek, I prefer Bedok View, more varieties and colours, they also have a deli serving healthy dishes. If there are students there, make some small talk to these students and get a feel of the school environment and culture. Finally, ask your son which one he likes. If he likes the school he goes to, he'll look forward to going to school everyday and that's half the battle won.

[YLH88]

Hi all,


Need some advise here ... :?:
My ds got 234 and he wants to appeal to SJI, so I'm thinking of putting :

1st - SJI
2nd - Maris Stella

do you know if his chance of getting into Maris Stella will be lower just because he put it as his 2nd choice ?


Thank you

[INNOVATE]

YLH88


Maris as yr first choice!

[KoalaMummy]

KoalaMummy:

Does anybody know what's the highest score for St Andrew's Junior?

ok, since nobody replied or know... i called the school. it's 270. so can someone add to the table?

[surbap]

My daughter got 248 we live in Khatib(Yishun) and we prefer girl schools, based on our knowledge so far we intend to go for the following choices:-


1st choice- CEDAR(code 3004)
2nd choice- CHIJ St nicholas (code 7118)
3rd choice-Anderson(code 3001)
4th choice- Nan Chiau (code 7112)
5th choice- Yishun Town (code 3045)
6th choice-Crescent(code 3005)

Is there any other good choice that I am missing here? Your help is much appreciated.

Thank you

[PGID]

PGID:

csc:

[quote=\"jojo\"]
From the grapevine...need confirmation.

Yew Tee Primary - highest score is 274

De La Salle - 269

JunYuan Primary (in Tampines) : 271

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[ApronMama]

Wonder how ACS PS top score is?