Teck Ghee Primary

[beauty79]

This is called ‘Same, same, but different’ Primary school kids need lots of time to learn language, not just content download in secondary schools.

[rejoice137]

Hi Beauty,


For the school bus pick up time, it will depend on your area. Last year when school starts at 7:20am, the school bus has to leave the school compound by 6:45am. I stay in Bishan nearby Bishan park, the bus vendor told me the pick up time was 6:10am :-(! At the end I chose to walk to school with my DS in the morning at 6:35am and he caught school bus home.

[beauty79]

1 way and 2 way also same price?

[rejoice137]

Normally one way is about 75% to 80% of two way so it is really not worth it. But to let DS more time to rest and sleep, we still opted for it.

[beauty79]

My hubby can send in the morning, so thought of letting her go one way. But the thought of rainy days long traffic, many cars, etc. make me consider going two ways instead

[rejoice137]

The good point about neighborhood schools is that the students are mostly from neighborhood blocks, hence the car Q is actually not that bad. During rainy day, TGPS will open school gate to allow parents with cars to drop off the kids. You will see the Principal and Vice Principal there helping the kids to get off the cars ;-). Due to the efficiency of the staffs and principals, the car Q during running days are actually not bad. I can just drive in and drop off my DS and out in no time. Comparing to the "branded" school where long car Q is a norm everyday whether tai or shine, I find TGPS car Q on raining day is actually shorter than sunny day on most "branded school".

Also depending on where your black is located, the school bus may not go to the bottom of your block as the bigger school bus may have problem turning out. For my case, DS was often dropped off by the road side and if raining day, he would be rainier on raining towards the void deck at the block next to mine. And I also don’t feel safe for him to have to walk across a neighboring block before reaching my place. So you may want to contact the bus vendor on the possible pick up and drop off point for your location.

[beauty79]

That is useful info. I will wait on Orientation day to find out what time school bus is fetching before I decide 1 way or 2 ways.

[Astee Foo]

Hi all,


Am back from \"land of thousand smiles\" and recharged for the final hurdle - SA2.

Rejoice, great to hear that the roller-blading was a great bonding time for you and your boyz. Hopefully, they will re-run the program in December.

Agreed with Rejoice sharing on car-q, especially, on raining days. Most of the staff - Principal, VP, teachers and the helpes will be around to Q-control and so far, traffic has been a breeze.

Rejoice - when i read your comments about the teacher saying the child was tired, it strike a chord as i had the same comment from the MT teacher..haha. Guess not only do we, parents, feel the strain. The teachers are also sharing the same pain with us. So normal release time will be best for all. Looking forward to the new school hours in 2013!

regards,
Astee

[rejoice137]

Hi Astee,


Welcome back :-). Hehe. You actually read through all the posts after coming back :-)! Good to have you back to share your advice.

Today is official the last day of term 3 holiday. Back to busy school time for term four next Monday. Good thing is that it is only another two months before school is over again. Hehe. Has to keep looking forward to holiday to keep us going :-p.

Yes looking forward to new school hour next year. Though it is a tough year, i am glad that the school is open to change and also willing to listen and evaluate the change. I think we are going to see more changes in the school and should feel confident that the school will continue to evolve and adapt to make it better for the kids.

[Astee Foo]

Dear all,


Attended a very informative Breakfast Talk with P1/2 Parents yesterday morning in the school. The 2 hours session proved to be valuable and it was a 2 ways communication (Parents-school) and vice versa.

A few good pointers that most of the parents had concerns were voiced out, just to share with all of you:

1. School hours - looks like this is the TOP Concerns of all the parents. Principal/VP reiterated that they are looking into the issue and working out the new timing with the school teachers. We should get the notice soon.

2. School Bus - parents voiced about the new vendor services. VP shared with our table regarding the school pains in getting the right vendor for the services as there are very limited school bus vendors and with new change in school hours, it will also affect the vendor schedules. So they have to plan and co-ordinate the logistics very carefully.

3. CCA/Enrichment programs - Parents had suggested to spread out the CCAs and Enrichment programs schedule rather than cramped them all in one term, which is usually term 4, as the long hours are very taxing to the children.

4. Student Care Services - an important point was brought across to parents. The pilot program of the in-house student care services is mainly focus on those needies children whom has no one at home after school. The school hope to work with the SCC to help these children in their academics and also provide them a safe environment rather than them roaming around aimlessly. So parents whom are hoping to get a place for their child in the SCC has to ensure they qualify for the program. Once the SCC is ready, i believe the T&C will be provided.

School also shared with parents on the latest MOE Workplan seminar which was helmed by Education Minister Heng Swee Keat and some of his annoucement which highlighted the importance of parents as stakeholders...

Minister also launched the Parents in Education (PiE) website at the Workplan Seminar. http://parents-in-education.moe.gov.sg/

Happy readings and hope you will find useful information.

Regards,
Astee