Pat's Schoolhouse

[tinkerbell]

Hi sparkie0409,


my DD entered PATS Halifax only at Playgroup 3 years back.
So did another parent. Rest of class were fm baby haven.
But i placed her in queue close to a year, which was not because there was a long queue but because I hv already narrowed down to this school due logistical reasons.

[sparkie0209]

thanks, tinkerbell… nice to know that you managed to put ur DD to Pat’s at halifax even without her going to baby haven…

[Busymom]

tinkerbell:

Hi Busymom,


thanks for yr insight
Looks like our DDs could be classmates :lol:

Yes, they could well be. :celebrate:

tinkerbell:

Its ironical how i want my DD to develop at her own pace (no stress etc) and yet worried abt her not catching up in pri school :?

I think we all do... blame it on the system or just us parents for aggravating the kiasuism...

[Busymom]

sparkie0209:

thanks, tinkerbell... nice to know that you managed to put ur DD to Pat's at halifax even without her going to baby haven...

That could be 3 years ago though. I heard that this year, some kids from baby haven couldn't even get into Halifax :shock: Maybe they were late in submitting the enrolment form, or maybe they don't have an older sibling in halifax to get the priority.

[tinkerbell]

wow... that's bad. Thank goodness i don't hv this issue then.

Otherwise wouldn't be on this thread :lol:

[Augmum]

Busymom:

That could be 3 years ago though. I heard that this year, some kids from baby haven couldn't even get into Halifax :shock: Maybe they were late in submitting the enrolment form, or maybe they don't have an older sibling in halifax to get the priority.

Huh??? puzzle me.........
U mean the kid must be from baby haven before he/she can enrol in Pat’s Halifax branch ??
or he/she must have a sibling there in order to get the priority……..
wow…….pat’s so good business arhh despite its high school fees
I din face such problem when my gal was there 6-7 years ago……..

[Busymom]

I don’t think there is such a requirement that you must be from Baby Haven to go to Halifax.


Having said that, the school will give priority to those with siblings already in Halifax or are existing students in baby haven. Apparently, there were not enough vacancies to cater to everyone this year (or maybe in recent years?!) that some of the children from baby haven progressing to playgroup had to go to other branches. Naturally those with older siblings in Halifax will have priority over those who don’t as the school would want to minimise logistics issue for the parents (e.g. 1 kid in Halifax and another kid in Buckley).

We heard this from someone in the school. Exactly how many students were affected by this, I’m not sure. My guess is, baby haven has also expanded quite a bit (higher intake) in the last couple of years.

Anyway, for parents planning to send their children to Halifax, no harm putting your child’s name on the waitlist way in advance just to play safe loh…

[empressplace]

Hi would other Pat’s Schoolhouse parents in this forum kindly comment on the standard of hygiene at Pat’s? My son has only attended Pat’s for 2.5 months and fell sick after one month and now caught something else. I know it’s common to fall sick when starting preschool but how does Pat compare to other premium preschool in this regard?

[izu]

My bb gal going to be 18 months and I would like to enquire on the curriculum and teachers at Pat’s Mt Sinai.


Anyone’s children are there?

The school (in fact most Pat’s branches) sounds very good. Is it comparable to Mindchamp?

thx.

[lil flanders]

hi everyone, my child attended d’story club and 1/2 day nursery for a year at Pat’s Lim Ah Pin. However we switched to a franchised main stream cc this year.

D’story club was great becuz of the teacher. Decision was a breeze after intro video n speaking w principal, ms donna.
The pain came when my boy starts nursery, principal change, new teacher from other mainstream cc, chinese teacher was great thou, lots of love n patience thou blur n uncertain at times.
The curriculum and weekly sheets of their learning was great for 1st time parents like myself to expand on weekends and talking topics. Environment good except for the mosquitoes bites.
My child shows great interest of his learnings. Its been 3months since the switch, he is still continuously humming letterland characters n songs. Chinese songs too…
The new cc he is attending, environment great, owner, principal n teachers great! child happy… But, always a but, he doesn’t talk want to discuss his day’s learning. I think the worksheets drilling doesn’t generate excitement. 3 months later, we only saw his works twice, some of which are clearly done by teachers.
My delima now is whether a happy child is enough or happy learning child. Prob its too soon to drop a verdict on the teaching method, its afterall a fast growing franchise, must hv its formula of success?
Maybe I’m just a normal kiasu worrying mum…
Just sharing my experience n I feel people do make a difference n after 1yr at pat, just felt $ not worth it…