Raffles Girls' Primary

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3VS:

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MY DD have Maths homework almost everyday for the activity book. Usually 5 to 6 pages and also Chinese activity book. She also got to do the zhi shi hua bao which take her very long to complete. This is a weekly work to be done. Other than that she had English & MT Spelling. Also Science homework if she has Science lessons on that particular day. And sometimes English compo wiritng. I really find it hard for her to cope.

What should I do? She is tired as she wake up so early every day and so much to do. Really have no time for other revision. I am really worried.

Really sound like my dd's class. Maybe they are in the same class.

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I used to see bus 20 on our morning drive. It plies upper Thomson and thomson roads. Lady driver. Very experienced. Slow and steady but she always gets ahead.

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yes Luanee,
I will be in Hubby's car to see bus no 20.....
Its a whole family affair, to send the princess to school
hahahaha.......

I insist my gal to eat something for breakfast.
Most of the time she will eat bread but we give her more variety
or else she will so so xian. Also cook hard boiled egg for her too.

Once we woke up late... so she ate in the car...

Actually I always think that its not good for the girls to wait at the basketball court, i believe there is still some existence of morning dew.

Now I wonder what is the hall for???

I also agree that the school should open the other gate then the girls will drop and cross over using the overhead bridge. THAT will cut the super long queue by half anytime!!

I think we dont have enough PV to help in the morning traffic, unlike
Nanyang...

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ctct61t:

Luanee:

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My DD feel tire just because of getting up too early. She do not have much homework as well.

What time does ur dd go to bed every nite? Maybe try to get her to sleep earlier so she wont feel so tired everyday. I start to get my girl ready for bed at 9+. Sometimes when she gets too bored at home in the afternoons she will take a nap.

I go back to home almost 7:30 everyday. My DD prepare for bed at 8:30+, most of the time fall to sleep before 9:20, she spend a lot of time on talking, shower...[/quote]Mine also prepares for bed at 8.30 and in bed by 9. What time she actually falls asleep is a mystery which I like to keep...means it's up to her since my job for the day is done. :lol:

She wakes at 6.10am which seems to be enough sleep for her.

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3VS:

Hi all


She is tired as she wake up so early every day and so much to do. Really have no time for other revision. I am really worried.

My DD get up so earlier every day, not only her but also me, both feel very tired. I'm thinking to rent a house near her school, this maybe better for all of us.

Rental is definitely high near the school. Another way is to find out where the last pickup points are for the buses and try to stay near there. I know Jurong East area is around 6.30am too.

I don't think there is any later pickup time than that outside bukit timah area as they have to reach the school by 6.45am to avoid the jam along dunearn road.

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Feb 17, 2011
Relocate school to ease traffic woes
MS SYLVIA Tan’s letter (‘Illegal parking causing traffic headache’; Monday) is timely, especially with the realignment of Dunearn Road for the current construction works.

Around 7am, 1.30pm and 6.30pm on each school day, motorists should take note of the massive slowdown between Turf Club Road and Watten Drive due to cars turning into Hillcrest Road to drop off or pick pupils from Raffles Girls’ Primary School (RGPS).

Hillcrest Road is a one-lane two-way road that becomes one-way (inwards from Dunearn Road) from 12.15pm to 1.15pm and 5.45pm to 6.45pm each school day. At these times, the line of cars parked and waiting for RGPS pupils can stretch from RGPS along Hillcrest Road to the first lane of Dunearn Road.

Cars wanting to turn into Hillcrest Road have to do so from the middle lane of Dunearn Road. However, even this is not always possible as cars are often parked and waiting in both lanes of Hillcrest Road. Vehicles behind these cars have to brake abruptly at times.

It is a motorist’s nightmare and an accident waiting to happen.

When the problem is raised with RGPS or the Traffic Police, the situation improves for a few days. However, the slowdowns, traffic congestion and inconsiderations return when the Traffic Police are not there.

I dread to think of the traffic condition when RGPS becomes a single-session school and the pupils arrive and leave at the same time.

For the safety of its pupils and the motorists using Dunearn Road and Hillcrest Road, RGPS should consider relocating to a bigger campus with ample parking space.

Monica Khoo (Ms)

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Feb 17, 2011
Inconsiderate parents to blame for congestion
MOST parents who pick their children from school cannot afford the time spent on public transport, and it is not about pampering the children (‘Illegal parking causing traffic headache’ by Ms Sylvia Tan; Monday).

Traffic jams happen when parents park their cars on the roads regardless of the traffic conditions. This happens near most schools. Parents should move their cars while queueing, and if their children are not at the pick-up point when they reach the place, they will just have to move on.

There are parents who park at the drop-off point at the United Square multistorey carparks around 4.30pm. This causes a traffic jam all the way to Newton Road.

Tang Lishan (Ms)

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Feb 17, 2011
Three ways to unclog congestion
I APPEAL to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to ease the situation at Dunearn Road (‘In a pickle over jams at Dunearn Road’; Tuesday). I live at Watten Estate and have been living in this area for more than six years. I, too, ferry my children to schools around Dunearn Road.

The traffic condition was exacerbated by the recent MRT construction. A large number of strata-titled units have also been built in that area. Each household likely owns at least one vehicle, with the same roads serving both existing and new residents.

Why did the land authorities allow such a rapid succession of strata-titled developments without first looking at the impact of increased density in an already crowded neighbourhood? Did they also not work with LTA to see how the roads could be improved to support that increase in density? Has LTA done anything to improve traffic flow?

In the last two years, the situation has been really bad. It takes me less than 10 minutes to drop off my child at school but 30 minutes to try to get home after that.

There are some steps which the LTA can take to improve the flow:

- Build additional entry/exit points. Entry and exit points could be built in the area spanning Eng Neo Avenue and Shelford Road. With more exit/entry points, traffic gets dispersed and there will be fewer cars on the main road using the same point.

- Allow more cars to U-turn. The U-turn bridge over the canal just after Namly Avenue has to be made a one-way access. Allow U-turning for both lanes for vehicles heading westwards and turning eastwards - that is from Bukit Timah to Dunearn - to ease the bottleneck there. Traffic light timings there can also be fine-tuned.

- Install more traffic lights and/or yellow boxes. There is no yellow box outside of Watten Estate Road, thus residents cannot exit onto the main road as there is a three-lane queue that is filtering out onto Adam Road.

Oon Foong Yoke (Madam)

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Resident’s suggestions to LTA
TRAFFIC jams on Dunearn Road before Hillcrest Road occurs twice each school day during Raffles Girls’ Primary School’s dismissal times (‘In a pickle over jams at Dunearn Road’; Tuesday).

There are also traffic jams from Watten Estate to Adam Road every morning during school days, which are caused by heavy traffic turning from Adam Road into Bukit Timah Road.

I have written to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on many occasions since 2006. Some solutions are to:

- Build parking spaces along the road from RGPS to National Junior College to clear traffic waiting along Dunearn Road.

- Draw turning pockets for traffic waiting to turn from Adam Road into Bukit Timah Road. More vehicles will then be able to turn right into Bukit Timah Road at each change of traffic lights.

When pressed for replies, LTA said:

- It is not cost-effective to construct parking spaces as the space will allow only a few parking spaces.

- If a turning pocket is provided where there is a traffic light, it will cause a safety hazard to the motorist waiting at this turning pocket as the oncoming traffic that has the right of way will clash with the waiting motorist.

I pointed out that the first reply was not true as I had made measurements which showed that there would be adequate parking spaces to clear traffic waiting along Dunearn Road.

The second point was also incorrect because Bukit Timah Road is a one-way road.

I requested the LTA official to meet me on site so I could show him that LTA’s contention is wrong but my request was ignored.

Tan Peng Boon

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Feb 17, 2011
A special let-off for waiting along Dunearn Road?
IS THE long queue of cars parked along Dunearn Road daily flouting any traffic laws? (‘In a pickle over jams at Dunearn Road’; Tuesday)

I was summoned for waiting in a parked vehicle on a road with double yellow lines. Despite repeated appeals, the Traffic Police said that ‘any vehicle that is waiting or parked along double yellow lines has broken traffic rules and the law’.

I find this stance contradictory as my car was then parked along Margaret Drive, a sleepy hollow of a neighbourhood that sees little traffic at any time of the day. This is in contrast to the situation at Dunearn Road, an extremely busy thoroughfare.

Why are the Traffic Police so ready to turn a blind eye to cars that are parked and waiting for up to 20 minutes along Dunearn Road? Those motorists are doing the same thing I did (waiting for a passenger) but for certain, I was in no way causing inconvenience to other motorists or contributing to a snaking jam.

Are these drivers somehow more privileged and exempt from the law?

Lynn Chua (Ms)

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Station Traffic Police along Dunearn Road
TRAFFIC police can be stationed at the affected areas along Dunearn Road (‘In a pickle over jams at Dunearn Road’; Tuesday) between 7am and 7.30am, and between noon and 2pm, to issue fines to drivers who park illegally.

Measures such as feedback sessions and staggering the start times for schools have not prevented parents from parking their cars illegally to pick and drop off their children.

Yeo Kim Boon