CHIJ Family of Schools
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Dearest Snowyqueen,
Most thankful to all your sharing and makes me more affirmative in placing my gal there. Like you I like 'all girls' school kind of environment and being a christian, I wish to instill christian values to my child since young and CHIJ is the best fit to what I'm seeking. Having sensible and thoughful friends help a long way in moulding one's character.
It's v bad of his Kindy classmates to bully her this way and the teachers should step in to help out. Since it's over, dun brood over it.
I'm happy for you that your girl adjust well to the school and score well in her SA1.
Cheers!!! -
luvmum:
Dear Luvmum,Dearest Snowyqueen,
Most thankful to all your sharing and makes me more affirmative in placing my gal there. Like you I like 'all girls' school kind of environment and being a christian, I wish to instill christian values to my child since young and CHIJ is the best fit to what I'm seeking. Having sensible and thoughful friends help a long way in moulding one's character.
Cheers!!!
What I had written was based on my own experience and I do not want to paint a beautiful picture that this school is fantastic such that you will be disappointed later and it will be too late.
You would have also realised that I do not want to comment too much about the teachers because I did have bad experience.
Generally, the teachers also had high expectation of the students. During the parent review, they told me that P1 students' results should be in Band 1 range and they should score average 90 and above for all the subjects. I consulted a lot of my friends about this. Some said Yes but some said students with this type of results should be in the top quadrant of the whole P1. I am not sure about this as my girl is my my first child. But to get this type of results also mean that the parents have to prepare their child well before they go to P1. If not, I do not see how it can be achieved. There are also other negative comments that I shall skip because in every school, there are always \"good\" and \"bad\" teachers.
You know, I am a parent with a lot of doubts about our education system????? I also get feedback from my friends who has children in neighbourhood school that teachers really taught the students step by step instead of the current way which to me is \"teach less, access more\".
Anyway, I had a lot of stories to tell but to cut short, I feel that you should also try to find out about other schools for comparision. For me, I like the little girls there. I feel that they are nice little angels who help my girl along the way and give her the friendship and warmth to progress in the school. My girl is a December kid so she need more time to develop into a more mature kid. This kind of environment is suitable for her.
Cheers! -
Hi snowyqueen!
Thank you for your insights on the teachers’ expectation. My dd is enroled in that school too. She’ll be in P1 next year. Now I wonder if she is prepared for the rigour of the school as I don’t push her very hard and she spends most of her time playing apart from attending her regular kindregarten programme.
socks -
Dear Snowyqueen,
Thanks for sharing so much. I've just PM you, hope we can chat more via email. I do understand in every school even reputable ones, there are bound to hv good and bad teachers. No school is perfect. Seems like all schools have v high expectations of our kids. My SIL whose child is in a neighbourhood school, teachers told her that though her child score abv 80 but less than 90 in all her subj, that is not good enough. :roll: Sometimes really sad that our children have to subject to such intense stress at such young age. And yes, my niece at RGPS has not much teaching and homework to do, they are expected to know a lot of things w/o teaching. Can say the way children are taught now is drastically diff from our time.
Dear Socks,
can I know if you went thr balloting to enrol your child in? How far are you staying from the school. My home is 1-2KM and based on past yrs, no balloting including last, balloting only for >2 but I still volunteer for PV as I'm KS. But just thinking if it's necessary.... :shock: -
Dear luvmum,
We are staying within the 1-2 km radius and I did not PV. I must say we were very fortunate that balloting was not required this year for those staying within the 2 km range. I actually wrote to the P before and she said that we ‘stand a fair chance’ getting into the school. Then again, everything boils down to luck. -
Dear Socks,
Bet you are staying near me since we are both within 1-2Km from school. :lol: Can share why you choose CHIJ OLQP? Actually I've shortlisted a few schools but eventually set my mind on this after recommended by my colleague whose child is there this year and all along I wanted a girls school and this seems to be the only school at our vicinity. I've sent an email to the Principal before but she din reply me. Think u shld be going for the P1 orientation soon.
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Dear Luvmum,
I bet we stay very near to each other too! The main reason why we chose the school was proximity. Secondly, my alma mater is Kellock, hence, OLQP is the closest I could get. Lastly, its got a new building. Hee hee, apart from the first reason, the rest are not very ‘logical’ right? Wish I could tell you more about the school. Maybe next year… -
Dear socks,
Yes pl come back to share more...any infor will be helpful to me as my child will be due for registration in 2010, so I still hv time to think think. :lol: Or you can email me as well.
My email add is [email protected]
Most grateful... -
socks:
Dear Socks and Luvmum,Hi snowyqueen!
Thank you for your insights on the teachers' expectation. My dd is enroled in that school too. She'll be in P1 next year. Now I wonder if she is prepared for the rigour of the school as I don't push her very hard and she spends most of her time playing apart from attending her regular kindregarten programme.
socks
I needed to go for ballot for 1-2km when I enrolled my girl in last year, so it was not correct to say that previously no balloting was needed.
The English syllabus will change next year for P1 and P2, so I also do not know what to expect. They will be adopting the STELLAR program which stands for Strategies for English Language Learning and Reading programme. For Maths, they are using Shaping Maths so you can go to popular bookshop to take a look at the syllabus. For Chinese, it should be the same textbook for most of the schools.
I am thinking if I should sign up my girl for I can read kind of literacy programme which is more similar to STELLAR. You all still have time to prepare your girls. For me, I will only know next year school re-open when parents are being invited to listen to the workshop on STELLAR.
Cheers! -
Dear Snowyqueen,
Did you receive my PM...can email me at ennyong@gmail where we can discuss more abt the school secret if not convenient for you to post here. If you are not comfortable, then it's alright.
Cheers... :lol:
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