Barker Road Methodist Church Kindergarten (BRMCK)

[mummy_et]

Hi karen, my child also enrolled in n1 2013 pm.


Hi izu, are the teachers in Montessori class the same as mainstream teachers? Thanks

[karen14oct]

Hi hi, mummy_et,

Nice to meet fellow N1(to be) mummies. One question, some of my friends commented on DS attending PM class saying AM class is better for kids. Is that true? Didn’t have a choice as AM were all taken up…am a little concerned now~

From what i’ve seen during the tour, the montessori classes have dedicated class rooms with educational tools/toys? It’s mixed age class independent of the main stream class. I believe Montessori teachers are not main stream teachers, izu？

[mummy_et]

Hi Karen ,

Oh … I m not sure I have heard about that comment before . That is something new to me . I was thinking that mayb the demand for am was due to the fact that it was beta for time mgt. Ny I was not able to make it for the first day registration, thus the choice for pm slot.
Mayb someone else in the forum may help to clarify this .

[gigima]

hi mummies i have registered my gal for n1 next year pm class too. Now i’m thinking whether to transfer my elder one to k2 next year from a childcare so that they can go to school together. I have read a lot of good feedback about the montessori enrichment but I’m also interested in the multiple intelligence chinese intensive program for my elder gal coz i think she needs more exposure to chinese language. But I can only select 1 out of the 2 since both of these are 3 hours daily. Any parent whose child in the chinese intensive program can comment? Also I’m thinking what they can do during school holidays which are so long esp in june & nov/dec? Thanks.

[phtthp]

any K1 or K2 parent here in brmck send child for Chinese enrichment at Ednovation ?


how many times per week ?
is it useful ?

[Poohxiong]

I have 2 kids in BRMCK currently.N2 n K2 and both in Montessori.Am a happy parent until the holidays as I have to look for alternatives :(. No major complains except that i think that the fees are a bit high and their technology can be improved. Everything including concert tickets are very manually done.

[amberzbon]

phtthp:

any K1 or K2 parent here in brmck send child for Chinese enrichment at Ednovation ?


how many times per week ?
is it useful ?

My boy started the Chinese immersion Programme by ednovation and I must say that he makes great improvement in terms of recognising Chinese characters and ability to read. The teacher makes it a point to return the Chinese books only after he mastered the characters. As we hardly speaks mandarin at home, I am impressed when he can read the books all by himself. And nowadays while watching tv, he will try to read out the Chinese characters (subtitles) that he know. So I find this Programme effective.

It's a daily 3 hr Programme and the fees is $1200 per term. Since its a daily Programme, he is able to adapt better and retain the knowledge taught. On top of that, they are encouraged to speak only Chinese in class so it enable him to pick up the language easily.

[Elacey]

Hi, may I know if the chinese immersion program held at kindergarten and is it open to all or only brmck kids?

[amberzbon]

Elacey:

Hi, may I know if the chinese immersion program held at kindergarten and is it open to all or only brmck kids?

If I am not wrong, it is only open for Brmck students. So far I did not see any other students fr public. I can find out since I will be going down to the sch on the next few days

[Elacey]

Hi amberzbon, did you manage to find out if the chinese program is only for brmck students or open to outside students as well? Thanks!