[Ang Mo Kio/Bishan/Thomson/Toa Payoh] Preschools

[puyuan]

Hi, any mom has unused Totsville uniform? Can sell or give to my son? Please pm me~

Thank you!

[Pisceanblues]

Hi,


As I am currently overseas and planning to return sometime around July 2012, is it possible to get into 2013 K2 for my DD?

Any recommendation for K2 school in Toa Payoh area?

Thanks

[carboolie]

Hi

My daughter graduated from LiCdo Schoolhouse after spending 2 years there. It’s located near the junction of Upper Thomson Rd and Yio Chu Kang Rd.
The school is not very big, only about 30 students altogether. Actually that is the great thing about the school. The teacher to student ratio is about 5:1. My daughter really blossomed while she was there.

She used to go to a preschool that has many branches in Singapore, and we had to wait list to get in. But after getting in, we realized that there were nearly 50 children in the K1 class. Going to school was a chore for her.

After going to LiCdo, she loves going to school and she has become more outgoing. Because there is combined play time with other levels (PG to K2), she learned to "take care" of the younger kids in school.

Beside the usual English, Math, Chinese, they having cooking and gardening, which the children love. There’s also lots more opportunity for the children in a small school. For example, at their school concert, every K2 child had a chance to stand on stage and give a graduation speech.

Overall, we had a great experience at LiCdo and would recommend it anytime.

[kitty2]

Lately,I got to know a chinese kindy tutor who’s giving enrichment classes to all the kindy kids.Anyone who’s keen,do PM me.

[bebe]

Anyone heard of Nobleland Arts N Learning Place? Can comment? Thks

[jnemummy]

Hi,


My dd now in P1 attended MFS from play group to k2. They do train teachers and have good caring teachers. Their circumlum is good for PG till nursury as lot of Play n hands on activities, even baking. However if u want your kids to be prepared for p1 n yet do not have to spend much on other enrichment programs, MFS is not a good choice. I realised too late in mid of k1, their cir does not teach phonics which is a common n must have in pre-Sch so they can read by k2 n write short compo. And they do not have textbooks , teachers just paste small notes on notebook in what was taught, cannot revise with kids. Often teachers are too busy to prepare the note . When I hear from p1 mummies abt the min requirement is know to read on her own, I panic and send my girl to phonics class. Since it not taught daily in first Sch, she still struggles reading on her own while kids who attend with strong reading program with phonics are reading very well. I receive first spelling list from p1 teachers yesterday, luckily I send her to Enrichment which has spelling g, else she will not know what is spelling. Conclusion - if u can afford to spend monies on enrichment, find a better CC for k1 & k2 level. PM me if u like to know more abt MFS cir.

[simplemum]

As you may have seen in my previous post, I had sent my son to MFS in Bishan last week, the first week of school to attend K1. It was kind of disastrous, sad to say. And now my boy ends up averse to going there and I have to call up his previous cc and luckily there was one vacancy left for me to transfer him back to old cc.


Why disastrous?
1) His teachers did not come on the first week of school last week. The teachers will only come from 2nd week, that is today which is too late as damage is done.
2) He was put together with the nursery kids whom he did not have any interest in their play. Temporary helpers were deployed to his K1 class.
3) The school in this MFS is too new. The teachers only get to know each other today on their first day of deployment to this school. So are the other helpers and teachers already here who have no camaraderie yet.
4) The principal as one of the parents here who have mentioned in another MFS thread, is not very warm and probably she is also too new to give her the benefit of doubt.
5) There are too few students, only 4 in the morning last week, and 3 are supposed to come in the afternoon whom I do not know if they really come as we have already fetched our son back

This morning, I have withdrawn my son from the centre, and to add things worse, he was crying when he was brought to the old cc, as he felt too embarassed to go back after what everyone thought he had withdrawn. Poor boy!!

So this is the lesson I have learnt. Never put your child in a too new environment. Better to put in one where the system is in place and teachers have already forged lots of good bonding with each other.

[iLoveChubby]

simplemum:

As you may have seen in my previous post, I had sent my son to MFS in Bishan last week, the first week of school to attend K1. It was kind of disastrous, sad to say. And now my boy ends up averse to going there and I have to call up his previous cc and luckily there was one vacancy left for me to transfer him back to old cc.


Why disastrous?
1) His teachers did not come on the first week of school last week. The teachers will only come from 2nd week, that is today which is too late as damage is done.
2) He was put together with the nursery kids whom he did not have any interest in their play. Temporary helpers were deployed to his K1 class.
3) The school in this MFS is too new. The teachers only get to know each other today on their first day of deployment to this school. So are the other helpers and teachers already here who have no camaraderie yet.
4) The principal as one of the parents here who have mentioned in another MFS thread, is not very warm and probably she is also too new to give her the benefit of doubt.
5) There are too few students, only 4 in the morning last week, and 3 are supposed to come in the afternoon whom I do not know if they really come as we have already fetched our son back

This morning, I have withdrawn my son from the centre, and to add things worse, he was crying when he was brought to the old cc, as he felt too embarassed to go back after what everyone thought he had withdrawn. Poor boy!!

So this is the lesson I have learnt. Never put your child in a too new environment. Better to put in one where the system is in place and teachers have already forged lots of good bonding with each other.

Hi simplemum!
Sorry to hear abt what happ to your DS.. I believe he will be better after a few more days in his school.. just need time to adjust and adapt.

I eventually placed my DS (also K1) in an \"older\" CC instead of MFS.
On the 1st day, I had a hard time with him, he refused to go in, said this school is \"not nice\" - he made that comment because he had wanted to go to MFS becos it was newer and many more toys!
Anyway so far he is doing ok in the sch and I am pretty satisfied with the teachers there. Maybe because it has been around for years, at least I feel the school has a structured curriculum and experienced teachers.

[simplemum]

Hi ilovechubby!


It seems like our kids are in same Primary sch and almost the same cc too!

Yeah, my son was initially ok when he goes MFS for the first 2 days. Subsequently they put him together with the nursery group and that was a grave mistake. And with no K1 teachers around, the experience in the cc for the first week went into a flop.

Yesterday i went to pick my son up in his old cc, he was happy and apparently his shock, embarassment and confusion in the morning had subsided… and i am greatly relieved!

[iLoveChubby]

simplemum:

Hi ilovechubby!


It seems like our kids are in same Primary sch and almost the same cc too!

Yeah, my son was initially ok when he goes MFS for the first 2 days. Subsequently they put him together with the nursery group and that was a grave mistake. And with no K1 teachers around, the experience in the cc for the first week went into a flop.

Yesterday i went to pick my son up in his old cc, he was happy and apparently his shock, embarassment and confusion in the morning had subsided... and i am greatly relieved!

Hi simplemum!
Haha who knows...maybe our DS are in the same cc too?!...:scratchhead:
Anyway great to hear that he is adapting fast! :rahrah: