St Margaret's Primary

[vonn2tri]

hi dear parents... my daughter is currently in 1 Devotion. Are there any other parents here of kids from the same class? Shall we connect? Cheers

[jacsplace]

Momof2childs:

My DD is 2009 born..planning to register to SMPS next year..just curious whether SMPS's academic performance has improved over the last couple of years as my daughter seems to be more academically inclined. She can work hard provided given right motivation, direction and push. Agree that these have to be provided both by the teachers and parents but just wondering whether SMPS would provide right environment for her to bloom..

SMPS is definitely academically challenging.

[ryes]

Parents of girls who are taking the big school bus, not mini vans

Can I check if you would know if there are girls who are made to squeeze to 2 seats? Like 3 girls to 2 seats instead of 2 girls to 2 seats, each taking up 1 seat comfortably?

I am raising this because I just learnt that my girl was asked to share seats with 2 other girls. So 3 shared 2. And another girl was also made to share with 2 other girls. Why? Because there are 2 new P2 or P3 girls who just join in taking the sch bus. And because of that, these 6 P1 girls are made to share seats.

I read fr LTA that 3 children under age of 12 may share a bench seat meant for 2 adults. But these are not bench seats. The bus seats are single seats type.

There should be a maximum capacity for these school buses to fetch the girls. Everyone should be entitled to a single seat for a comfortable ride to school. Why are these P1 girls made to sacrifice sharing seats just coz of 2 additional girls? Because of their petite siZe? I paid the same amount every month as every other girls parents in board. The sch bus should not have taken in any additional students if there are not enough seats.

[jacsplace]

My DD experienced this too during her early years. I thought this practice had stopped, particularly after the school distributed a booklet to all the pupils about proper bus etiquette.


Each child should have her own seat because of the new safety belt ruling for school buses. This is also why we are paying more for school transport.

You may wish to inform the school about this.

[ryes]

Thank you for your reply.

Is your girl taking the big bus too during her early years? Did u feedback to sch?

Despite having the seat belt regulations, the girls are not told to buckle up. And that was my first concern when they places the P1 girls seated at the first row near the door. I didn’t have a chance to ask if there are aeat belts installed but my girl seem to have told me before it’s not installed. It prob is not a mandatory requirement for these big buses. But I saw another sch bus of the same company had seat belts installed and all the boys are buckled up.

Because of the seat sharing, the girls have to put their sch bags on the floor. And the middle seating girl will have to sit uncomfortably because of the edge of the 2 seats gap. It’s really frustrating to know this is happening when I’m paying the price for a single seat for my child like everyone else is. They should have a seat to themselves comfortably for the ride.

I know of other sch bus transport who will inform the parents that there are not enough seats to take in anymore new students. I shall inform the sch about it but doubt they may do anything. There’s still a Term left to go for these 6 girls to share seats until next year when some P6 girls graduate from the sch bus transport. By then we shall have to see how many new P1 will join in yet again.

[jacsplace]

I don't know what size her bus was. I work fulltime so after her school she goes to her granny's. I think I did call the school to ask and was told they would look into it. I don't recall getting any follow-up call after that and, to be honest, I think I forgot about it as my DD didn't mention it again. However, in her case, if I remember correctly, it had more to do with the older girls telling the younger ones like my DD where to sit. It didn't sound like a case of too many girls and too few seats. Some time later, the school issued a bus etiquette booklet and after that, my DD mentioned in passing that her bus now had an \"aunty\". Things improved after that as there was someone to keep an eye on the girls and the driver could focus on driving.


My DD doesn't talk much about the bus. Only thing she's told me recently is to give her more snacks because she's sharing hers with a P1 girl who's sitting beside her.

According to this LTA news release, seat belts are not required in big buses -- http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=2024 -- I guess because they don't have a big back door like the small buses. The only reason this ruling came about is because of that young boy who got flung out of his school bus.

[claricegoh]

Any parents here offering carpooling from serangoon north to smps? Please pm me

[vkswang]

Hi


I’m selling brand new St Margaret’s primary Brand New uniform. Size 11

[rkmommy]

In very good condition:


$10 for bundle of:
1- P1 PE Shorts
2- P1 Uniform dresses

Self collect in Bukit Timah. Pls PM if interested. Thanks.

[HKDad]

Hi,


New to this group and considering SMPS for our daughter in a couple years because of the location.

Can it be true there is no post in this forum since 2009? No updates? Very curious to know the latest word of mouth views on the school.

Thanks,