[Choa Chu Kang] Primary Schools

[honeybeel]

Needy:

Hi BIG CONGRATULATIONS to all won the balloting ... Really happy for all of you !!! :celebrate: :rahrah:


For those got ballot-out, hope luck will come to u very soon. Always think of ‘塞翁失马， 焉知非福” (sai weng shi ma, yan zhi fei fu). - dunno my chinese letters correct or not ?! :oops:

Hi baby2momma,
Congrats ! Thanks for remember me. My son is in SVPS under P2A registration lar.. . But, I follow this thread closely coz very interesting & got a lot of informations . And, the 4 schools (DLS, UPS, YTPS & KPS) ur talking about are within 1km from my house, so I always keep updated here. :xedfingers:

So far dun have any update from me only look forward to the big orientation day . You all too rite ? :celebrate:

Well, even our kids are from diff schools hope to share our informations & ideas here in future. :celebrate:

Hi Needy,

Yes you are right and thanks for encouragement.

[Anna Ng]

Dear All, I saw this from “Balloting history” under “Cho Chu Kang”


"Those living within 1 km also don’t get a plc in DLS
I strongly disagree. I live just across the road (opp De La Salle) but surprisingly I don’t get a spot too. I believe that the graph given also not v accurate."

I can feel the frustration of the parent, but what’s to do? There is no guarantee to get in DLS even though staying within 1KM right? This was also the reason parents here were so stressful for the past few weeks. But for the parent who posted the above message, what you need to do is quickly search (or you already have) for another school and be careful when choosing it, do some homework and make sure you really got the chance to get in and no balloting is required for P2CS.

Yesterday I went to witness with my nanny & her husband. When my son’s name being called out, I was so happy & I shouted (not that loud lah) “yes”, then I quickly went to front to draw for the next lucky parent. Guess what, the parents sit behind me said: “what so big deal & shouted like that”. I felt a little bit dis-encourage when my nanny told me this (According to my nanny, the parent sound unfriendly also). Just like somebody pouring cold water to you. Anyway, I am not sure whether the parent who mentioned this was getting in or not, but I think for him/her “is not a big deal” either getting in or being out.

[baby2momma]

Hi Needy, heehee....ya hor... yr child got into SV.....

too stressed these few weeks, so I forget oredi...

Yes, we will all share our child's future eduation here in
KP whether our kids are fm same school or not. so, do keep
in touch with us ya....maybe we will shift to the forum
'networking for parents' of individual schools soon....

Hi Anna, I guess the parent who wrote that quote was juz
venting his/her frustration as I can understand the feeling
if I was balloted out too.

We should now look forward to our child's school life..... :rahrah:

[baby2momma]

did you all check DLS's website?


They hv posted all successful applicants names
on it.....juz to doubly check to make sure yr
kiddo's name is in....haha....kiasu syndrome again... :lol:

[Anna Ng]

baby2momma:

did you all check DLS's website?


They hv posted all successful applicants names
on it.....juz to doubly check to make sure yr
kiddo's name is in....haha....kiasu syndrome again... :lol:

Yesterday I went jogging and pass by DLS; they also posted the successful names on the notice board. Ha Ha! I did not bring along my mobile phone, otherwise, may take photo & show to my hubby.
I understand that honeybee & baby2momma got maid & no need to worry about the childcare arrangement. For me, I have to put my son to before/after school care centre, anyone here same as me? Can share some experience? Got anyone know the actual school time?

[baby2momma]

i'm actually thinking of student care too coz of little one at home

& if kiddo got CCAs, very troublesome for maid to bring my little
one to & fro to pick up my boy boy. my hubby passed me a
student care leaflet y'day which he said was handed to him outside
dls school. do u hv that anna? mebbe u can consider tat.

actual school time is posted on dls website but i'm not sure if
it is accurate or not over the years. prob we can call the school
to enquire.

i saw a few names of my boy's current kindy classmates & he will
b happy to know. so excited for him too.... :rahrah:

[Anna Ng]

I got the leaflet also. Yes, we are considering that because the leaflet stated that they will provide free tuition for English, Chinese & Math. The reason is not because of "Free Tuition". If i am not wrong most of the before/after school care centre will not provide the tuition, the kids only do their homework and waiting for the school time. Well, need to start to do survery already.


Ai ya, in fact i am a bit worry cos my son is now in Buona Vista Childcare, he will not have any CCK friends, worry that he will loss during the first few days.

[baby2momma]

ya - when they say 'free tuition' it normally means there's a teacher

to make sure the kids finish up their hw. prob the teacher will guide
here & there but not much, i reckon.

i hv a student care exactly downstairs my block so i'm contemplating.
will go check it out one of these days. i actually prefer my son to
stay home coz i know my son is those hyper active type so i'm
afraid he'll disturb others if i put him at student care.

anna, i think no need to worry if your son will feel at a loss.
kids tat age all very friendly so they will make friends
quite instantly.

[Tri-mum]

baby2momma:

looking for tri-mum & needy?? any news??

Hello, I'm back :love: Congrats to you baby2momma, anna and other mummies who got balloted in for their choice of school at CCK. I was down with high fever, bad cough and flu (MC for 4 days) after that stressful Friday so didn't log on to my favourite forum for so many days.

In the end, I didn't registered my gal to YT. As you know, our 1st choice is a convent school (CHIJ Bt Panjang) and we went there to register in the morning and back in the afternoon to check the statistics. We pull out in the end coz felt no chance for >2km and went to YT immediately. We saw a minor incident happened and my hubby don't have a good feel about it.....and to cut the story short we went to the convent school which is afflicted to our church (ST Margaret) which is never in our list due to distant. Perhap it is God who lead us back there and my gal got balloted in yesterday. We were so Kan chong and if we cant get in there, we will regret to our decision because we can actually get in at Phrase 2b saving all the hassle of stressing and headache lor.

[baby2momma]

:congrats: tri-mum.....


so now ur dd is successful in St Marge, how u going to handle the distance? will u think of shifting??