Interested to get your child into a local Primary School? Discuss the opportunities here.
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Canadian International School
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Pal » Sat, 18 Aug 2018 10:25 pm
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The Canadian International School (CIS) is a leading international school in Singapore. Founded in 1990, CIS has over...
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Bump for this thread 8-)
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:28 pm
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Local School - need advice on moving my son to one
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quidsin » Wed, 08 May 2013 8:54 am
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I have 2 children, 1 of them is currently in an international school in Primary 3 and the other is in a local school in primary 1. I have been quite...
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I think this is more of demand supply mismatch in Singapore. If you consider other developed countries, take the UK for example. There are so many...
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Thu, 19 Sep 2013 9:44 pm
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Primary 1 for local schools - Phase 3 registration
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martyr mum » Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:11 am
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Hello everyone,
Happy new year.
Looking for some insights to P1 registration for non-PR/non-Citizens route, ie Phase 3.
My son is turning 5 this...
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hi fushiav,
how are your kids doing in their Mandarin classes?
my dd is currently in Primary 1 at CHIJ Upper Bukit Timah and is struggling with Han...
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Tue, 30 Jul 2013 2:06 pm
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Cost of Local Schooling
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ComingSoon » Tue, 23 Apr 2013 1:20 pm
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Hi,
In a recent thread:
one of the posters indicated that the cost of local schooling would increase substantially for foreigners.
While I can...
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It's a whole lot cheaper than international school, if you don't like it then you don't have to come, simple really! We don't need foreigners who...
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Last post by PrimroseHill
Thu, 09 May 2013 11:40 am
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Primary 1 Registration Process - when to start
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snowqueen » Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:13 am
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OK, so my son has just turned 4 in February and I've just started looking around at International schools, I've always kind of know that we would not...
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Hi, you can try to find out information from these few websites.. :-) actual P1 registration dates will only be uploaded on MOE website by May...
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Last post by epurch
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:15 am
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Why does MOE charge more for non ASEANs?
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BedokAmerican » Sun, 14 Apr 2013 2:31 pm
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Does anybody know why the public school system in Singapore charges more for international students who are not from non-Asian countries versus those...
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Methinks they don't really want foreigners of the free thinking, likely to challenge the status quo, and potentially inspire others to do the same...
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Sat, 20 Apr 2013 2:04 pm
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Can anyone share their experience with Phase 3 registration?
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ameraussie » Mon, 05 Nov 2012 6:12 pm
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Hello local schoolers,
We are getting ready to move to Singapore next year with our two kiddos, the eldest is eligible to start P1 in 2015, so we...
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I have a question on expat parent volunteers for P1 admition for local schools.
If expat parent will volunteer in the local school of the choice...
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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:10 am
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New admission for Pre-Primary school
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ravi2012 » Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:01 pm
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we are moving from India to Singapore, my daughter is 3.6 yrs old, as per new academic yr starts in Jan in singapore, she will complete 3.11yrs , so...
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Thanks but it was just a matter of playing the odds. We ended up having to register at our third choice school after we knew balloting would be...
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Tue, 18 Sep 2012 4:37 pm
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Public school for a 5 year old child
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sebba » Sun, 27 May 2012 1:33 am
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hi there,
My family and I will be moving from Ireland to Singapore within the next 2 to 3 months. we are wondering if you might know a nice and well...
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i have moved to Singapore this week, i am in the process of moving into an apartment in district 21. I have a son who is 7 yr old in November. I am...
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Fri, 07 Sep 2012 1:51 pm
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International or Local School ?
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fatmouse76 » Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:17 am
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Hi all, my child is currently in local school, as is having a problem with the Mother Tongue language,unfortunately my MT is not English. Mother...
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Just a note that Marlborough is just under $26,000 SGD. Not significantly less than international schools in Singapore. And even more if you plan to...
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Fri, 03 Aug 2012 5:15 pm
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is it difficult getting your kid into a local school?
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taxico » Thu, 31 May 2012 2:51 pm
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the reason i'm asking is because over lunch (today) with a friend who works at MOE, i mentioned that i read on a few threads here it seems expats are...
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Incorrect, PR are still allowed to apply through at least the 2C phase, before EP's phase 3.
Incorrect.
PR can apply at Phase 2B or even phase 2A...
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Last post by ScoobyDoes
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:16 pm
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Comparison Singapore education system with others
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TDMR0709 » Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:39 am
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hi,
just want to hear your views of pro & cons of Singapore education system and comparing to your country's education system.
pls share..
tks
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From what I could find, I think op is trying to get his child into a local school. Maybe he's trying to see if maybe it not such a good idea. I'm...
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Tue, 19 Jun 2012 1:24 pm
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Local school with international flavours
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ribena » Sat, 04 Jul 2009 7:40 am
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Anyone knows of any local primary school with high % of international student? Heard of Tj katong. What about St Joseph Junior? Any more? Is ACS...
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Hello Ribena, was wondering if you, or anyone else, could provide details of any public schools in the Novena area? Just moved to town, and awaiting...
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Tue, 08 May 2012 12:05 pm
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Transfer from international school into local school
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alnn » Thu, 09 Feb 2012 4:45 pm
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I did a few searches but couldn't find a similar topic - I am wondering whether anyone has transferred their child (primary school years) from an...
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Hi, I have a friend who moved his daughter from SAS to the Haig school about two years ago. He has said it was the best decision he ever...
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Last post by boffenl
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 7:30 pm
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local primary schools
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becca68 » Sat, 27 Feb 2010 8:06 am
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We are trying to get our 7 year old daughter in to a local school Bedok/Tanah marah area. It all seems very hard at the moment!!! Can anyone give us...
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We have our first test tomorrow - English spelling and dictation. I'm both nervous and excited. Hope he does well. We got the list of the words to...
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Last post by Dalia
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:03 pm
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Local Primary School for 5 and 8 years old vs Private School
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VivianeL » Wed, 04 Jan 2012 6:50 pm
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Hi !
We're moving to Singapore mid-March.
My main concern for my 5 and 8 year old girls is to find a nice warm caring school with a good level of...
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Thanks much ! Yes, I've been searching in the forum and kind of everywhere I could think of on the web... it's full of info, but so time consuming...
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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 8:34 pm
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Text Books and Curriculum for local schools
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wannamove » Thu, 05 Jan 2012 5:39 am
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I know that my daughter is just 2.5 but the debate between international schools and local schools seems predominant in our family and with friends....
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We have bought entire set of Primary 1 books including Chinese Mother Tongue books. As we're leaving SG, they are not of much use anymore.
Please PM...
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Fri, 06 Jan 2012 9:38 am
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cant get our 14 yr old teenager into a singapore school
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newjob » Fri, 29 Jul 2011 2:34 pm
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Hello everyoneme
Me and my familly currently moved to singapore 6 mnths ago from uk :) we managed to get our 6 yr old into a lovley local school (...
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Hi I have a teenage daughter too (15), who is currently at a local school. She has just finished her first year there, and about to start her second...
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Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:00 am
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Thoughts on local primary schools
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Aussie_family » Thu, 10 Nov 2011 7:15 am
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Hi there, we're an Australian family with a 2 year old girl relocating to Singapore in January 2012.
We're a few years off having to think about...
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Poster was just originally asking for popular schools. The fact that the majority of us posting do not choose to send our children to those popular...
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Mon, 05 Dec 2011 9:42 am
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Do expat children go to local schools?
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Shona Trench » Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:46 pm
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We are a family (with girl age 14, boy age 12) who have moved here from Scotland, with my husbands job. Unfortunately, we do not receive a schooling...
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Shona, I can't thank you enough for your informational posts. Although my daughter has only attended SG local primary schools she still occassionally...
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Last post by boffenl
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 9:09 am
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Local schools -east Coast area
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lukeduke » Sun, 14 Aug 2011 9:06 pm
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Good evening all,
If anyone has any experiences of local schools in the east Coast area could you please let me know. My family are joining me in...
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You know your child the best--and it sounds like you've done a lot of thinking about this. English will be a huge hurdle--even some of the African...
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Fri, 30 Sep 2011 9:17 am
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