Maha Bodhi

[cheehoe]

Hi Huimin22, you can call up Maha Bodhi School to enquire their school bus service. However, considering how far Seng Kang is from Maha Bodhi School, your child will need to travel early since the school starts at 7:30AM in the morning.

[ChiefKiasu]

Peiliang:

wawa_piggy:

Hi,

May I check if Maha Bodhi only provides Higher Chinese or Normal Chinese as a second language for P1 students??
Thanks.

Maha Bodhi offers Higher Chinese from P1 to P4. Weaker students drop to Normal Chinese from P5 onwards. That was my understanding before I enrolled my son in this year's exercise. Perhaps a parent with an existing student there can confirm this as well?

I think this is standard practice for all SAP schools.

[Zynn]

Anyone staying toa payoh/bishan… looking at enough people to start a school bus route

[Carolina]

Huimin22:

Hi, are there any kids staying in Sengkang and taking school bus service? What is the pick up time and drop off time? Thank you,

Depends on which part of Sengkang you stay in, but generally speaking, very early. I think the school bus driver mentioned something along the lines of 6.30 am pickup when I enquired last time for my kids, and I stay in Buangkok area (slightly nearer to school compared to Sengkang).

If you can send your kids to school, it'll probably be better, as it takes much shorter time by driving (less than 30 mins by KPE). Even taking MRT is faster (35 mins from Buangkok station to Ubi station, including all walking time all the way to school side gate).

Another thing to take note is, due to the school going on single session this year, I think they have a hard time finding enough school buses and drivers. End result is, some of the drivers are not very reliable. I have experienced instances whereby my kid got left behind in school simply because the teacher released the class 2 minutes late, as well as bus driver didn't even turn up at all for the Thursday late afternoon shift (after CCA), resulting in another poor driver having to help out by sending 1 group home, then go back to school to send 2nd group home. Even after complaining to the school and the school having taken the necessary actions, there were still instances whereby the similar incidents happen. And this doesn't just happen to my kid, from what I hear.

So, my humble opinion is, don't rely on school bus if possible.

[Carolina]

Kismet123:

Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum. Can I check what CCAs are good in MBS and how much time do they take up? Are CCAs also mandatory? Thanks!

From the school notices, CCA is now mandatory for P3 - P6.

Starting 2019, all CCAs are conducted on Thursday afternoons. Some CCAs may take extra days in school after school hours, e.g. most sports, band, etc. I don't have specifics as I don't let my kids take CCAs that require more than that 1 afternoon per week in school.

[tummykitten]

hi,

not sure if its been asked previously, can I ask if anyone knows in the prize giving ceremony at the end of the year, how the sch determine the prize students? like those having the highest aggregate score in each subject will be the prize winner by class or by each level? other than subjects, there will be other prize like character or others?

[Caprigoat]

Hi all, have sent an email to annie for the whatsapp group but no responses. Is anyone an admin and can help add me?

[Annieapple]

Dear parents, does anyone know when will the P6 typically stop their CCA? Do they have to attend the full year or say stop after term 1 or 2? Does it apply to all CCA, including the competitive CCA? Thank you in advance!

[BabyLullaby]

Annieapple:

Dear parents, does anyone know when will the P6 typically stop their CCA? Do they have to attend the full year or say stop after term 1 or 2? Does it apply to all CCA, including the competitive CCA? Thank you in advance!

If I recalled correctly, kids don’t attend CCA after term 2. However, they have to stay in school during the CCA period. Due to the change of CCA timing next year, I can’t comment if the kids will release early or stay in school for revision..

[BabyLullaby]

tummykitten:

hi,

not sure if its been asked previously, can I ask if anyone knows in the prize giving ceremony at the end of the year, how the sch determine the prize students? like those having the highest aggregate score in each subject will be the prize winner by class or by each level? other than subjects, there will be other prize like character or others?

For P1/2, prizes will be given to the top 3 students for each subject who achieve highest score in each class. From p3 onwards, it will base on overall aggregate e.g 1st, 2nd, 3rd position in each class and followed by the highest aggregate for each subject for the same cohort. Additionally prizes will be awarded to good character, great improvement of the student results.