There might be an opportunity for my family to move to Singapore. I'm Singaporean and married to an American and we have 3 boys. Our oldest should enter into Primary One next year given that he turns 7 then.
He, however, does not hold a Singaporean Citizenship Certificate and does not qualify to apply for one because his DOB is before the changes made in 2004 regarding children of Singapore mothers born overseas. Not really a factor this year since Primary schools are already in Phase 3 registration which is for Foreign Students.
Most of the local missionary schools no longer have vacancies. I recently wrote to St Joseph's Institution Junior to enquire about vacancies. They informed us that IF there is a vacancy, he would be called to take an admissions test.
Is anyone familiar with this? What do they test?
Also, given that he was attending a Spanish Immersion Kindergarten class, he has not been exposed to the Chinese language (I myself struggled with it through Junior College so I really wasn't up to teaching it to him at home
). I am considering enrolling him in a local Kindergarten to build his Chinese foundation. Is that an option since he will be 7 in Febuary?Many Thanks!
