Pat's Schoolhouse
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Hi Glorymum,
You mean Patricia will be totally out from the Pat’s group? KU will be in full control now? This is worrying…
Noticed that Pat’s standard has been dropping, or rather, the rest of the childcare has caught up while Pat’s is not making progress.
Be it english or chinese, I realised that the kids from My first Skools are much faster.
My neighbour showed me her son’s worksheets from school and they are alot more difficult than what Pat’s teaching.
For example, my neighbour’s son who is same age as my gal, already learn how to write 灯, and when i asked my gal to read that word, she told me she never seen before!! And in Pat’s she is still learning basic strokes.
As for phonics, the school has already teach them enough to be able to read simple books themselves!
Checked with another 2 friends whose children are in different My First Skools and their reading and writing skills are indeed better.
Anyone did any comparision with other schools? I dont expect Pat’s to be more advance than other schools but it has to be on par, at least. Really hope that next year, the K1 syllabus will be comprehensive enough to catch up with the rest. -
yes, also received the notification on patrica koh’s retirement.
kind of disappointed. -
Hi - I was informed by Pats that their Halifax branch gets to keep their lease on for another year. Meanwhile however, they are not planning to invest more money to maintain the place since they have to move out at the end of 2013 anyway.
Can I check with parents whose kids are attending Halifax if they notice this? ie that the place is getting more run down ?
I am planning to enroll my 2 kids to their K1 and Toddler class next year..anyone has feedback on these classes/teachers?
TIA
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Hi mummies
would like to get some feedback about Halifax and Aroozoo. my girl is with whitley centre currently but their lease is up so we’ve to decide where to send her to. so would really appreciate if mummies who have kids in either centre could share with me their feedback. thanks very much! -
arielle08:
Hi Glorymum,
You mean Patricia will be totally out from the Pat's group? KU will be in full control now? This is worrying...
Noticed that Pat's standard has been dropping, or rather, the rest of the childcare has caught up while Pat's is not making progress.
Be it english or chinese, I realised that the kids from My first Skools are much faster.
My neighbour showed me her son's worksheets from school and they are alot more difficult than what Pat's teaching.
For example, my neighbour's son who is same age as my gal, already learn how to write 灯, and when i asked my gal to read that word, she told me she never seen before!! And in Pat's she is still learning basic strokes.
As for phonics, the school has already teach them enough to be able to read simple books themselves!
Checked with another 2 friends whose children are in different My First Skools and their reading and writing skills are indeed better.
Anyone did any comparision with other schools? I dont expect Pat's to be more advance than other schools but it has to be on par, at least. Really hope that next year, the K1 syllabus will be comprehensive enough to catch up with the rest.
Pat's Schoolhouse don't really emphasize academy but instead more of childhood experience with friends and with their programme.
I never expect Pat's Schoolhouse to give those higher level of education which prepare more than what is required for P1. I want my kids to enjoy their childhood. However, one thing for sure is that both my kids are very vocal and confident when socialize with new friends of their age. -
What is their programme about if there is no emphasis on academy?
My DD is in Katong and recently I saw that they are watching tv when I pick her up from school. This is worrying as I did not pay so much to send her to Pat’s to watch tv. If the lesson is over, I would rather they play so that there is more chance of intereaction than watching tv. Is watching tv while waiting for parents to pick up a norm in other centers too? -
My girl is in Aroozoo and her class now has 4 cases of chicken pox over the last 2 weeks.
Apparently, one of the earlier infected case came back with clearance from the doc, but still has visible scabs. This in turn, infect the later 2 cases.
I have taken my girl out of school for the next 2 weeks for precautionary measures.
Aroozoo parents, please take note. -
Chickenpox’s incubation period is about 2 weeks so it’s hard to say who a child is infected by. It’s usually mild for young children but would hit an adult hard. Even the vaccination is not very effective. Both my kid and maid were vaccinated by one dose and still caught chickenpox although it was mild. I recommend that parents with young kids check the caregivers’ chickenpox status, whether it’s the maid, grandparents or parents themselves. If not immune, adults should get 2 doses of chickenpox vaccine spaced about 1 month apart. Also keep a close watch of the kids in a class with chickenpox going around. Within 24 hours of any sign of chickenpox (typically small red marks all over the body), go to a PD or KKH (if at night) and start acyclovir. Some GPs do not have the child version of acyclovir. Taken in time, my experience is that the symptoms are very mild - almost no marks.
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Anyone enrolling their children at Whitley outlet. They are closing down end of 2012.
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valang:
Anyone enrolling their children at Whitley outlet. They are closing down end of 2012.
Whitley is a pretty new branch. It's the one near Catholic JC rite? Why are they closing down? :scratchhead:
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