preschool queries

Hi all,

Pls help me solve my queries on school admissions in singapore.

My son is june 2007 born. At present he is in a playgroup.. I came to know that local school admit children into nursery only after they complete 3 years of age as of jan 1st...

So it means that my son can be enrolled only in jan 2011 for nursery even if he completes 3 years in june 2010. So he will have to waste 6 months... On the other hand in indian schools like DPS, they take in for nursey when the child has completed 2.5 years as of march... (their academic year is from march to apr). that means he is eligible for Nursery in april 2010 itself if in indian schools...

Admission- DPSIS - Service Before Self

pls let me know if my above understanding is right..

Now comes my dilemma...As DPS is little far from my place, I am not comfortable sending him that far so early... I would like to know whether i can make him go to playgroup the rest of the year (whole of 2010)and then enroll him directly in K1 in DPS in apr 2011 as he would have completed 3 1/2 years and he is eligible for K1 in DPS, without going through N1. Is age alone a factor or they would say that he has to study N1 to go to K1..

If this is not allowed, pls suggest me on how to tackle this..

sorry for the very long post... thanks for your patience..

Regards,
sukanya

Hi Sukanya,
I really dont think you'll have a problem getting your child admitted into DPS at 3.5 yrs.When I enquired for my daughter recently,she was at that age only.They were fine with giving her admission,even though she hadn't attended N1.In fact,my daughter hadnt been attending school for a few months ,as we were in the process of moving here.Hope this helps a bit.

Hi Sukanya,
What have u decided?Are u going to place ur daughter in DPS?

sorry,u have a son right?I have a daughter,so thats what keeps coming in my mind!

Hi Sukanya,
As far as I know, there's absolutely no problem in getting admission in DPS directly in K1, without going for N1. Agewise, your son will be 31/2. So, getting admission in K1 in DPS is not at all a problem since he has gone to playschool before that.

Regards
Latha

Hi latha,

thanks for that info. I called DPS and got it confirmed too. They will enroll my son directly into K1 in apr 2011.

hi racr,

As of now i have decided to put him in playgroup the whole of 2010. In 2011, I will decide which indian school to enroll him for K1..

thanks for your replies..

sukanya