Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[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?


:?

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!

[mum2princess]

[quote]
From past record, NYPS does not have balloting for phase 2B. That does not mean that they have a shortage of PVs. Instead, it means that they are very selective of their PVs, and they don't take in more PVs than they have places for. So even if you do move to within 1km, there is no guarantee you will be selected for PV.

[/quote]Hi,

I would like to understand what does it means by very selective of their PVs? Does it means that they screen throu' the parents background and profession? Or the child capability before they select their PVs. Thank you.

[hquek]

mum2princess:

I would like to understand what does it means by very selective of their PVs? Does it means that they screen throu' the parents background and profession? Or the child capability before they select their PVs. Thank you.

hi mum2princess,

Not sure what exactly they consider (I heard some schools' PV are mostly made up of professionals), but I heard schools tend to place priority on ability to commit time - so SAHMs tend to be very popular; and of course skillsets (if they are looking for some type of project to be done).

[BigDevil]

mum2princess:

I would like to understand what does it means by very selective of their PVs? Does it means that they screen throu' the parents background and profession? Or the child capability before they select their PVs. Thank you.

Well, they definitely screened their PVs for suitability, but sorry I don't know what selection criteria they have.

[mum2princess]

thanks for the reply. i will try my luck then…

[greggymum]

Hi I am a newbie to kaisuparents.com. Almost fainted when I read all the forum discussions on Pri 1 preparation.

My ds1 is born in 2004 and entering Pri 1 in 2011...I'm now worrying about which primary sch to register him.
My choices:
Nan Chiau Primary (cos my husband is an old boy)
Concern: we live in Serangoon and Nan Chiau is a 40 min bus ride away. Both of us are working, so we will depend on my mil to bring my son to school, also dun wish to have son waste time on school bus. Anyone living in serangoon and have children going to Nan Chiau?

Yangzheng Primary (10 min walk away)
Concern: not as \"famous\" a school as Nan Chiau? I am not sure, cos after surfing the school websites of Nan Chiau and Yangzheng, Nan Chiau's results are of cos better. But not sure of school facilities...

will appreciate any advice. Thank you!