Chinese Preschool

[cornucopia]

huskies:

Hi Cornucopia


I am really surprised. I thought it was a very good school. When i tried to register, there was already a waitlist of more than 300 parents!!! Is your child or anyone you know studying there?

Thanks

Hi mummy huskies :lol: ,

U may wanna check around. Every school has their pros & cons.. :shock:
U may also wanna chk out St James. A few of my frens put their children there & i would say all gave excellent reviews. Addition to that, fees r reasonable. In my opinion,it is definitely a more wholesome school! NYK gonna increase their fees to $1400 next yr 2009! Note: Before gst..

[heros]

Glad to see a thread already started on this topic. I’m amazed at how little information is easily found on this topic, considering it seems that Mandarin-only curriculum’s seem to be quite popular (judging from the waitlists mentioned on this thread). So it seems a little ironic - simply supply/demand dynamics, that there is such a limited number of options of nursery’s & kindergarten’s offering mostly Mandarin curriculum’s (let’s say more than 60%). Anybody have ideas on why?


Anybody have an updated list of schools besides the ones already mentioned? Also any suggestions on improving my chances of getting my daughter into one of these programs, i.e. does long waiting list mean I should be applying 1 year or even more before she is of admission age?

Final question, after nursery & kindergarten are the following Chinese school options in primary and beyond similarly difficult to find? In that case I should ask you all for the names now, so I can put my daughter on the waitlist even 5 years in advance… I guess I’m joking, but maybe it’s that serious. Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated.

[schellen]

heros:

Final question, after nursery & kindergarten are the following Chinese school options in primary and beyond similarly difficult to find? In that case I should ask you all for the names now, so I can put my daughter on the waitlist even 5 years in advance.... I guess I'm joking, but maybe it's that serious. Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated.

I don't know if you have to \"book\" years in advance but you may be interested in the Chinese International School Singapore. http://www.cnis.edu.sg/ They do not teach solely in Chinese since they accept non-Chinese as well but they put strong emphasis on Chinese and being truly bilingual.

If you're a Singaporean, or your child is one, read on: The last time I checked it out was about a year or so ago and among the international schools I was curious about, this was the only one here that accepted Singaporeans. (The others either cannot or will not accept Singaporean children or children with both parents who are Singaporeans.)

[heros]

I just got a message from Nanyang Kindergarten that the waitlist already has 400 names on it for the year my kid would start - 2011!!! That’s crazy stuff. We are badly in need of more options, so for those of us who want a full Mandarin curriculum aren’t held hostage or held in line by just a few schools. There’s got to be more options. Come on team, what else is out there besides the few organizations already listed? Private, public doesn’t matter to me…

[ChiefKiasu]

heros:

... Come on team, what else is out there besides the few organizations already listed? Private, public doesn't matter to me....

I believe http://www.yuquan.com.sg/preschool/home.php another possibility. I have not tried it myself, so I can't say much about it.

[karmeleon]

littleKS:

Holy Grace Kindergarten

This one got long queue/waiting list or not?

[silverose]

cornucopia:

Hi all,


Pls also note that Nanyang Kindergarten has high turnover of teachers.. Yr child may get different teachers in a year. They also have relief young teachers with no experience. It all depends on yr luck. U may want to find out more before putting yr child.

Barker Kindergarten has Chinese enrichment 5 days a week ( include lunch) and fees is subsidised. Very reasonable package :lol:

My 2 children are in NYK, and so far there are turnover of teachers, but I wouldn't consider them high. I don't actually know which teachers have left, since they have not taught my children in the past.

I actually thought they have an excellent way of letting at least one of the two teachers in a class move up with the class. That way, at least 1 out of the 2 teachers is already familiar with the students in a new class, and I feel that having continuity is good for the students. For the past 3 years, at least one of my children's classes each year have had a teacher moving up with them to the new class.

[Poonie]

If you are considering a pre-school with heavy emphasis on Chinese you may want to check out Newton K. It is church-based and has a very long history and it started has a pure Chinese kindy. Each class has both an English and Chinese teacher and the latter being the form teacher. I noticed that the teachers hired speak exceptionally good English and Chinese. The staff turnover has been low. Infact my kids had the same teachers through out their 3-4 years there with only one change of teacher. The principal is probably extra careful of the selection of staff partly due because quite a number of minister’s grand kids are studying there.

[phantom]

Poonie:

... check out Newton K.

You can find information for Newton Kindergarten http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/kindergarten/newton-kindergarten.

[cakepuck]

Hi fellow kiasu parents


I’m looking for a chinese pre-school for my 4yr old boy. Can’t get in to Nanyang Kindergarten so am willing to settle for other equivalent private ones. Any recommendations or pointers?

Not really looking for bilingual, but purely chinese.