The Odyssey Creative Learning Centre
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About 10 staff members left Odyssey at Alexandra in the last few months, including the principal and curriculum specialists.
All teachers who were the reason for us to choose the Kindergarden have left. At the moment we are very concerned.
The staff turnover is very high. I think this is not good for the children.
Odyssey’s website today 30 Jan 2010 is outdated in repect of staff. Staff which left the school are still shown. We are also not sure whether courses and classes which are shown on the website are still being tought.
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Hi, I’m thinking of enrolling my girl in the Odyssey Fourth Ave. It’s a new branch which will be headed by Rupal - who was centre director of another branch previously.
The fees are super steep! But the 6:1 ratio is very appealing to me as my DD is shy.
Does anyone have any sharing of whether the curriciulum prepares the kids properly for Pr1 eventually?? That’s my worry.
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anyone sent their kids to odyssey at 4th ave ?
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Hi All,
My older girl graduated from Odyssey Wilkinson last year. It was the most amazing time she had since starting pre-school.
The school organises very interesting activities such as an art exhibition at the Arts House.
The school sports day is also something i’ve never seen for a pre-school. It’s so professionally done, it’ll put some primary school to shame.
For their graduation, they performed Cats the Musical. Now my girl is very into musicals and have learnt to appreciate arts!
Most impt of all, this school teaches the kids to enjoy the process of learning. My daughter now comes home from primary school telling me that she enjoys school everyday coz she’s learning things all the time! If she needs help with chinese words, she will automatically go and look it up in the chinese dictionary, which the school taught them how to use.
I’ve registered my 2nd gal at Odyssey Fourth ave. I can’t wait for her to start her learning odyssey with this school! -
i decided to sign my girl at odyssey 4th ave. this is her 2nd week of school and though she is still adjusting, I am very pleased with how things are. The teachers are very comforting and reassuring to a crying child. The centre mamager even called me personally on the 3rd day just to let me know how she is doing when I had to run some errands (They actually "allow" us to hang around for 3 days but from 2nd day they initiated to take over my girl so I could see hoiw they cope and manage) I dont know about cirriculum on how well they prepare them for primary education cos my girl is only in the tots program (oh they even made a welcome banner on the door for her) We actually already have a slot in SJCK next yr for PN, I’m wondering if I should carry on in Odyssey or go SJCK. Any mummies with kids in their kindy program can comment ?
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dardar63:
i decided to sign my girl at odyssey 4th ave. this is her 2nd week of school and though she is still adjusting, I am very pleased with how things are. The teachers are very comforting and reassuring to a crying child. The centre mamager even called me personally on the 3rd day just to let me know how she is doing when I had to run some errands (They actually \"allow\" us to hang around for 3 days but from 2nd day they initiated to take over my girl so I could see hoiw they cope and manage) I dont know about cirriculum on how well they prepare them for primary education cos my girl is only in the tots program (oh they even made a welcome banner on the door for her) We actually already have a slot in SJCK next yr for PN, I'm wondering if I should carry on in Odyssey or go SJCK. Any mummies with kids in their kindy program can comment ?
Dear dardar63,
I'm looking at sending my gal in mid June. Are you still happy with them? Heard that they only teach 1 hr in the morning and 1 hr in the afternoon. the rest are for eating cleaning and sleeping. Is that true? Or is this for playgroup only?
did your child show any progress after these 3-4 weeks there?
thx so much. Could pm me. -
Any parents have children in this centre? Read that there are high turnover and children not prograssing well to Primary school. Could anyone wiht info share something?
Is it to do with the main management of Odyssey or issues are peculiar to this center only? I wonder if this will affect the rest of the centers. M considering to send my gal to 4th avenue.
pls pm me if sensitive.
thx.
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odyssey at 4th avenue is one of the preschools I’m considering for my dd. Can anyone share the school fees? Are they in the same range as CH/ Pat’s schoolhouse, or even more prohibitive? TIA!
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hidardar63:
i decided to sign my girl at odyssey 4th ave. this is her 2nd week of school and though she is still adjusting, I am very pleased with how things are. The teachers are very comforting and reassuring to a crying child. The centre mamager even called me personally on the 3rd day just to let me know how she is doing when I had to run some errands (They actually \"allow\" us to hang around for 3 days but from 2nd day they initiated to take over my girl so I could see hoiw they cope and manage) I dont know about cirriculum on how well they prepare them for primary education cos my girl is only in the tots program (oh they even made a welcome banner on the door for her) We actually already have a slot in SJCK next yr for PN, I'm wondering if I should carry on in Odyssey or go SJCK. Any mummies with kids in their kindy program can comment ?
Dear dardar63,
I'm looking at sending my gal in mid June. Are you still happy with them? Heard that they only teach 1 hr in the morning and 1 hr in the afternoon. the rest are for eating cleaning and sleeping. Is that true? Or is this for playgroup only?
did your child show any progress after these 3-4 weeks there?
thx so much. Could pm me.
we're in our 4th week now. My dd is VERY attached to me as I'm a SAHM so she's with me 24X7. The 1st 2 weeks were tough as she would be crying quite abit but by 3rd week, she only cries when I drop her off and then after the initial seperation, she's fine. I'm very happy with her progress so far.
They start off at 9am with circle time, sing songs.. then they have story time, sometimes in english and sometimes in chinese. At any one time there are always 3 teachers there, 2 english and 1 chinese. Then they have time table of either outdoor play, water play, arts, etc.. at 11am they would then have lunch, and 11.30 the teachers would clean up the kids.. the half day ones get changed of diapers and clothes and the full day ones get a shower. Then 12pm, it's when the parents start coming to pick up the kids and then the full day kids go to sleep. I'm not sure about the afternoon cos my dd is on half day.
I'm generally very happy with the progress, whenever I ask dd if she wants to go sch she will alway say yes. She can name her classmates in school, the teachers.. and she's eating very well according to the teacher. (something which is very hard to accomplish at home).
There are 2 new kids whom came last week and they dont care at drop off as compared to my dd. (one came from infant care so she's used to be dropped off, and another one was prev taken care of by the maid so also used to parents going to work). I like that the teachers are all very loving and full of hugs and kisses to the kids. Every week there is a 2 page ppt report with pics on what is done in class sent to the parents.
They teach letterland phonics, not recognizing of alphabets but only the phonics.
I've PM you my email, if you need more info
omgmum - it's higher than CH/Pats. Will PM you -
Just visited the school. Rupal, the principal, was friendly and accomodating. Am really impressed with the spanking new facilities.
The teachers were dressed quite professionally, and they seem to be really qualified. Was told that there are 2 EL teachers-- one with a degree in early childhood ed and the other with at least a diploma-- and 1 Chinese teacher to a class.
Didn’t see much action though cos they don’t seem to have a lot of kiddos in the pm or full day sessions.
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