Cherie Hearts

[kwcllf]

Hi Jenny Pow,


I can understand your frustration perfectly…For not allowing you to enter the childcare centre, they have a host of reasons for that and I will not repeat what I had mentioned earlier in this thread.

From what I have known, there were several outbreaks (gastric flu, HFMD…) at your child’s centre recently. Just wonder how this happened if they are so "strict" with their procedure. By, the way, is your child still at CH Chevron?

One way that we could make our children drink more water is to remind them everyday. In fact, we tried to drill into them the importance of drinking water, especially when the weather is hot. After a while, they will get the message…but still need to remind them just in case.

Also, when we cannot visit our children during our lunch-time, we will give them each 2 water-bottles and tell them to use the fresh bottle only after their lunch. This will ensure they do not drink from the first bottle with any food remnants from their lunch.

[JennyP]

Thank you kwcllf


Yes, my son still there and i try to search another childcare, somebody was introduce me another childcare but the place not that inconveneince for me

just last month have hfmd and 15 cases occurred, and they keep sayng will close anytime, the end overcomed.
yesterday i received again the hfmd outbreak again, i not know why?

yesterday i bring him to see dr, the dr says that is not insect bite but cause by the dirtyness and resulted his backside got a lot of rashes.

i really not know what to do now?

By the way, where is your childcaren now? does they learn in the centre?
my english is not good, i am worry he cannot get the primary when he turn on 7 years old

Thanks again for your reply

have a nice day
Jenny

[winth]

Hi Jenny,


Why don’t you try PCF kindergartens? For your info, my 18 month old is now at PCF Queenstown. And I am glad (for I’m there for first 3 days) that I could see their entire procedure. They will make their children sit down for 10-15 mins with waterbottles and instructed to drink water while they wait for lunch break. This happens before lunch, after they come back from outdoor, after nap and playtime activities.

My 18 month old comes home with 1 empty water-bottle everyday. And that is good enuff for me (as compared to when my elder son was with CH). At school, he drinks 8oz of milk too when he wakes up, so that’s water intake too.

PCF is competitively priced with good teachers (but you must also vet the kind of teachers in your child’s class). And they are very strict and goes through schedules. PCF is located island-wide and you might want to see if they are at Telok Blangah area.

[Parent]

Hi Jenny Pow,


I agree with winth and Queenstown PCF seemed quite structured. I did try enquire last time but did not enrol my children there because they don’t have Before/After School Care…or they don’t have any vacancy left…cannot not remember already.

My children are still at CH and the branch director is not so friendly as we are not afraid to bring out any of their shortcomings to them…

Sometimes, parents are too "busy" or "close one eye" on what is happening. But if don’t ensure that our children are well taken care off, then who will? So far, my children are OK but as I said, we still need to constantly speak to them and find out what they have been doing. This way, we can find out alot of unexpected info.

[kwcllf]

Hi eemommy,


I will reply to your PM soon. You could check later. Sorry for the very very late reply as I didn’t get your PM until now. There must be something wrong with the PM function.

[Libra_Leo]

any comment on cherie hearts at west coast?

[linda_teo78]

Dear All,


I’m a parent with kid in Cherie Hearts at Limau Garden. I know the branch director in Harbour Front as she was being transferred there from Limau. I’m very surprise at what I’m reading as my son and I are very happy with them. Though there are hipcups but these are minor issues.

In Limau Garden, the teachers and parents share a very close releationship with one another. Most of the children in my son’s class even called me by name when they see me. You will see parents talking to one another during picking up time and the teachers will joined in the conversation. We are also invited to some personal events of the teachers like wedding and the teachers are also invited to our houses if there’s a party. It’s like a big family in Limau Garden.

The parents are so at ease in Limau that some of them hired the teachers for addional tution lessons. There’s a lot of children who went on to P1 come back to Limau Garden for before/after school care.

If it’s not because of moving to the North for my son’s P1 enrollment this year, I would have stay with them for before school care. Now, the thought of leaving this centre sadden both of us as we have been with them for 3+years!

[Libra_Leo]

anyone experience branch at west coast?

[gajidouma]

Like some other big names in this line, I was under the impression that their HQ is either too busy or too eager to "expand" overseas, e.g. those neighborhood countries China, Vietnam, Indonesia… they should first take good care of the existing branches and make sure the standard of quality control not dropping… whenever we parents feel unhappy or our concern not properly addressed yet, it upset me to read about their circulation boasting a new center has open in Vietnam or somewhere else… what’s the point of expansion when the ground work is shaky?


As I understand from friends and my colleagues who also have their kids in different CH centers, you have to keep your fingers crossed as the quality of the teachers, environment…VARY from time to time (good teachers might leave) , from centers to centers…

There were moments that I was pretty happy about the center; there were also moments when I thought of pulling my kid out… However, till today, we are still with them… coz their curriculum is good which I like, quite well-rounded, covering science knowledge, oberservation, experiments, outings etc…not just academic-driven.

The above are just sharing my my personal view only. Not bad-mouthing or finger pointing.

[ckong]

Has anyone visited the new cherie hearts branch at Macpherson?