Learning Vision

[qms]

Fion Loh:

Ixzuan would like u to ask the qualification of the teachers from LSH :0

Qualifications? :?

Well, in my e-mail exchanges with Patricia, she said that \"the teachers will be comprised of 20% of Bachelor in Early Childhood Education and the remaining 80% with a Diploma in Early Childhood Education. The team will be guided by the Education Development Team that are made of professionals with Masters and Doctorate in Education.\"

Is that sufficient?

[buds]

Sufficient for me! Hehee.. in paper aspects. But hor, for me at least... i

would like to get to know the teacher personally... :evil:... at least where
deciding on a childcare is concerned laa... Having the papers doesn't & will
not equate to a true educator's 2 P's : passion and patience. That is why i
like schools/centres that offer trial classes. Can have some time to gauge
teaching capability :evil: and also caregiving needs of children in her care.
Its akin to having fantastic materials but not knowing how to use it and
delivering the lesson effectively. JMHO.

[qms]

buds:

Sufficient for me! Hehee.. in paper aspects. But hor, for me at least... i would like to get to know the teacher personally... :evil:... at least where deciding on a childcare is concerned laa... Having the papers doesn't & will not equate to a true educator's 2 P's : passion and patience.

Agreed. :udawoman:

In my children's childcare centre, the teachers who are high in these two Ps are not those highly educated ones. The highly educated ones.... :torchme:

The quality of childcare services is dependent on humans. Granted that the SOP is well laid out, the implementation is solely dependent on the teachers' adherence to the rules. You don't need a highly educated person to understand the needs of the children and expectations of parents.

[qms]

I just called up LV, and asked for the exact location of the centre at SP2. It appears that even the staff there, including the principal, do not know where the new centre will be located! :!:


The LV HQ simply refuses to give the staff at Kent Vale the address of the new centre. I wonder why they are so secretive. :?

They have not received the layout, too. Hence, looks like I can't reccee the place today. :frustrated:

[Fion Loh]

hi qms,

because just now Izxuan went to the LSH@Ulu Pandan n find out that there r a number of teachers graduated from china, india ect.. Some are cert holder only.
I'm also v puzzled how come the LV management still don wanna let them know the location of the school??
I'll be meeting Joanna next monday
Do update us after the briefing ya.

[lzxuan]

Hi ladies,


Just visited LSH at Ulu Pandan. The place is clean. But some classrooms are having low partition wall (low cupboard as partition) makes the classroom messy. When I visited at 1pm+, all the children except K2 are sleeping. Teacher in K2 was still reading out loudly the spelling for the children. N2 children located at another partition just opposite K2 are sleeping. Don't really like this open concept, would still prefer individual classrooms.

The whole unit is air-conditioned. They do not own their playground, teachers will bring the children to playground at level 2 (LSH located at Level 3). May be I am too pampered with KV large campus, the place really cramp to me.

The student care even worst. A room which they can take in 28 students, eat/nap/homework all on the same table. When I went there, some students are shouting to each other playing, a few are still eating. The person who showed me around said that the teacher in charged of these students went down to fetch another student.

The teachers qualification, some are graduated from China, India, Indonesia, etc. Some are certificate holders. For LV, those English teachers mostly are local diploma.

Fee wise, $880 before subsidy. Not cheap. Compare LSH@Ulu Pandan with LV@SP2, I will take LV. One good thing is that parents can specific not to give what food to the children on the board, the kitchen uncle will prepare accordingly. Like no chicken, no egg, no butter, no sweet potato, etc. There is one even no birthday cake, poor thing.

The K2, they were taught on Hanyu pinyin, money calculation, Cheng yu (chinese idioms). Not sure LV chinese syllabus contains these. As I understand from a parent that her son graduated last year from LV, they were not taught of Hanyu pinyin and her son is having hard time catching up with it in P1. Qms, can comments?

[shooflea]

hi all, chance upon this. My child is also in LV@NUS? Have decided to go science park 2.

[Fion Loh]

hi shooflea,

Why you confirm going to SP2? Did you went for the LSH briefing? :lol:

[shooflea]

hi fion, no i did not attend but my children have been with LV n e elder one already in primary school. Like e teachers n e principal. My son has did very well in P1 n can c e foundation there. LV met my needs so no issues. One word of advice though, trust ur mother instinct. Everyone’s needs n expectations are different.

[Fion Loh]

hi shooflea,

Thanks so much for your advise I'll be going to LV this afternoon meeting Joanna.