[Bedok/Katong/Marine Parade/Siglap] Preschools

[icycandies]

hi inspirer

Thanks for sharing.

[ginapy]

hi inspirer,


i would like to get more details & school fees from you. Im also away for this 1 whole year and need to pick a good school for my son, who will be turning 4 next year, so i guess he will be in N2 by the time we return.

Im staying in Marine parade, n right now im facing prob finding school for him, as most good schools are full already. M in such a dilemma. Though i hv pretty much decide on Seeds d learning, but still open to options though.

Awaiting your reply soon.

[inspirer]

Hi ginapy


Welcome back to Spore !! I have flooded your inbox, since you asked
Your case remind me of my gal’s classmate’s family, they also came back from London about this time 3 yrs back and the mum came to this same forum and found the right environment for the boy. So all the best in your search !!

[ginapy]

thanks Inspirer.


your contributions will definitely help me make a better decision making for my son school.

[icycandies]

ginapy,

U have a pm. Can share why u consider Seed D Learning?

[TheresaTang]

Hi Inspirer,

Thank you so much for your sharing, i have visited Kids N Kids school, really like the small class size, saw the excellent work that the kids did too. the kids are happy and seems to enjoy themselves, that's very important to me as I really want my kids to enjoy their school.
Again, thanks for the information. I really appreciate it.

Regards Theresa

inspirer:

TheresaTang:

Hi there,

I am new here. I have just moved back from oversea, would like to find a good kindergarten for my son near Telok Kurau. Any good recommendation please ? Thanks in advance.

Regards, Theresa

Hi TheresaTang

A good school at Telok Kurau is Kids 'n' Kids School at 1 Lorong J Telok Kurau. It's currently leasing the space from Osac College at the same address.

The school was started this year, but the teachers and principal are people whom we have known for 3 years. Most of them were from Gracefields Koon Seng down the road. My 5yo girl is v happy there with her K1 class. These are some points I thought of sharing with you why the school's good:

1. Principal and teachers are v passionate and loving. They have a way of reaching out to the kids at each kid's personal capacity and bringing out the best in the kid whilst also ensuring that each kid recognise that his/her classmates are unique individuals and treat them as such. Class size is small, about 10 at each level. They also feedback to us consistently about our kids throughout the year and parents-teachers work closely to ensure similar treatment at home & at school. For eg, when my girl was younger, she had a habit of hitting friends and the teacher will share with me verbal words to say to discourage that. Another kid refused to give up his milk bottle even at K1 and the principal announced a 'bottle-farewell\" day where all kids brought their milk bottles to school, bid farewell to them, and dumped them into the dustbin. Funny !!!

2. The curriculum is v strong, and I know most of the kids are well prepped for P1 and beyond (parents put younger siblings in the school and fedback to us on how the older pri sch kids are faring). I have seen the English, Math, Science projects, and Chinese work that my K1 girl had done this year and have been wow-ed by what I saw. Examples are paper recycling project, rolling boiled and raw eggs and note these move differently and discuss the differences is due to the density of these eggs (I never knew about the diff !!). More importantly, they make learning comes alive with a lot of field trips, and deepen the learning by teaching the subject and then cementing it with lots of projects.

3. It's not only a school for kids, it's a school for families. At the end of each term, there will be an event where the child will do with the family, like cook-up day, sports day, concert etc. And it also respects the grandparents by celebrating the annual Mid-Autumn Festival with them on one evening of a school day. Naturally, the parents bond are also strong, and we arrange activities together where often, all in class will turn up. Last week during hols, we K1 parents went to watch 'Smurfs' with all the kids, and boy, were they boisterous !!

4. The life skills component is strong. This one is funny, but relieving for me as a lazy parent. They train the kids from K1 level to clean up tables, and wash the plates/bowls after they have eaten. Shamefully, I should be the one doing this training at home, but I now happily outsource to the school

5. The principal has a way to retain her staff. And this I take my hat off to her. I hear from many friends about turnover in their kids' schools and thankfully, it's not something I witness over here. I have known the principal and teachers for 3 years, having started with them since N1. The principal herself is highly educated with a Master of Education. What made me take my hat off even more is she started her career in the banking sector but her love for education and children made her move to pre-school and is something she has been doing for nearly 2 decades, and we know about the income disparity between the 2 sectors (I come from banking sector myself).

Hope this helps somewhat and apols for such a lengthy write-up, but it's something I gleaned from the last 3 yrs. All the best for your search.

[ginapy]

hi inspirer & icycandies,


you both have PM. sorry for the late reply.

[daphne33]

Timtams:

Can anyone comment on Kinderland Marine Parade?


How about Juz Kids? Anyone?

Hi Timtams, i brought my son to kinderland @ marine parade 2 weeks ago for their trial class. Its an accompanied programme for 18months to 36months(as my son is 19months now). 1.5hrs daily for 10weeks @ $650. CLass ratio 1:12
I find the class a bit too big and noisy. The children there are quite rough too especially the chinese national kids. My apologies.. Its not that i'm bias towards them, I have seen some chinese national kids very well-behaved too. But I really dun like the classmates in that class. He felt very sick immediately the very next day. My conclusion is that probably the air conditioning there is not well maintained or there are children there who might be sick but still go for class. I find it so so only.

Until i went EtonHouse @ 717 Mountbatten. I fell in love immediately. This is the school that i'm looking for all these while. I love the outdoor and the indoor. Its not air condition for indoor and its very cooling with sufficient ceiling fans. Plus its an unacommpanied programme. Their sessions are quite full and left with no choice but to sign my son for the twice weekly half day morning sessions. He will be starting his class in Jan 2012. But have asked to put on waiting list for the next available session..

[poo_power]

Hi! Am looking for comments/ feedback re Good Shepherd Convent Kindergerten.

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[tiguanmummy]

Hi TheresaTang,


Do you have the contact number for Kid’s n Kids School? It sounds like a pretty good school from your posting, would like to find out more. Thanks!