<![CDATA[Chinese Preschool]]>Hi


Does anyone know of any preschool that conducts their lessons entirely in Chinese? I am referring to a 5-day program, not enrichment.

Thanks!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/1476/chinese-preschoolRSS for NodeTue, 19 May 2026 02:42:16 GMTWed, 26 Nov 2008 08:54:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:38:40 GMT]]>hi,


you can try Newton kindergarten - 60% chinese, 40% english.

read parents feedback here:-

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12778&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365838https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365838Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:38:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:32:25 GMT]]>you can obtain feedback from parents on Newton kindergarten here:-


http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12778&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=8d641b56ca5be225c64ee73bc76f6a29

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365831https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365831Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:32:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:55:53 GMT]]>Hi,


Anyone knows if Newton Kindergarten focus a lot on Bible teaching? Do they prepare kids for P1?

Any feedback is appreciated.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/68463https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/68463Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:55:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:44:54 GMT]]>Hi, you may wish to consider JG as well. Heard that they are starting new nursery classes next year conducted entirely in Mandarin. I like their Mandarin teachers a lot. They are PRC, very animated, lively and apt at handing the different temperament of each child. I like the fact that their chinese is accurate not like SG chinese which is chapalang.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/67339https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/67339Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:44:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:37:22 GMT]]>Hi, just want to check whether does anyone enrolled your kids in Newton Kindergarten before? Any comments on the preparation for P1?


For parents currently with kids in the kindergarten, any comments so far?
I understand that the waiting list is also very long for this.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/60935https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/60935Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:37:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:41:08 GMT]]>Hi fellow kiasu parents


I’m looking for a chinese pre-school for my 4yr old boy. Can’t get in to Nanyang Kindergarten so am willing to settle for other equivalent private ones. Any recommendations or pointers?

Not really looking for bilingual, but purely chinese.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/46348https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/46348Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:41:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:36:51 GMT]]>

Poonie:
... check out Newton K.
You can find information for Newton Kindergarten http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/kindergarten/newton-kindergarten.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/15255https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/15255Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:36:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:29:18 GMT]]>If you are considering a pre-school with heavy emphasis on Chinese you may want to check out Newton K. It is church-based and has a very long history and it started has a pure Chinese kindy. Each class has both an English and Chinese teacher and the latter being the form teacher. I noticed that the teachers hired speak exceptionally good English and Chinese. The staff turnover has been low. Infact my kids had the same teachers through out their 3-4 years there with only one change of teacher. The principal is probably extra careful of the selection of staff partly due because quite a number of minister’s grand kids are studying there.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/15235https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/15235Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:29:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:17:59 GMT]]>

cornucopia:
Hi all,


Pls also note that Nanyang Kindergarten has high turnover of teachers.. Yr child may get different teachers in a year. They also have relief young teachers with no experience. It all depends on yr luck. U may want to find out more before putting yr child.

Barker Kindergarten has Chinese enrichment 5 days a week ( include lunch) and fees is subsidised. Very reasonable package :lol:
My 2 children are in NYK, and so far there are turnover of teachers, but I wouldn't consider them high. I don't actually know which teachers have left, since they have not taught my children in the past.

I actually thought they have an excellent way of letting at least one of the two teachers in a class move up with the class. That way, at least 1 out of the 2 teachers is already familiar with the students in a new class, and I feel that having continuity is good for the students. For the past 3 years, at least one of my children's classes each year have had a teacher moving up with them to the new class.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/15220https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/15220Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:17:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:05:35 GMT]]>

littleKS:
Holy Grace Kindergarten

This one got long queue/waiting list or not?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14873https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14873Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:05:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:33:56 GMT]]>

heros:
... Come on team, what else is out there besides the few organizations already listed? Private, public doesn't matter to me....

I believe http://www.yuquan.com.sg/preschool/home.php another possibility. I have not tried it myself, so I can't say much about it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14864https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14864Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:33:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:59:56 GMT]]>I just got a message from Nanyang Kindergarten that the waitlist already has 400 names on it for the year my kid would start - 2011!!! That’s crazy stuff. We are badly in need of more options, so for those of us who want a full Mandarin curriculum aren’t held hostage or held in line by just a few schools. There’s got to be more options. Come on team, what else is out there besides the few organizations already listed? Private, public doesn’t matter to me…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14861https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14861Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:59:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:56:22 GMT]]>

heros:
Final question, after nursery & kindergarten are the following Chinese school options in primary and beyond similarly difficult to find? In that case I should ask you all for the names now, so I can put my daughter on the waitlist even 5 years in advance.... I guess I'm joking, but maybe it's that serious. Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated.

I don't know if you have to \"book\" years in advance but you may be interested in the Chinese International School Singapore. http://www.cnis.edu.sg/ They do not teach solely in Chinese since they accept non-Chinese as well but they put strong emphasis on Chinese and being truly bilingual.

If you're a Singaporean, or your child is one, read on: The last time I checked it out was about a year or so ago and among the international schools I was curious about, this was the only one here that accepted Singaporeans. (The others either cannot or will not accept Singaporean children or children with both parents who are Singaporeans.)

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14793https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14793Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:56:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:12:36 GMT]]>Glad to see a thread already started on this topic. I’m amazed at how little information is easily found on this topic, considering it seems that Mandarin-only curriculum’s seem to be quite popular (judging from the waitlists mentioned on this thread). So it seems a little ironic - simply supply/demand dynamics, that there is such a limited number of options of nursery’s & kindergarten’s offering mostly Mandarin curriculum’s (let’s say more than 60%). Anybody have ideas on why?


Anybody have an updated list of schools besides the ones already mentioned? Also any suggestions on improving my chances of getting my daughter into one of these programs, i.e. does long waiting list mean I should be applying 1 year or even more before she is of admission age?

Final question, after nursery & kindergarten are the following Chinese school options in primary and beyond similarly difficult to find? In that case I should ask you all for the names now, so I can put my daughter on the waitlist even 5 years in advance… I guess I’m joking, but maybe it’s that serious. Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14786https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/14786Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:12:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:41:29 GMT]]>

huskies:
Hi Cornucopia


I am really surprised. I thought it was a very good school. When i tried to register, there was already a waitlist of more than 300 parents!!! Is your child or anyone you know studying there?

Thanks
Hi mummy huskies :lol: ,

U may wanna check around. Every school has their pros & cons.. :shock:
U may also wanna chk out St James. A few of my frens put their children there & i would say all gave excellent reviews. Addition to that, fees r reasonable. In my opinion,it is definitely a more wholesome school! NYK gonna increase their fees to $1400 next yr 2009! Note: Before gst.. 😛

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/12728https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/12728Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:41:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:04:32 GMT]]>Hi Cornucopia


I am really surprised. I thought it was a very good school. When i tried to register, there was already a waitlist of more than 300 parents!!! Is your child or anyone you know studying there?

Thanks

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/12719https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/12719Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:04:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:25:41 GMT]]>Hi all,


Pls also note that Nanyang Kindergarten has high turnover of teachers.. Yr child may get different teachers in a year. They also have relief young teachers with no experience. It all depends on yr luck. U may want to find out more before putting yr child.

Barker Kindergarten has Chinese enrichment 5 days a week ( include lunch) and fees is subsidised. Very reasonable package :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/12236https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/12236Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:25:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:11:29 GMT]]>Holy Grace Kindergarten

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11833https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11833Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:11:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:49:38 GMT]]>Hi Ju Ju boys


Thanks for info!

Huskies

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11349https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11349Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:34:05 GMT]]>nanyang kindergarten… their N1 and N2 class are 100% conducted in chinese

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11345https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11345Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:34:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:19:07 GMT]]>Thanks.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11309https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11309Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:19:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chinese Preschool on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:03:49 GMT]]>Newton Church Kindergarten.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11283https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/11283Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:03:49 GMT