[Tampines] Primary Schools

[sweetbaby]

Any updates for open house? Junyuan pri? East View pri? St Hilda?

[phtthp]

sweetbaby:

Any updates for open house? Junyuan pri? East View pri? St Hilda?

St Hilda and East View primary both replied that :-
\"No, we do not conduct any open house. Anything you wish to know - either write in to us, or call us to inquire.\"

Junyuan primary replied that :-
\"look out for info on our school website .... there may be an event on 18 May 2013\".

[sweetbaby]

Thx Phtthp

[belle08]

Hi all,


Any good feedback of Tampines Primary School? Heard their standard pretty good.
Anyone?

[Barbiemoney]

Cassmania:

My kid Chinese is quite bad, not sure if is too difficult for him to learn higher Chinese.

How's the school environment and teachers?

Mostly Singaporean kids are rather weak in Chinese. Please don't compare with foreign students from China/ Taiwan. So your kid is not alone.
A class when they are boarded the bus to field trip/outdoor activities, i saw only all the girls boarded the bus, then followed by boys students.
Then i asked the teacher why.. And she taught the boys to be \"gentlemen\" let lady go first. So far This teacher impressed me when I do my visit to the school.

[phtthp]

can someone kindly advise -

between Tampines primary and St Anthony "All Girls" school at Bedok, which will you choose ? (ignore the distance, just compare these 2 schools alone). Thank you very much.

[merkon]

phtthp:

can someone kindly advise -

between Tampines primary and St Anthony \"All Girls\" school at Bedok, which will you choose ? (ignore the distance, just compare these 2 schools alone). Thank you very much.

I would choose st Anthony's for sure due to the sec sch affiliation & all girls environment. It's also near my fave blk 85 market!

[mamachen]

Hi parents


My ds is gg to P1 next year, hoping to get into St Hildas or poi ching. I'm considering to put him at student care before/after school. Where and which centre does parents of st hildas or poi ching kids place their children into? Totally clueless especially now st hildas is at the holding site at bedok....

Help and advise needed pls!!! TIA! :?:

[phtthp]

Hi mamachen,


If you’re serious about enrolling your child into poi Ching (Tampines) -
From now till January 2014 left Approx. 6 to 7 months. The p1 and p2 Chinese standard is high - much higher than our moe p1/p2 higher Chinese syllabus, bec they use "yunyu" textbooks. And this curriculum is developed with the help of selected china schools in china. This, I would suggest that if you can - try to buy yunyu trxtbook p1a (for first 6 months’ use in 2014 jan till June 2014). At least at home everyday, make sure that yr child able to read the Chinese poetry or passages inside textbk p1 a first. The tingxie part will come in later when she go p1. But v impt - ensure that your child can read first, at least let yr child be familiarized with the Chinese vocab first, through regular reading. (To be honest, some of the words in p1 b textbk I also don’t know how to read). At least, make the remaining half of this k2 worthwhile for yr child. Dun leave everything till last minute in p1 2014.

FYI - you can buy yunyu Chinese textbk 1a and 1b (this will be used in second half of the year, from July to nov 2014) from poi Ching bookshop. Is open daily mon - Fri, 9 am - 3 pm. Saturday, bookshop is closed. But do call up ensure bookshop got stock first, before you go down. Don’t make an empty trip down.

If yr child manage to enter st Hilda successfully, her Chinese std is lower compared to poi Ching yunyu. St Hilda is not a sap school, but a mission Anglican school. Poi Ching is a sap school. Whichever school your child enter, both are good schools. Each has their own unique strength. I wish you the very best!

[mamachen]

Hi phtthp


Thanks for your advise! I heard about Poi Ching having their high standard in chinese, like cramping 2000 words in their first 3 years. But later it will be a breeze for the kid. Again, like what you said, if the kid likes chinese and able to catch up is another question.

Also, want to find out from parents here, do you place your child in student care? And for schools ard St Hildas, are there any good student care around?

Thanks alot!!