Dear Janet,
How's it going girl? Hope all is well...
Just a piece of advise (and also to all mummies). If you wanna choose a primary school for your kid, I think you will have to look at the distance first (nearby, very far). Cos we have to take into consideration that the kids will be doing some kind of CCA in future, so if we find a very far (but very good) school for them, they will be tired, and the journey is killing. I think the education in Spore is more or less OK & quite standard. I have a close friend who put her girl in Raffles cos she was ex-student, and also a good school. But she stays in Clementi. She's a housewife so she drives the girl every morning. But Raffles have alot of after school activities at least 2-3 times a week. So her girl is home by around 4.30-4.45 pm daily. Din ask her how is her girl coping though.
Janet, with regards to yor dilema about choosing CHIJ TP or PH, I think you have to look at which is nearer? I would think PH is nearer to your home. Since your boy is already there and you more or less know the routine/syllubus/rules/principal etc, then seems a good choice to me. However CHIJ TP has an affiliated sec school, so to be on the "safe" side, it is also a good choice. If I'm you, I will go for CHIJ, knowing that there is an affiliated sec school. This is just to play "safe". But then again, if you enrol your girl in PH, not to worry too much, cos in future, you will still be able to find a good sec school for her, just need to search around a bit.
My girl is in CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity. The adffiliated sec school is CHIJ St. Joseph. We managed to get in cos for Catholics, it is direct entry.