PCF/PAP Kindergartens

[doraemon]

hugeclaw, ling: any further feedback about Blk 125 Serangoon North PCF? I understand they only start from nursery. thanks!!

[tamarind]

nonKiasu:

Yap, agree. But allow me to add one more pt. Other than parents, teachers + school, the 3rd pt i want to add is the child himself. My triplets are so diff in their development. I need to spent only once a week with my elder one as he can read. But for my no 2 to achieve the same std as my elder one, I have to spend 3 times more time. As for my youngest one, even I spend 3 times more time, he still can't read as well as his brothers. So, big headache.

You are absolutely correct. My younger boy needs many repetitions in order to learn something new, and his attention span is less than 5 minutes. I do not expect to find any school, no matter how much I am willing to pay, that will be able to teach him well. So mommy just have to work harder at home to teach him

[doraemon]

calling hugeclaw and ling: i had visited serangoon north 125 pcf and saw that the VP herself was teaching the children in one of the class but she seems fierce. Even when I talked to her, she’s like quite impatient. so if you have any further feedback on this centre that is contrary to my perception, pls let me know since your children are there. but with no pre-nursery class to start, they may lose in terms of enrolment to those centers which have. thanks!!

[ling76]

Hi doraemon


ling here. My son will start the class next year. When i ist visits the centre, the principal which her name call moon bring me around and show me the centre. They have speech and drama by juila gabriel and art class by lollipops.

my 2nd visits was sometimes may 09 to register my son for N2. The teacher for N2 Students was quite young but it’s ok for me. 1 of the teacher told me that when they are free they will help to look after the nursery class also. Maybe 3 is 16 or 4 is 16 kids if i’m not wrong. Sometime the principal need to help up also

The teacher told me everyweek that a homework to bring home to do.
In K1 they will start the spelling and ting xie.

Anyway, how old is your kids now.

[doraemon]

ling76: i have a 4 yr old son and a 1 yr old daughter

[deardear07]

hi Ling,


PCF at serangoon north has enrichment by julia gabriel? and additional art class? hw much u paying per mth? is urs childcare? sounds good...

ling76:

Hi doraemon

ling here. My son will start the class next year. When i ist visits the centre, the principal which her name call moon bring me around and show me the centre. They have speech and drama by juila gabriel and art class by lollipops.

my 2nd visits was sometimes may 09 to register my son for N2. The teacher for N2 Students was quite young but it's ok for me. 1 of the teacher told me that when they are free they will help to look after the nursery class also. Maybe 3 is 16 or 4 is 16 kids if i'm not wrong. Sometime the principal need to help up also

The teacher told me everyweek that a homework to bring home to do.
In K1 they will start the spelling and ting xie.

Anyway, how old is your kids now.

[deardear07]

i haf half a mind to take my gal out frm PCF as the teachers there speak alot of singlish and seem abit sloppy…though grooming isn’t v impt in a preschool setting, but i get restless when i see them like that…sometimes they do dress up but seem more ‘hiao’ when they make up and all in front of the kids…


actually my gal learnt alot since she joined at 18mths but nt sure if their method is right for her as they seem to be saying she doesn’t follow… the PCF is the basic type but have 1 supplementary phonics class which we have to pay separately.

considering another nearby childcare that is about 4years old bt wondering if their curriculum is strong enough…nw approaching yearend and they learnt till letter ‘u’…is that slow or fast?

what do ur kids cover at Nursery classes so far?

[ling76]

Hi deardear07


The PCF that i enrol him next year is not a childcare centre. It just a normal Kindergarten with had speech and drama and art class in it. All add together is $190/mth for nursery class. on Monday they will have art class so they will go home around 12.00pm.

By the way, my kids now is attending playgroup. he is 3years old which born in 2006. what i know that’s they aready learnt until letter " U".

Which PCF childcare do you put your child in. I heard that someone said that blk 145 around serangoon north ave 2 or 1 is not good. They also let the children play and play. Never teach the children to read or what until now her kids can’t read a to z

[deardear07]

hi ling, mine is childcare…


she improved alot from the time she entered childcare…

i wun say that itz nt that bad but just tot that there are much better PCFs around.

[tamarind]

My daughter's latest spelling :


vertebrate
invertebrate
octopus
cuttlefish
sea anemone

I am surprised when I saw the words. I wonder if any other kindergarten has spelling words of such difficulty at K2 ? Fortunately my daughter can spell these words easily because of her strong foundation in phonics. Other kids who do not know phonics very well must work very hard to learn the spelling.

But I do not think a kindergarten is considered good if they have very difficult spelling words.

I am much more impressed by their \"Junior Creative Writing\". Every child is encouraged to write a story entirely on his/her own.

This is the story written by my girl, entirely on her own, without any help from me or the teacher. I am very happy to see it even though it is not perfect.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w1nyHWTEh94/Ss1AVnKmACI/AAAAAAAABSk/HIT6CIMXt1E/s1600/saffron.JPG\">

http://tamarindphonics.blogspot.com/2009/02/written-by-chloe.html

The PCF kindergarten organized a \"Book Launch\" and invited all parents to attend. I had a chance to look at the stories that other children had written. Many of the kids require the teacher's help to correct the sentence structure, but I am impressed by their efforts. 2 or 3 other kids are able to write very well.

Parents were asked to write their feedback on \"Junior Creative Writing\". I suggested that they should let the kids write not only one book, but at least 1 or 2 sentences every day about what they have done Writing sentences consistently everyday is better than spelling a few difficult words every week.