Marymount Convent

[cantbearit2]

kerbaya:

The plastic covers for ex bks, textbks & wkbks are available at Pacific bookstore, it's in the booklist as optional items.

Does the plastic covers fit snugly??? Heard fr some frenz that the ready made ones fr some schs (eg. St. Margarets, ACS) usu does not fit well.

[Callie Tan]

Oh izit? Will check the booklist again… Btw, I checked with Popular too and they do sell the plastic covers but we need to know the sizes we need 1st…

[Tinkerbelle]

jesyeo:

Hi Tinkerbelle,

Oh I didn't know parents can stay in the foyer and canteen. I am so glad to hear that. But is it just only allowed on the first day of school? And is it true that parents can be at the canteen during their recess time?

How about coming back home? Does my girl needs to go look for the school bus herself or there will be pple assisting her. I hope she don't take the wrong bus or worse miss the bus.

Hi jessie & cantbearit2,
Actually, P1 parents are only suppose to be at the foyer before sch starts on the 1st day, but last year, some parents were still hanging around on the 3rd day. By then, would have overstayed the welcome and the sch's staff will invite you to leave.
Access to the canteen for parents is only during recess time for the 1st day. Similarly, last year, some parents were there for the 1st 3 days.

Personally, I only went to sch on the 1st day with DD2 last year for moral support and did not linger around for too long as DD2 is quite sticky and I didn't want her to keep looking out for me. Just told her sch does not allow and I had to leave (but secretly still around for a while longer...lol). I didn't go back during recess as I knew she would be in good the hands of her P5 buddy.

As for sch dismissal for the first few days, gals who are taking sch buses will be dismissed first. Do ensure your DDs know that they are taking the sch bus home and what bus number they are taking.
During sch dismissal at the parade ground, the teachers will ask who is going home by bus and who is being fetched by parents. The teacher will then announce the bus numbers via loud speaker/PA system. Your DD must pay attention to the bus numbers when they are being called out. She is to stand up when her bus number is being called out and someone will lead her to the right bus. Hence, it is crucial the gals stand up for the right buses. At this stage, the gals are not expected to look out for their own sch buses. Hope this allay your anxiety somewhat.

[Tinkerbelle]

cantbearit2:

kerbaya:

The plastic covers for ex bks, textbks & wkbks are available at Pacific bookstore, it's in the booklist as optional items.

Does the plastic covers fit snugly??? Heard fr some frenz that the ready made ones fr some schs (eg. St. Margarets, ACS) usu does not fit well.

Hi cantbearit2,
The plastic covers for textbook & exercise books from sch bookshop do fit nicely. When you buy the P1 book covers package, there'll be a list which states which cover to use for which book. Each book cover comes with a number at the back so if you use the wrong number-coded covers, it won't fit. FYI, you need to use 103 for chinese, maths and social studies books, 109 for music textbook, 118 for civics & Moral & Health books.
The above is only applicable for book covers from Pacific bookstore. I'm not sure if the same number codes apply to the covers from Popular bookshop.

[cantbearit2]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi cantbearit2,
The plastic covers for textbook & exercise books from sch bookshop do fit nicely. When you buy the P1 book covers package, there'll be a list which states which cover to use for which book. Each book cover comes with a number at the back so if you use the wrong number-coded covers, it won't fit. FYI, you need to use 103 for chinese, maths and social studies books, 109 for music textbook, 118 for civics & Moral & Health books.
The above is only applicable for book covers from Pacific bookstore. I'm not sure if the same number codes apply to the covers from Popular bookshop.

Then I muz go back to sch & buy liao. I left out all the optional items when purchasing the textbooks.

During sch holidays, does the sch bookshop opens daily?

[Tinkerbelle]

cantbearit2:

Tinkerbelle:

Hi cantbearit2,
The plastic covers for textbook & exercise books from sch bookshop do fit nicely. When you buy the P1 book covers package, there'll be a list which states which cover to use for which book. Each book cover comes with a number at the back so if you use the wrong number-coded covers, it won't fit. FYI, you need to use 103 for chinese, maths and social studies books, 109 for music textbook, 118 for civics & Moral & Health books.
The above is only applicable for book covers from Pacific bookstore. I'm not sure if the same number codes apply to the covers from Popular bookshop.

Then I muz go back to sch & buy liao. I left out all the optional items when purchasing the textbooks.

During sch holidays, does the sch bookshop opens daily?

Sch bookshop is only open on 14/12-17/12, and 27/12-29/12 from 9am to 3pm during the sch holidays.

[kerbaya]

Just received the books from pacific delivery and noticed that the maths wkbks are all with punch holes. Parents, are your books with punch holes too?


Tinkerbelle, did you encounter the same thing before with your gals books? Can you enlighten us why is this so?

Thanks.

[jesyeo]

Tinkerbelle:

jesyeo:

Hi Tinkerbelle,

Oh I didn't know parents can stay in the foyer and canteen. I am so glad to hear that. But is it just only allowed on the first day of school? And is it true that parents can be at the canteen during their recess time?

How about coming back home? Does my girl needs to go look for the school bus herself or there will be pple assisting her. I hope she don't take the wrong bus or worse miss the bus.

Hi jessie & cantbearit2,
Actually, P1 parents are only suppose to be at the foyer before sch starts on the 1st day, but last year, some parents were still hanging around on the 3rd day. By then, would have overstayed the welcome and the sch's staff will invite you to leave.
Access to the canteen for parents is only during recess time for the 1st day. Similarly, last year, some parents were there for the 1st 3 days.

Personally, I only went to sch on the 1st day with DD2 last year for moral support and did not linger around for too long as DD2 is quite sticky and I didn't want her to keep looking out for me. Just told her sch does not allow and I had to leave (but secretly still around for a while longer...lol). I didn't go back during recess as I knew she would be in good the hands of her P5 buddy.

As for sch dismissal for the first few days, gals who are taking sch buses will be dismissed first. Do ensure your DDs know that they are taking the sch bus home and what bus number they are taking.
During sch dismissal at the parade ground, the teachers will ask who is going home by bus and who is being fetched by parents. The teacher will then announce the bus numbers via loud speaker/PA system. Your DD must pay attention to the bus numbers when they are being called out. She is to stand up when her bus number is being called out and someone will lead her to the right bus. Hence, it is crucial the gals stand up for the right buses. At this stage, the gals are not expected to look out for their own sch buses. Hope this allay your anxiety somewhat.

Thanks Tinkerbelle! I will write down the bus number on paper and put in her school bag in case she forgot the number.

[Tinkerbelle]

kerbaya:

Just received the books from pacific delivery and noticed that the maths wkbks are all with punch holes. Parents, are your books with punch holes too?


Tinkerbelle, did you encounter the same thing before with your gals books? Can you enlighten us why is this so?

Thanks.

Hi kerbaya,
All maths workbooks are punched with holes for filing purposes should the teacher choose to do so. The upper primary gals have to tear the worksheets out after each topic, staple them and file them into the maths folder. However, for DD2 last year, the P1 teacher did not ask them tear the worksheets out. Think maybe too troublesome for P1.

[Threefuchsia24]

Hello everyone,


My girl will be starting P1 at Marymount next year. Just wondering if all of you have gotten the uniforms for your girls? We went down to United after the orientation to get the uniforms, but only managed to get socks, t-shirts and jacket. They ran out of the pinafore and PE-shorts, we have placed order for them but till now haven’t heard from them. Just called them this morning and was told it will take another 2 weeks. Is there anywhere else I can get the uniforms?