Is there a whatsapp group for Bukit Timah Primary School? Please can anyone in this group let me know? Thank you.

laokong\" post_id=\"1992078\" time=\"1597922576\" user_id=\"57696:

hi fellow parent,

i hope you do not mind me saying this, being a parent, you are the first source of information a child receives from.
by indebting in your child that these brand name schools are the only schools of choice, your child himself will have the impression that other schools, in this case, neighbourhood schools are not good or beneath aforementioned schools.

I'm actually surprised that he knows the names of these schools in fact.
I have a p1 2021 kid myself and he is clueless about schools.
being a catholic and within 1-2km distance to sjij, i chose not to place my boy in the popular school where he could have easily got into in PHASE 2B.

he does not even know sjij and instead i place him in a neighbourhood school just behind my block which has a cca my boy is interested in.
he got the spot in phase 2c. i was more nervous that this school would have balloting at phase 2c than missing a seat at phase 2b in sjij.

as of today, i have not let my son knows he is going to that school. he tells me everyday mummy i want to play (cca) in (that) school. i always answer ok, see how.

he has no clue where his frens are going nor I. we live in an area where there are more than 6 popular schools.

it is crucial for parents to understand the basic needs of their children and not follow the trend most of us succumbed to. how we show our child's achievements and disappointment reflects on our own maturity.

and of course there are those who already have secured a spot in a branded school NOT of their choice but will wait list to an even better branded school of their dreams.... it never ends.

well you can do that, put his name on a waitlist or you can see him flourish wherever he is placed.

I think this should get the \"post of the year\" award. I salute you. Even my son still doesn't know where he's going, and why, and what the other options might have been.

:goodpost: :goodpost:

Aakpward\" post_id=\"1991916\" time=\"1597831061\" user_id=\"149067:

JoshuaHeng\" post_id=\"1991847\" time=\"1597812492\" user_id=\"187959:

Dont know how to reply specifically to a message.

@Davischew thanks. We are still thinking how to break the news to our kid. He has a few classmates that got into the school we tried.

@nitrodrops; yes i did via online form.

Sorry to hear that. I totally understand how you must be feeling.We are in the same position. Also at Novena and did not get in. Our daughter has been asking which school is she is going in as most of her classmates already know. Hopefully we get in the school of our choice for 2CS.

All the best and hope luck is on our side this time.

Good luck.

We applied through the online form and we got through. I’d like to think it’s a fair system.

Lexy\" post_id=\"1991579\" time=\"1597678746\" user_id=\"12180:

Davischew\" post_id=\"1991350\" time=\"1597671760\" user_id=\"132882:

[quote=unicornq post_id=1991349 time=1597671635 user_id=69097]

May I know how are these compared to Bukit Timah? Seems like Bukit Timah is a popular 2CS choice as well.

2CS schools are comparable. Bukit Timah probably need to ballot >2km and it's quite a distance from Novena.

Think BTPS will ballot within 2km this year. Overflow from the area is double of previous years.[/quote]I agree with your view. Yet I'm still wondering where are all these children coming from?

Firstly the MOE increased BTPS seats, reduced PR quota. Yet still after 2C there are lesser seats in BTPS than last year. At least 50+ SCs took 2C seats. And still there are likely to be double SC applicants in 2CS vs last year, as you say.

What gives?

Do we know at what time is it announced?

I’ve been watching these processes go through since 3 years now, and I’ve never seen (a) such a high number of applicants to e.g. the leading schools in the Bukit Timah area and (b) such a high number of schools overall that will ballot for SCs within 1km. I wonder what kind of a population growth or strategy making justifies this trend.

Lexy\" post_id=\"1989404\" time=\"1596603102\" user_id=\"12180:

Fatte\" post_id=\"1989345\" time=\"1596591958\" user_id=\"175592:

[quote=TheTeds post_id=1989344 time=1596591739 user_id=170081]i wonder till date how many or what % of the applicants have not applied yet. Can we say the numbers yesterday are representative?

I sure hope so. It's dangerous to be adventurous when the time is so short and the subject so important. You can only strategize so much.

Still have 30% to go based on ytd number. This is overall.
some school quite full, some school reflects a wait and see move.[/quote]Hi Lexy. How do you calculate this 30% estimate please?

TheTeds\" post_id=\"1989344\" time=\"1596591739\" user_id=\"170081:

i wonder till date how many or what % of the applicants have not applied yet. Can we say the numbers yesterday are representative?

I sure hope so. It's dangerous to be adventurous when the time is so short and the subject so important. You can only strategize so much.

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1989324\" time=\"1596584710\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1989324 time=1596584710 user_id=53606]

thinknthink\" post_id=\"1989307\" time=\"1596560056\" user_id=\"163158:

My opinion would be similar to Lexy and Davischew.

Queenstown at your distance, not very safe due to increasing demand from the <1km new properties near there.

2C: Henry Park

2CS: choose either BTPS or Clementi Pri (whichever is nearer for you)

after 2CS and before phase 3: MOE will either allocate you to Pei Tong or New Town (whichever is nearer for you)

I agree this makes sense. No reason not to first try for Henry Park.