Choosing and Evaluating Primary Schools

[tankee]

rookiedad:

...If choose Tao Nan (located at Marine Parade)-

- high chance to get in but need to take school bus from Tampines to school. Not forgetting if there’s CCA after school then no one is able to bring her back from school.

Parents, please help to give your opinion urgently. Thanks!!

hi

There is Tao Nan school bus that travel to Tampines. You may want to call the bus operator and check with him on the timings to judge for yourself whether it is ok for your child. The school bus operators' details are in the post below.

And I do believe there are buses to cater to CCA & supplementary classes timings. I'm not sure about this since my DS does not take school bus.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=46677#46677

[verykiasu2010]

I see that many parents fret over the potential school bus journey


why not do a trial run these few days and gauge the situation ? talk to the relevant school bus operators too …

and may be even try out the school bus journey yourself …lol

noted the getting up early part. but eventually all schools are supposed to be in single session anyway

need to get up early ? sleep earlier lor …

you are doing your kids a disservice if you can but did not get them into a SAP school. it is not as "pressure cooker" as is made out to be

even for popular school like some in the west - they are a worse pressure cooker than any SAP school due to the "self-imposed" kpi on the principal to prove his / her "ability" … piles and piles of homework for drilling the kids but doing it blindly … (what is the point ?)

i just asked my P6 boy last nite : has there being any point in time in the last 6 years where he feels too much work from school ? The answer is : Never. Some times they beg the teachers for more practices … (no, they are not gifted…) and most of the work are completed in school


I personally know of kids who travel from Pasir Ris / Jurong West extension to NYPS on a daily basis and there is no issue with school bus hours. Some adjustment to sleep / wake up hours are not too much. Children need to learn what is resilience too …

[tankee]

I did heard of 2 separate daddies, one by taxi and one self-drive, tailed the school-bus to see the routes and timings. After that, one of them gave up idea taking school-bus and bought his wife a second-hand car.

[verykiasu2010]

tankee:

I did heard of 2 separate daddies, one by taxi and one self-drive, tailed the school-bus to see the routes and timings. After that, one of them gave up idea taking school-bus and bought his wife a second-hand car.

u know, once i saw you ID as \"tang kee\" .... and recently i saw it as \"tao kee\" .......need to check my eye sight .... :offtopic:

[janet88]

I had a friend who used to stay at Hume Ave. Her son goes to NYPS. Bus picks up him at 6am, meaning he has to wake up at 530am.

Another stays at Toh Yi, children are in Pei Tong at Clementi. It’s not far by car but due to morning traffic, his children will be picked up very early by school bus. So he sends his kids since his hours are flexible.

There are some primary schools which are not SAP, but yet the principals believes in piling on tons of homework on daily basis…for reasons unknown.
Some neighbourhood schools even compete as the principals want to outdo one another.

Children need to be resilient. That is true, but not every child is suitable to be in a SAP school. Parents know their kids best and whether their character fits in. Which parent doesn’t want the best for their child ? Children today do not have it easy in schools as education is very demanding.

As for distance, a friend told me he knows of someone staying in Pasir Ris but sends his child to Pei Hwa. It’s madness, and it’s not as if there are no good schools in the East.

[verykiasu2010]

janet_lee88:

...There are some primary schools which are not SAP, but yet the principals believes in piling on tons of homework on daily basis...

SAP school does NOT equal piles of homework .... far from it

It is their non-core curriculum and school culture that set them apart

[janet88]

verykiasu2010:

SAP school does NOT equal piles of homework .... far from it


It is their non-core curriculum and school culture that set them apart

Totally agree.

[verykiasu2010]

janet_lee88:

Totally agree.

However, one man's meat is another's poison

Everyone has their own ideals and what they deem as their overriding criteria

[janet88]

verykiasu,

Firstly, I have to say this, it's not that SAP schools are no good.

However, it is definitely NOT a disservice if parents can, but do not get their kids into a SAP school.

[verykiasu2010]

janet_lee88:

verykiasu,

Firstly, I have to say this, it's not that SAP schools are no good.

However, it is definitely NOT a disservice if parents can, but do not get their kids into a SAP school.

totally agreed. i take back what i said