Criteria for a Good Student Care Service (BASC)

[tph452sg]

Hi All,


Any comments on the BASC inside the school itself.
Anyone has good or bad experience on it.

The Pri Sch that i targeted to send my kid to has a BASC.

:lol:

[curious_mom]

For one; you save on transportation. Every year it’s increasing by $5 !!! In addition; if your kid has CCA; they can just walk back to the student care; it’s within the school so I guess it’s safer.

[Luvkid]

curious_mom:

The student care that my daughter is attending just ensures that she does her homework. They do not give additional work or assessment papers. I am wondering if this is the norm?

Hi curious_mom,

The BASC my boy is attending has been doing the vice versa of yr girls centre. Bcos my boy is in the afternoon seesion, his homework, if there is, will be finished at night. Me so far never missed his homework. Other than asking \"any homework\", i check on his bag personally every night

In the morning, I will send him to BASC for his breakfast at 8.30am, followed by 9am they will start doing ASSEMENT BOOKS (purchased by the centre, we pay for it), some day (beginning of the week) doing English & Chinese Spelling. Around 10 plus, shower time & get change. 11am-Lunch, 11.45am-set off to school. HOW I DARE TO LEAVE THE HOMEWORK to the centre where time is limited??

Have u checked with the centre whether possible to have yr girl doing assesment books (u purchased lah) on top of her homework? She is in the morning session, i guess.

[Luvkid]

tph452sg:

Hi All,


Any comments on the BASC inside the school itself.
Anyone has good or bad experience on it.

The Pri Sch that i targeted to send my kid to has a BASC.

:lol:

Hi tph452sg,

This sounds perfect!!! :celebrate: U can really save all the troubles, like worrying when kids walks over to school, though with teacher around and when there is CCA, no worries of how they get to school or get back to BASC. But wonder if your kid will like to stay in the same environment for the whole day of different curriculum. Can check with the BASC what kind of curriculum they provided. A normal one will provide 2 meals (either breakfast & lunch OR lunch & tea break), guide them on homework, give assement books to do, GIVE not teach huh spelling, shower time. Anyway, putting kids in BASC is allowing us, parents, have a peace in mind when we are at work. At least, we know they are under someone care with meal & homework/assement books done. If the curriculum meets your requirements, why not? Very convenient for sure. Me like convenient, scare MA FUN (trouble), then why have kids huh??

Discuss with your kid if he might like it and if the curriculum meets your requirement. good luck!

[curious_mom]

LuvKid,


I guess it will be better when you kid is in the morning session. You won't want him to waste time wondering around after he he completes his homework right? I guess there must be a balance; just that mine is too lax and this will be a problem next year when mine is in the morning session. from 1-7pm ... I don't think she will be doing homework for so many hours right?

[Luvkid]

curious_mom:

LuvKid,


I guess it will be better when you kid is in the morning session.

yes, i am looking forward for morning session. One worry is that will i be able to wake up as early as 6 or 6.30am? However, morning session will be implemented when my boy reaches P3, another 1 year plus. I would prefer that at least he can finish his homework in BASC and in the evening when i bring him home, i will check through and do extra revision with him.

[zhimin]

i am currently working in a Before & after sch care and will take note of all the feedbacks to work on our centre.


4 things that we will strife to achieve, over the short next 3 months

1) address the problem of inexperience/uncapable teachers
2) improve teacher-student relationship - (less tantrum)
3) update our curriculum to suit the demand
4) more team building activities to encourage leadership skills and camaraderie.- (less bullying)

here are some of the problems that all parents face:
bullying and fights
kids are kids, and being human in nature; we also tend to vent our anger too. So the first approach is not to scold anyone, but to find out the reason of it occuring and counselled anyone at fault when the anger has subsided.

vulgarities
kids pick them up quickly as it attracts a lot of attention especially parents'
vulgarities are learned from internets, friends or even newspaper.
they are everywhere, therefore we have to teach them the proper usage of vulgarities and its consequences, like no one will want to stay close to someone that insults and make fun of people.

Sometimes kids are the most irritating people in the world and they are also the cutest people in the world at times. Enjoy your parent hood! = )


if there is any other feedbacks & opinion that you can suggest,
please post so that we can consider, plan and implement it.

[ChiefKiasu]

zhimin:

i am currently working in a Before & after sch care and will take note of all the feedbacks to work on our centre...

zhimin, I think it is highly commendable that service providers are taking the initiative to proactively seek feedback from their clients. Willingness to listen unreservedly is the first step to improving service levels, and if that translates into decisions that you take action on, your reputation will grow along with your base of happy clients.

I really hope more service providers will do what you are doing.

[Kuasimi]

Hi, My boy will be attending P1 next year. We’re in a dilema whether to put him in a BASC or leave him with his grandparents. Any advise?

[ChiefKiasu]

Kuasimi:

Hi, My boy will be attending P1 next year. We're in a dilema whether to put him in a BASC or leave him with his grandparents. Any advise?

If you manage to enroll your son into a good BASC, the outcome could be much better than leaving him with granny's. They would have proper teachers to mind the activities of your child.