Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)

[shalomger]

Hi all! DS has been posted to ACSP Just wanna find out how we can go about arranging for transport? What are the school bus fees like? Also, is it convenient and safe to get to the Sch via Newton MRT/ bus? DS is joining ACSP in P4. I am an only child but my Dad was from ACS so he is v happy. Lol. He has been singing the school son around DS a lot. Keke.

[LOLMum]

:welcome:


No info on school bus cos school is very near to house.

Taking mrt n bus should be okay. My main worry is the traffic light on dunearn side. The light on this side changes from green man to red man very quickly and many drivers turning from chancery lane and balmoral into dunearn road can be pretty impatient. Many students and adults have a tendency to dash across or continue to cross the road regardless of blinking green man or red man. So either tell ur child to use the overhead bridge or to not cross thr road when green man starts to blink.

[clayman]

shalomger:

Hi all! DS has been posted to ACSP Just wanna find out how we can go about arranging for transport? What are the school bus fees like? Also, is it convenient and safe to get to the Sch via Newton MRT/ bus? DS is joining ACSP in P4. I am an only child but my Dad was from ACS so he is v happy. Lol. He has been singing the school son around DS a lot. Keke.

Got into GEP??

Where do you live? To give you a rough idea, a one-way trip from the Farrer Road area will cost around $80. You have to take into account that your son will probably have after school activities which means you will have to pay extra for the \"after-school activities bus\" which only leaves the school around 4.30-4.45pm.

[shalomger]

LOLMum:

:welcome:


No info on school bus cos school is very near to house.

Taking mrt n bus should be okay. My main worry is the traffic light on dunearn side. The light on this side changes from green man to red man very quickly and many drivers turning from chancery lane and balmoral into dunearn road can be pretty impatient. Many students and adults have a tendency to dash across or continue to cross the road regardless of blinking green man or red man. So either tell ur child to use the overhead bridge or to not cross thr road when green man starts to blink.

:thankyou: for the heads up. Will go scout the area to see how child friendly the route is.

[shalomger]

clayman:

shalomger:

Hi all! DS has been posted to ACSP Just wanna find out how we can go about arranging for transport? What are the school bus fees like? Also, is it convenient and safe to get to the Sch via Newton MRT/ bus? DS is joining ACSP in P4. I am an only child but my Dad was from ACS so he is v happy. Lol. He has been singing the school son around DS a lot. Keke.

Got into GEP??

Where do you live? To give you a rough idea, a one-way trip from the Farrer Road area will cost around $80. You have to take into account that your son will probably have after school activities which means you will have to pay extra for the \"after-school activities bus\" which only leaves the school around 4.30-4.45pm.

Hi Clayman! Yup. He got into the GEP. ^.^\" Thanks so much for the detailed reply.

We live in Toa Payoh. I read that we have to arrange for school buses on our own if we intend to send him to and fro by bus. Does anyone know what a two way trip might cost? I'd pick him up but am busy tending to his baby brother who is 9mo.

[clayman]

shalomger:

Hi Clayman! Yup. He got into the GEP. ^.^\" Thanks so much for the detailed reply.

We live in Toa Payoh. I read that we have to arrange for school buses on our own if we intend to send him to and fro by bus. Does anyone know what a two way trip might cost? I'd pick him up but am busy tending to his baby brother who is 9mo.

Toa Payoh is not too far away so you can safely use the figure I gave you as a rough guide. Cost for a one-way trip is usually 2/3 the price of a return trip, so you can do your calculations from there.

GEPpers usually have activities twice a week after school when the school term is in full swing. CCAs are on Fridays. Problem is the GEP activities usually end by 3.00pm, so he would have to hang around school till 4.30pm earliest before the bus leaves.

May I suggest you put him on a one way trip to school in the morning and let him come home by bus/mrt. It is quite safe as you would hop on to bus 700 or 171 on the same side of the school and get off at Newton MRT. No need to cross any traffic junctions. A lot of the boys do that, so no worries.

[clayman]

clayman:

Toa Payoh is not too far away so you can safely use the figure I gave you as a rough guide. Cost for a one-way trip is usually 2/3 the price of a return trip, so you can do your calculations from there.

GEPpers usually have activities twice a week after school when the school term is in full swing. CCAs are on Fridays. Problem is the GEP activities usually end by 3.00pm, so he would have to hang around school till 4.30pm earliest before the bus leaves.

May I suggest you put him on a one way trip to school in the morning and let him come home by bus/mrt. It is quite safe as you would hop on to bus 700 or 171 on the same side of the school and get off at Newton MRT. No need to cross any traffic junctions. A lot of the boys do that, so no worries.

Pulled this out for you from the school website. This is the contact for arranging bus services. She is the bus coordinator.

Ms Carrie
Tel: 6560-8032
[email protected]

[shalomger]

clayman:

clayman:

Toa Payoh is not too far away so you can safely use the figure I gave you as a rough guide. Cost for a one-way trip is usually 2/3 the price of a return trip, so you can do your calculations from there.

GEPpers usually have activities twice a week after school when the school term is in full swing. CCAs are on Fridays. Problem is the GEP activities usually end by 3.00pm, so he would have to hang around school till 4.30pm earliest before the bus leaves.

May I suggest you put him on a one way trip to school in the morning and let him come home by bus/mrt. It is quite safe as you would hop on to bus 700 or 171 on the same side of the school and get off at Newton MRT. No need to cross any traffic junctions. A lot of the boys do that, so no worries.

Pulled this out for you from the school website. This is the contact for arranging bus services. She is the bus coordinator.

Ms Carrie
Tel: 6560-8032
[email protected]

:thankyou:
:udaman:

[clayman]

shalomger:

:thankyou:
:udaman:

No problem. You are most welcomed.

Any other questions on GEP and life in ACSP, just give me a shout. My son just finished his \"tour of duty\" there....keke

[shalomger]

clayman:

shalomger:

:thankyou:
:udaman:

No problem. You are most welcomed.

Any other questions on GEP and life in ACSP, just give me a shout. My son just finished his \"tour of duty\" there....keke

Thanks! It's uncharted territory for us so I definitely appreciate the help.
How was his experience in ACS like and where is he furthering his studies?