Pat's Schoolhouse

[timnnic]

Hi all , we are looking for the most ideal preschool for our kid and are comparing between mindchamps and Pat's sch hse. please advise what makes you guys decide on Pat's sch house?appreciate it. Thanks!

[happysad]

smurfy, oh yes, openhouse happening coming fri… excited!


pancake77, I’ve gotten the scrapbook, but no softcopy of pictures, did you ask for or was it given?

[Busymom]

kabalevsky:

For extended half day for K1 and K2, there is enrichment from 1pm - 2.30pm, thereabouts, after lunch.


K1 nap time is after this enrichment. K2 usually don't nap anymore.

For full day K1 and K2, after a short rest time (some kids don't nap at all), they have another enrichment slot from 5pm -6pm. This is where swimming and so on comes in.

Seems to me that there are some changes this year. The extended programme (EP) is no longer strictly from 1-3pm. Some of the bundle stuff (swimming, Harmony Road, Art & Craft/Cookery) get thrown in earlier during the day.

What is most surprising to me is the change made to the EP. There used to be a different EP each day, making a total of 5. These were English Speech & Drama, I-Math, Fastrack Kid, Chinese Speech & Drama, and Fastrack Music. They have now combined English Speech & Drama with Chinese Speech & Drama, meaning that the child will probably have one week English S&D and another week Chinese S&D. Therefore, out of the 5 days from Monday to Friday, there will be one day when our children does not have EP in the afternoon.

Could parents whose K1 kids are in other centres share if this is also happening in other centres?

[smurfy]

hi busymom


it seems different practices for different branch.
At LAP (lim ah pin), nap time is 1-3pm, then is tea break, followed by the one hour extended program (one day speech n drama english, one day fast trac kids, oe day speech n drama chinese, one day imaths), he is not in the bundled program (harmony road, swimming n cooking/pe), so i dunno how they squeeze them in.

alot of new teachers in LAP branch. hopefully they maintain the quality. missed his old teachers alot.

[Busymom]

smurfy:

hi busymom


it seems different practices for different branch.
At LAP (lim ah pin), nap time is 1-3pm, then is tea break, followed by the one hour extended program (one day speech n drama english, one day fast trac kids, oe day speech n drama chinese, one day imaths), he is not in the bundled program (harmony road, swimming n cooking/pe), so i dunno how they squeeze them in.

alot of new teachers in LAP branch. hopefully they maintain the quality. missed his old teachers alot.

So also 4 days of EP only? There isn't Fastrack Music? Well at least you have both Chinese S&D and English S&D. At Halifax, it seems like it is Chinese S&D or English S&D depending on the teachers. Sounds like they have a lack of resources but I can't understand. :scratchhead:

[smurfy]

Busymom:

smurfy:

hi busymom


it seems different practices for different branch.
At LAP (lim ah pin), nap time is 1-3pm, then is tea break, followed by the one hour extended program (one day speech n drama english, one day fast trac kids, oe day speech n drama chinese, one day imaths), he is not in the bundled program (harmony road, swimming n cooking/pe), so i dunno how they squeeze them in.

alot of new teachers in LAP branch. hopefully they maintain the quality. missed his old teachers alot.

So also 4 days of EP only? There isn't Fastrack Music? Well at least you have both Chinese S&D and English S&D. At Halifax, it seems like it is Chinese S&D or English S&D depending on the teachers. Sounds like they have a lack of resources but I can't understand. :scratchhead:

ops.there is fastrack music, but i dunno which day. not so good in remembering.
if i recall correctly, this arrangment is coz of the bundled program, so that they can pull the bundled program kids out for their extra classes, but to ensure that they also have a rest as well.

[Busymom]

smurfy:

Busymom:

[quote=\"smurfy\"]hi busymom


it seems different practices for different branch.
At LAP (lim ah pin), nap time is 1-3pm, then is tea break, followed by the one hour extended program (one day speech n drama english, one day fast trac kids, oe day speech n drama chinese, one day imaths), he is not in the bundled program (harmony road, swimming n cooking/pe), so i dunno how they squeeze them in.

alot of new teachers in LAP branch. hopefully they maintain the quality. missed his old teachers alot.

So also 4 days of EP only? There isn't Fastrack Music? Well at least you have both Chinese S&D and English S&D. At Halifax, it seems like it is Chinese S&D or English S&D depending on the teachers. Sounds like they have a lack of resources but I can't understand. :scratchhead:

ops.there is fastrack music, but i dunno which day. not so good in remembering.
if i recall correctly, this arrangment is coz of the bundled program, so that they can pull the bundled program kids out for their extra classes, but to ensure that they also have a rest as well.[/quote]Thanks, this is essentially what I want to establish. How can some centres choose to drop something just like that. It just isn't fair in my opinion. Will clarify with the school again why they are doing this.

[mneo0111]

hi there…


am considering to send my son to aroozoo or lim ah pim branch…

any feedback on which is better for nusery class?

[sher_yeo]

Hi Mummies at from LAP


DS will go solo from tomorrow. Reality starts to kick in. I hope he will be fine. I am more than prepared to leave the school in tears so is he doing in his classroom. Sob! Sob! So many questions on my mind. Will he be fine? Will he eat well? Will he get lost walking around by himself. I am a worrier.

The last 3 days of orientation was chaotic. I hope it will be back to normal really soon. Honestly I do not have very good impression but I totally understand so many children, some first timer in school, it can be a real pain. I will be patient.

Any mummies have feedback about LAP nursery class? Care to share?

Thanks.

[smurfy]

hi sher_yeo

ur boy is in nursery? his two teachers names are?

hmm, alot of new teachers in this branch

my girl also went solo today. all was well except that she made another girl cry until the other girl cry till fall asleep before lunch and skipped lunch… OpS. :x

thankful that the school sent 2 pics of my girl via whatassp and sms to keep me reassure of her progress in school today