St James Church Kindergarten

[Fijkd]

Yes, you are right. A lot of people enrolled but not many kids eventually graduate from this school.

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Hi everyone - enrolling my kiddo in Gilstead for 2019. Heard recently that there were a number of parents who withdrew their kids from SJCK. Don't really know why and if that should be a consideration in enrolment. Please do share your thoughts about Gilstead and any recent happenings that might be helpful in my decision making. I am now also thinking BRMCK or Far Eastern. From the forums/elsewhere I gather the below info/feedback (declaration : I cannot vouch accuracy!)

St James : Happy kids, same food week in week out, less personal attention, parent culture not great(?), nothing said of p1 prep
BRMCK : less happy kids, good prep for P1 with Montessori pre/post school studies, less personal attention, 70% Chinese curriculum (is this true?)
Far eastern : Small kindy, loads of personal attention, bible focused

thanks to all responders in advance.

[Yanney]

St James vs Barker Road vs Nanyang


Which one to choose for a Yr2018 girl?

Notes: We are free thinkers.

Please share your experiences. Thank you very much.

[Fijkd]

If you are not bothered with whether your child will be able to read or write by the time she finishes preschool, if you are not bothered about your child being emotionally neglected due to gigantic class sizes, if you are not worried about whether Teachers will be taking note/ care about your child’s allergies/ safety etc… by all means enrol in St James Gilstead. My child is already in primary school and I’m glad I pulled him out of the school early after noticing that things are not right.

[ThinkEnglish]

Any recent reviews of this school? It’s difficult to judge a school based on the past. My older kid was in what I thought was a very good preschool. I even recommended it to others. But suddenly during Covid things went downhill. Teachers left with no or lame explanations and they hired people who were not qualified to teach preschool kids. Another famous school that we visited before and that people said was very good, upon checking with my friend with kids in the school, she said things suddenly changed during one term and more than half of the teachers were fired suddenly.


So what’s good in the past may not be good now. What was wrong in the past could have been improved on with change in P and teachers. So if anyone has a current review of how things are like in SJCK Gilstead, please share!

[Savannah00]

Here looking for most recent review of SJCK Gilsteas. I read the negative review posted in 2019. Have things improved or not really? Any feedback on teachers, principal, academic learning and the environment?

Thanks in advance.

[Welove2022]

I can say Nanyang St James Pat Are very different schools .