Marymount Kindergarten

[smurf]

I found that MMK is quite strong in English, and so so in mandarin. They dun have tinggxie or spelling, time table for kids. but they do have worksheet. For K1 and K2, they are to bring back the worksheet (only 1 page for English and mandarin each) on friday, borrow book from the library. and then come Monday, they will submit the work to teacher.


I would say the kids are learning thru playing.

If you are looking for more academic, then perhaps PCF would be a better choice. :celebrate:

[Flower Power]

yeah, come to think of it, seems like MMK does not have Spelling or TingXie, hanyu pinyin, maths time tables. At least so far I dont see my son coming home with them, not too sure about 2nd half of 2010 or K2 though.


Overall the general observation of my boy and my friend's sons are that they are conversant in both English and Mandarin. Although the children appear to prefer to speak in English, they do not resist the Chinese language and this is quite important. They are generally confident, chatty and sociable, and also playful too. I have a friend whose son has graduated from MMK, currently with Ai Tong is also doing quite well.

Like what smurf says, the children are learning through play and this in a way motivate them to learn - holistic education perhaps

[lavendery]

Hmm may i know what kind of teaching approach MaryMount teach the kids?


Is it something like integrated curriculum? It works around with a theme and incoperate these subjects (English, Maths, Science) within the teaching...

Eg like when teaching fruit, they will not just learn the colour name of fruit but also do experiment like which fruit will sink n which fruit will float on water

Are they using this type of learning curriculum in MaryMount?

May i know what kind of readers/textwork/worksheets are use for English/Chinese/Maths?
Eg Ginn 360 Readers & Workbook (for English), Growing With Mathematics (Rigby) (for Maths) ...etc

Sorry for asking so much questions

[smurf]

they are using integrated curriculum. for example, this term, the topic is England, then they will teach things associate with England. and they may bring the children to places that is associate with the main topic for excursion.


I think I saw Rigby books. but I'm not someone who is very particular about curriculum lah, so I didn't ask a lot of questions. as long as boy is learning something, then it's ok with me.

maybe other mummy can share??

[Flower Power]

Wow this is a little challenging to me. I never really go find out how they teach. Most of time, I gather what my son learn from his exercise book and worksheets that he brings home. Hahaha… I also see Rigby books since Pre nursery time.


To be honest, I do not know much about teaching methods etc. I am happy to see that my boy is doing fine overall. Just this morning, we are talking about his excursion today and he said "I am really excited and I can’t wait to get to the birdpark!" Then he rattle about parrots, penguins etc.

[lavendery]

Its very heartwarming to find that the kids enjoy studying in Marymount. In a way it promotes them to love studying and encourage them to learn new things too.


Reason why i seemed to stress so much on academic is becos i happened to read other threads and some complained that they regretted sending their kids to the wrong kindy which did not prepare them well enough for Pri.

Recalling back, i started to realise that i did not ask much questions on academics stuffs (syllabus, what text bks, how they teach the kids etc)when i enrolled my girl for next year Pre-N intake.

Cos in this thread, i did not seem to see anyone saying this school prepare their kids well for Pri 1. Hence that's why i pop out this question

Another worry is the enrichment courses, i noticed that the public transport doesn't seems convenient. There's also no nearby bus stop. If i will to opt for enrichment course when my gal reach kindergarten, that means she will miss her school bus and i may got to get my mum to fetch her. *Guess i think too far, she not yet even study Pre-N*

Wonder if there a handful of kids attending their enrichment courses(Speech and Drama, Chinese) ?

[smurf]

yup, the place is not that convenient, considering that you have to climb the slope, nearest bus stop is still 5 mins away, etc…best is to have a car, or take school bus. but for enrichment, I prefer outside enrichment mainly because of transport…

[Flower Power]

smurf

is your child in K1 or K2? Who knows, our children could be in the same class.

[DesertWind]

Hi all!


I am going to register my DS for Nursery next year. Went to MMK today to take a look and really like the place, huge, airy and clean! Went during the 2nd sessions and all the kids seemed to enjoy themselves very much doing different things, some outdoors and some indoors. Although the classes are huge ie. about 24 per class but they break into small groups of about 3 or 4 gathering around the tables.

I tried asking for a time-table but they said no but during orientation there will be a briefing. The computer lab looks great.

This is a MOE registered kindy with 40 years of history (admin. lady told me) so tried and proven.

Hope my DS will settle in nicely and enjoy going to school too like the kids of some mummies here!

:celebrate:

[surf]

Hi mummies


Any idea if Marymount has school bus to TPY? It’s shag to walk there even though we stay nearby. Is it a catholic church Kindergarten.
What’s the fees like?

Thanks!