Catholic High (Primary)

[iantao]

Hi Parents,

Newbie here reporting in. My son attending P1 next year (2018).
Was working out schedule and felt timing looked crazy (sleep at 6.30pm!?), so thought should consult you experience parents here.
Are timings below similar to what you guys are doing? What did I miss?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Schedule
7.15am - Arrive at school
6.15am - School bus pick up
5.30am - Wake up (crazy early!)
6.30pm - Sleep (11hrs for young children, and I don’t even reach home from work by this hour)
4.30pm - Dinner (2 hrs before sleep) really?
2.45pm - Reach home.
1.45pm Class end, take school bus home.
11am - Lunch in School?
7.30am - Class start.

[zac's mum]

Hi my P1 boy happens to need only 10 hours of sleep. He has always been at the shorter end of the range for his age (yeah, full of energy )...but maybe u can insert a short nap after school if he is too tired (just a suggestion. Didn't work for my boy).


And yes, we have dinner around 2 hrs before bedtime. Milk around 30 min before bed, so that his tummy is full thru the night. I work mornings only so that's fine for my family. You can tweak it a bit by shifting the dinner closer to bedtime. Place a snack midway in the afternoon, cut the milk?

I can't comment on the morning schedule much, since we live very near school. Except maybe u can cut some time between wake up & bus pickup (maybe he can eat on the bus or in school after reaching?)

[iantao]

zac's mum:

Hi my P1 boy happens to need only 10 hours of sleep. He has always been at the shorter end of the range for his age (yeah, full of energy )...but maybe u can insert a short nap after school if he is too tired (just a suggestion. Didn't work for my boy).


And yes, we have dinner around 2 hrs before bedtime. Milk around 30 min before bed, so that his tummy is full thru the night. I work mornings only so that's fine for my family. You can tweak it a bit by shifting the dinner closer to bedtime. Place a snack midway in the afternoon, cut the milk?

I can't comment on the morning schedule much, since we live very near school. Except maybe u can cut some time between wake up & bus pickup (maybe he can eat on the bus or in school after reaching?)

Thanks Zac's mum for your reply.
Yes, staying near school would help.
Thanks for your other suggestions as well.

[iantao]

Hi all,


I'm also curious. Any idea why class starts so early?

Can understand if the school needs to fit 2 sessions into a day, but Catholic High is a single session school.
The school empty out after class ends at 1.45pm (except for optional CCA activities).

Some advantages if class start at mainstream hours eg. 10am - 4.15pm could be;
1. Avoid peak hour traffic,
2. Doesn't disrupt family mainstream schedule (normal dinner and sleep hours),
3. Parents who prefers to send children to school can drop them off early at their preferred time and let children hang out at library to revise their schoolwork.
4. Most importantly, parent gets to spend time with children in evening after work.

[Kiasu Talk]

Hi Mummy and Daddy,

Has Cat High stop teaching Eureka Science in P1 & P2?

[adhd.041031dad]

Classes start early (despite being a single session school) so that they can get most of the lessons out of the way before it gets too warm in the afternoon. This is my just my opinion!


My son (P3) gets up at 6:10 am and catches the school bus at 6:25 am at a location 4 requiring a 4-min walk. He eats his pre-packed breakfast in the school canteen before lessons.

Sleeping at 6:30pm seems extreme. 7:30pm will probably be sufficient in iantao’s case. But does your kid really need 45mins? Let me share a tip… buy the polo-shirt and have him change to his uniform just before bed and sleep in it! Wear the PE kit on PE days. He only needs to wear the "full uniform plus tie" on one day a week. We need to use time-saving measures to ensure that kids waste little time in the morning. Have him wake up 5 mins earlier just for that day.

[san20sg]

haha I thought that school starts early so that parents can get back to work on time


seriously no idea why school has to start so early either

[iantao]

Classes start early (despite being a single session school) so that they can get most of the lessons out of the way before it gets too warm in the afternoon. This is my just my opinion!


hmmm. didn't cross my mind that it could be about the afternoon heat.

My son (P3) gets up at 6:10 am and catches the school bus at 6:25 am at a location 4 requiring a 4-min walk. He eats his pre-packed breakfast in the school canteen before lessons.

From wake up to reaching bus pick up pt in 15mins?!?!?! I'm inspired.
Seems eating breakfast along the way is a common practice. good idea.

Sleeping at 6:30pm seems extreme. 7:30pm will probably be sufficient in iantao's case. But does your kid really need 45mins? Let me share a tip... buy the polo-shirt and have him change to his uniform just before bed and sleep in it! Wear the PE kit on PE days. He only needs to wear the \"full uniform plus tie\" on one day a week. We need to use time-saving measures to ensure that kids waste little time in the morning. Have him wake up 5 mins earlier just for that day.

My thoughts were 45mins includes morning hygiene, breakfast, uniform change.
BTW, how does the uniform thing work?
Can the kids wear polo-T for school daily (except for the full uniform with tie day)?
When do they wear the standard button uniform?
Wearing Polo-T to sleep sound good but wouldn't it be totally crumpled by time he wakes up?

Right now my son wakes up around 8am and laze for another half hour.
Looks like need to put him (and myself) thru cold turkey with the morning drill come last week of Dec.

Thanks adhd.dad for your tips! Appreciate it.

[jj_1808]

Can anyone share with me P5 after school schedule ?


e.g. Which day and time for HCL and supplementary class.

Thanks

[iantao]

Hi guys,


Just got letter for P1 orientation. Noted to sign up school bus with vendors on same day.
Any tips on how best to pick school bus so kid don’t have to wake up too early?

How does the schoolbus vendors work? Random sign up and they follow route based on those signed up?
Or all sign up with central admin and students grouped in similar location will be assigned bus?
Would Grab Bus be an option?

Also, any idea what’s Dads@Catholic High group about?