Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary

[belleza_o4]

wow nice to hear that KCPPS is such a good christan school

i was seriously put off by the others that attends the school
bt i think i m definetly gonna enrol my son

[24601]

Hi Tulip,


was surprised to hear you are only paying $50 for 1 way trip.

I was quoted $110 for 2 way trip , and $100 for 1 way trip. Is there more than 1 bus company allocated to this school ?

hope i am not taken for a ride by the bus operator !

[Tulip]

24601:

Hi Tulip,


was surprised to hear you are only paying $50 for 1 way trip.

I was quoted $110 for 2 way trip , and $100 for 1 way trip. Is there more than 1 bus company allocated to this school ?

hope i am not taken for a ride by the bus operator !

There should only be one bus operator. Wow...that's a lot to pay for one way trip. I have not quoted on the new fare for next year, though I heard there is likely to be an increase, but I would not expect them to increase by that much!

Where are you located? Would the location be a deciding factor?

[yen9889]

Hi,


I was quoted $66 for both ways for AMK area. Well this price is tentatively bus driver will contact us in nearer dates.

[Tulip]

Hi KCPPS parents,


The P1 orientation was last Saturday. Any feedbacks or comments after this encounter? Are you liking what you've seen so far?

Ha..how time flies..I still vividly remember my girl's first day in school, we were more anxious then the kids actually.

My word of advise is to keep abreast with your child's work in school. Make sure they do well in their SA1 too, as the weightage is 40% of the final year-end score. For English, SA1 only test on Oral, Listening Compre, Spelling (computed from their weekly spellings) and written paper. SA2 will be more difficult to score for English as it consist of compo, show & tell, authentic tasks, oral, listening compre and written paper, so more chances of dropping marks :D.

The school has learning support programmes (LSP) and remedial classes for the weaker students. At the prize presentation at the end of year, they do also recognise efforts of LSP students by awarding the best LSP Maths student and LSP English student.

Cheers...

[24601]

$110 was quoted for serangoon area…any parents staying there ? wonder if the bus operator quoted differently ?


To answer Tulip, yes, the school orientation was pretty well organised…quite impressed by the way it was run.

btw, qn for belleza, care to elaborate on how you came to that conclusion ? something that you saw/heard ?

[Tulip]

24601:

$110 was quoted for serangoon area...any parents staying there ? wonder if the bus operator quoted differently ?


To answer Tulip, yes, the school orientation was pretty well organised...quite impressed by the way it was run.

btw, qn for belleza, care to elaborate on how you came to that conclusion ? something that you saw/heard ?

Hi \"24601\":

Yes..the rate might be right as they are likely to be using the smaller 20-seater vehicle for Serangoon area. My girl is taking the bigger 40-seater type as there are a lot of students from the Bishan-AMK area.

Last year, I was paying $95 one-way for my girl's kindergarten (for the 20 seater) from Thomson to Bishan.

Perhaps you could clarify further with the bus operator.

[yenoscar]

personally i don’t really satisfy with the arrangement on that day, as to the hassle for getting all the necessary.

i have pre-oredered the book on-line after we received the list enclosed with the KCPPS letter. however, the PIC told me that they are not allowed to deliver the book ordered on the orientation day itself, which means I have to make another trip down to the school at a later date to collect my order through the bookshop.
for the PE attire, they don’t even take any order due to they do not have the sizes for trying on as well they don’t have measuring tape to take measurement. the bookshop merely received order for books and name tags. They told me I can buy the PE attire when I make the trip to collect the books (so it means I have to go through the Q again for my boy to fit/try the sizes…??)
as for the uniforms, we able to place order and pay for our boy’s size on that day. however, it would be of another date another location for collection.
hence, overall, i find it really chaotic and troublesome!!!

[yenoscar]

Tulip:

Hi KCPPS parents,


The P1 orientation was last Saturday. Any feedbacks or comments after this encounter? Are you liking what you've seen so far?

Ha..how time flies..I still vividly remember my girl's first day in school, we were more anxious then the kids actually.

My word of advise is to keep abreast with your child's work in school. Make sure they do well in their SA1 too, as the weightage is 40% of the final year-end score. For English, SA1 only test on Oral, Listening Compre, Spelling (computed from their weekly spellings) and written paper. SA2 will be more difficult to score for English as it consist of compo, show & tell, authentic tasks, oral, listening compre and written paper, so more chances of dropping marks :D.

The school has learning support programmes (LSP) and remedial classes for the weaker students. At the prize presentation at the end of year, they do also recognise efforts of LSP students by awarding the best LSP Maths student and LSP English student.

Cheers...

Hi Tulip,

Are these information about the exam scheme and streaming would only be disclosed to the parents when the school starts?? or when the exams are round the corner?? or is it merely some \"informal\" pass-down information among parents???
Frankly, I really know very little about KCPPS scheme, as it seems like every school may vary ...??

[buzz]

yenoscar:

Hi Tulip,


Are these information about the exam scheme and streaming would only be disclosed to the parents when the school starts?? or when the exams are round the corner?? or is it merely some \"informal\" pass-down information among parents???
Frankly, I really know very little about KCPPS scheme, as it seems like every school may vary ...??

Hi, Letter will be given to all parents when the school starts.