Yangzheng Primary

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greenredapple:

Yup..i spend 400 plus for books and uniform..

I picked the whole booklist and stationery, costs around 350+ and the uniforms around 90+. Total damage at least 450.

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greenredapple:

Yup..i spend 400 plus for books and uniform..

I picked the whole booklist and stationery, costs around 350+ and the uniforms around 90+. Total damage at least 450.

There are six books (paid) but to be given out when the school year starts. And there are no available stock of the black PE shorts (S size).

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greenredapple:

Yup..i spend 400 plus for books and uniform..

I picked the whole booklist and stationery, costs around 350+ and the uniforms around 90+. Total damage at least 450.

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LiLing:

anyone compared price with popular? the bookshop only open during office hours really very inconvenient!!!


btw, friday's orientation. must i bring my DD? cos she has her concert at 5pm will be very rushing if she were to go. anyone can advise?

My DD has her kindergarten graduation rehearsal on that day too. I checked with the school, it is best to go for the orientation to get to know other classmates and teachers. The parents can get to know one another too.

I will try to get DD to come for the later part of the orientation if possible. For your case, you probably get to the beginning part of the program.

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LiLing:

anyone compared price with popular? the bookshop only open during office hours really very inconvenient!!!


btw, friday's orientation. must i bring my DD? cos she has her concert at 5pm will be very rushing if she were to go. anyone can advise?

My DD has her kindergarten graduation rehearsal on that day too. I checked with the school, it is best to go for the orientation to get to know other classmates and teachers. The parents can get to know one another too.

I will try to get DD to come for the later part of the orientation if possible. For your case, you probably get to the beginning part of the program.

have chk w DD k2 teacher, she has to be there from 9 am. so i think she has to miss the orientation. i will have to bring her around next time when i go to purchase the bks and uniform.

does the bkshop have sample uniform size to try on?

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magiccastle:

Hi went to the sch yesterday..

It took me 2 hrs to wait to purchase the books n uniforms though there are only a few parents doing the purchase .Alot of time spent on waiting. Not efficient . The vendor is not prepared. Hopefully on the 8 n 9 nov, they are better organized n prepared . Otherwise, prepare to wait for half a day .
My advice : to do the preorder for the textbooks .
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I did not pre-ordered. The purchasing process was pretty quick and smooth today, maybe I went during off-peak (3:30pm). The book vendor prepared the books and went through the book checklist with me. The uniform vendor patiently let DD to try a few sizes and payment done swiftly.

In both instances, there were only one other parent there, so not busy at all.

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LiLing:

dragonflow:

[quote=\"LiLing\"]anyone compared price with popular? the bookshop only open during office hours really very inconvenient!!!


btw, friday's orientation. must i bring my DD? cos she has her concert at 5pm will be very rushing if she were to go. anyone can advise?

My DD has her kindergarten graduation rehearsal on that day too. I checked with the school, it is best to go for the orientation to get to know other classmates and teachers. The parents can get to know one another too.

I will try to get DD to come for the later part of the orientation if possible. For your case, you probably get to the beginning part of the program.

have chk w DD k2 teacher, she has to be there from 9 am. so i think she has to miss the orientation. i will have to bring her around next time when i go to purchase the bks and uniform.

does the bkshop have sample uniform size to try on?[/quote]Yes, there are sample uniforms to try out except socks (no trying).

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- Went to YZPS just after 1430hr. Current students and teachers around to guide us to the School Hall. The students were very polite when showing us the way there.


- The hall was already quite packed with parents though not fully seated. Some videos being screened before but I don’t have an idea what they were because I was late.

- Started with a dance performance of P1 students.

- First speaker was the Principal… then the Vice Principal… and Section Heads… Dental Staff…

- After all the presentations, we were brought to different classrooms (Class 1A to 1F) to fill in forms.

- Finally there was a school tour but I did not attend as I had to rush off to pick up DD after her school.

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In the Principal’s presentation, the school is a strong supporter of work life balances. No staff work on weekends, so the parents-teachers briefings will normally be conducted on the weekdays. Advance notice will be given to facilitate parents to arrange to attend the session. So the staff/teachers work hard from Mon to Fri and then re-energize for the next week. As the Principal said something like this, happy teachers will bring the best to the learning experience of our kids.


Another of the communication conduits used is the Principal’s Letter to Parents. It is only available ONLINE to save the trees, so all parents keep a lookout for the letter, however the school will inform the parents of its availability.

According to the Vice Principal’s presentation, there will not be any year-end examination for 2012. It will be in the form of regular bit-sized tests conducted during the year. And it will be emphasized less on marks/grades on the assessments, instead "areas of improvement" will be given so that the student is clear on how to improve going forward rather than rating his current level at the subject.

It will be more like learning through more hands-on, more games and activities, confidence building through show and tell, etc.

Lastly, I hope the school will put up the briefing presentation materials on the website for those present or absent to view.

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With regards to the Wed’s odd timing, its really a drag for my kid till now who is in P1 this year. He hates Wednesdays most as he cannot clock in enough sleep no matter how hard we tried. He even skipped schools on some Wednesdays when he only managed to fall asleep after 12am, despite going to bed at 9pm. The pressure to fall asleep soon because ‘tomorrow is morning session’ is certainly pressurizing.