Carpe Diem

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Hi there


I am considering sending my 2.5yo here as it is very close to our home. However I haven’t heard anything about the quality. The website didn’t impress me as the franchising system would probably promote an unreliable standard across the schools.

Does anyone send their child to this school? Does it have a high turnover of teachers? How qualified and caring are they? Is there a good atmosphere in the school between management and staff? Is the focus on play-based learning?

All comments appreciated.

[Laughing Flower]

My son is at CD @ Punggol 21 since we moved in to Punggol 6 mths ago. We purposely choose this Child Care as my son likes outdoor activities, and he can’t stand whole day staying in the classroom.


The teachers have been very good and help him to adjust to the new environment. So far we are happy with our decision.

[Kathong]

Laughing Flower:

My son is at CD @ Punggol 21 since we moved in to Punggol 6 mths ago. We purposely choose this Child Care as my son likes outdoor activities, and he can't stand whole day staying in the classroom.


The teachers have been very good and help him to adjust to the new environment. So far we are happy with our decision.

Hi Laughing Flower,

May i know how old is your son? i've just enrolled my son in the centre. He will be going there from 1dec.

Can u share more experience? How's the teacher? the curriculum?

Thanks
Kathong

[hokkienmee]

I am also interested to hear any comments on this school.

How’s the teacher turnover rate like? How’s their program?? Do they follow the MI curriculum they put on their website?

Thanks.

[casey29]

Hi daddies and mommies,


Any one can comment abt the abv mentioned school?? Anyone has their kids with them??

Tks a million....

Cheers..

[Laughing Flower]

Hello, sorry for the late reply as i do not visit this site that frequent. I find the teachers are good and caring. Teachers pay attention to the kids and show concern if the kids are not behaving and will provide timely feedback to the parents.


I like the curriculum, as it involves some outdoor activities - gardening, mobile library and etc. My son doesn’t like to face the 4 walls all the day, which i notice that he did not enjoy the previous childcare located at the hdb void deck. This center has a small swimming pool hence the children is having the swimming lesson ‘in-house’, of course we need to pay a fee.

I think it is important for young kids to explore beyond the normal reading and writing tasks, to me it is best for kids to learn through playing. No worry about the mosquito as I hardly see my son got any mosquito bite.

You may want to visit the center to explore more, bring your kid along and let he/she to select the school that they want to attend.

[peobe]

anyone sent their kids to carpe diem @ alexander?


The school is quite run down but i like it that they have animal farms. Not sure about the teachers’ quality/ TLC etc. Any feedback?

[Mimama]

My son is enrolled in CD at Punggol 21 since Aug08 when he was in N1. He is now in N2 and will progress K1 next year. So far, we are quite pleased with the school. We enrolled him for a half day program as we have a maid at home.


Teachers are friendly and yes, there are lots of outdoor activities. Environment is good as you can see the sea. Occassionally, the teachers will let them do their drawing outside of the classroom.

Although there are many CD centres in Singapore, only 2 centres, namely JJK and Punggol 21 are still owned by the founder of CD. The rest are franchise and they will also follow the structured programmes offered by CD.

The plus point of this place is the outdoor environment as it is very close to nature. And no issue with mosquitoes.

[Kathong]

Dear parents…


i have 2 set of uniform and 2 sets of PE attire ( M size) for sale.

my son had only wore for 4 days as my son had only attend the school for 5 days.

my son do not like the school thus we have arranged for withdrawal. hence, we would like to put the uniform for on sale.

[Kathong]

Hi insider,


i actually paid for the full month as i officially enroll him to the centre.

However, after attending the sch for 2 days, my son doesn’t want to go anymore. i try to coax him to school every subsequent day.

My son will come back and tell us that he doesn’t want to go sch everyday. to the point that he want to stay at the granny’s place, refuse to follow us back home. then i realise that he really doesn’t want to go sch. No choice! i’ve to withdraw him from sch. i do not wish to force him resulting in having phobia in going to sch.

However, i put him on trial at Cherie hearts near to my workpl. He cried too when i bring him there. But he’s is adapting well from day 2 onwards. He look forward to going to Cherie Hearts.

As for the payment, CD have yet to confirm with me on the refund. The PIC says he will only be able to revert to me in Jan 10. So, i have to wait …