PRIMARY ONE REGISTRATION (UPDATE)

This is an update of the primary one registration status which I have written earlier here. We are so glad that we have managed to get in through Phase 2B without any ballot.

Based on historical records, this was a "given" situation especially if you are staying within 1 km. However, this year the competition is intense and we almost have to go into ballot till someone finally withdraw at the last minute. Thou even if there is a ballot, the probability would be really high but we could end up being the few unlucky ones and we have totally no backup plans. Going into Phase 2C would be really competitive, we are looking at a 2 for 1 situation.

The wait for the result was quite nerve whacking as some of my grassroots friends can't even sleep or even have to take fever medicine during the course of the process. Therefore, we can empathise with those currently waiting for the results for phase 2C and we wish you could be as fortunate as us not to go through  the ballot process. Even if there is a ballot, we wish you lots of luck.

We are just thankful that our efforts have been rewarded.

Lee

PRIMARY ONE REGISTRATION

It is the time of the year again whereby parents start worrying about getting into the preferred primary schools of their choice for their kids. This is  a particular stressful phase especially if they are trying to get their kids into a popular school.

Initially, I am of the view that a decent primary school will be good enough for my kids. However after considering our overall position, we feel that we can afford to give my daughter a good start to her educational journey. With that in mind, we decided to switch on our kiasu mentality and push forward our plan to get her into a relatively popular primary school.

In strategizing our game plan, we decided to explore the avenues and shortlisting the primary school of our choice. There are mainly 4 avenues available to us:

1) Using Clan association

2) Grassroots Leader Route

3) Staying Within 1km of the School

4) Parent Volunteer Route

We initially wanted to go through the clan association  through Phase 2B but the competition is very stiff and there is no "Sure Eat Scenario". Later we decided to zero in onto a popular primary school whereby if we are staying with 1km and is an active grassroots leader, the odds are 100 percent based on historical results for admission based on Phase 2B.This primary school don't really take in parent volunteers. Being an aspiring trader and loving high probability situations, the latter seems to be a no brainer
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Next up will be the implementation stage. We sold our house and move to within 1km of our preferred school. Also, I started my grassroots work which I find it pretty meaningful and am able to make friends from outside your normal social circle.

So everything is set and we are waiting for July 22nd to register our daughter for the admission into the primary school of our choice. Wish us Luck.

Lee