Newton Kindergarten

phtthp

hi meiah,

Oh! That's because this little girl you happen to bump into at your same block in (Toa Payoh) TYP - happen to attend morning enrichment class that morning you saw her, from 10.15 am - 11.15 am.

after this little girl finish her enrichment, then she will attend her 4 hrs PM session, from 11.45 am - 3.45 pm.

for PM session kids, all enrichment lessons are conducted in the morning.
for AM session kids, all enrichment lessons are conducted in the afternoon.

for TPY PM session kids who do not attend enrichment lesson, school bus normally come and fetch kids - around 10.50 am, reach school latest 11.30am. That same friend of mine staying at TPY Lorong 4, whose son K1 this year - told me so.

for PM session, after picking up TPY kids - next, the school bus travels down the streets of Bishan, turning in and out of Bishan streets. Oh! there are so many Bishan kids! Although there are many pre-schools, child care centres and kindergarten in Bishan, yet Newton kindergarten however remains popular with Bishan residents.

in fact, if you look at the entire school bus load comprising Bishan-TPY grc, close to 70% to 80% are Bishan resident kids. Once they board onto school bus, the entire bus become so noisy - like a fish market instantly! Boys and girls talk at top of their voices like a parrot, raise their voies, giggling and laughing away happily. Those sitting right in front rows raise their voice, turn their heads back, trying to talk / shout to their fellow school mates seated right at the back of the school bus, to be heard. Even when school bus Auntie keep asking them to tone down their voices, the kids just ignore her. They continue chit-chatting, happy chirpy bird!

some studious K2 kids are ... oblivious to the noise inside the school bus. They take out their tiny booklet of spelling and Chinese tingxie, trying to revise for that week. These are the hardworking pupils! One fine day, maybe turn out into scholars one day :imcool: :lol:

the last school bus stop is one - landed property private house, 3 storey semi-detached. It's been recently renovated - very beautiful white house, large, huge, attracting a lot of on-lookers from inside the school bus. When the school bus turn in here as a last stop to pick up the last student, many pupils exclaim 'Wow! house so beautiful ! So lovely, so big, so nice!'

Newton parents , if you have the time one day, do take a school bus ride one day. One day is ok. Auntie Ong won't mind you take school bus. Just enjoy the ride. Be pleasantly surprised by what you see! :boogie:

the school bus finally turn into Newton kindy school compound. Check the watch ... time reveals ... 11.30 am. Kids start to queue up two by two, happily taking the lift up to level 2.

around 11.36 am, PM school / form teachers come out - take the pupils' body temperature, check both their palm (for signs of HFMD), ask them to open up their mouth, shine a torch light in, check their open mouth (any mouth sore ?).

Teachers ask pupils queue up two by two, according to their PM class name, go toilet wash hands, before entering classrooms for - makan lunch time. 11.45 am sharp, PM kids start to eat lunch hungrily, lunch time until 12.15 pm. Different day, they lunch with either English or Chinese form teacher... happy social interaction.

meiah

How can she board the bus at 10.15am if the enrichment start at 10.15am!!

phtthp

next time you see her, say hi to her mother or caregiver, ask - is she going for enrichment, or where else, why so early ? :lol:

meiah

haha... not possible to ask since I only see her when I'm on mc!

Mmm... from the way you describe the journey, I think it is entirely possible for the kid to board at 10.15am and reach sch at 11.30am.

Supposed my this TPY kid is the last one in TPY, by the time the bus safely move to Bishan, it'll be about 10.30am. Then so many Bishan kids, here 5 min and there 5 min maybe become 11am, then go Jln Peminpin weave in and out maybe finish 11.15am and travel to school and reach at 11.30am.

I'm making this assumption cos my dd's bus leave her sch at 3pm but after a few rounds in TPY, she reach home at about 3.45pm. And her's is a small bus.

The gal I think is N1 (my mil said so), so I think she has no enrichment.

phtthp

info .. Chinese

to improve Chinese, may read Tamarind's blog spot.
Tamarind is a great, patient, wonderful mother! Parents can learn some useful tips from her - how she taught her daughter Chloe to read and write Chinese so well!

http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/chinese-picture-books-3.html

in China, their pupils' Primary 1 chinese - is equivalent to our Singapore pupils' Primary 3 chinese standard:

'si wu kwai du thread':
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=21547&start=50

btw, tomorrow Thursday (26 May) and Friday during PMT (parents meet teachers) session from 8 am - 1 pm, there is a book fair going on at our Newton kindy premises, by A-Star. Do take a look!

starting tomorrow Thursday onwards (26 May), Expo Hall 6 also got Popular book fair, from 10 am onwards - under 'Happenings' thread.

phtthp

hello K2 Newton parents,

getting nervous, excited ?
July ... akan datang!
comes the stressful, hectic month of enrolment, balloting kids for Primary 1.

time to dig out, where applicable:-

-\tpast former Primary school Report card (if need be),
-\tpast PSLE certificate (with name of alma mater Primary school printed on it),
-\tchild’s vaccination medical record book,
-\tchild’s birth certificate,
-\talumni school supporting letters,
-\tHokkien Huay Kuan supporting membership documents (if need be),
-\tchurch clan supporting membership documents (if need be),
-\tchild baptism certificate (Catholic),
-\tany other important supporting documents, etc.

get ready !

Registration date for 2012 P1 students:-
==========================================

phase 1 => 29th Jun-30th Jun
phase 2a(1) => 5th July
results on 7th July

phase 2a(2) => 11th Jul-12th Jul
results on 14th July or earlier

phase 2b => 18th Jul-19th Jul
results on 22th Jul or earlier

phase 2c => 27th Jul-29th JUl
results on 5th Aug or earlier

phase 2c(sup) => 11th Aug-12th Aug
results on 16th Aug or earlier

phase 3 => 25th Aug
results on 26th Aug

source:
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13941&start=700

phtthp

hi,

from our kindy, for girls – one very hot, popular Primary school destination a number of parents aim for and would love to send their daughters to after K2 is ... SCGS (Singapore Chinese Girls’ primary school).

do you want to dance ?

at SC, the school teach the girls pick up graceful dancing through dance modules like ballet, Chinese cultural dance, etc - injected into their school curriculum. The school groom & cultivate the girls grow up feminine, polite, teach the girls graciousness, lady-like femininity, project confidence in speaking / articulation, acquire good social interaction skills, learn how to grace the occasions intelligently, learn how to talk and hold conversations with wit, interestingly. You can spot an SC girl !

from our kindy, for boys – one popular Primary school destination parents send their sons to after K2 is ... ACS (Anglo Chinese primary).

how about other schools ?
which other Non-SAP schools do Newton kindergarten kids go to, after they don their K2 graduation hats and convocation gown ?

from Non-SAP schools list:
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1)\tACS (Anglo Chinese) Barker primary (GEP centre):

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4460&start=120

http://www.anglochineseprimary.net/

2)\tACS (Anglo Chinese) Junior primary:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4409&start=50

http://www.acsjunior.sg/en/section/147

3) CHIJ Toa Payoh primary:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4510

http://www.chijpritoapayoh.moe.edu.sg/

4) Henry Park primary (HPPS) – GEP centre:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4404

http://www.henryparkpri.moe.edu.sg/

5) Methodist Girls’ primary (MGS) – has her own in house GEP programme:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4405

http://www.mgs.sch.edu.sg/

6) Raffles Girls’ primary (RGPS) – GEP centre:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4408

http://www.rgps.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=49673

7) Rosyth primary – GEP centre:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4492

http://www.rosyth.moe.edu.sg/

Singapore Chinese Girls’ primary (SCGS) :

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4462

http://www.scgs.edu.sg/

9) St. Margaret’s primary:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4411

http://www.stmargaretspri.moe.edu.sg

10) others :
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewforum.php?f=38

phtthp

genice

phttp,thanks for providing so much information.

My ger is actually from ur previous kindy so when i read the thread i actually ended up coming to here.

Can i check with u what is the main motivating factor that made u change kindy? My ger is in N1 now, she loves the current sch and lks forward to going sch everyday. That is y i cant bear to take her out from a sch that she loves going. Can you share w me more abt Newton, the class size, the teachers, the env.. how different from ur previous and most imptantly is ur kid happy? Btw, how do u compare the stds of the 2 kindys?coz ur kids is still quite young rite.

I have no idea how to compare their wrk cause i am not farmiliar w kindy stuffs.. not sure what they shld learn at K1 and K2.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

phtthp

hi genice,

may i know what is yr N1 girl’s pre-school ? Not sure if her current pre-school is the same my girl’s ex pre-school.

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