Pat's Schoolhouse

[crystalbelle08]

Shiyunu,

I pm you.

[smilingmummy]

Seems like most of the feedbacks on most of the PSH branches are really good. My child is currently at the Arena branch but because of the poor management of the principal, I am considering of transferring her to Halifax branch.


Anyone knows if there is priority for school transfer as i understand that Halifax always has really long waiting list…

[DC Mummy]

smilingmummy:

Seems like most of the feedbacks on most of the PSH branches are really good. My child is currently at the Arena branch but because of the poor management of the principal, I am considering of transferring her to Halifax branch.


Anyone knows if there is priority for school transfer as i understand that Halifax always has really long waiting list....

I have spoken to Ada (priniciple from Halifax but now heading Tanglin) before and was told that priority is given to siblings first and followed by internal transfer. Confirmation has to be done by end Sep with registration form submitted.

Initially, I was contemplating to change there as well after hearing good reviews but utimately put the thought away. Reason is he's doing very well in current branch. He knows his friends, teachers, enjoys the rustic school environment and learning much, thus I don't want him to go through all over again in a new environment.

I heard that Halifax, Seranggon and Buckely are having the long wait list esp those born in 2007 and 2008. Maybe you would like to share more about what are the unpleasant stuff you encountered at Arena? Have you raised your concern to the principle ......

[ppnqq]

Any branch around Yishun area? Good?

[dfstan]

[quote=I heard that Halifax, Seranggon and Buckely are having the long wait list esp those born in 2007 and 2008. Maybe you would like to share more about what are the unpleasant stuff you encountered at Arena? Have you raised your concern to the principle …[/quote]


Interesting…

2008 has a higher amount of live birth in recent years or more parents willing to spend? here is the result excerpt from Statistics.

1999: 43,336
2004: 37,174
2005: 37,492
2006: 38,317
2007: 39,490
2008: 39,826
2009: 39,570

[DC Mummy]

Statistic could reveal the actual birth rate but it doesn’t reflect whether the new born is the first child, second or third child of the couple. I guess parents with only one child or two children, are more willing to spend more on preschools education. Moreover, nowadays parents value preschool with much importance as compared to previous years. Those with more kids (e.g. 3 kids), they would probably need to leverage the cost of school education / enrichment fee unless they are real big salary earners.


Franchise chain of childcare centers (including the premium ones) also sprung up despite birthrates is declining comparing to 1990’s. More parents are also starting the toddler learning process earlier. Probably, this will reflect parents holding high regard towards preschool education. Of course, there could be other family factors that resulted childcare centers increased through the years. Anyway, just my own thought……

[crystalbelle08]

I agree..

Typically a child attend pre school the year they turn 3. But that was the past.

I have 7 galfriends with kids born in 08.
All these 2 years old kids are in pre school now.
My parents keep saying I am doing harm to my 2 year old DD for sending her to school so early.
But as i look around, i realised that if I dont send her to school now, my DD will be the only 2 year old kid who is not attending school among my friends.

So i totally agree that now, everyone try to start their kid early, esp FTWM.

In fact, I have a nephew and niece who attended shicida from 11 months! :roll:

BTW, any of the Pat's mummy send their child to shicida?
Heard alot of rave about it. But i am quite skeptical, esp the ESP training.

[empressplace]

I don’t think most kids start preschool at 2. My older son started with Pat’s this year - the year he turned 3 (2007 born).


My observation is that parents generally start the kid with Pat’s at 2 if they need the childcare. Most kids at this age just attend some classes but are still cared for at home.

If you start the kid too young, she would be exposed to diseases much earlier and probably expose the younger sibling (if any) at home. Separation anxiety also tends to be higher at younger age.

My personal preference is not to expose the kids to a school environment too much too early.

[crystalbelle08]

Hi Empressplace,

yes, i do agree that when they start school early, they will tend to get sick easily. My DD was like sick every mth initially! Scary! Now is getting \"better\", once every 2-3 month. But her recent one was quite bad.
Hope that when she progress to playgroup, she will get stronger.

For my case, and the same with my gfs, we are all working mummy.
In the day, theres only maid or grandparents at home. So we rather send our kids to school to interact and at least learn something.

Interestingly, our common complaints were, the children will be at home watching TV the whole day if left with helps or grandparents.
Guess its the same for the rest of my DD's classmates who are in the toddlers class (2 years old).
Notice that almost all of them have helpers yet the parents rather put them in school.

[cookies_n_creme]

Dear fellow mummies,


My boy will be starting full day starting next month as my parents are returning to work.

Would appreciate if you could share what type of bedding is your child using during naptime at Pat’s. As Pat’s do not use mattress, I am a little concerned that my tod cannot nap due to discomfort.

TIA!