Chiltern House

[Fuzz]

I’m quite surprised by how different the comments seem to be for CH mountbatten compared with all their other branches. Thought there would be more consistency? Anyway I haven’t been to that centre so I won’t make any judgements.


My boy is currently attending childcare near hubby’s office but we’re thinking of sending him to a regular nursery/kindy or a childcare nearer my parents’ place. Too stressful for hubby as he must ensure he gets off work by 6plus to pick my boy by 7pm!

Anyway I heard that CH and some other schools have both English and Chinese teacher at the same time? How does that work?

My friend says she read that this is quite effective in helping kids to pick up languages. Any feedback from parents? I’d prefer to get yr feedback as the school’s feedback will be biased!

Pls share your experiences. Thanks!!

[Rainbow98]

Hi Melchan,


To clarify, what I have heard is definitely true. I trust my friend who is not the sort to make up stories about a child’s education experience. I assume it is everyone’s intention who uses the Kiasu forum to share our experiences so as to make a better decision for our kids. If a school is really good, it doesn’t have to worry about competitors making up gossips and hearsays as they will not stand.

In the case of CH Mountbatten, we have seen from Makoshark’s comments that there is evidence that there are other unhappy parents out there who are not satisfied with CH Mountbatten’s performance.

Which branch of CH do you send your child to ? As mentioned, the school is only as good as the teacher that your child gets. Subsequently my friend sent her kid to Marymount Kindergarten and was impressed by their standards. The school fees is only a fraction of what is of CH and the kids there definitely look happy and well behaved.

Please don’t take our reviews personally, as we are just genuinely sharing what we have heard/ experienced about CH Mountbatten.

[ilovesashii]

Dear Parents


Wonder if anyone send their kids to Chiltern House Turf City and staying in Telok Blangah or Tiong Bahru or Red hill area?

I wanted to send my gal there but their current transport buses don’t come around Telok Blangah area.

Wonder if any paretns sending theirs to CH next year? Maybe we can try to arrange transprot together?

[DesertWind]

Rainbow98:

Subsequently my friend sent her kid to Marymount Kindergarten and was impressed by their standards. The school fees is only a fraction of what is of CH and the kids there definitely look happy and well behaved.

Gee, I am happy to have read this! I too was looking at premium pre-schools and ended up decided to send my boy to Marymount Kindergarten as well. Yes, am impressed by their standards ie. teacher care, schedule runs like clockwork, very disciplined and kids are happy!

Certainly I have commented in one of the premium pre-school thread not long ago that I disagree judging the school by the amount of school fees parents pay. ie. the higher the fees, the better the school in every way. This I strongly disagree as such schools may not necessary have the right teachers compared to well-established kindergartens who may have a very stable pool of teachers already.
:celebrate:

[autumnbronze]

DesertWind:

Gee, I am happy to have read this! I too was looking at premium pre-schools and ended up decided to send my boy to Marymount Kindergarten as well. Yes, am impressed by their standards ie. teacher care, schedule runs like clockwork, very disciplined and kids are happy!

Certainly I have commented in one of the premium pre-school thread not long ago that I disagree judging the school by the amount of school fees parents pay. ie. the higher the fees, the better the school in every way. This I strongly disagree as such schools may not necessary have the right teachers compared to well-established kindergartens who may have a very stable pool of teachers already.
:celebrate:

What a coincidence DesertWind,

Because I too started off recee-ing premium preschools but was just never satisfied with one thing or the other. In the end, I enrolled my DS in a church kindy and he is very very happy there. So if he's happy, I am happy.

[babyronz]

LittleLambie:

Any parents here who's kids are with CH at The Playground in East Coast? How do you find it?


I am trying to send my 3y.o. dd for their N2 class next year. For the past few MONTHS, I've tried visiting them personally (was turned away), called many, many times, emailed many times too but nobody responded at all. We just wanted to find out more & probably have to be put on waitlist but we can't even get hold of somebody to do that! Incredible! Are they really that high-handed? :?

A friend's daughter was in CH EC for N1 last year but was diagnosed with an illness so the poor girl is unable to attend N2 this year. The school is good with a very supportive head of centre. The girl enjoyed going to school last year because she had very caring and good teachers. Mum was told to link up with her N2 teacher so that she could be updated of what will be covered in class. Unfortunately, the N2 teacher has not been responding to mum's emails and messages. Teacher has been promising mum that she'll contact the latter soon but she has not been contacting the mum till now. She seems very disorganised and does not keep to her promise. I have to say that no matter how good the school is, the teachers play a very important role.

[babyronz]

LittleLambie:

Any parents here who's kids are with CH at The Playground in East Coast? How do you find it?


I am trying to send my 3y.o. dd for their N2 class next year. For the past few MONTHS, I've tried visiting them personally (was turned away), called many, many times, emailed many times too but nobody responded at all. We just wanted to find out more & probably have to be put on waitlist but we can't even get hold of somebody to do that! Incredible! Are they really that high-handed? :?

A friend's daughter was in CH EC for N1 last year but was diagnosed with an illness so the poor girl is unable to attend N2 this year. The school is good with a very supportive head of centre. The girl enjoyed going to school last year because she had very caring and good teachers. Mum was told to link up with her N2 teacher so that she could be updated of what will be covered in class. Unfortunately, the N2 teacher has not been responding to mum's emails and messages. Teacher has been promising mum that she'll contact the latter soon but she has not been contacting the mum till now. She seems very disorganised and does not keep to her promise. I have to say that no matter how good the school is, the teachers play a very important role.

[DesertWind]

autumnbronze:

What a coincidence DesertWind,

Because I too started off recee-ing premium preschools but was just never satisfied with one thing or the other. In the end, I enrolled my DS in a church kindy and he is very very happy there. So if he's happy, I am happy.

Yeh, autumnbronze, most important thing is our bau bei, darling son is happy!
:hi5:

[autumnbronze]

DesertWind:

autumnbronze:

What a coincidence DesertWind,

Because I too started off recee-ing premium preschools but was just never satisfied with one thing or the other. In the end, I enrolled my DS in a church kindy and he is very very happy there. So if he's happy, I am happy.

Yeh, autumnbronze, most important thing is our bau bei, darling son is happy!
:hi5:

:hi5:

:celebrate:

[Jworld]

There is a CH Mountbatten Open House on 19 April 2011.