My First Skool (former NTUC Childcare)

[junemum72]

For those whose kids in K2 in MFS, do you know when will they arrange excursion to Primary school?


Most of the other private schools I heard already done that even PCF.

[Carolina]

chillies:

Hi caroline,

I am staying ard buangkok Mrt, so looking for childcare ard this area. I believe Global Kids is not ard my area right. Today I went to both center (My first skool & little schhouse). Both on waiting list. My first impression, MFS is spacious, new & more quiet than little schhouse. But the wise principle & teacher in little schhouse are more friendly.

Hi Neighbour,

I'm staying in the same area too. Hee~

Yes, Global Kids is not near us. It's at Mountbatten, near my parents' place. Our area's childcares are generally all on waiting list, some so long that they refuse to add anymore names to their waiting list.

I don't remember visiting Little Schhouse, but I did go to My First Skool & Sparkletots.

My First Skool refused to let me visit the centre on account of the principal's absence, that's why my emails to the main NTUC centre. I finally received a phone call yesterday by the \"acting Principal\" who explained that the Principal is currenly on hospitalisation leave and main NTUC centre is not aware of it, that's why I was having problems. I was like, the Principal disappeared for almost half a year & main centre is not aware??

As for Sparkletots, apparently they have a policy of not allowing parents into their centre too, so I only got to see their curriculum pinned outside at the \"waiting area\". Didn't like what I saw so striked off my list.

The other one is Faith, which I didn't visit at all, but rather walked pass one morning when I took my son to the nearby playground. I could hear the teachers/teachers' helpers (don't know which one) scolding the kids in every single classroom I walked pass, all with China accent. I later confirmed with a neighbour, who's daughter is there, that they employ a lot of China ladies as teachers' helpers. He also told me that this centre is actually not that good, but he & his wife has no choice as they're the only centre within walking distance that provides dinner & kids can stay until 9pm (he & his wife often work late).

I didn't bother visiting anymore centres around our area after that as every parent I talked to told me that all centres around our area (Hougang/Sengkang/Punggol/etc.) have long waiting list as long as they're not terrible terrible (even if they're not that great), reason being there're too many young couples with young kids in these areas so supply is less than demand. That's why I went for the next available option & that's to find around my parents' area & ended up with Global Kids.

Sorry, long grandmother story... :oops:

[junemum72]

Carolina:

chillies:

Hi caroline,

I am staying ard buangkok Mrt, so looking for childcare ard this area. I believe Global Kids is not ard my area right. Today I went to both center (My first skool & little schhouse). Both on waiting list. My first impression, MFS is spacious, new & more quiet than little schhouse. But the wise principle & teacher in little schhouse are more friendly.

Hi Neighbour,

I'm staying in the same area too. Hee~

Yes, Global Kids is not near us. It's at Mountbatten, near my parents' place. Our area's childcares are generally all on waiting list, some so long that they refuse to add anymore names to their waiting list.

I don't remember visiting Little Schhouse, but I did go to My First Skool & Sparkletots.

My First Skool refused to let me visit the centre on account of the principal's absence, that's why my emails to the main NTUC centre. I finally received a phone call yesterday by the \"acting Principal\" who explained that the Principal is currenly on hospitalisation leave and main NTUC centre is not aware of it, that's why I was having problems. I was like, the Principal disappeared for almost half a year & main centre is not aware??

As for Sparkletots, apparently they have a policy of not allowing parents into their centre too, so I only got to see their curriculum pinned outside at the \"waiting area\". Didn't like what I saw so striked off my list.

The other one is Faith, which I didn't visit at all, but rather walked pass one morning when I took my son to the nearby playground. I could hear the teachers/teachers' helpers (don't know which one) scolding the kids in every single classroom I walked pass, all with China accent. I later confirmed with a neighbour, who's daughter is there, that they employ a lot of China ladies as teachers' helpers. He also told me that this centre is actually not that good, but he & his wife has no choice as they're the only centre within walking distance that provides dinner & kids can stay until 9pm (he & his wife often work late).

I didn't bother visiting anymore centres around our area after that as every parent I talked to told me that all centres around our area (Hougang/Sengkang/Punggol/etc.) have long waiting list as long as they're not terrible terrible (even if they're not that great), reason being there're too many young couples with young kids in these areas so supply is less than demand. That's why I went for the next available option & that's to find around my parents' area & ended up with Global Kids.

Sorry, long grandmother story... :oops:

Hi, may i know where is Global kids at mountbatten? There are a couple of premium ones along the tanjong katong stretch and I always get confused.

May i know how much is the school fees?

[Ellysia]

junemum72:

For those whose kids in K2 in MFS, do you know when will they arrange excursion to Primary school?


Most of the other private schools I heard already done that even PCF.

What do they do during the excursion?

[junemum72]

Ellysia:

junemum72:

For those whose kids in K2 in MFS, do you know when will they arrange excursion to Primary school?


Most of the other private schools I heard already done that even PCF.

What do they do during the excursion?

Its more of a familisation...

[Carolina]

junemum72:

Hi, may i know where is Global kids at mountbatten? There are a couple of premium ones along the tanjong katong stretch and I always get confused.

May i know how much is the school fees?

It's at Mountbatten Road & Crescent Road. Just search for Global Kids in the MCYS childcare directory, you'll have all the info there (This was how I found them). There is only 1 Global Kids in SG.

Yes, Mountbatten/Katong area has a lot of \"premium\" childcares that also charge \"premium\" rates. Whether services are also premium is not for me to comment, since I only consider the less premium ones (in terms of pricing at least) when I was looking. I personally don't believe in paying till I bleed for that few years of childcare/kindergarten for silly things like fully air-conditioned environment & very low teacher:student ratio or even enrichment programs.

[xueyan]

My boy is in My First Skool. I was told by the Principal that there is no spelling in K1 and K2. They deem this is only important when children start their primary school.


But i see that all other pre-school has spelling which parents are very nervous about it.

What do mummies here feel about this issue?

[micollh]

hi shirley,

i ever asked my DD (nursery) english teacher before on spelling thingy,. she said spelling is not enforce in the class as spelling is not a good method to teach a language, as from their research, students who are good in spelling may not know how to use the words in sentences. thus, they enforce english literacy ( reading ).

Im fine with that actually.

[micollh]

another thing to share abt MFS. recently, there were chicken pox outbreak at my DD Childcare. parents are informed that all enrichment classes are cancelled for July. and fees will be refunded for the month of July. i think only MFS can do that. usually, if there is such outbreak, parents still continue to pay for enrichment classes and child may be sick and cannot attend too… at least they are considerate and help parents save 1 mth of enrichment classes fees which is 100 over (3 classes a week)

[junemum72]

micollh:

another thing to share abt MFS. recently, there were chicken pox outbreak at my DD Childcare. parents are informed that all enrichment classes are cancelled for July. and fees will be refunded for the month of July. i think only MFS can do that. usually, if there is such outbreak, parents still continue to pay for enrichment classes and child may be sick and cannot attend too.. at least they are considerate and help parents save 1 mth of enrichment classes fees which is 100 over (3 classes a week)

Which centre your DD CC is? The cancellation is more than 1 month? As I know, if they cancel one class, they will replace with another one, no refund of fees.