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    How far is too far?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Primary Schools - Selection & Registration
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    • C Offline
      cheonght
      last edited by

      register for Ai Tong at ph2A first, secure a place first. I assume you are in phase 2B or 2C if you are going for Nan chiau. monitor vacancy and if confirm can get place, then you consider if want drop AiTong and switch to Nan chiau.

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        simplyjo
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        cheonght:
        register for Ai Tong at ph2A first, secure a place first. I assume you are in phase 2B or 2C if you are going for Nan chiau. monitor vacancy and if confirm can get place, then you consider if want drop AiTong and switch to Nan chiau.

        hmm, good strategy... but can I do this?

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          starman
          last edited by

          I am staying at Bukit Panjang … got my son in Phase 2B Maris Stella…

          still thinking whether I should move to some where closer…

          Tried driving in the morning to the school (off Bartley Rd) via PIE exit
          Upper Serangoon Rd … took abt 25 - 30 mins at constant speed…traffic wise quite smooth at around 6.15 am

          Don’t know if there is a School Bus Service that goes from West to MS…
          Anyone has some contacts please share…thanks…

          I believe we have made a right choice …although we need to make some
          BIG Sacrifices…

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            JJJmom
            last edited by

            Wow…that’s a very very BIG sacrifice, in terms of time & $$ & ZZZzzz too. With the rising petrol cost, ERP…

            You may not feel it when in lower primary, as you have more remedial, supplementary, CCA…your child will be exhausted with the long journey. The time spent on the road could be better managed.
            Well…new property development on sale now, you can consider Kovan Residence…haha

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              starman
              last edited by

              Well that's what being \"Kiasu Parents\" is all about but you'll be surprise

              how many of \"US\" are out there....hahaha. Thanks for the advice on
              Kovan...still looking for that perfect place...:)

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                en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg
                last edited by

                Hi.


                I stay in Jurong & my daughter school is in Bukit Timah. For the 1st two years, she took the school bus to and from school as traffic is horrendous in the evening. The school gives priority to the school bus & parents fetching their child can only drive in at 6.45 after school buses leave the premise. The number of cars queing for pick up, countless. My daughter leave the house at 11.15 am and will only reach home at 7.30pm. Naturally she’s tired all the time. Now that she’s in the morning session, traffic is not as bad. So I send and fetch her from school. Of course has to make way when she has extra classes or eca but the time taken to travel is only 15-20 minutes by car.

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                  mumwgals
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                  I just transferred my dd, P3 this year, from a sch less than 5min walks to a sch 9km away. She is more happy in this current sch, so the trouble of travelling is worth it.


                  She was taking sch bus for the 1st 3mos and I stopped her in April as she was starting her CCA (3x a week). I’m sending her to sch and because I’m working from home, my hrs are flexible, so can pick her up from sch too.

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                    ChiefKiasu
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                    mumwgals:
                    I just transferred my dd, P3 this year, from a sch less than 5min walks to a sch 9km away. She is more happy in this current sch, so the trouble of travelling is worth it.


                    She was taking sch bus for the 1st 3mos and I stopped her in April as she was starting her CCA (3x a week). I'm sending her to sch and because I'm working from home, my hrs are flexible, so can pick her up from sch too.
                    Good to know your kid managed to make the transition. How is she coping with her new friends?

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                      mumwgals
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                      ChiefKiasu:

                      Good to know your kid managed to make the transition. How is she coping with her new friends?
                      She is enjoying the sch with no boys, so she said. :lol:

                      Because in her old sch, there were a few boys who like her and she found it irritating as they kept disturbing her, writting her love letters, wanting to hold her hands..... The funny thing is, her good friend in the old sch was an australian-chinese boy.... :roll:.

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                        ChiefKiasu
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                        mumwgals:

                        She is enjoying the sch with no boys, so she said. :lol:

                        Because in her old sch, there were a few boys who like her and she found it irritating as they kept disturbing her, writting her love letters, wanting to hold her hands..... The funny thing is, her good friend in the old sch was an australian-chinese boy.... :roll:.
                        :shock: Wow. They sure start young these days, don't they? :roll:

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