PCF/PAP Kindergartens

[autumnbronze]

buds:

Yes, holiday programmes must hold at a proper venue.

Bigger group.

Only private enrichment lessons can be done in the home.

Yesss autumnbronze, you too. :hugs:

Yeah .... :rahrah:

[Charmaine_chong]

BUDS,


Are you going to have one in Mar? There will be a week holiday is it?

[buds]

Still in planning.. no promises yet ya. :love:

[mummy of 2]

Buds,


can also keep me in the loop? TIA.

[buds]

We're going off topic liao. :siam:


Ok, mummy of 2... you two.

[chic_savvy]

Hey parents, wana ask if your kids are in PCF kindergarten 2, what time should he or she attend school the next day after Chinese New Year period, that is tomorrow??


My daughter could not remember if she brought back her communication book which has stated the timing for tomorrow and I could not find the book as well as remembering vaguely on the timing, something like 10am-11am? For CNY one hour celebration.

I believe all PCFs timing are the same for the whole of Singapore for Kindergarten 2.

Thanks for the help.

[corneyAmber]

don’t think all PAP/PCF kindergartens operate the same hours throughout Singapore. Maybe call up the centre first thing tomorrow morning to check?

[chic_savvy]

Hmm… Guess I’ll have to do that. Thanks.

[corneyAmber]

you are most welcome!

[tamarind]

Bringing this thread back on topic, I would like to share more about my boy’s full day PCF kindergarten at Jurong West.


He is in K2 now. Class is from 8am to 5pm. They have breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. After lunch there is a nap for one hour. Each kid need to bring his own sleeping bag. They don’t bathe the kids, so this is the main difference compared to full day childcare. The food is not very good, but I think this is common in other childcare centers.

The teacher definitely prepares kids well for P1. There are lots of reading and writing. Spelling every week. They do lots of English and Maths worksheets and bring back a lot of homework. For Maths, they are doing addition and subtraction up to 20 now. They have Chinese lessons in the afternoon. Now only reading Chinese books and doing worksheets in class, no ting xie.

The standard at the full day kindergarten ($300+) is definitely higher than the normal half day PCF kindergarten ($100+ a month) that my boy was attending last year. But not as enriching as the premium PCF kindergarten (half day, $250+ a month) that my older girl attended at 662B, where she had cooking class, creative writing, junior poetry, etc. Thanks to her teacher’s encouragement, my girl is able to write long English compositions since K2. Unfortunately, that teacher has already left that kindergarten.