Marymount Kindergarten
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There are many schs that can do the job.
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hello Jworld,
if you stay in the East (around Eunos), three very good kindergarten worthwhile considering are:-
-\tSt Hilda’s church kindergarten,
-\tShalom church kindergarten,
-\tHoly Grace church kindergarten.
all these 3 kindergarten – the standard is high!
if you have the time, visit all 3 kindergarten.
ask the Principal to show you their sample worksheets.
you can see for yourself that standard is pretty high.
a) Holy Grace kindergarten trains young children in Chinese from young – very powerful. Their core curriculum covers about 70% Chinese.
if you visit the school premises, you can hear many kids rattling off in mandarin fluently, like chirping parrots. Their Chinese is strong. A number of kids can read and recognize chim chinese vocab!
parents send kids here because most of these children are heading for SAP primary schools, where their Chinese foundation need to be grounded very strongly from day 1 - since they will be doing Higher Chinese, from enter Pri 1 onwards.
besides academics, Holy Grace also nurture young kids in character education and morals too !
b) St hilda’s church kindergarten core curriculum from Mon – Fri prepares children very well for Pri 1. Parents who sent kids there can sit back and relax, no need to worry - when their children enter Pri 1.
St hilda’s kindergarten school Principal is also very hands on type. She is truly someone whom I admire greatly. Even on Sundays, you can see her loving dedication to little children’s learning.
come rain or shine, you can see the Principal stationed on Sunday morning inside kindergarten itself, encouraging all children to read storybooks vividly. All kids simply love to hear her narrate tell stories, with funny expressive actions. The children laugh and enjoy her story telling!
I have never seen a kindergarten Principal so dedicated towards teaching young kids with passion, until I met her. She is someone I salute, with respect.
so far, how many kindergarten principals do you see … coming back every Sunday morning, just to make sure the children develop a passion love and interest towards reading ?
besides academics, St. hilda’s church kindergarten character education and morals is also interesting ! Go down and speak to the Principal to share more with you.
c) Shalom church kindergarten standard - also high !
I was quite impressed with this school standard, when I browse through some of the worksheets see what the kids do - for English, Maths and Chinese worksheets.
besides academics, Shalom church kindergarten also groom young kids towards having good character education and morals.
In general, most church kindergarten cover basic character foundation building, over and above daily academic school work. They groom children from young to grow up God fearing, loving, kind, showing reverence and respect to elders, teachers, people in authority, classmates and peers around them. This you can rest be assured ! -
hello dahmum,
yes, it is natural for children to fall asleep, after a tiring long day of learning in the kindergarten.
sharing – last year, when my daughter barely turned 2 years old, she attended a 3 hrs church kindergarten daily. Everyday after school dismissal, once she hop onto school bus, she tend to feel sleepy, so will sleep all the way until she reach home. Thus, I gave instructions to school bus lady that whenever she sleeps:-
a)\ttake out a small tiny little pillow from her school bag, lie this small pillow down gently behind her head, lie down her body totally flat on the school bus seat, strap the safety seat belt across her body at all times, and let her sleep soundly.
and my girl …… has been doing sleeping like this for the past one year inside the school bus. No issue. -
greenbean2011:
Thanks greenbean2011. That's very helpful.hello Jworld,
if you stay in the East (around Eunos), three very good kindergarten worthwhile considering are:-
-\tSt Hilda’s church kindergarten,
-\tShalom church kindergarten,
-\tHoly Grace church kindergarten.
all these 3 kindergarten – the standard is high!
if you have the time, visit all 3 kindergarten.
ask the Principal to show you their sample worksheets.
you can see for yourself that standard is pretty high.
a) Holy Grace kindergarten trains young children in Chinese from young – very powerful. Their core curriculum covers about 70% Chinese.
if you visit the school premises, you can hear many kids rattling off in mandarin fluently, like chirping parrots. Their Chinese is strong. A number of kids can read and recognize chim chinese vocab!
parents send kids here because most of these children are heading for SAP primary schools, where their Chinese foundation need to be grounded very strongly from day 1 - since they will be doing Higher Chinese, from enter Pri 1 onwards.
besides academics, Holy Grace also nurture young kids in character education and morals too !
b) St hilda’s church kindergarten core curriculum from Mon – Fri prepares children very well for Pri 1. Parents who sent kids there can sit back and relax, no need to worry - when their children enter Pri 1.
St hilda’s kindergarten school Principal is also very hands on type. She is truly someone whom I admire greatly. Even on Sundays, you can see her loving dedication to little children’s learning.
come rain or shine, you can see the Principal stationed on Sunday morning inside kindergarten itself, encouraging all children to read storybooks vividly. All kids simply love to hear her narrate tell stories, with funny expressive actions. The children laugh and enjoy her story telling!
I have never seen a kindergarten Principal so dedicated towards teaching young kids with passion, until I met her. She is someone I salute, with respect.
so far, how many kindergarten principals do you see … coming back every Sunday morning, just to make sure the children develop a passion love and interest towards reading ?
besides academics, St. hilda’s church kindergarten character education and morals is also interesting ! Go down and speak to the Principal to share more with you.
c) Shalom church kindergarten standard - also high !
I was quite impressed with this school standard, when I browse through some of the worksheets see what the kids do - for English, Maths and Chinese worksheets.
besides academics, Shalom church kindergarten also groom young kids towards having good character education and morals.
In general, most church kindergarten cover basic character foundation building, over and above daily academic school work. They groom children from young to grow up God fearing, loving, kind, showing reverence and respect to elders, teachers, people in authority, classmates and peers around them. This you can rest be assured !
Do you know of any in Clementi area? I may move there (subject to whether can locate a suitable place that I want). -
hello Jworld,
clementi area - I am not familiar.
however, I have friends staying in west coast zone attending following kindergartens below. If you keen, may call up check with respective Principal the detailed curriculum involved, school fees charges, list of external enrichment, school bus fees, etc.
a)\tSt James church kindergarten (SJK)
the queue for registration is always very long.
some mothers after giving birth in maternity ward hurriedly call up the kindergarten, to quickly book seats for their just a few minutes born babies.
SJK is a hot and popular kindergarten, for privileged kids.
SJK also has a list of good & interesting enrichment programmes available. Can check the school’s website, read feedback from parents at forum on SJK.
b)\tBarker road church kindergarten (brmck)
Brmck also conduct Montessori classes, over and above the normal 3 hrs kindergarten - at additional steep costs fees per term.
Brmck is the only unique church kindergarten in SG so far that conducts her own in house Montessori lessons, over and above the 3 hrs traditional kindergarten teaching.
the school bus operation fleet at brmck is very large – picking up students all over SG from all directions, including those residing on western side of SG, and chua chu kang as well.
brmck also has a long list of wide, interesting good enrichment programmes conducted at her premises - including ballet dancing, play piano, play violin, creative art drawing, quick feet tap dancing, and the unique flag dance worship accompanied with tambourine musical instrument - for Nursery, K1 and K2 levels.
except for the in house brmck piano teacher, all other external dance enrichment at additional costs fees incurred - are taught by external enrichment providers.
Brmck core curriculum for English is strong. It is good. My friend’s 2 kids never have any enrichment in English. They just picked up English taught at brmck. But both went through Pri 1 english smooth sailing, in a good primary school in Tampines.
c)\tCalvary pandan church kindergarten.
d)\tGalilee church kindergarten.
e)\tMarris Stella church kindergarten. (MSK)
wef 2011, this has turned into a 3.5 hrs kindergarten daily, instead of just 3 hrs previously.
my friend stays in Upper Bukit Timah area, school bus picks up her child go MSK daily. I believe can also pass by Clementi.
f) any other church kindergarten nearby your place ?
you can read feedback on respective kindergarten thread. -
hello Jworld,
today i just rang up Newton church kindergarten school bus operator, asked if got school bus go your area in Clementi. She reply Yes, got go up Clementi area to fetch kids.
to find out more, you can google Newton kindergarten thread (page
to get her contact mobile phone number.
however if you are still very keen on Marymount kindy, perhaps call up general office get school bus operator telephone no, ask whether got school bus goes Clementi to fetch kids down to Marymount, and how long is the travelling journey, to and fro ?
all the very best to your search for the ideal kindergarten, for your beloved child.
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I am pretty pleased with my boy's schedule at Nursery level so far. Once a week on different days, he has gym (conducted by Beary gym), Computer enrichment (by Ednoland) and swimming at the small, round toddler pool in the kindy compound. All conducted during school hours. No wonder he enjoys going to school, he especially like to wear the T-shirt on gym and swimming days!
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Hi…this is my first post wanted to give some postive feedback on Marymount kindergaten. Its definitely doing a wonderful job, my duaghter though an indian has adapted to the chinese learning quite easily and sings a lot of songs at home and is at ease from the very start. She loves going to school and talks a lot about her friends and teachers, sadly though not many talk to her which is her only worry. Keep up the good work.
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Hi to parents whose kids are in Marymount Kindy, can anyone advise me when is the orientation for new intake of year 2012? Thanks a lot.
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Is Marymount Kindergarten affected by the construction of the north south expressway? IThe construction is expected to start in 2013 so affected businesses have to start moving out in 2012.
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