PCF/PAP Kindergartens

[RubberBand]

Hi Tamarind


Very impressed indeed as the same thing didn't happen in the PCF in Pasir Ris. I was really in a shock when my kids moved to P1 as they were struggling to cope, especially with Chinese. I didn't send them to any enrichment class during their kindergarten days.

By the way, how do you teach your kids phonics or where do you send them? I'm very poor in this area myself. :oops:

[mamii]

hi wondering if there are any good centers in yishun ? by the way is sparkletots under the same group ?

[jedamum]

mamii:

by the way is sparkletots under the same group ?

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=302&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105 is a PCF childcare.

[tamarind]

RubberBand:

Hi Tamarind


Very impressed indeed as the same thing didn't happen in the PCF in Pasir Ris. I was really in a shock when my kids moved to P1 as they were struggling to cope, especially with Chinese. I didn't send them to any enrichment class during their kindergarten days.

By the way, how do you teach your kids phonics or where do you send them? I'm very poor in this area myself. :oops:

Hi RubberBand,
I sent my older girl to Montessori phonics enrichment class near Lakeside MRT. I taught my younger boy at home.

Check out my blog about how to teach phonics.
http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/

[joajoa]

any mummies got more comment for toa payoh north blk 205 nursery ?thank ya

[little doggie]

Hi


anyone has child in Blk 661B pcf in jurong west? how is the teacher there?

thks

[little doggie]

Hi tamarind,


Can enlighten me on your reason for enrolling ur son to Blk 665B instead of Blk 662B for the nursery 2…cos ur daughter is in Blk 662B and as u mentioned the school is quite good.

Reason for me asking is becos i m considering these 2 pcf branch to enrol my son for his nursery 2 next year.

thnks for sharing!:)

[mowmow]

After reading this thread, I just realised that there is really a very huge diff among PCF branches. My sister-in-law’s children are from PCF in Jurong East and they were never taught how to write in sentences and neither do they have ting xie, etc.


But just for recommendation purposes, for parents who can afford it, you should seriously consider CHiltern House. The school fees is about 900+ per month, but the education they provide is superb. Both my sons were from Julia Gabriel play club when they were still young toddlers, and they moved on to ChilternHouse(CH) when they were 3. They had completed 4 years in CHiltern House and are both in P1 now. The teachers in CH are very good and caring (help toilet-trained my sons within a few weeks), and the teacher/student ratio in N1 is 2 teachers to 12 children (1 teacher speaks english while the other is a native Chinese-speaking teacher), from N2 onwards it is 1 teacher and 1 asst teacher to 12 children. The Chinese teacher only teaches each class for 1 hour per day. And this holds true for K1 & K2 as well. Apart from the normal academic lessons, they also have speech & drama(taught by teachers from Julia Gabriel), music and cookery classes.

Overall find their curriculum very fun and enriching. And I believe my kids have benefitted alot from there. They are well prepared for P1 and have done well in the recent SA1, even though I have not sent them for any tuition classes, excet for MPM, a self-learning enrichment class for Maths.

[tamarind]

little doggie:

Hi tamarind,


Can enlighten me on your reason for enrolling ur son to Blk 665B instead of Blk 662B for the nursery 2...cos ur daughter is in Blk 662B and as u mentioned the school is quite good.

Reason for me asking is becos i m considering these 2 pcf branch to enrol my son for his nursery 2 next year.

thnks for sharing!:)

Hi little doggie,
My boy gets sick very often, when he is sick, we usually keep him at home for 1 to 2 weeks to recover completely. If I put him in a more expensive kindergarten, I will feel very heartache with the $.

One more reason is that my boy does not pay attention in class. The teacher told me that he is always dreaming, like in his own world. Since he cannot learn anything in school, why spend more money ? I have been teaching him myself, and he is now reading very well. Checkout my blog.
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-they-are-reading-now.html

He is also starting to write many words on his own. I have just started to teach him to do addition mentally. I invented my own method to suit his learning style. He is progressing very well. Children like him learn best when given one to one attention.

I still send him to school to socialize with other children.

Basically I am very particular about getting my money's worth when I send my kids to classes. My girl learns very well in school, she is very attentive, so it is worth sending her to a more expensive class. My boy learns best from me, no point sending him to expensive schools I do send him to Berries Chinese enrichment class, which I think is really worth the money, their methods are very effective. But then again my boy also dreams in Berries class. We have to revise the materials with him everyday at home, and he is doing well.
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/jeromes-chinese-test-at-berries.html

The nursery and kindergarten at 662 definitely teach more things than 665. 662 costs more because they include enrichment, for K1 and K2 they have cooking, poetry appreciation, junior creative writing, Chinese enrichment etc.

[sumo22]

There are now 20 PCF that are managed by NTUC as mentioned in the news below. One of them is the PCF at Blk 4 Holland Close. Anyone has any feedback or experience to share for that PCF? Is there any difference in their curriculum or teaching style? Thanks.


http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20090513-141008.html