Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary

[AhBa0]

eskimo:

AhBa0:

btw, would like to check with parents on the costings of food in the canteen.

My son would get a drink & a bun during recess and it would come up to 1.70 which to me, is a bit pricey. Now, we are educating him to be selective and drink from his water bottle.

Reasonable pricing or I am just too skeptical?

Hi AhBa0,
Did you ask him how much each item cost? I think it depends on what he gets.

My dd likes apple juice and it costs $1.00 (which to me is very ex!, even ntuc sells it cheaper). Having said that, i'm well aware of inflation costs, and everything we buy outside has also increased in price.

Anyway, after the 1st week, both hb and I have decided that we will pack her snack box and additional drink for recess. She has to finish her snack box and drink first before buying anything from the canteen. Its also our way to monitor what she eats (coz she may buy unhealthy snacks when she's in charge )

hi,
bun is 70cents and drink is $1. I think both are quite priced a bit high.
Given this is primary school, $1 a drink is something I can get from some vending machines. Are the food/drinks subsidized?
(of course, I understand if I don't buy, I won't complain).

Yep, considering going the economic and healthy track of snack box.

[TassieDevil]

AhBa0:

strange, as the daddy, I did not receive any sms about the early release last fri.


it seems a lot is happening in 1C, but nothing relays in 1D. Did not get any notes/etc about photo taking or character alive thingy. Will check my son's bag today.

btw, would like to check with parents on the costings of food in the canteen.
My son would get a drink & a bun during recess and it would come up to 1.70 which to me, is a bit pricey. Now, we are educating him to be selective and drink from his water bottle.

Reasonable pricing or I am just too skeptical?

Heard that other schools' canteen food is actually cheaper than kcpps. A bowl of noodles or rice is abt 60 cents as compared to kcpps' 90 cents to a dollar. So kcpps canteen food is indeed more expensive!

[botakgundul]

AhBa0:

btw, would like to check with parents on the costings of food in the canteen.

I record all the canteen menu include its pricing. However, do take note the price may differ for Snack Heaven. I bought biscuit for my youngest one, it costs 50cents, however their price states 20-30cents. For the rest of the stalls, it's quite accurate.

[botakgundul]

botakgundul:

AhBa0:

btw, would like to check with parents on the costings of food in the canteen.

I record all the canteen menu include its pricing. However, do take note the price may differ for Snack Heaven. I bought biscuit for my youngest one, it costs 50cents, however their price states 20-30cents. For the rest of the stalls, it's quite accurate.

AhBa0, I can't upload the info. It's too big. I've e-mailed you. Let me know if you receive it.

[botakgundul]

Please take note that I don't receive any commission...


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[eskimo]

Just to confirm, there’s no semestral exams for our kids at P1 right?

[Fur-ma]

Wah botakgundu, you are very "on". If we bulk order, can get better rate? Can meet at Bishan Central to collect since I think most of us stay near there.


We will be away over the CNY holidays. Do I still have to fill up the travel declaration form if dd will not be missing school?

Qn about the Chinese spelling. DD says that for No. 6, the teacher told them to leave out the 2 dots above the "u" for purpose of the tingxie. I told her that must write in the dots when the "u" is alone but leave them out when another letter is placed beside it, e.g. yu (fish). Sorry. Hope I make sense.

I am rather upset with 1D. The communication is really lacking. Just found out from dd today that her form teacher has changed. I am not questioning the reasons behind the change but would prefer the school sends out a very brief info that this was happening. Until now, no news about Character Alive or any other info about whether to wear PE attire on days other than PE days and PALSD days. Why do I have to interrogate my dd every nite on what she remembers of the messages her teachers pass. Maybe I have been spoilt by my dd’s childcare with the regular email updates etc and I am being niao.

[botakgundul]

Fur-ma:

Wah botakgundu, you are very \"on\". If we bulk order, can get better rate? Can meet at Bishan Central to collect since I think most of us stay near there.

Hi Fur-ma,

Just happen that I have a super mom in our office. So I just share the info to you guys. She has asked for better rate if she could order in bulk, they told her that it's a fixed price.

[botakgundul]

eskimo:

Just to confirm, there's no semestral exams for our kids at P1 right?

I don't know for Kuo Chuan actually.

However, I know St. Andrew doesn't have it because the principal tells the parents. He told the parents not to stress up their kids with tuition because no exam for p1 & p2. They just had their 1st meet up session between Teacher & Parents (PTC) last week. Isn't it fantastic? But there's a catch, they still have a test, they call it \"Topical Test\". The test will be done after each subject completes. I'm not sure how it works in details.

Back to Kuo Chuan, our principal never says anything regarding this. I just prepare my DS irregardless if there's an exam or not. In my opinion, P1 & P2 are very crucial stage. If the foundation is not strong enough, my DS will be having more problem in the future.

[botakgundul]

Fur-ma:

I am not questioning the reasons behind the change but would prefer the school sends out a very brief info that this was happening. Until now, no news about Character Alive or any other info about whether to wear PE attire on days other than PE days and PALSD days.

I believe you may refer to ours, 1C. More or less, it should be the same.

I have received the latest time table from our form teacher. Apparently, PAL S/D and PAL A/M require PE attire. For 1C, the children will wear PE attire on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. The uniform will be used only on Wednesday. Exception for tomorrow (Tuesday), they have to use uniform because of photo taking session.