St Margaret's Primary
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Hi foreverj,
yes , if you have the time, do become a PV and see the school for yourself. At least you will have a good opportunity to interact with the staff.
They do have a learning support officer now to help kids with learning disability though I think she is quite stretched. In my kid's class, there is a girl with ADHD (the FT was so stretched...poor teacher) and she is getting help now finally. Poor kid.
One more thing, this year, they have a character badge system so as to motivate the gals to behave well. My kid's FT asked the girls to identify an area of character development they want to achieve in the beginning of the year (helpful, kindness, hardworking etc) and then the teacher will monitor their behaviour in class and reward them accordingly in Term 3 (for my kid's case). Unfortunately, my kid didn't get hers as her FT lost her badge :stupid: 'cos she gave out the badges during the week my kid was sick with HFMD. She was soooooo sad
as she was really working at it.
anyway, glad that your kid will be joining the family. Am sure she will enjoy school. -
Ponyo, you mean they use assessment books titled My Pal for teaching of english, maths? Cool. Just to double confirm before I run over to popular to take a look. I am blessed to have a friend like you to get some advise on. Thanks a million ponyo!!!
Stellar? So the girls just do filing? Wow…any books that the teachers use to guide the students on that parents can also help with the kids at home?
Chinese is it using stellar method too? Wow…sounds so different from what I am learnt in the past. We had textbooks and workbooks. Now…no books…worksheets…like higher level of education.
Yes i agree fully with ponyo that students will only do well when they have consistent effort in their studies. Great minds think alike! -
Can i check with you ponyo what time do they start school? 730am?
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Hi ponyo, thanks for the tip about kit kats. Always great to have a break yah :love:
If I may give my own two cents' worth about SMPS ... to me it's middle-of-the-road. There are no extremes. It's not extremely good, which I like because there's no unnecessary pressure to perform. It's not extremely bad, which I also like because it means everyone's well-behaved!
But like anything, SMPS is not perfect. My husband and I shortlisted six schools and we managed to speak to the principals of five of them before P1 registration last year. All the principals were great, but we finally chose SMPS because Mrs Poey seemed like the most understanding when it came to first-time school. She was the only principal who said she wanted P1 life to be not stressful, so no homework (although my daughter has quite regularly as she can't finish in class).
My daughter's FT is young so she relates to her students very well. She was able to help us out when our daughter got bullied by another girl. Hope the other FTs for the next five years will be as good. But nothing is perfect so just have to make the best of it. -
jacsplace, your child is in which level?
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Can I check is SMPS a resource school for special needs kids?
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Hi Olivia,
no textbooks for English. The teacher uses a big book to teach them vocab, grammar etc. Don’t think you can get the books in the bookstore. Anyway, don’t worry about it. It is really not that tough.
They use My Pals for Mathematics. For Chinese, they do use textbooks (suddenly cannot recall the name…die sign of old age :!: ), workbooks and the teacher also compiles her own exercises.
Assembly starts at 7.50 tho the gals need to be in school by 7.30 if I am not wrong. -
Hi jacsplace,
you’re welcomed! Agree with you that Mrs Poey is a very kind and understanding principal. Hopefully she continues to stay with the school.
Is your daughter in 1 C? -
jacsplace:
hi jacsplace, thanks for your feedback too! we r not parents who r particularly worried about finding a stressfree school but our concern was more of finding a school that is interested in providing a wholesome education so that kids continue to love learning, and grow in areas where they have particular interests/gifts. did u talk to so many principals via open houses or u just called up the principals?
If I may give my own two cents' worth about SMPS ... to me it's middle-of-the-road. There are no extremes. It's not extremely good, which I like because there's no unnecessary pressure to perform. It's not extremely bad, which I also like because it means everyone's well-behaved!
But like anything, SMPS is not perfect. My husband and I shortlisted six schools and we managed to speak to the principals of five of them before P1 registration last year. All the principals were great, but we finally chose SMPS because Mrs Poey seemed like the most understanding when it came to first-time school. She was the only principal who said she wanted P1 life to be not stressful, so no homework (although my daughter has quite regularly as she can't finish in class). -
Hi ponyo, yes she’s in 1C.
Hi foreverj, I think the school you’re describing is what moe wants every singapore school to be and so that’s what they all strive for. In terms of niche, SMPS is pro netball. That was a disappointment for us as our daughter is more into art than sports! The P1s just started gym in term 3 and she’s not enjoying it. But anyway, she’s been attending a private art school for the last two years so we’ll just continue that as that’s what she loves.
As for talking to the principals, I called to make an appointment. Much better than trying to get their attention at an open house.
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