Carpe Diem

[cadenza88]

chivas:

Hi,


anyone sent their kids to carpe diem @ Yishun polyclinic?

how is the place??? :idea:

Hi Chivas, the yishun centre is closed. the landlord took the place back.

[chivas]

cadenza88:

chivas:

Hi,


anyone sent their kids to carpe diem @ Yishun polyclinic?

how is the place??? :idea:

Hi Chivas, the yishun centre is closed. the landlord took the place back.

oh... haha okie tks tks

[oasiz]

Hi, I sent my son to Carpe diem @ Punggol 21 since 15 Dec. And I had been regretting my decision.


Ever since he enrolled there, he had numerous mosquitoes bites and some bites will bitten by unidentyified insects. He had his forehead and right calf bitten till very swollen. And his teachers didnt even noticed his swollen forehead. I was so shocked when I saw it. They also couldnt confirm wif me when he was bitten or by wat insects. Now both his leags are covered wif so many bite marks. Really very ugly.

I’m also not pleased wif the quality of the teachers. I noticed that the ratio of Chinese nationals are so much higher than English teachers. And when we communicate thru the comm book, sometimes I wont get any reply as the chinese teacher can’t read in English and the English teacher was on leave or MC.

And I hate the fact that they will turned on the TV at 5pm everyday as they say they need to prepare to send the kids home. But to me, when I went to fetch my boy, the teachers will just sit around talking loudly to one another or doing their own stuff while the children sit in front of the TV. I don’t like this at all as I feel that they can engage the kids in other ways like, the kids playing toys on their own while waiting for the schoolbus to bring them back home.

one gd thing is tat they will take photos on the children and will paste it in the comm book for us. Now they will post all the photos online and we can just download it on our own.

Anyway, I have already decided to pull my boy out and already registered him for N2 at a Kindy for next Jan. No more vacancies for this yr, if not, I will pull him out immediately as really heartpain to see him keep getting mosquitoe bites (today he came back wif 3 new bites, while he just had a bite 2 days ago that caused his right calf to be very swollen). I already paste a mosquitoe patch on him eveyday but seem to be ineffective.

[healthfreakmummy]

the first childcare centre to truly incorporate MI into early childhood learning.


any reviews or input?

[happydaddy]

healthfreakmummy:

the first childcare centre to truly incorporate MI into early childhood learning.


any reviews or input?

so??

[keenDaddy]

now a lot of childcare has incorporated MI so prob it is no longer meaningful anymore…

in fact, a lot of the CCs now incorporate in their curriculum a mix of montessori, MI and also preparation for the primary mainstream… so maybe u shld talk to the Carpe Diame which you are interested to understand more…

[Joeyz18]

my previous fell dwn in school during lesson and cut his head that require 3 stitches.. so sad

[trixter]

Hi, does anyone has any experience with this center in Tampines Blk 355?


Thanks for sharing in advance!

[jun nesh]

Hi to all


Any comment on Carpe Diem Kidz, thought of sending my baby boy to their infant care ? Any advise, cpmment on the school is highly appreciated.

Thanks,

[Stuporman]

My baby girl was there for three months (she was one of the first babies enrolled upon opening and has since transferred to the toddler class at Carpe Diem Kidz). Having experienced only one other infant care centre (Learning Vision @ Work), I can only make limited comparisons.


Firstly, the good about the centre:

It’s not air-conditioned (at least most of the time), so my daughter had a lower tendencies to catch minor bugs like colds compared to LV@W (which was fully air-conditioned).

They have more toys and more activities compared to LV@W, especially for outdoors.

The menu seems to be more varied too.

Now, the not-so-good:

My daughter enjoys music a lot, and the impression I get is that the teachers don’t sing as much to her as the ones at LV@W.

There is also less communication about my daughter’s daily activities compared to LV@W. I was given more photos of my daughter’s activities when she was at LV@W. Additionally, I wasn’t informed that the centre was gradually switching my daughter over to the food at the toddler class. This led to a severe allergic reaction when they gave her food that had seafood in it.

All in all, I would say that the infant care at Carpe Diem Kidz is not too bad and my daughter enjoyed her time there, although there is room for improvement.