CHIJ Family of Schools

[esmummy]

Hi. Thanks for the input. I know it’s just a girl thing to want to dress up and I think that’s natural and ok. What I don’t want is too much peer pressure to be "cool"… dressing provocatively, smoking, girl gangs… that sort of thing. It used to be irrelevant in pri school during my generation, but I really am not so sure about the P5s and P6s nowadays.


And wrt to the BGR thingy, hubby doesn’t really mind a mixed sch at primary level but is dead against a mixed secondary school. He says that hormones are running amok then and there’s not sane and safe way to reign them in accept to keep the girls and boys apart… hahahaha! I tend to agree so I will keep my options open with the primary school but hopefully get her into an all girl sec sch when the time comes.

[janet88]

Hi Es mummy,

My daughter loves to dress up. I guess it's natural for a girl to be vain. She would open her cupboard every day to see what clothes she has. I'm partially at fault for buying clothes frequently :oops: but it's hard to resist when girls stuff are so pretty. BTW, I have an older boy. He's 10 this year.

Girls mature earlier and though I don't know when her puberty starts, but it would be better to be in an all girls environment.
As for secondary school, it's even better to be in an all girls environment as that is the age hormones peak and crushes begin. I agree with your hubby about 'hormones running amok'. HaHaHa.

[Augmum]

esmummy:

My main concern is that in the upper primary levels, are the girls overly precocious / too \"hiao\" / have disciplinary problems? Katong Convent secondary, unfortunately, suffer(ered?) from this reputation, so my mum is dead against my already \"hiao\" 4 yr old joining CHIJ katong.

Being catholics, I would love her to be in a catholic school. I stay fairly near so CHIJ katong would be a logical choice. I just need some reassurance that my girl won't grow up wild! Tks in advance

hi, my gal spent a few yrs at CHIJ katong
being \"hiao\" or not, i can't comment lah........
but i really can't stand the sight of their lowly belted pinafore
did u see the st nick girl who appeared on TV during the release of their \"O\" level results......OMG
also u can easily spot the lowly belted pinafore girls on streets too
wonder do their discipline mistresses do anything abt it.....

[janet88]

I remember the time when girls wore the belt so low that the pinafore looks like a maternity dress !!! The discipline mistress will tell us that if she ever catches any of us not wearing the belt or anywhere below the waist, she will replace it with a SHOCKING PINK sash.


When I first transferred to IJ Kellock in P5, the girls in the class would lift up my pinafore and will start giggling :x when they saw my underwear. From then on, I wore a pair of shorts everyday.

[Augmum]

janet_lee88:

I remember the time when girls wore the belt so low that the pinafore looks like a maternity dress !!! The discipline mistress will tell us that if she ever catches any of us not wearing the belt or anywhere below the waist, she will replace it with a SHOCKING PINK sash.

think the discipline mistresses of IJ are not stern enuff.....to eliminate the lowly belted pinafore seen.

[corneyAmber]

Augmum:

think the discipline mistresses of IJ are not stern enuff.....to eliminate the lowly belted pinafore seen.

One IJ in Sengkang has the belt sewn onto the pinafore to prevent the pinafore from looking like a maternity dress. I think that is a very good idea, so that the girls cannot 'modify' the pinafore.

Am I behind time here? :? Are all IJs doing that or just the one in Sengkang? :?

[Augmum]

actually, the belt is already sewn on the pinafore (as for IJ katong during my gal’s time), it’s so easy to unpick it.

[corneyAmber]

Augmum:

actually, the belt is already sewn on the pinafore (as for IJ katong during my gal's time), it's so easy to unpick it.

haha, that confirms that I am way behind time! :lol:

[janet88]

25hourmaid,

You are not the only one behind time. I think I am worse :oops:
Belt sewn on the pinafore ? I remember we used to remove the belt during lessons right after PE because it was hot and uncomfortable.

I happened to see the IJ Toa Payoh website. It mentioned something about P1/2 PE shirt having collar. I don't remember PE tops having collar leh. What else is new now ? :?

[LLnariko]

Hi mummies....I'm new to this thread. Can anyone advise if the school is conduction single session classes or 2 session classes?

Thanks a million... :roll: