Maris Stella High

[cherrygal]

24hr-mum:

i thot i read somewhere that for MSH, the banding is only at p5, so is it they will be in same class from p1-p4?

I heard from another parent they change classes at P3 for children to mix around I think. Her friend has a boy in a higher level. The banding comes later I guess.

[smurf]

CHS has a waiting list of about 200 and parent volunteer about 40 plus. And parent volunteers get the priority, not Catholics. We can stop dreaming already.

[Namie]

I was surprised to hear him said someone kicked him twice at his back. I saw the boys during the first two days and they generally looked ok - not bullying type.


I’ll monitor next week, see if he comes back with more feedback. I’ve told him to make sure he highlight to the teachers everytime it happened. But things like teasing, he may want to just tell the boy not to do it as he doesn’t like it.

[24hr-mum]

smurf:

CHS has a waiting list of about 200 and parent volunteer about 40 plus. And parent volunteers get the priority, not Catholics. We can stop dreaming already.

wow scary. had i known this earlier, wldnt hv moved to bishan....

but u can dream of chs sec..if ur child is a bright one.....

a neighbor whose son is in cath hi pri p1 last year said the sch informed them the COP wld be 240,

[SSmama]

SPIES:

Vanilla:

Ds just came home, and to my disappointment, today the caterer gave strawberry biscuit instead of oranges! Despite the lady fm nonya manis calling me back yesterday to reassure that they will be following the menu. Yes they follow, only the main dish, but still NO fruits. Disappointed.....can anyone cfrm that yr boys also received the strawberry biscuit?

Yes! NO oranges today! My son got cheese wafer biscuits. Although I feel is better than crackers, but, it is not what was promised to us. Besides, she told you that it will be oranges.

Also, my son told me that it is only a plain burger with fish patty. No tomatoes/lettuce/cheese. The stated salad is missing also!

They still claimed in their letter that they 'have taken great pains in selecting & planning healthy, nutritious and well-balanced meals'. I believe parents opted for this catering is because of the problem of waking up to prepare for the kids and besides, the menu looks good. But if they are cheating us on the quality, are we to just accept and suffer in silence?

They seems to be leaving us with no choice cos the kids are not allowed to go to the canteen.

Yes my son brought home cheese wafers too--he didn't complain about the burger though. I think the most sickening thing is we were made to pay for the whole year and they didn't even stick to the menu for a week! For lunch we have no choice because there isn't much we can prepare at 6am that won't turn bad by 115pm in this heat.

If the situation does not improve I'm planning to raise in the parent-teacher meeting on the 18th. Which classes are your boys from? We should find as many parents as possible to feedback.

[Lizzyho]

Yes, the food was miserable, no fruits as promised & the drinks they get are Yeos packet drinks. I thought it would at least be some fruit juice. Definitely not worth the money we paid.


I thought the teachers there are very fierce. I saw on the 1st day in one of the class, 2 boys were being lectured at the door for name calling.

[24hr-mum]

maybe can find out, is it the same caterer last year?

get the sch to change the caterer to some eg select catering that provide rices and noodles.

do u mean there is no rice or noodles at all for recesss???
just biscuits?

its bad for kids to drink yeos packet drink everyday.
so much sugar.

[24hr-mum]

flametree:

Maris stella does not practise different recess time for different level. As such, my guess for not allowing young ones to buy own food is - it'll be safer if the lower primary boys have their their recess in class.


Yes, you can opt out of catering and bring your own food - which is what i did for my p2.

For my P2, the extended timing on monday is because maris has just introduced \"programme for active learning\" every week - that takes up 2 hrs a wk, thus they need to make up the 2 hrs on monday.

Hope this helps.

what do u usu let ur p2 bring to sch for recess?
will he compare wif his classmates and whine for catered food?
i cant think of what can be brought to sch except bread everyday, and usu in the morning take my girl for eg she already eats bread at 6am, and dislikes bread again at 10am recess as she isnt a bread-loving person. so i get her to buy her own food in sch during recess.

[vicki]

Er....


Actually my fren's whose kid is in P1 last year already prepared me for the food and the packet drinks! But i still signed up for it cos of the convenience!!

As for packet drinks - i prob will do what my fren does - ask ds to bring it home - but starting maybe from Feb - cos ds has stated that he would like to try out the different soft drinks available *faintz* - but ok lah - Im closing one eye so far cos he seems to be enjoying school at the moment.

Btw - do you gals know if there is any \"exam/ test\" tomorrow, aka Monday? My boy kept saying teacher ask him to shift tables cos got exam/test on Monday lah!

And seriously - i have no idea what he is toking bat! :?

Maybe he daydreaming..... :snooze:

[flametree]

[quote]Btw - do you gals know if there is any \"exam/ test\" tomorrow, aka Monday? My boy kept saying teacher ask him to shift tables cos got exam/test on Monday lah!

[/quote] My guess is it is the MOE test that my son took last yr at P1 too. There's a thread discussing about this test in the forum last yr.

So he's not daydreaming.