Nan Chiau Primary

[timtim]

Vevey:

Suaku_mum:

Btw, I saw from earlier posts that we are supposed to get their uniforms/books prior orientation. It was stated that the orientation date is 22 Nov but I did not rec'd any letters for purchase of anything, am I missing something? :?:

My friend only received that too.
Perhaps things r done differently this yr?

I called and was told to wait for letter. She doesn't sound very helpful and friendly. Is this NCPS's attitude all the time?...it makes me regret sending my son there....

[MeiZi]

timtim:

Vevey:

[quote=\"Suaku_mum\"]

Btw, I saw from earlier posts that we are supposed to get their uniforms/books prior orientation. It was stated that the orientation date is 22 Nov but I did not rec'd any letters for purchase of anything, am I missing something? :?:

My friend only received that too.
Perhaps things r done differently this yr?

I called and was told to wait for letter. She doesn't sound very helpful and friendly. Is this NCPS's attitude all the time?...it makes me regret sending my son there.... :([/quote]Hi timtim,

Yes you should be receiving a letter soon sometime end this month or beginning nov I believe. it will give you a date on the book and uniform purchase just before the orientation. your child will have to in full uniform for the orientation but no worries, okay.

i would say, term 4 is absolutely chaotic period for the school. with the just finished psle, and now SA going on. teachers were also on mc, etc. school events, etc. the whole school is seems like rushing for time. i am not sure how they organise all those events that's ongoing (eg. p6 leaving concert, meet the parent session, etc.)

[timtim]

MeiZi:

timtim:

[quote=\"Vevey\"]
My friend only received that too.
Perhaps things r done differently this yr?

I called and was told to wait for letter. She doesn't sound very helpful and friendly. Is this NCPS's attitude all the time?...it makes me regret sending my son there....

Hi timtim,

Yes you should be receiving a letter soon sometime end this month or beginning nov I believe. it will give you a date on the book and uniform purchase just before the orientation. your child will have to in full uniform for the orientation but no worries, okay.

i would say, term 4 is absolutely chaotic period for the school. with the just finished psle, and now SA going on. teachers were also on mc, etc. school events, etc. the whole school is seems like rushing for time. i am not sure how they organise all those events that's ongoing (eg. p6 leaving concert, meet the parent session, etc.)[/quote]Thanks. For books, is it advisable to get it at school or better to buy at Popular? I was told there are some exercise books and even dictionary taht were told to buy but ended up not used at all. For PE/uniform, how many sets would be enough?

[MeiZi]

quote]


Thanks. For books, is it advisable to get it at school or better to buy at Popular? I was told there are some exercise books and even dictionary taht were told to buy but ended up not used at all. For PE/uniform, how many sets would be enough?[/quote]

I am not sure whether there are any changes on the booklist (as in same as this year’s). Few of the books you can get it from Popular if you want. Others like stationery items (eg. colour pencils, drawing blocks, dictionary, etc.) frankly you can just get it from outside. There is no textbook for English. There is a cost on the printing of the worksheet which you have to pay. This is included in the booklist. They have actually pre-packed everything into a big bundle and you actually have to pay first before getting them. If you want to ensure that your kid is getting the right textbooks, just buy from the bookshop, if not you can get from outside.

[MeiZi]

timtim:

MeiZi:

[quote=\"timtim\"]
I called and was told to wait for letter. She doesn't sound very helpful and friendly. Is this NCPS's attitude all the time?...it makes me regret sending my son there....

Hi timtim,

Yes you should be receiving a letter soon sometime end this month or beginning nov I believe. it will give you a date on the book and uniform purchase just before the orientation. your child will have to in full uniform for the orientation but no worries, okay.

i would say, term 4 is absolutely chaotic period for the school. with the just finished psle, and now SA going on. teachers were also on mc, etc. school events, etc. the whole school is seems like rushing for time. i am not sure how they organise all those events that's ongoing (eg. p6 leaving concert, meet the parent session, etc.)

Thanks. For books, is it advisable to get it at school or better to buy at Popular? I was told there are some exercise books and even dictionary taht were told to buy but ended up not used at all. For PE/uniform, how many sets would be enough?[/quote]My No.2 will be in P1 next year too. I am planning to bring this year's list to double check against the 2011's list. Hope can save a bit.

[MeiZi]

Sorry. I missed out on the uniform part. Basically every Wed all kids have to wear PE uniform. So you need at least one set. There will be another two days whereby the kids have their PE lessons. So it will depend on which day the PE lessons falls on. The safest bet in my view, 2 sets of uni, 3 sets of pe attire (as i only laundry over weekends).

[Vevey]

MeiZi:

My No.2 will be in P1 next year too. I am planning to bring this year's list to double check against the 2011's list. Hope can save a bit.

How do u managed to maintain the condition of the bks?

DS' bks r like kiam chai, w torn covers, patched pages etc. :x
Would book-covers hv helped?

[Vevey]

timtim:

I called and was told to wait for letter. She doesn't sound very helpful and friendly. Is this NCPS's attitude all the time?...it makes me regret sending my son there....

I had the same feeling when making enquires abt sch distance then. But the staff's attitudes over the phone seems better now that I hv a kid studying there.

[Village Girl]

Just received the letter that meet the parent session is on16 nov. We will be out of town :(.not sure whether I can arrange with the teacher on another day. The performance is on that day too. Sigh....pray that buying books etc doesn't fall on that week too.

[lwm99]

MeiZi:

Basically every Wed all kids have to wear PE uniform.

Is there such a rule to wear PE uniform on Wed even if there is no PE lesson on that day?