Hong Wen

[Chewren]

Hi Daddies and Mommies,


Successfully enroled my DS for P1 2016... reporting here

[hquek]

Chewren:

Hi Daddies and Mommies,


Successfully enroled my DS for P1 2016... reporting here

Welcome! Hope you enjoy the upcoming orientation.

[Chewren]

Hi, I read in the threads that we will to buy school uniform on Orientation day. Any idea if they accept nets or everything is to be paid in cash? Do we buy school books on the same day?

Thanks

[hquek]

Chewren:

Hi, I read in the threads that we will to buy school uniform on Orientation day. Any idea if they accept nets or everything is to be paid in cash? Do we buy school books on the same day?

Thanks

Not sure about now but cash would be safest, you wont want to have to trudge to Boon keng mrt for any atm.

[Chewren]

Thanks, Hquek

[addy08]

Calling all parents whose kids are going to primary one next year


A Whatsapp group for this batch of children entering pri one next year has been created. Do PM me your number to be added to the group Hopefully, the parents can introduce themselves and get to know each other better and share information, and subsequently move on to form the respective class Whatsapp group after we get to know which class our 2009 kids will be in

[addy08]

Anyone has any idea if kids are allowed to keep their textbooks at home? How is the weight of their chool bags like daily? Are they required to bring any ring file bigger than A4 type (as this will determine if the bag we are getting will be able to put the file inside). And are P1 kids required to use computer or laptop to do their work?

[hquek]

addy08:

Anyone has any idea if kids are allowed to keep their textbooks at home? How is the weight of their chool bags like daily? Are they required to bring any ring file bigger than A4 type (as this will determine if the bag we are getting will be able to put the file inside). And are P1 kids required to use computer or laptop to do their work?

hi addy08,

If you insist to keep books at home I don't think there is any issue (except on the bag weight management part) but if you are asking about keeping books at school,can only say it depends on the teachers. Some years my kids are allowed to leave books in the school, some years they are NOT allowed (and therefore have to lug the whole motherload home).

For P1,2, I can only remember they use the flexi file (the plasticky one that looks like the L shape folder, these sell for like 70cents to $2 at bookshop with multi colours) and these are usually kept by the teachers. They don't use the 2inch/3inch arch files. P1/2 kids, even P3 do NOT use the computer/laptop to do work.

Please note to write names on EVERY BOOK. DS2 experienced a few cases where his books went missing but those with his name on it mysteriously reappeared days later and foolscap where we didn't put any marks remained missing - the culprit was never found. It is really unsettling, to the point I have gone to colour the sides of his foolscap (P3 onwards), write his name in ink on the front cover, back cover of his textbooks, exercise books. I don't know if the loss was intentional (other classmates also had stuff go missing) or brought home by mistake and the child did not dare to tell the truth.

Happily, this seldom occurs - DS1 never had any problems, other friends also did not report such issue. Unhappily, I remain wary. Once his recorder went missing and I got a replacement from Mustafa (theirs come in more colours - so I bought something that is clearly not from school bookshop) - then his original recorder came back.

[hquek]

Correction: there will be a couple of times when kids will need to log into mconline to complete online work. But it’s not often and not a lot - so can use whatever computer at home to do.


FYI. For those needy families that fulfill criteria, there are forms to fill and MOE (?) will give free computer/internet connection. Believe school will share details of such schemes during the briefings.

[addy08]

Hi hquek,


Thank you so much for your useful tips. It certainly makes purchasing of a school bag easier, for as long as the bag can fit in A4, it should be fine.

There are some mummies who propose printing name stickers, and to paste them on their books, and to make the stickers as thin as possible so that it is not easy for people to peel off!

Btw, for HWS, there is no so call admin day and orientation day right? All things will be done on orientation day itself? I do hv friends whose kids are enrolled in other schools, and there are 2 dates they need to go school, one day is called the admin day for them to fill in the forms, and to buy uniforms, name tags, etc, and the other will be orientation day. But till date, have not receive any letter or info from HWS yet.