Raffles Girls' Primary

[mwchua]

NonKiasuDad:

Yes, the best way is to take the school bus. They make more friends that way too.

I would think all parents appreciate school bus service. But SSTA needs to play their part too, in collaboration with the school. Right now it's basically a \"cow-boy\" attitude. There is no strict enforcement of the earliest time the school bus is allowed to reach the school based on my personal experience.

Even though there is supposedly a stipulated earliest time the bus is allowed to reach the school, but I know of bus that reach the school daily at around 6.30am, to facilitate their round 2 fetching of other passengers. Which means that the bus will push back the timing to pick up the girls at extremely early hours, and the girls will be left at the school from 6.30am onwards!!!!!!

If the school can work with SSTA to ensure that school bus reach the school not earlier than a more reasonable timing, the traffic situation can be more bearable for everyone. Right now it's a very assymmetric situation, some buses arriving as early as 6.30am, some 7am. It's now left entirely alone to the individual drivers, which should be not the case at all. I have informally sounded this out to the SSTA rep, and the response I get is \"Why don't you shift nearer to the school?\".

Just thinking aloud - if everyone stays at Hillcrest Road, why is there a need for school bus in the first place????

[Vena]

ER:

Top 2 classes girls are grouped based on results of English, Maths and science only. They regroup for Chinese lessons.

Thank you ER for the information.

Talking about school bus, I thought it's compulsory to have seat belts? My girl told me that the seat belt was not working in the school bus she took, so all the girls did not bother to fasten. :yikes:

[HVR]

Hi does anyone know whether the UNSW results are out?


TIA

[jtoh]

HVR:

Hi does anyone know whether the UNSW results are out?


TIA

Do you have your dd's password on the UNSW site? You can check the results online.

[HVR]

jtoh:

HVR:

Hi does anyone know whether the UNSW results are out?


TIA

Do you have your dd's password on the UNSW site? You can check the results online.

Thanks for the quick reply! I checked and nothing yet on the website. I asked my dd and she can't remember the test date. I just want to know roughly when the results will be out so that I can look out for it. Dd kind of bochap:(

[jtoh]

HVR:

jtoh:

[quote=\"HVR\"]Hi does anyone know whether the UNSW results are out?


TIA

Do you have your dd's password on the UNSW site? You can check the results online.

Thanks for the quick reply! I checked and nothing yet on the website. I asked my dd and she can't remember the test date. I just want to know roughly when the results will be out so that I can look out for it. Dd kind of bochap:([/quote]Haha! I think a lot of our girls are bochap.

[Funz]

You mean the test happened oredi? Is it for all levels & subjects or just certain subjects?

[LeeTaiTai]

mwchua:

NonKiasuDad:

Yes, the best way is to take the school bus. They make more friends that way too.

I would think all parents appreciate school bus service. But SSTA needs to play their part too, in collaboration with the school. Right now it's basically a \"cow-boy\" attitude. There is no strict enforcement of the earliest time the school bus is allowed to reach the school based on my personal experience.

Even though there is supposedly a stipulated earliest time the bus is allowed to reach the school, but I know of bus that reach the school daily at around 6.30am, to facilitate their round 2 fetching of other passengers. Which means that the bus will push back the timing to pick up the girls at extremely early hours, and the girls will be left at the school from 6.30am onwards!!!!!!



If the school can work with SSTA to ensure that school bus reach the school not earlier than a more reasonable timing, the traffic situation can be more bearable for everyone. Right now it's a very assymmetric situation, some buses arriving as early as 6.30am, some 7am. It's now left entirely alone to the individual drivers, which should be not the case at all. I have informally sounded this out to the SSTA rep, and the response I get is \"Why don't you shift nearer to the school?\".

Just thinking aloud - if everyone stays at Hillcrest Road, why is there a need for school bus in the first place????

630 am ? Wow that's way too early ?! Your girl has to get up by 5?

[moonee]

LeeTaiTai:

mwchua:

[quote=\"NonKiasuDad\"]Yes, the best way is to take the school bus. They make more friends that way too.

I would think all parents appreciate school bus service. But SSTA needs to play their part too, in collaboration with the school. Right now it's basically a \"cow-boy\" attitude. There is no strict enforcement of the earliest time the school bus is allowed to reach the school based on my personal experience.

Even though there is supposedly a stipulated earliest time the bus is allowed to reach the school, but I know of bus that reach the school daily at around 6.30am, to facilitate their round 2 fetching of other passengers. Which means that the bus will push back the timing to pick up the girls at extremely early hours, and the girls will be left at the school from 6.30am onwards!!!!!!



If the school can work with SSTA to ensure that school bus reach the school not earlier than a more reasonable timing, the traffic situation can be more bearable for everyone. Right now it's a very assymmetric situation, some buses arriving as early as 6.30am, some 7am. It's now left entirely alone to the individual drivers, which should be not the case at all. I have informally sounded this out to the SSTA rep, and the response I get is \"Why don't you shift nearer to the school?\".

Just thinking aloud - if everyone stays at Hillcrest Road, why is there a need for school bus in the first place????

630 am ? Wow that's way too early ?! Your girl has to get up by 5?[/quote]
hah.. wish my school bus could come at 6.30am ..... my girl has been waking up at 5.30 am since P3, the bus comes at 5.57am. Shes used to it now though it took her a while to accept that unearthly timing.. Well, thank God this is her last year. :rahrah:

[Funz]

moonee:

hah.. wish my school bus could come at 6.30am ..... my girl has been waking up at 5.30 am since P3, the bus comes at 5.57am. Shes used to it now though it took her a while to accept that unearthly timing.. Well, thank God this is her last year. :rahrah:

Wow! Your girl can get ready within 25mins. DD's bus will come at 6.20am and I gotta wake her up at 5.30am.