Teck Ghee Primary

[Astee Foo]

Hi Tango,


Thanks for your update on the canteen situation. We know the school will do its best to ensure every child get his/hers well deserved meal.

Changes in cantee menu - sushi, pizzas, bento sets...haha. Just kidding. :boogie:

Wishing all a great weekend with you kiddos and enjoy the 1st weekend of 2012!

Cheers,
Astee

[tango907]

Astee Foo:

Hi Tango,


Thanks for your update on the canteen situation. We know the school will do its best to ensure every child get his/hers well deserved meal.

Changes in cantee menu - sushi, pizzas, bento sets...haha. Just kidding. :boogie:

Wishing all a great weekend with you kiddos and enjoy the 1st weekend of 2012!

Cheers,
Astee

Hi Astee, If that is the changes, i will have lunch everyday in school. hehe

[rejoice137]

Hi Tango,


Thanks. Given that this is the first week of school with the new timing, this kind of adjustment does take time. Glad that the school is monitoring closely. I am sure DS will be able to start buying lunch at school and have sufficient time to finish his meal :-).

Enjoy a great weekend. I am looking forward to a longer hour of sleep tonight. HEhehe.

[bluebellas]

rejoice137:

Hi Bluebellas,


Sorry, somehow I did not see your message when replying to Ivy. Yes, my DS is in P2 and he managed to purchase the picture composition yesterday too. We went to school bookstore on 28 December and the store keeper told us the book was out of stock. Apparently they have restored when school open.

Oh dear, your DS did not have lunch for 2 days. Poor thing. I packed lunch for my DS these few days as he is a slow eater and take long time to decide what to eat. I know he is going to miss his lunch even during normal time. I think this is something to feedback to school since with most kids having lunch at school, the school canteen has to cater for it.

Is it possible for you to pack some snack or sandwich for your son for these few days until the school sort out the situation?

Hi Rejoice and Astee,

I will be packing sandwiches for my son. Thot to highlight to the school to request the canteen vendors to pack more food but since Tango mentioned the school is looking into this, there is no need for me to do that already. Let's see what happens.

And thanks Astee, for your kind offer.

[ching]

Hi Parents,


It’s been enlightening reading all your posts about the school. I am considering registering my girl for this school and am hoping if you can confirm what are the school hours for the Primary 1 kiddos? I read about the change but am not sure how it affects the p1 coz somewhere along the thread, it was mentioned that not all kids stay so late.

Thank you in advance!!

[rejoice137]

ching:

Hi Parents,


It's been enlightening reading all your posts about the school. I am considering registering my girl for this school and am hoping if you can confirm what are the school hours for the Primary 1 kiddos? I read about the change but am not sure how it affects the p1 coz somewhere along the thread, it was mentioned that not all kids stay so late.

Thank you in advance!!

Hi Ching,

Welcome to the forum. Hope that you will find useful information here. The P1 schedule is quite similar to the rest of the level except for CCA since CCA is not compulsory for P1 kid. So here is the timing:

Recess Break: 9:45am to 10:15am
Lunch Break : 12:15pm to 12:45pm
Reporting time: 7:25am
Lesson starts: 7:45am
Dismissal Time: Mon - Wed, Fri: 2:15pm
Thurs: 12:15pm

CCA is on either day mostly from 2:30pm to 4 or 4:30pm.

Hope this helps.

[ching]

Hi Rejoice,


Thank you so much!! Your reply has been most helpful.

I have shortlisted Teck Ghee coz I like my kids to be in morning school. They can have the rest of the day to play and do other activities. And the family can have some quality family time in the evenings and during the weekends…(Hope I am not being too idealistic here).

But would you or other parents happen to know the reason behind the extended hours? Where is the value-add? Do they have longer sessions in class or rest time?

Thank you once again!!

[Astee Foo]

Hi Ching,


Welcome to the TGPS Forum. I will help Rejoice on this question and shared what i know. This year, 2012, TGPS introduced the PAL (Programme for Active Learning) initiated by MOE. If you go to MOE site, you will know more about the programme. As such, this programme integrated into the normal school curriculum and thus extended the school hours.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2009/04/government-accepts-recommendat.php

The change in school hours is to allow seamless mapping of revised teaching curriculum and teaching strategies. Also for children whom are taking CCA, it minimise the waiting time and the extra logistic required for helper to fetch to and back school/CCA.

Hope this answer your question and we look forward to welcome your child to TGPS Family.

Cheers,
Astee

[ching]

Hi Astee,


Thank you!! I will read up on the program you mentioned.

We are due for the 2012 registration exercise so, gotta kick start the KS engine.

Thank you all and a Happy New Year!!

[tanglin]

Hi all,


we are living within 1 km of Teck Ghee and due for 2012 registration too. How will we know when Teck Ghee is holding it’s opening day for prospective students? TIA…