Sembawang Primary

[deese_verte]

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hi, if you or your wife have been a teacher, then I believe you should be sensible enough on what can and cannot be said in situations. i feel that you are making a very unfair statement to the school. Yes, you could have left the school due to some unhappiness there but you should not tarnish the school's name by posting such in the forum and scare parents who are sending their kids to the school. What makes you think that the teaching are of a lower standard? I do have kids in the school now and i've compared their teaching and materials from other school, and they are not inferior to others. In fact, i find that they had included alot more than other schools. If the school is teaching of a lower standard, how to explain about their standards in PSLE in which they are improving each year? By luck only???? it takes a long way for a school to nurture the kids... all schools are doing their very part in nurturing the kids. it could only be some black sheep in some situation.

So where are you teaching now? I'm concerned about this school's name too. Not sure what you are going to say about it once you had left.[/quote]

I totally agreed with ellehcim. It was quite scary to read a ex teacher posting such comments. Is it appropriate to call parents who think SPS is a good school ignorant or naive?? rather insensitive to me.
I am sure all parents hope their kids do well in school with minimal stress. Even good schools have black sheep. I have heard some negative things abt Canberra too so???

Right now, i just hope my boy will be happy in the new school environment.
Thanks ellehcim, your feedbacks do make me feel better

[tph452sg]

deese_verte:

hi, if you or your wife have been a teacher, then I believe you should be sensible enough on what can and cannot be said in situations. i feel that you are making a very unfair statement to the school. Yes, you could have left the school due to some unhappiness there but you should not tarnish the school's name by posting such in the forum and scare parents who are sending their kids to the school. What makes you think that the teaching are of a lower standard? I do have kids in the school now and i've compared their teaching and materials from other school, and they are not inferior to others. In fact, i find that they had included alot more than other schools. If the school is teaching of a lower standard, how to explain about their standards in PSLE in which they are improving each year? By luck only???? it takes a long way for a school to nurture the kids... all schools are doing their very part in nurturing the kids. it could only be some black sheep in some situation.

So where are you teaching now? I'm concerned about this school's name too. Not sure what you are going to say about it once you had left.[/quote]

I totally agreed with ellehcim. It was quite scary to read a ex teacher posting such comments. Is it appropriate to call parents who think SPS is a good school ignorant or naive?? rather insensitive to me.
I am sure all parents hope their kids do well in school with minimal stress. Even good schools have black sheep. I have heard some negative things abt Canberra too so???

Right now, i just hope my boy will be happy in the new school environment.
Thanks ellehcim, your feedbacks do make me feel better :)[/quote]

Dun worry, Your child will definitely be happy ..
My dd come back home everyday smiling :lol:
Now her smile become bigger after getting good results in P1 exams.
She came in 2nd in class & Best in Maths ... :lol:

[ellehcim]

Hi deese_verte, i believe your child should be doing fine, no worries. This Sat gonna be the orientation for the P1s-to-be!


Hi tph452s, congratulations on your child’s good result. My P1 kid does not get any merits but I m happy that she had improved n tried her best. I will look out for your gal this coming friday wink… Time flies our kids had completed their p1 n enjoyed thier journey, going to P2 soon…

[deese_verte]

ellehcim:

Hi deese_verte, i believe your child should be doing fine, no worries. This Sat gonna be the orientation for the P1s-to-be!


Hi tph452s, congratulations on your child's good result. My P1 kid does not get any merits but I m happy that she had improved n tried her best. I will look out for your gal this coming friday *wink*.... Time flies our kids had completed their p1 n enjoyed thier journey, going to P2 soon...

Thanks ellehcim

[ellehcim]

deese_verte:

ellehcim:

Hi deese_verte, i believe your child should be doing fine, no worries. This Sat gonna be the orientation for the P1s-to-be!


Hi tph452s, congratulations on your child's good result. My P1 kid does not get any merits but I m happy that she had improved n tried her best. I will look out for your gal this coming friday *wink*.... Time flies our kids had completed their p1 n enjoyed thier journey, going to P2 soon...

Thanks ellehcim

Hi tph452s,
I was at the prize giving yesterday and if I'm not wrong i've spotted your girl, a cute girl. Well done. So have you heard the speech and performance of Semb pri from the data? Impressed? hahah... I was Well done!

Hi desse_verte, how is your orientation hope is a good sailing one. Welcome to the Semb Pri family

[sesame]

Hihi

Hmm, let just say SPS is not our choice but is trying to remain positive about it.

First, I agree the current principal is a marketing guy, but hey! I like marketing guys, but he is LEAVING. Next the school is moving soon for 1.5 years. Then we experience 2 families quarreling LOUDLY in the hall duing the orientation and 1 even point a middle finger at the other. Then we had 3 sets of fathers with tattoos all over legs and arms in the class.

Put it altogether, I am worried. I mean I know home environment is impt but the crowd at school is impt too!

My girl was grouped then the in-charge told me "Oh no, that’s not her class, her class will be determined later." I was like huh? Is that the norm?

Any current parents with kids in SPS, please enlighten me. Personally I like the school, bright and sunny. I like the rules the principal have on kids but he is leaving. Anyone knows if the new principal is good and share the same direction?

I am considering to put her on waitlist at other schools hoping some parents might withdraw in Dec.

[Spring722]

Honestly, this is the first time I have encounter this type of incidence.

I have attended several activities in the school hall in the past when my eldest and second daughter are in SPS; but have never encounter this. I was shock too as I was just setting diagionally ~ 3 rows behind.
Are people more stress up? I dun know…

The class that I am in (4C) was ok, everything goes very smoothly… everyone busy filling up the forms and queuing up to submit the forms.

As for the grouping, is this is the norm that the child is not group according to their class? I am not quite sure… lol… is almost 6 yrs ago when my second daughter is in P1, but I think I remember that my elderest and second daughter class is made know at that time.

We too, asked the teacher and their answer is the same.

Btw, for my two daughters, their are under the first principal. The current principal joined as vice principal in 2004, if I remember correctly. So the whether is a nom, under this principal… I could not tell.

Could not advice much.

[ellehcim]

Hi it is first time i heard about such incident happen in orientation. Maybe it could be some personal grudges or what, otherwise how would a normal parent quarrel with other parents whom they could have just met that day? Singapore is getting more stressed huh? LOL


As for the class allocation, both my kids will only get to know the class no through mail in Dec. It is sad that the current P is leaving and hope the new P will continue or even enhance the good work the P had done. But changing of P is a norm to most schools over a few years. Even the elite schools, unless independent schools, they get to change P too. However i believe no major changes will be seen for the initial years if their current formulA works well, and we could see that these elites schools are still doing very well.

So let's hope the new P will bring SPS to a greater height too. :celebrate:

[deese_verte]

hehe.. ya boy.. i was sitting infront and didnt even realised that somebody was quarelling behind.. not sure what happened though.


seems like quite alot of foreign students in SPS.. some of them were really quite big size.. i hope they're gentle LOL ...
I feel quite good about the orientation.. did not seems to be that bad .
I was quite fed up with a PRC mother who seems to be very inconsiderate.. putting her bag on empty seat... and when more parents came in.. still left her bag there and act blur... :roll:

Now i was thinking about whether my boy will know how to clean up himself nicely if he do some big job (pooing) in school. We are already training my boy to clean up and shower himself since he will be going to a nearby student care .. by the way... will there be any school buddy to assist them in buying lunch?

[deese_verte]

sesame:

Hihi

Then we had 3 sets of fathers with tattoos all over legs and arms in the class.

Aiya.. sesame.. Tattoo is art ma.. LOL
Its not the tattoo that tells a person.. its the attitude that tells a person