Little Skool House

[engp9337]

i just realized that the forum has deleted one of my post abt LSH at Kent Vale. it is alright, but isn’t this forum intending for everyone to share their experience and thoughts, no matter negative or positive???

[Shera]

One of my children used to be from lsh amk.


The receptionist had memorised everything, don't ask her. She is sharp & act accordingly. Talk to the teachers instead.

Unlike the previous principal, the present one is too soft, blur and had done some scopes which shouldn't be her job in the first place. Some of the parents & I wasn't really liked her style of doing.

From diseases' view: every weekends it is very normal to see many other activities going on inside. There are a few times of the year that hfmd spreading from class to class. The cleaner auntie is not that ons, clean as & when she is needed. The entrance door thermometer usu indicates lower temperature.

From academic view: no spelling nor ting xie. Writing is strongly encouraged for parents to do it at houme. Hypy introduced at K2, jolly phonics from N2 onwards. Learning thru play is always the case. Teachers planned the activities, not the mgmt so you need to pray hard for a good caring teacher to handle your child's class otherwise you need to ask everything all over again. There is no academic handover normally. The topics were will paste on the wall.

From motor skills' view: this centre owned a playground solely used by the students. Each class area is big so there are plenty of activities going on.

This ccc is very very popular due to its good location. You will still need to pay enrichment centres for pri. school preparation.

Sorry... I am too straight forward :oops: ...

[sean wife]

Hi,


I have always wondered why LSH curriculum are highly raved by many parents and the school has long long waiting list….

While I think the teachers and activities there are pretty good, does the lack on academic focus mean that parents need to do a lot of home coaching to make up for the lack of writing, spelling etc? While enrichment can help, it doesn’t seem right to me that their daily school is more fun and weekend enrichment is more ‘academic’… In fact, I am pretty concerned about the lack of writing activities and am contemplating to switch to my kids to a more academic based kindy from next year onwards. The cost savings are pretty substantial for 2 kids, but the flip-side is the re-adjustment and how to occupy their time during the school holidays…

Any other parents with existing kids or kids who graduated from LSH care to share your experiences and thoughts….:)

[toddles]

engp9337:

i just realized that the forum has deleted one of my post abt LSH at Kent Vale. it is alright, but isn't this forum intending for everyone to share their experience and thoughts, no matter negative or positive???

It's in the Alternative Views section....

[qms]

engp9337:

i just realized that the forum has deleted one of my post abt LSH at Kent Vale. it is alright, but isn't this forum intending for everyone to share their experience and thoughts, no matter negative or positive???

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[qms]

sean wife:

...While I think the teachers and activities there are pretty good, does the lack on academic focus mean that parents need to do a lot of home coaching to make up for the lack of writing, spelling etc? ..

Not sure which outlet your kids are in, but the centre my girl is currently in has a lot of writing. The teachers are also teaching them topics that my P1 boy is learning now.

They don't have spelling, but it's fine with me because I think my girl should be concentrating on brushing up her phonics.

[Shera]

I will like to clarify: Lsh still exposed children to writing but this is not strongly emphasis which is why they greatly encouraged parents to do this more at home. Of course if the student is very onz then this is not an issue anymore… or that particular batch of students are smarter which motivates the teachers to spur them more challenges, why not…


sean wife: regarding school holidays. Actually there are many enrichment centres offering holiday programmes like Lorna Whiston, Kinderland, baker inn etc etc it’s a matter of who can bring your children to & fro the locations.

[Shera]

qms: as I mentioned before, planning is done by teachers so definitely inconsistency will surface. Moreover, different branches run at different style due to principal's way of doings. So long there is no big mistakes done which resulted via media, mgmt don't care ($$ still roll in)... this is what I heard during my experience with lsh staffs. Don't blame me if this is otherwise

[qms]

Shera:

qms: as I mentioned before, planning is done by teachers so definitely inconsistency will surface. Moreover, different branches run at different style due to principal's way of doings. So long there is no big mistakes done which resulted via media, mgmt don't care ($$ still roll in)... this is what I heard during my experience with lsh staffs. Don't blame me if this is otherwise

Hi Shera!

Thanks for your clarification and elaboration.

I spoke to the Centre Director previously, and she said all centres adopt the same style (of course, with different teachers, implementation and therefore standards will be different) and curriculum. The Centre Director is supposed to oversee all the centres, and hence, I thought that all centres should place the same emphasis on certain aspects.

[sean wife]

Hi Shera,qms


Thanks for your feedback…

I think in general what I understand from the teachers are that theirs is not exactly a structured, learning A-Z kind of environment. For e.g. in N1, they dun really teach them A-Z in their sequence, rather they will introduce when taking outdoor walks, or other activities. For N2, they dun really ask the child to sit down and do tracing letters, numbers etc, rather they will have the materials at the ‘learning corner’ and the kids are free to explore with them during their free time. For spelling at kindergarten level, what I understand is that they will give a list to the kid to bring home and dun really test them in school. I agree very much that a lot depends on the teacher-in-charge as the management will give broad outline and it’s up to the teachers to plan the activities….so if the teacher feels she wants to do more structured writing kind of activities, the kids in her class will have such activities… For e.g. at N1 level, the curriculum does not really ask Chinese teacher to introduce Chinese words to the kids, but my gals’ teacher will show them the words while introducing the picture/concept to them.

In general I think they do try to provide a wide range of activities for exploration of science/general knowledge concepts, which is probably good for stimulating the interest and curiosity of young kids. Going on to higher level, there will probably need to have a good balance between reading/writing/maths preparation as well as expanding on their knowledge etc. As for what constitutes a good balance, I guess it’s really up to individual and also a lot of what kind of home learning is provided by parents ourselves….as I feel that school learning and home learning should ideally complement each other and makes up for what each lacks.