Primary One School Orientation

[caroline3sg]

Strawberry Milk


PSLE results would be released on Thur 20 Nov. P6 students would collect results around noon. Perhaps your colleague can call the sch on Thur to find out more.

Single session start at 7.30am. But they have to be in sch at 7.10am. 7.20am sing marikita.

Usually assembly place / drop off place is canteen. Then proceed to parade square (if no raining). If raining, it would be in the hall.

trolley bag not recommended because of its weight & hard adjustable handle if carry on back when going up/down bus. Usually P1 class is at ground floor and hall is at 2nd floor.

first day of sch, teacher would brief kids on rules, handle out timetable. There won’t be any formal teaching. Need to bring handbook/companion book (somthing like dairy), file (for circulars). Some sch may request for activity books to be kept in sch shelves / lockers to alleviate weight of sch bag.

Hope this helps.

[Strawberry Milk]

caroline3sg:

Strawberry Milk


PSLE results would be released on Thur 20 Nov. P6 students would collect results around noon. Perhaps your colleague can call the sch on Thur to find out more.

Dear caroline3sg,
Thanks for the information and advise. In fact I have given my child's school \"Handout for P1 Parents\" to her for reference too. With all the other informations that the Kiasuparents forum has provided, it is really lighten up her day

Once again, Thank you very much

[ChiefKiasu]

Strawberry Milk:

...I wanted very much to mention the name of the school so that maybe parents in the same school viewing this topic can also share their view. Err....is it ok to mention? Can ChiefKiasu advise, please?...

I don't see why not. You're not planning to slander the school or something, are you? :mrgreen: At most it seems like just a little admin hiccup and good for them to take note for next year's orientation. Like the others said, perhaps your friend can get help or even meet some other parents with children in the same school.

[Strawberry Milk]

ChiefKiasu:

I don't see why not. You're not planning to slander the school or something, are you? :mrgreen: At most it seems like just a little admin hiccup and good for them to take note for next year's orientation. Like the others said, perhaps your friend can get help or even meet some other parents with children in the same school.

Dear Chief,
Thanks for the advise - my colleague's gal school is Corporation Primary School.

Any parents whose child in the same school has the similar experience; please help.

Thank you :lol:

[tanzyjac]

We attended my daughter's school (in BP, registered at Phase 2CS) orientation on 8 Nov. We were told to go straight to the hall, my daughter was brought to sit in front of the hall according to her class. The school's principal gave a lengthy speech on the rules, regulations and things to do during the 1st day in school... he spent more than 1.5hrs talking on and on. In the end, the events schedule was jeopardized (it had indicated that the principal's welcome speech is only 45 minutes). It was so disorganised that at the end the P1 newbies were quickly ushered into their classrooms to do a assessment test. The emcee asked the parents to stay in the school hall to watch cultural dance performance by 4 groups of students and listened to more talks by volunteers and dental nurse. Guess what? Some of parents ignored the emcee, they walked out of the hall to follow the P1 children into their classrooms. After all the activities in the hall, parents were then ushered into the classrooms to fill up the forms while they brought the children back into the hall to watch a cartoon video. --- UPSET and DISAPPOINTED because school committee is so disorganised.


Luckily I received a call from another school on the following Monday offering my daughter a place in their school (we were placed on waiting list). We then attended their registration/orientation on 15Nov.

HAPPY AT LAST - The school placed about 10 stands at school's front porch, each stand has the class name on it, e.g. Pri 1/Excellent etc. There were about 3 prefects in charge of each class. One prefect brought us (abt 3 families) to the classroom, introducing their school compound along the way. At the classroom, the teachers passed us some forms to fill. They also explained to us what to expect during the actual P1 orientation day on 30 Dec. We were given a Parent Handbook to read through. My daughter was also given an activity workbook to do to prepare her for a assessment test on the orientation day. We also paid $5 for '1st 5 days healthy set meals' for my daughter.

At the school's canteen, vendors were selling school books, uniforms, school shoes, bags. They were also very orderly. They used canteen's benches to form a maze - one way in, the other way out. There were no cutting queues etc...

Overall, we are glad we managed to get our child into this school (also in BP).

[Strawberry Milk]

tanzyjac:

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Luckily I received a call from another school on the following Monday offering my daughter a place in their school (we were placed on waiting list). We then attended their registration/orientation on 15Nov.

Dear tanzyjac,
My colleague was so excited when she read your e-mail and really felt happy for you. Do you mind sharing which are the 2 schools in BP? Perhaps you like to PM me.

Thank you.

[tanzyjac]

Sure. I’ll pm you

[ChiefKiasu]

I guess the lesson learnt from this thread is that schools still have to work at wowing us parents AFTER we've gotten into the schools :). We all know how hard they worked during the open houses in June while trying to introduce themselves to us.

[jedamum]

ChiefKiasu:

I guess the lesson learnt from this thread is that schools still have to work at wowing us parents AFTER we've gotten into the schools :). We all know how hard they worked during the open houses in June while trying to introduce themselves to us.

Chief, while my boy's school has yet to win me over totally as i still find that they can be clearer in their instructions to parents, my boy is totally won over by the school after they showcase their performance to the kids and their mascot during the orientation. My boy told me that he feel that the school is a 'good' school.
He happy, I happy.

[ChiefKiasu]

jedamum:

Chief, while my boy's school has yet to win me over totally as i still find that they can be clearer in their instructions to parents, my boy is totally won over by the school after they showcase their performance to the kids and their mascot during the orientation. My boy told me that he feel that the school is a 'good' school.

He happy, I happy.

Wah... you lucky. My recollection of my son's orientation in Konghwa was how the English HOD impressed me with her command of language despite Konghwa being a SAP school. In fact, I don't recall a single word of Chinese spoken throughout the meet-the-teachers-in-the-school-hall session. No performance or anything else. Ended up with a pasar malam in the canteen where service providers tout their school bags and transport services.