It's the time of the year to do our Kiasu Analysis of PSLE results once again!

Finding #1 - Top Honors

2009 is the Year of the Underdogs.  It is Episode 4 - A*Star Wars - A New Hope.  While 9 of the Top 17 National students are from top tier GEP schools, a staggering 7 out of 17 students are from schools that used to be classified as Unworthy-of-PV-Effort.  This is unprecedented in recent PSLE history.

The above image is contributed by our talented parent-artist chillycrab.  Thanks for the wonderful light-hearted humor your have provided for our community!

Good luck to all students and parents of students who have participated in the PSLE 2009.  May you get the results you deserve.  Celebrate if you achieve what you wanted.  Reflect on how you will improve yourself if you get less than what you hoped for.  And regardless of whatever you score, plan on what you want to achieve 4 to 6 years down the road and start preparing TODAY towards that goal.

Achieving academic excellence is a marathon, not a sprint.

The annual Singapore Primary One Registration Exercise is meant for 6 year old children who are Singaporean Citizens or Permanent Residents to register for Primary One in the following year.  The age of the child eligible for registration is dependent on the calendar year - as long as the child will turn 7 before 2nd Jan of the following year, he/she must be registered in the Registration Exercise of the current year. 

This means that the age difference between the youngest and oldest child in the cohort can be as much as an entire year.

Phases

Phase 3

• For a child who is not a Singapore Citizen or a Permanent Resident.

Registration and Announcement of Result:

• 28th August 2009

Phase 2C Supplementary

• For a child who is unsuccessful in gaining a place in a school of choice at Phase 2C.

Announcement of Result:

• By 19 August 2009

Phase 2C

• For a child who is ineligible for or unsuccessful in earlier phases.

Announcement of Result:

• By 11 Aug  2009

Update 2nd Aug (Phase 2C Summary):

We've provided the Average APP of each school from 2006-2008 which represents the % of applicants over the number of available vacancies for Phase 2C.  This should provide parents with some idea of what their chances are, based on historical averages.  The standard deviation is provided to indicate the margin of error - assuming a normal distribution, the confidence level that the APP this year will be within 1 Standard Deviation of the Average APP (ie. Average APP ± Standard Deviation) is 68%.

Phase 2B2

• For a child whose parent has joined the school as a parent volunteer not later than 1 July 2007 and has given at least 40 hours of voluntary service to the school by 30 June 2008; or whose parent is a member endorsed by the church/clan directly connected with the school; or whose parent is endorsed as an active community leader.

Announcement of Result:

• By  24 July 2009

Phase 2A2

• For a child whose parent or sibling has studied in the school of choice; or whose parent is a staff member of the school of choice.

Announcement of Result:

• By 16 July 2009