Chinese Preschool

[schellen]

heros:

Final question, after nursery & kindergarten are the following Chinese school options in primary and beyond similarly difficult to find? In that case I should ask you all for the names now, so I can put my daughter on the waitlist even 5 years in advance.... I guess I'm joking, but maybe it's that serious. Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated.

I don't know if you have to \"book\" years in advance but you may be interested in the Chinese International School Singapore. http://www.cnis.edu.sg/ They do not teach solely in Chinese since they accept non-Chinese as well but they put strong emphasis on Chinese and being truly bilingual.

If you're a Singaporean, or your child is one, read on: The last time I checked it out was about a year or so ago and among the international schools I was curious about, this was the only one here that accepted Singaporeans. (The others either cannot or will not accept Singaporean children or children with both parents who are Singaporeans.)

[heros]

I just got a message from Nanyang Kindergarten that the waitlist already has 400 names on it for the year my kid would start - 2011!!! That’s crazy stuff. We are badly in need of more options, so for those of us who want a full Mandarin curriculum aren’t held hostage or held in line by just a few schools. There’s got to be more options. Come on team, what else is out there besides the few organizations already listed? Private, public doesn’t matter to me…

[ChiefKiasu]

heros:

... Come on team, what else is out there besides the few organizations already listed? Private, public doesn't matter to me....

I believe http://www.yuquan.com.sg/preschool/home.php another possibility. I have not tried it myself, so I can't say much about it.

[karmeleon]

littleKS:

Holy Grace Kindergarten

This one got long queue/waiting list or not?

[silverose]

cornucopia:

Hi all,


Pls also note that Nanyang Kindergarten has high turnover of teachers.. Yr child may get different teachers in a year. They also have relief young teachers with no experience. It all depends on yr luck. U may want to find out more before putting yr child.

Barker Kindergarten has Chinese enrichment 5 days a week ( include lunch) and fees is subsidised. Very reasonable package :lol:

My 2 children are in NYK, and so far there are turnover of teachers, but I wouldn't consider them high. I don't actually know which teachers have left, since they have not taught my children in the past.

I actually thought they have an excellent way of letting at least one of the two teachers in a class move up with the class. That way, at least 1 out of the 2 teachers is already familiar with the students in a new class, and I feel that having continuity is good for the students. For the past 3 years, at least one of my children's classes each year have had a teacher moving up with them to the new class.

[Poonie]

If you are considering a pre-school with heavy emphasis on Chinese you may want to check out Newton K. It is church-based and has a very long history and it started has a pure Chinese kindy. Each class has both an English and Chinese teacher and the latter being the form teacher. I noticed that the teachers hired speak exceptionally good English and Chinese. The staff turnover has been low. Infact my kids had the same teachers through out their 3-4 years there with only one change of teacher. The principal is probably extra careful of the selection of staff partly due because quite a number of minister’s grand kids are studying there.

[phantom]

Poonie:

... check out Newton K.

You can find information for Newton Kindergarten http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/kindergarten/newton-kindergarten.

[cakepuck]

Hi fellow kiasu parents


I’m looking for a chinese pre-school for my 4yr old boy. Can’t get in to Nanyang Kindergarten so am willing to settle for other equivalent private ones. Any recommendations or pointers?

Not really looking for bilingual, but purely chinese.

[Starling]

Hi, just want to check whether does anyone enrolled your kids in Newton Kindergarten before? Any comments on the preparation for P1?


For parents currently with kids in the kindergarten, any comments so far?
I understand that the waiting list is also very long for this.

[Melchan]

Hi, you may wish to consider JG as well. Heard that they are starting new nursery classes next year conducted entirely in Mandarin. I like their Mandarin teachers a lot. They are PRC, very animated, lively and apt at handing the different temperament of each child. I like the fact that their chinese is accurate not like SG chinese which is chapalang.