Lorna Whiston Pre School

[patlee1990]

The school changed teachers so often. Each time did the school gave out any memo to inform parents?

[kerosupichan]

Hi, patlee,


Yes, I received a year-end memo informing the parents of the teachers who will be leaving the school by the end of the year.

Hi, onionchief,

Nice to meet you here. I agree with you wholeheartedly on your list of pros and concerns. My girl has been getting the flu virus throughout the past few months and it is heart-breaking. It is a little puzzling because my girl has been very healthy (touch wood) since birth. Even after joining the school for a good period of 6 months, she doesn’t get very sick at all. But recently, the bout of flu virus keeps coming back to attack her (I think a slightly different variant each time).

I really like the arrangement of the child bringing home a book to read every week. I just had a notice from the school that they are going to increase the frequency to 3 times a week! Personally, I believe that the love for books must be instilled since young. Afterall, we all gain our knowledge primarily through books and reading.

For me, phonics is good to know but not as important. I know many parents will disagree with me on this point. But hey, I am a tradionalist. I didn’t grow up knowing phonics and I can speak and write well.

When I see the various school initiatives, I think they are all very good. But I also try to imagine the kind of work and effort that the teachers need to put in to get the initiatives going (on top of all the normal school work load) and I shudder. The teachers must be really busy. I do salute these very teachers who hang on and stay to teach purely because of passion.

[honeybunny]

My kid has been attending Lorna Whiston Pre-School for the last 3 years, and in fact they do teach phonics from Nursery 2, but it is not a separate programme, but is integrated into their language curriculum. In any case, English is not a phonetic language, so phonics is only part of the picture. They also do phonics workshops for parents - yo should check it out.


The school is fogged once a week for mosquitoes and the teachers also put on repellent each time the kids go out to play… what more can they do…we are staying in the tropics!

[honeybunny]

My kid has been attending Lorna Whiston Pre-School for the last 3 years, and in fact they do teach phonics from Nursery 2, but it is not a separate programme, but is integrated into their language curriculum. In any case, English is not a phonetic language, so phonics is only part of the picture. They also do phonics workshops for parents - yo should check it out.


The school is fogged once a week for mosquitoes and the teachers also put on repellent each time the kids go out to play… what more can they do…we are staying in the tropics!

[siobhan76]

Hallo. I am new to this. first time on kiasuparents and still figuring out. i heard from a friend that lorna whiston preschool at east coast is having a promotion week. if you sign up before 15 march, got some promotion and freebies. my friend and i are going down to look around. i called up and asked about transport. the admin told me that now they dont have because too few kids. i heard alot about the school, curriculum and teachers. if i like the place, i think i’ll put my boy there. but i hope more children join so that i can have a bus driver. i also heard that fullday class is very small. i hope more people join then my son wont be alone. i hope to have good news after seeing the school.

[siobhan76]

siobhan76:

Hallo. I am new to this. first time on kiasuparents and still figuring out. i heard from a friend that lorna whiston preschool at east coast is having a promotion week. if you sign up before 15 march, got some promotion and freebies. my friend and i are going down to look around. i called up and asked about transport. the admin told me that now they dont have because too few kids. i heard alot about the school, curriculum and teachers. if i like the place, i think i'll put my boy there. but i hope more children join so that i can have a bus driver. i also heard that fullday class is very small. i hope more people join then my son wont be alone. i hope to have good news after seeing the school.

school looks great! i love the boat theme they have. very friendly staff. even the cleaner and cook greeted us! going to work out my logistics with hubby then sign up.

i major problem i had was i thought they dont have phonics. but they do! they dont follow letterland or jolyl phonics tho. they use their own. but theyve been using in the study centres for 30 years so must be working! fingers crossed. neverm, my boy still young so ok.

[p2b]

Hi Siobhan


Did u finally enrol your son? We recently moved to east coast n I hv enrolled my boy in the school. He’s in K1 and will be starting next week. The school environment and the teachers seem quite good. Only prob is the small no of students. I hope more children will enrol too so that the kids will hv more friends to interact with.

Hope to see u and your boy there someday.

[BabyLiaw]

Hi,


I am considering to put my girl in either Lorna Whiston or Chiltern House Pre-School next year for Nursery 1. Since I am a SAHM, I thought I wouldnt need to send her for full-day. However, I am having 2 minds thinking if I am deprieving her from learning more things. Any parents have some experience to share? How different are the cirriculum at Lorna Whiston and Chiltern House?

[claricegoh]

Hi,


Anyone has any comments on this school? My gal will be in N1 this year.
Any parents here whose kids are in N1 now?
Please share your tots about this school

[claricegoh]

Any N1 parents in Lorna here? Any feedbacks on the teachers or the school? Please share