[Jurong East/Jurong West] Preschools

[Kabby]

Peonies:

Morning kabalevsky!


My DDis 18 months old and she is in the 11.15am to 1.15pm session. The teacher commented that it is better for the new kids to join this session as there are less kids and more attention is on them. The earlier class has 11 kids.

Yes, one reason I picked Tara is that my parents can help me send and/or pick up my DD after the class cos they stay near JP.

I was a SAHM (and freelance occasionally) but now works flexi hours.

I think the 11.15am time slot might be good for another reason too. If I send her to the 9am class, I will only have McDs and NTUC to go to, during her lesson time.

If her class is at 11.15am, then all the shops in the entire JP would be open by then, including all the restaurants and cafes, so there are many more options. Banking and running other errands would be more feasible too.

Currently I bring her everywhere I go cos I have no one to place her with, but I can certainly do things much much faster without lugging her around. So that's very very attractive for me.

[Peonies]

I saw three new kids joining the second session at Tara @ JP today. Nice to see more classmates for my DD

[jenku]

Hihi, anyone has feedback on the pap nursery at blk 662b jurong west as well as the one at blk 665a jurong west?

[jenku]

Hihi, anyone has feedback on the pap nursery at blk 662b jurong west as well as the one at blk 665a jurong west?

[Kabby]

Hi Jenku,

I don’t have any kids there but I live around that area and every day I will push dd in a stroller, walking around that area. I have a niece who attended nursery at 662B for a while too.

What I observe is that the kids have a lot of fun, they have speech and drama, cookery, PE outdoors, walkabouts (often it would be the Chi teacher bringing groups of kids around the estate)…

I happened to be showing a neighbor’s pet rabbits (that family has about 6 pet bunnies) to my dd, then the whole class came around with the teacher talking to the kids about rabbits in Chinese, and asking them what rabbits eat, how do we take care of pets and so on.

During Halloween last year, they had this mass celebration with other PCFs and all the kids were parading in their costumes. All the kids were so so cute that dd was enthralled, so we followed them for quite a distance, the kids were having so much fun.

Last year or this year, 661B also became "premium" PCF. 661B and 662B share the same principal, I think, and pay the same fees, have the same curriculum. But 662B seems to have won several awards, according to their noticeboard.

662B also has see-thru panels so I can observe their classes everyday when I pass by, but 661B doesn’t.

[jenku]

Hi kabalevsky,


Thanks for ur reply… How old is ur niece nw? Is she already in p1 and is her learning at the PCF kindergarten sufficient for her to cope w p1 work?

[Kabby]

she’s 4, haha. they moved house, so she only attended N1. sorry, can’t comment, but i know another active mommy here, tamarind, has a dd frm 662B and in p2 now, u can pm her?

[jenku]

Thanks, I just did

[Peonies]

I just called up PCF 662B, and they told me all their levels (except K2 PM session) are full for 2012

[Kabby]

Peonies:

I just called up PCF 662B, and they told me all their levels (except K2 PM session) are full for 2012

what?!? i know it is very hot, but didn't know it is THAT hot!

i also tried enquiring when ds2 was due to be in K1 last time, but they were full. they told me I have to sign up from N1 cos most kids move up, so they are normally full from N2 onwards, unless someone moves really far away.

the P told me even those who move to CCK still send the kids here. I was :shock: