Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[mrswongtuition]

twinnies mummy:

Thanks mrswongtuition.


My hubby is an old boy of ACJC. Just wondering if he will be eligible for Phase 2A2 for MGS???

Does it mean that if he joins the ACJC Alumni, we will be Phase 2A1??
Btw, we do not fall in the 2km range.
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For P1 registration, they only look at you & your hb's PRIMARY SCHOOL. Sec & JC does not count.

I know of someone who is ACJC old boy, join Alumni but volunteer & help at ACS(J)'s BB. Though he did not manage to successful register his son during P1 registration to ACS(J), his boy got transferred in and started school on the same day as other boys on the first day of school I don't know if his volunteer services helped with the speedy transfer.

[twinnies mummy]

hi mrswongtuition,


does that mean that if he joins his alumni (ACJC), will he still be eligibe for P2A1 though u mentioned that they only look into our primary school and not SEC & JC? We are considering MGS for our girls.

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[schellen]

twinnies mummy:

hi mrswongtuition,


does that mean that if he joins his alumni (ACJC), will he still be eligibe for P2A1 though u mentioned that they only look into our primary school and not SEC & JC? We are considering MGS for our girls.

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Hi! What MrsWong meant was that if your alumni is sec sch or JC, even pri sch with the same name will not get you into P2A1. You must join alumni of the PRI SCH and to do so, you must be old boy/girl of THAT pri sch.

MrsWong's example is based on \"luck\", I guess. Perhaps that father made a good impression or perhaps it was more to luck that his son was on the waiting list and there was a vacancy.

Hope this clears up your doubts.

[twinnies mummy]

thanks for the info schellen. That clears my doubts.

[BigDevil]

twinnies mummy:

hi mrswongtuition,


does that mean that if he joins his alumni (ACJC), will he still be eligibe for P2A1 though u mentioned that they only look into our primary school and not SEC & JC? We are considering MGS for our girls.

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No such luck twinnies mummy. I'm an old boy of ACS Secondary. But it doesn't qualify my boy for P2A, regardless I join the alumni or not.

[keroppi]

schellen:

Hi! What MrsWong meant was that if your alumni is sec sch or JC, even pri sch with the same name will not get you into P2A1. You must join alumni of the PRI SCH and to do so, you must be old boy/girl of THAT pri sch.

Not necessarily. For full schools (like MGS and SCGS), you can apply for the Pri school under P2A even if you had only studied in Sec school. It does not apply if you had only attended the JC.

[mrswongtuition]

keroppi:

schellen:

Hi! What MrsWong meant was that if your alumni is sec sch or JC, even pri sch with the same name will not get you into P2A1. You must join alumni of the PRI SCH and to do so, you must be old boy/girl of THAT pri sch.

Not necessarily. For full schools (like MGS and SCGS), you can apply for the Pri school under P2A even if you had only studied in Sec school. It does not apply if you had only attended the JC.

Means Maris Stella, St Nicks, Cat High also can? Cos those are full schools too. Their Primary section goes on holiday at the same time as Secondary section. Which is 3 weeks earlier than others for this year!

[keroppi]

mrswongtuition:

Means Maris Stella, St Nicks, Cat High also can? Cos those are full schools too. Their Primary section goes on holiday at the same time as Secondary section. Which is 3 weeks earlier than others for this year!

I should think so. For MGS and SCGS, I am very sure because I know of ex Sec girls who got their daughters in the Pri school under Phase 2A.
Actually this does not apply to just full schools, some schools like St Andrews Pri also accept students whose parents were from SASS under Phase 2A.

No harm calling up the school to enquire.

[virus]

Hello Everyone,


I am new in singapore , a PR , from India & have some questions regarding primary education in singapore.

My daughter is 2006 born, & i am interested that she taking up Hindi as mother tongue as it is recognised as NTIL. If she takes up hindi as mother tongue, then in most cases she will have to go & attend classes on saturdays in one of Hindi Language centres. Unless she attends a school which offers a Parallel Hindi program, in which case her saturdays will be free.

I am staying in Hougang area just in the vicinity of Hougang Primary, YCK primary & between 1-2 Kms of rosyth school. but none of these schools are covered in Parallel hindi program!
the nearest school that is covered in compassvale primary which comes in 2-3 km distance (& i have no chance there unless i do PV). now there are 3 possible scenarios

1. I do PV in CVPS, complete it & get a place there for my daughter & she takes up hindi.

2. she doesnt get through CVPS, we admit in one of the neighbourhood schools & she takes up hindi classes on saturdays.

3. She gets admission in schools in the vicintiy & she takes up mandarin as MT!!!! ( we can get her Pvt hindi lessons, once she is higher primary , so she becomes trilingual!)

my queries are.

1. how important is the MT in PSLE,?

2. does anyone has any idea how children from non chinese families fare in PSLE if they take up Mandarin as mother tongue.

3. How good are the private chinese tutors in the event that she takes up chinese in school & needs help in studies. ( which she will !!))

4. anyone has any idea about CVPS, how good is the school as compared to Hougang primary & YCK primary , ( no i am not trying for rosyth). its a new school so any one got first or second hand ideas about the school.
is it worth trying for CVPS?


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please help to solve my dilemma.

[wildboys]

Hi Parents, my boy is very into science topics. Which primary schools are strong in Science? Thank you!