CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel

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krazykid:

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Will not be attending PSG tea-party because i did not register with PSG. Dh was not at all impressed with the PSG talk during orientation so we'll just stand back and observe for now.

Maybe your dw can share after attending this Saturday's tea-party.

Well my wife attended the tea party and was impressed by some of the HoDs in the school especially the English and PAL heads. I believe that the dynamism of the PSG depends largely on parents like ourselves so it really reflects on how much we want to get involved.

This Saturday is the Math Workshop and I hope that it will be meaningful... to help me to tutor her. My daughter has been trying out the problemsums.com website. I don't have much experience with these things but I guess if she's doing it willingly, it can't be all that bad. A good command of English looks to be the pre-requisite for doing well in Math now.

Cheers!

Thanks for the update.

Dh is considering joining the Father's Club.

Cheers!

[krazykid]

Looking forward to attending the breakfast session with my wife. Wondering how many people the AVA room can accommodate because there are about 150 kids in Primary 1… we might have to get really friendly if all the parents turn up

[Gurjit Sidhu]

hi everyone,


my daughter just started p2 this year on 28 march, hope to meet more parents.

[Gurjit Sidhu]

Hi,


Just a quick question, any parent out there who knows of anyone driving or a bus who ferries students from JB to the school or anywhere in the vicinity. Call me at 91469546. Thanks a million.

[Gurjit Sidhu]

Hi everyone,


Any suggestions regarding good and reliable transport from JB to CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel for my daughter who is in P2. Any private bus, car or van. Help is greatly appreciate. Call me at 91469546.

[zilleus]

you have to get into the public transport

[alivio]

Hi parents,


Anyone with daughters in OLGC, staying in Sengkang/Punggol area and taking the school bus to school? I was shocked when I was told that the journey would take about an hour (1-way) from my place in Punggol cos the school is only about 15mins drive via expressway. :shock: So I would like to find out how your girls are taking it so far... i.e. Is it very tiring?

Thanks for sharing!

[corneyAmber]

alivio:

Hi parents,


Anyone with daughters in OLGC, staying in Sengkang/Punggol area and taking the school bus to school? I was shocked when I was told that the journey would take about an hour (1-way) from my place in Punggol cos the school is only about 15mins drive via expressway. :shock: So I would like to find out how your girls are taking it so far... i.e. Is it very tiring?

Thanks for sharing!

No offence, but driving by private car and school bus are two completely different things. Private car drivers go direct from Punggol to OLGC, but for a school bus, it has to make various trips to pick up students along the way, so you cannot compare it this way. Normally for school buses, they would pick up those furthest away from the school first, hence they are usually the ones first to board the bus and the last to be dropped off after school.

If you are targetting an IJ school, have you considered CHIJ OLN which is definitely nearer to your place in Punggol.

Sorry, just my two cents worth.

[alivio]

Thanks for the prompt reply, 25hourmaid. I was just hoping the sch bus journey would take around 30-40mins. But now need to reconsider my choice of sch because I am not sure if 2-hour (2-way) daily bus journey would be too exhausting for a P1 kid. I prefer OLGC to OLN because it is a smaller school.


btw anyone has any idea if there is a regulation that sch bus journey should not exceed 1 hour? Cos I was told the sch bus journey to St Margaret’s pri also takes 1 hour even though the distance is doubled! Isn’t that funny? The reason is because the SMPS school bus takes in 12 girls only compared to the OLGC bus which ferries 20 girls…Now feeling so confused as to which sch to go for cos the sch bus journey is about the same! Sigh!

[corneyAmber]

alivio:

Thanks for the prompt reply, 25hourmaid. I was just hoping the sch bus journey would take around 30-40mins. But now need to reconsider my choice of sch because I am not sure if 2-hour (2-way) daily bus journey would be too exhausting for a P1 kid. I prefer OLGC to OLN because it is a smaller school.


btw anyone has any idea if there is a regulation that sch bus journey should not exceed 1 hour? Cos I was told the sch bus journey to St Margaret's pri also takes 1 hour even though the distance is doubled! Isn't that funny? The reason is because the SMPS school bus takes in 12 girls only compared to the OLGC bus which ferries 20 girls....Now feeling so confused as to which sch to go for cos the sch bus journey is about the same! Sigh!

As far as I know, I don't think there is any regulation that a school bus journey cannot take more than one hour, but I think the onus should lie on the parents. The bus drivers are merely doing their job, so if the parents think that a two-hour journey to/fro a primary school every day for 6 years is fine, then I suppose there will always be bus drivers who are willing to make that journey?

I personally feel that one should not attempt to send a 7 year old child from one end of the island to the other end just for a so-called good primary school. It is very tiring for the poor child and when the child is in Upper Primary, there will be extra lessons, CCAs etc, and while some school bus provide transport for those late days at an additional cost, I still think it is not a wise idea to send your child to a school that is so far away and we are not talking about 1 or 2 years, we are talking about 6 years of Primary School education.

Again, just my two cents worth, no offence.