Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[laughingcat]

Anyone can comment about TH at bishan and orchard? How are the teachers and mgmt at bishan and orchard fares?

[Monster Mummy]

laughingcat:

Thank you bigdad and thinkthinker10 for sharing your perspectives.


My DS1 is going to P1 next year and i have been contemplating about the move to TH. it is not an easy decision because both my DS love the chinese class at Berries alot. Also over the years we have developed a close partnership with the teachers as well.

Hi,
If your cHildren has develop a good partnership, you might want to let them stay and observe for a while because most important they need to have something to catch their interest to continue learning.

[tinkertinker10]

Verysuperkiasu, you are right on the sibling rivalry…


I hv received a lot of pms, hv gathered them and asked my sis & nephews and think I better post these info here and hope they are useful.

1) my nephews are in TH JP and Berries Bt Batok
2) both have good partnership with the teachers, don’t think it is nice to put the teachers name here.
3) my sis very potato, can’t coach her own boys in CL, she doesn’t want to put 2 eggs in the same basket so chosen separate schl for them.
4) TH in K2 will start to prepare the kids for P1 based on MOE syllabus.
5) TH has only 1 teacher, Berries has 1 teacher and 1 assistant teacher in K1 & K2.
6) some asked what is my sis comment on berries, my sis feel it is not nice to post negative feedbacks, she can share good info like TH covered the MOE syllabus and made her boy all rounder in CL and berries made lesson interesting for kids.

Hope this helps.

[Lenny08]

Is Berries standard higher and not academic focus?

More practise in chinese words as in writing as compared to Tien Tsie.
Thank you.

[laughingcat]

Monster Mummy:

laughingcat:

Thank you bigdad and thinkthinker10 for sharing your perspectives.


My DS1 is going to P1 next year and i have been contemplating about the move to TH. it is not an easy decision because both my DS love the chinese class at Berries alot. Also over the years we have developed a close partnership with the teachers as well.

Hi,
If your cHildren has develop a good partnership, you might want to let them stay and observe for a while because most important they need to have something to catch their interest to continue learning.

Thank you for the advice :salute: ......but i have a different view on this. I believe wherever ones go can also develop partnership with teachers. It's just a different approach. My thoughts is i don't really like the ideas of jumping ship in between the schooling years. If possible, would like to stick to one and only one so that along the years, the teachers will know the child's style and hence approach to learning more effectively. Also it lessen the anxiety for the child. Partly also for me......i am lazy to source for another tuition ctr half way through the schooling years.

[Monster Mummy]

Hi,


I agreed with you of changing the school but if the system doesn’t work for them we may need to find out the root cause. Yet,I know sone parents did expect to see improvement else they will source another centre. For me, I have change for my boy as well especially I feel that he need more intensive learning to keep his interest.

[creampuff]

I have recently moved to Bukit Timah, of course, its for the education of my girl.She is 5 years old now, but refuses to speak in Chinese.


Any parents here can share the experience of two centers? 学林 or Busy Bee, which center is better for preschooler? :?:

[pixy]

Hi Creampuff,


I think you should read the respective threads on XueLin and BusyBee. My daughter is at XL, and its good. Not tried BB, but a forumer mentioned that she withdrew her daughter from BB and switched to XL.

[tinkertinker10]

Anyone knows any good CL tutor to reco, pls PM me. Thank you.


here’s to reply the PM I have received since the questions are similar…

1) My sis said my nephew was with the same TH teacher in K level and only changed to another teacher in PS level. For Berries, have changed twice the teachers in both K level and PS level. From her observation, the few TH teachers was there for years, berries has more younger teachers that comes and go.

2) TH material is based on MOE so more relevant to PS.

3) TH gave spelling and 4 term tests since K2, Berries don’t give spelling but have tests starting in P2 Jun & Dec.

4) TH have show & tell starting K1, Berries has it mid P1.

5) After seeing the results from her 2 boys, she agreed that Berries is over-rated.

[tinkertinker10]

Anyone know any good CL tutor to reco for P3, my nephew needs one badly as he only score 65 for CL. Thanks.