[Ang Mo Kio] Primary Schools

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P2C Ang Mo Kio day 3 (29 July 2011)


vacancies, applicants


1\tAnderson\t36\t96

2\tCHIJ St Nicholas\t26\t57


3\tTeck Ghee \t150\t137

4\tJing Shan\t107\t79


5\tAng Mo Kio \t129\t96

6\tTownsville \t156\t79


7\tMayflower \t157\t68

8\tDa Qiao \t142\t27

[Chanmeileng]

I am going to register for Teck Ghee Primary School. Its results are so much better than Anderson Primary. Just wondering how come so many people want to go balloting at Anderson?

[Chanmeileng]

Lexy:

tigger88:

[quote=\"jodi_mum\"]hello.. wd like to share in this too... i am registering my girl in Anderson but i am not sure of the chances too though i stay within 1 km.. Am thinking of going for Teck Ghee for Phase 2CS if she fail to get in... not sure if balloting is required for phase 2CS for teck ghee?

I think high chance need to ballot for <1km in P2C. Look at last's year stats...61 vacancies for P2C and 93 applicants are <1km. I am thinking of going for Teck Ghee too for P2CS.

jodi_mum:

hello.. wd like to share in this too... i am registering my girl in Anderson but i am not sure of the chances too though i stay within 1 km.. Am thinking of going for Teck Ghee for Phase 2CS if she fail to get in... not sure if balloting is required for phase 2CS for teck ghee?

Hi

For Teck Ghee:

Past 5 years, no balloting needed for 2CS

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/ang-mo-kio

TUR this year is 38% until 2B, still seems to be within the threshold, although this a 5 % increase int he TUR until phase 2B as compared to last year.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/event/p1-registration-2012-phase-2b

On the other side, anderson has a huge increase on this year as compared to the last 5 years. For P2C, it left 33 places.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/vacancies/#ang-mo-kio

You may used past record to plan your move. All the best.[/quote]It's more important to measure the school by the results it produced than by popularity. I heard from my neighbours that Teck Ghee produces much better results than Anderson consistently over the years. My neighbour whose son is in Teck Ghee told me that the principal is very serious about producing results and imparting school values. According to my neighbour, she is at the gate and she monitors her teachers closely to produce results and ensure discipline. That was why my neighbour transferred her son from Anderson to Teck Ghee. Could anyone verify whether Teck Ghee produces much better PSLE results than Anderson? I have registered my daughter in Teck Ghee. Luckily no need balloting

[tigger88]

Chanmeileng:

I am going to register for Teck Ghee Primary School. Its results are so much better than Anderson Primary. Just wondering how come so many people want to go balloting at Anderson?

Not sure why Anderson is so popular. Result wise I do not think its better than TG. Reason for me to choose Anderson is convenience. It's the nearest sch to my place.

[anything]

Heard from neighbour teck ghee do have more homework than anderson at lower primary but not sure if they have better results though.


However, when a school is popular there must be a cause or reason, why parents want to send their kids there…or continue to send their kids’ siblings there. Anderson has her strengths. Also, believe that Anderson is a up and coming school, academic and otherwise.

In fact first or second day of primary one, they already do some unofficial testing and banding for their mother tongue and go into different classes for their MT.

[jodi_mum]

i registered my girl in Anderson too but mainly cos its the nearest to my home. If this fails, will register her in teck ghee… can anyone advise how does it work, if i register my girl in Phase 2CS and if it requires balloting and say not successful what do we do?

[tigger88]

jodi_mum:

i registered my girl in Anderson too but mainly cos its the nearest to my home. If this fails, will register her in teck ghee... can anyone advise how does it work, if i register my girl in Phase 2CS and if it requires balloting and say not successful what do we do?

You can request MOE to post your child to a school which still has vacancies after Phase 2C Supplementary or you can register your child at a school which still has vacancies at Phase 3.

Parents who are balloted out at Phase 2C Supplementary will be asked by the school to indicate 3 schools of their choice (in order of preference) with vacancies, on the \"Choice of Schools for Manual Posting\" Form. This form and the application form will be forwarded by the school to MOE for system posting.

[jodi_mum]

Hi tigger88… thanks for your reply


Was jus wondering for Phase 2CS, if say i register at Teck Ghee on the 1st day and thereafter i realise that there are too many applicants… can i withdraw my application and put in my application on the 2nd day of Phase 2CS in another school?

[tigger88]

jodi_mum:

Hi tigger88.. thanks for your reply


Was jus wondering for Phase 2CS, if say i register at Teck Ghee on the 1st day and thereafter i realise that there are too many applicants.. can i withdraw my application and put in my application on the 2nd day of Phase 2CS in another school?

Yes, I believe you can do so.

[Monster Mummy]

Hi,


Yes, it can be done so for the withdrawal. But it need to submit withdrawal form first in the school and then re-register in another school.

Since TG this year is so limited with vacanies, it might face the ballot in 2CS.