Primary One School Orientation

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lovekidsverymuch:

I am asking for primary 1 orientation and I know its good for the child to come but is it compulsory for his to attend cause there is a possibility that I and him might be travelling and just his dad might have to attend so asking

Of course it is not compulsory for the child to attend the orientation. Just that it may be a good opportunity to walk around the school.

The parent attending the orientation will not be able to substitute the experience the child has if he were to attend the orientation personally. For some schools, the form teachers will be the ones bringing the children to the different places within the school.

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lovekidsverymuch:

hmmm now thinking if i should change the plan or wat to do is there any way we can come to know when is the orientation for the school?

Does the school have a calendar of events in its website? It should be stated there.

[qms]

lovekidsverymuch:

Just checked nothing written there right now... also since i am in the balloting excercise dunno which school my DS will get in I am eyeing West Grove, Xingnan and Jurong West Primary

Do you know when did they have their orientation last year? The date this year shouldn't differ too much from last year's.

[corneyAmber]

lovekidsverymuch:

Just checked nothing written there right now... also since i am in the balloting excercise dunno which school my DS will get in I am eyeing West Grove, Xingnan and Jurong West Primary

Can call up all 3 schools to check? I am sure they can give you a rough idea of when they usually hold their Orientation for P1s.

[titank]

lovekidsverymuch:

Just checked nothing written there right now... also since i am in the balloting excercise dunno which school my DS will get in I am eyeing West Grove, Xingnan and Jurong West Primary

Usually the P1 oridentation would the last week of term 4 on a saturday. I suggest you check with the school to get a better answer from them.

[rkmano]

My child secured seat in zhangde primary school (2011) but she is in india.School had sent letter regarding the orientation program on November 20. Since my child is in india, Is that fine to skip the orientation. Shall I attend ? Will there be any issue with admission.

[Sun_2010]

rkmano:

My child secured seat in zhangde primary school (2011) but she is in india.School had sent letter regarding the orientation program on November 20. Since my child is in india, Is that fine to skip the orientation. Shall I attend ? Will there be any issue with admission.

No it is not mandatory. If your registration is confirmed, then no issue at all.

My 2 cents...

Its just that P1 is a big step for kids - from a small kindergarten environment, they move on to huge campus. Instead of 50-100 kids , here there will be over 1000. The teachers are not always supervising all the areas. So a child might feel a bit overwhelment on the first few days.
Orientation helps them familiarize with their class rooms, canteen, library, toilets, water stations etc.

If your child is an extrovert , feels comfy in new surrroundings then should be ok. Otherwise a visit would be in order.U could talk to the school and explain ur case, see if you can bring her down in during the school holidays just to look around.

[cherrygal]

Oh, i heard fr a parent that some schools may use Orientations to stream your kids into classes. They make them do art and English/Maths exercises while we parents are listening to the briefings. Then they use those exercises to stream them.

[janet88]

cherrygal:

Oh, i heard fr a parent that some schools may use Orientations to stream your kids into classes. They make them do art and English/Maths exercises while we parents are listening to the briefings. Then they use those exercises to stream them.

Wow :!: I didn't know about such things.
For my son, he was not streamed during the orientation...he was just allocated in a class based on the registration phase...streaming took place at the end of P1 and also end of every year.

[sleepy]

cherrygal:

Oh, i heard fr a parent that some schools may use Orientations to stream your kids into classes. They make them do art and English/Maths exercises while we parents are listening to the briefings. Then they use those exercises to stream them.

For my dd's school, allocation to classes is random