My First Skool (former NTUC Childcare)

[mommy_1]

Hi All… I want to know that … Does MFS also practice TV Watching during full daycare for playgroup 1?

If yes then are the TV sessions Restricted or children are just left with TV while waiting 4 their parents 2 pic up…
I am really upset with the presence of TV in some daycare…
Pls care 2 share… ur view can shape a child’s life…

[padicindy]

Hi can I check if children in playgroup (age between 18 months to 4 years) have chinese classes? If not do they get any exposure in mandarin?

[micollh]

mommy_1:

Hi All... I want to know that .. Does MFS also practice TV Watching during full daycare for playgroup 1?

If yes then are the TV sessions Restricted or children are just left with TV while waiting 4 their parents 2 pic up....
I am really upset with the presence of TV in some daycare....
Pls care 2 share.... ur view can shape a child's life...

Hi, there is no TV time for MFS. they only have singing/dancing time for playgroup/toddler where they can see DVD.

[junemum72]

If your child is in k2, you should have received a note in their communicate book for the upcoming pri school excursion.

[ectanz]

junemum72:

If your child is in k2, you should have received a note in their communicate book for the upcoming pri school excursion.

Mine not yet. Chk with her teacher, gg on term 4. Maybe during oct, I think.

[stkel]

Parents whose children are under the care of MFS, how do you find the progress of your child? Will the child be well prepared to enter the primary school? Is spelling provided for their K1/K2 kids?

[ectanz]

stkel:

Parents whose children are under the care of MFS, how do you find the progress of your child? Will the child be well prepared to enter the primary school? Is spelling provided for their K1/K2 kids?

Nope. For sure MFS is not academic oriented preschool ctr. They are practicing learn thru play method. I don't think their curriculum is adequate to prepare kids for P1 but I think most importantly, kids must enjoy in the school. My dd1 is now K2 and she enjoyed the school very much. Anyway i hv enrolled her in some enrichment classes for her P1 preparation.

[xueyan]

Hi ectanz


May I ask is your child all the while in MFS? I am wondering whether they learn anything there?

What enrichment classes did you sign up for your dd’s P1 preparation?

Thanks!

[tankee]

SINGAPORE: Singapore's biggest childcare chain, NTUC First Campus (NFC), will open 50 more childcare centres over the next two years. That would mean one new centre every two weeks.


Enrolment capacity will also increase by 50 per cent. Currently, some 9,000 children are enrolled in its centres.

NTUC First Campus said processes are in place to ensure a high quality of childcare is maintained..............

............It will set aside S$2.5 million for staff training next year, more than double this year's amount of S$1.1 million.

Chan Tee Seng, CEO of NTUC First Campus, said: \"All our new teachers undergo a very structured on-boarding programme. (For) 80 hours before they're deployed, and after they're deployed, for the next six months, we have an experienced teacher to partner with them.

\"This way, we ensure that even though they're trained teachers already, they don't go in cold, and that they're able to learn and at the same time be effective as quickly as possible.\"

Over 700 early childhood education professionals will also be recruited in the next two years.............

.................By 2013, NTUC First Campus expects all centres to have 95 per cent of its teachers holding diploma qualifications or be in the course of obtaining one. 90 per cent of principals are also expected to be degree-holders or undergraduates.

It said new centres are being planned for Ang Mo Kio, Sengkang and Jurong, where demand is high.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1161409/1/.html

[auntieM]

Wonder how well they can cope.. ..opening a branch every two weeks.. ..