Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[stjt]

sembgal:

stjt:

[quote=\"quirkymum\"]How big is TS's class size?

1:8 for nursery
1:10 for.K1-2

You know what I like about 天下？in a K2 class, 1 teacher will take care of 10 children. But in Berries, there is 1 main teacher and 1 asst teacher to about 16 children (correct me if I'm wrong). So it means 1 Berries teacher is teaching 16 children as compared to 1 天下teacher teaching 10 children.
Assistant teacher is to put for a better teacher student ratio. But in actual fact, 1 teacher to 10 children is better in 天下 than 1 teacher to 16 children in Berries.

Parents, know what you are paying for. Having lesser students in a class allows the teacher to spend more time to focus on each individual child for Oral Component like K2 Picture description in 天下 Oral for Preparatory P1 class.[/quote]the other time I checked with berries Hougang branch they told me it's still 2:12 for K1-K2.

but i still enroll my child in TH

[ksctsp]

My 5 year old kid attends Chinese Montessori preschool @ TD Education near Paya Lebar MRT, 3 hours daily.


The school developed comprehensive and interesting text/workbooks which are also use at NTU Confucius Institute enrichment class and many childcare centres (e.g. St James, Innate Montessori etc). My kid's favorite place is the library, which comprises > 4000 books and he has cultivated the habit of reading 4 books daily.

From a kid who refuses to speak mandarin transforming to one who can't stop using Chinese daily in a short span of time, kudos to the teachers. They have definitely exceeded our expectation.

The school conducts enrichment classes too and coming June, there is a Holiday Chinese Program for Kids. Also, there is a Free Workshop for Pre-primary kids on 1st June. Refer to the website for more info. (http://www.tdgrp.com.sg)

[sembgal]

Thanks for sharing. A good post. Please do not reveal your child’s name for security and safety reasons. Anyone from public, who is not forum member gets to read about your post.

[phtthp]

ksctsp,


for the safety of your child and family, kindly edit your post -
to remove your child’s name, and the link to his facebook picture.

We do not want any kidnapping of child to take place.
Any Tom, Dick or Harry can enter KSP forum, read all info about your child.
(dangerous)

sembgal,
appreciate if you can kindly help edit your post too - ie. remove ksctsp’s child’s name. We need to protect her child. TQ very much.

[sembgal]

phtthp:

ksctsp,


for the safety of your child and family, kindly edit your post -
to remove your child's name, and the link to his facebook picture.

We do not want any kidnapping of child to take place.
Any Tom, Dick or Harry can enter KSP forum, read all info about your child.
(dangerous)

sembgal,
appreciate if you can kindly help edit your post too - ie. remove ksctsp's child's name. We need to protect her child. TQ very much.

Done on my part

[blueblue]

You know what I like about 天下？in a K2 class, 1 teacher will take care of 10 children. But in Berries, there is 1 main teacher and 1 asst teacher to about 16 children (correct me if I’m wrong). So it means 1 Berries teacher is teaching 16 children as compared to 1 天下teacher teaching 10 children.

Assistant teacher is to put for a better teacher student ratio. But in actual fact, 1 teacher to 10 children is better in 天下 than 1 teacher to 16 children in Berries.

Parents, know what you are paying for. Having lesser students in a class allows the teacher to spend more time to focus on each individual child for Oral Component like K2 Picture description in 天下 Oral for Preparatory P1 class.[/quote]

the other time I checked with berries Hougang branch they told me it’s still 2:12 for K1-K2.


but i still enroll my child in TH[/quote]

My son attended Berries K2 last year. It was 2 teachers to 12 students.

[lovinglife]

blueblue:

My son attended Berries K2 last year. It was 2 teachers to 12 students.

My son's class also not more than 12. Occasionally up to 3 teachers. Might be teacher-on-training. Berries K2 is teaching HYPY every bi-weekly now started from this term 2.

[sembgal]

Why Berries did not start teaching HYPY in Term 1? Tien Hsia has started in Term 1 and it is done weekly.

[blueblue]

Berries allocates one lesson every 2 wks just to teach hypy.

[Canvas]

stjt:

quirkymum:

How big is TS's class size?

1:8 for nursery
1:10 for.K1-2

Hi stjt,

How did you come to decide to enrol your child in TS instead of Berries? I have exactly the same dilemma between Berries Hougang and TS Kovan. TS Kovan is nearer my home but when DS attended it when he was 6 (did not speak a word of Mandarin in his school) there was no improvement even after many months so we took him out. Now it's my DD's turn. But I think DD's interest in the language is higher. I emailed Berries but they are full, so DD is on waiting list. I am thinking if I should try out TS again.