Pat's Schoolhouse

[VooVoo]

scoobydoo:

VooVoo:

[quote=\"scoobydoo\"]Yup yup, she talks about them her friends all the time. R said this, E did that, and on and on and on, non-stop :lol: My gal's the one with short hair, shd know wch one

Actually I don't know... :lol: coz my son is usually the last to be picked up! :oops:

My gal is A [/quote]Haaa...I think I know liao

BTW, when did you start with Pat's? My boy started at ard 18mths...I'm still in 2 minds about putting my 2nd one (not here yet) in infant care....don't know if I can survive the \"fall sick\" period!

[scoobydoo]

We started her here when she was 22mths. Before that she was in some other infantcare which also had a childcare, but we were concerned by the high staff turnover rate there, so we finally pulled her out.

We initially placed her over at Pat's Katong, but somehow, it didn't work out. To put it simply, she couldn't adapt, so we got her transferred here. I must say, we like it here cos there is a core of good and dedicated teachers here...and also she has made lots of friends Can you believe it, she looks forward to going to school ??

I can sympathise with your worry about the \"fall sick\" period, the wife and I look took leave last year till we literally ran out of leave, I even had to \"take MC\" to look after her. Fortunately, it's been much better this year *touch wood*.

[VooVoo]

Yah...I must say the 1st year in childcare was really tough! But, touch wood, once you survive it... it is so much better now!


I agree, in relation to the quality of teachers here

...my son loves to go to school too! :lol:

And I find that he has improved so much in terms of his linguistic skills etc compared to being at home!

The only wish I have is that he could speak \"better\" Chinese...just felt that he now has this \"ang moh\" twang in his already very miserable spoken chinese!

[VooVoo]

Just to add…I had thots to transfer him to Pat’s Katong after he "graduated" from childcare…for pre-school!


Do you plan for your dd to continue all the way through K2 at Pat’s?

[scoobydoo]

Barring any changes, we'll probably be letting her stay here all the way. Too stressful to look for a good childcare and then having to go thru the adaptation process again :?

[VooVoo]

scoobydoo:

Barring any changes, we'll probably be letting her stay here all the way. Too stressful to look for a good childcare and then having to go thru the adaptation process again :?

Me too...same thots

[mamababe]

Really grateful to have found this thread.

I am gonna enrol my kids into Pat’s Halifax.
But got one concern… abt fetching them from school.
Got to take school bus, but the bus fee is very expensive $200 one way per child… if i have two kids going there, that’s $400!
how do u all settle the transport? u pick ur own?

[ChiefKiasu]

mamababe:

...Got to take school bus, but the bus fee is very expensive $200 one way per child.... if i have two kids going there, that's $400!...

Hmm... sounds like daylight robbery... what do they have in the bus? Movies and in-flight service?

[waterfall]

ChiefKiasu:

mamababe:

...Got to take school bus, but the bus fee is very expensive $200 one way per child.... if i have two kids going there, that's $400!...

Hmm... sounds like daylight robbery... what do they have in the bus? Movies and in-flight service?

A380, suite class, :lol: :lol:


$200 per term or per month? i jst put my gal in pat's meyer Rd. also consider to use school bus service.

[VooVoo]

mamababe:

Really grateful to have found this thread.

I am gonna enrol my kids into Pat's Halifax.
But got one concern.... abt fetching them from school.
Got to take school bus, but the bus fee is very expensive $200 one way per child.... if i have two kids going there, that's $400!
how do u all settle the transport? u pick ur own?

:shock: Wow...

Am not using school bus. Am the bus driver. Chose Halifax coz it's relatively close to town, therefore work place...drop b4 work, pick after work...