Pat's Schoolhouse

[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

[sher_yeo]

Hi Smurfy


Yes he is in nursery. Which class is yours? Yup I received pic of him too from the school, that was helpful. But when I went to pick him up he was crying. Quite a lot was crying during bath time. Chaotic. Thank god there were lots of help around.

[BabyRR]

Hihi parents from aroozoo, may I know if any of you currently taking their alternative childcare option? I’m hesitant to let my boy go through so many transitions but cc logistics is becoming increasing stretched and workload for the new year is picking up! I’m getting really worried abt when e real start date will be. Sigh. Appreciate feedback on e alternative cc being offered. Thank you.

[Koolmama]

Ah yes, this is very familiar :evil: I remember making alot of noise about this to the bus operator few years back but they just said we can't do anything about it. It's terrible, they were charging me $400 a month for transport (becos of ERP charges) and no service given for so many weeks a year!! :razz: :razz: :razz:

riane70:

Dear Ms Patricia Koh

Wrote a email to you, but had not gotten any reply. Thus i hope you will see this message and reply soon.

My daughter is currently attending the half day childcare at Pat's schoolhouse, Lakeside. Since 2010, she has been with the school. We enrolled her in Pat's based on the fact that it offers a well rounded teaching environment and the fact that it is also a childcare where as working parents, we are able to send them while we know that they are being taken care of by professionals. My child also rely on the schoolbus to fetch her from school, luckily we could send her to school while on the way to work. Unfortunately, the school bus had to stop operation for 2 weeks (during childcare week) this coming December, and this greatly affects how we can arrange to pick her up from school.

Actually i had feedback before to the bus company and the school since 2008, but they said they could not do anything as this is the arrangement with the school and there wasn't any suggestion from the school either, we parents just have to acceppt it. And more ridiculously, they told me this is part of their operating costs which i do not comprehend, since we paid full month for their bus fares. I do not deny that the drivers should get their rest, but to completely stop for 1/2 weeks each holiday (June and Dec), means 1 whole month without transport every year.

I have my mum who is taking care of my son, and it will be very inconvenient for her to lug the boy and fetch the elder one, given her age. Even if she is to take taxi everyday, it is still inconvenient, and moreover we had paid for the school bus, but yet there is no service.

We hope that you could negotiate with the bus company to continue operation for the childcare week. If its a few days off, we as parents could still understand, but not for 1 month a year, this is too much and causes too much inconvenience. We do not have such flexibility to take leave for 2 continuous week (19th Dec to 28th Dec) and just to fetch the kids.

Appreciate your reply. Thanks.

Regards, Ching Ling

[chrisbear]

Hi Koolmama,


I have just pm you.

Earlier msg was truncated cos of server error…

Appreciate your inputs…

Thanks…