Maris Stella High

[scang]

If you can do it, have own business, flexi time etc, why not?


It also depends on where you stay and the journey time.
Remind your child to have something to eat esp. during reccess

[etherealife]

so late? mine reached home (via schoolbus) about 2:30pm. I heard the Q to pickup outside school was horrendous on day 1. Let's hope it gets better...! maybe we can do a private facebook group? or just collate emails? I don't know, but i want to join! lol

Lionel Ong:

Yeah Good Idea! Could we just create a new thread for this? How do we go about doing this? :imcool:

BTW, my Primary 1D son came home at 3:20pm today. Poor thing. Heard from the Bus Driver the dismissal time was 2pm today??

etherealife:

hihi, anybody create networking group for 2014 class 1D? noticed a few parents here

[knyghtryder]

We stay pretty far from MSHS (Yishun) so we are resigned that our son will be first to get picked up and last to get sent home. Regarding food, we pack some food for him in a lunch box and he eats it during the ride home when hungry.


So far he hasn’t really given much feedback about his first day. Maybe us parents of 1D boys can share what information we know.

btw, my son is Nathan Wong (1D)

[Our Little Smarties]

I've created a Facebook Group (secret group) under the name of \"Primary 1 MSHS Year 2014\". My boy is in class 1H. This group is opened to all classes. PM me your e-mail address if you wish to join and I can send you the invite.

[etherealife]

Heyo... add me please, have PM you already, thanks!

Our Little Smarties:

I've created a Facebook Group (secret group) under the name of \"Primary 1 MSHS Year 2014\". My boy is in class 1H. This group is opened to all classes. PM me your e-mail address if you wish to join and I can send you the invite.

[scjlrc]

hi, anyone’s boy in 3C this year? if so we can share contacts?

[seestar]

Our Little Smarties:

Dear Parents,

Can you let me know what is the official school start timing? Is it 7:25 or 7:20? If you're driving, what time do you usually reach school? What time does the morning assembly starts? Thanks! :scratchhead:

Hi , official starting time is 7.30am. But if u reached the Sch at 7.30am, u wil not make it. As the assembly hall is a distance walk away with many stairs to climb. Better to reach Sch earlier. Usually from Feb onwards, there are prog that starts at 7am to engage the boys. The bible story videos in the chapel to watch,Religious education for different level on different days,reading prog in the library by parent volunteers, silent reading in the hall and praise & worship hymns on Fridays in the hall. All these start at abt 6.55-7am.

Through my experience, targeting to reach the Sch at 7am is a 'mistake' .. Hahaha, because that's the most congested time, very difficult to filter in to Sch and even more difficult to get out of the Sch gate if u need to uturn at the traffic junction. ( remember , the only way to filter to the right lane from the exit of Sch gate is to wind down your window and use hand signal ).

...after 6mths of stress, I decided to heed the experienced mummies' advice, reach Sch before 6.43am it's a breeze. After 6.50am, the traffic builds up as the Sch buses start coming in after 6.45am.

As for pick up, I hav tried all different timings and all alternative pick up area. Haizzz, to b stress free, reach the Sch 35min after dismissal , the Q would hav shortened. If u want to b the 1st to pick your DS up, u wil hav to be at the gate at abt 20min before dismissal >> that means u wil be waiting in the car for a good 40min !! As the gate only opens 20min after dismissal ... For all the Sch buses to clear. If u reach Bartley Rd 5 min before dismissal, u run the risk of not being able to filter into the left lane or being shoo off by the LTA officers or traffic police .

Giv your DS a small pkt of biscuits to snack after Sch while waiting for u to pick him up.

Oh, last but not least, don't fill up the poor boy's water bottle from home. His Sch bag is heavy and there are many stairs to climb in MSHS. Teach him to fill up from the water coolers in Sch. There are many many water coolers on every level and corner.

Welcome to the family.

[Our Little Smarties]

seestar:

Welcome to the family.

Hi seestar,
Thank you very much for sharing your experience. It's really useful for newbie like me.

For both days, I reached the school at 7am and it was horribly congested. We queued for 18 mins to enter the school. I was thinking if I can park at the Bartley church and walk over to the school, that will be less stress (if I'm alone with no hubby).

For dismissal, my parents-in-law who is staying within walking distance to MSHS help me to pick-up my boy from the MRT gate. I cannot imagine having to stress twice a day to fetch and pick up my boy.

I'll need some time to get used to this routine. Waking up at 5+ is really killing me.

[nguan]

knyghtryder:

We stay pretty far from MSHS (Yishun) so we are resigned that our son will be first to get picked up and last to get sent home. Regarding food, we pack some food for him in a lunch box and he eats it during the ride home when hungry.


So far he hasn't really given much feedback about his first day. Maybe us parents of 1D boys can share what information we know.

btw, my son is Nathan Wong (1D)

Ha.... my DS is also Nathan..... but he's from 1C..... and there's another Nathan in his class.....

[Pageboy]

Hihi

My son is Dylann Ong, he is from 1D. Son was saying they didn’t do much last 2 days as the trs were busy collecting money, books and showing them around the school. Some of the work he mentioned include coloring, running in the hall and reading their own story books.

I must say that I quite pleased with the efforts by the FTs. They had sent 2 emails to parents so far , updating us of important information as well as letting us know how was the first day of school for the class. Really happy that my son is under them.

Cheers

We stay pretty far from MSHS (Yishun) so we are resigned that our son will be first to get picked up and last to get sent home. Regarding food, we pack some food for him in a lunch box and he eats it during the ride home when hungry.

So far he hasn’t really given much feedback about his first day. Maybe us parents of 1D boys can share what information we know.

btw, my son is Nathan Wong (1D)[/quote]