CHIJ (Kellock)

[Kitty Bone]

Hi, I do want to know when the exact date for P1 orientation. Should we call the school and ask the office?

[guqin]

According to their calendar on their website, it is supposed to be on 11 November 2011.

[Clarie79]

I just received the confirmation slip fr CHIJ Kellock, orientation is 11 nov, 830am

[guqin]

Same here too! Clarie79, our daughters will be school mates!

[gt1122]

Hey we also received confirmation from CHIJ kellock for my DD …

Thanks guqin for sharing your views over PM with me that helped me in our decision

[guqin]

Excellent news! See you all on 11 November!

[Clarie79]

Guqin, yeah! Am glad the registration is over and confirmed!


Btw, any experienced mummy can share what to get during orientation?
- how many sets of uniform and pe attire should I buy?
- where else can we get if they are oos?
- are the textbooks available at POPULAR? if can get fr POPULAR, think there will be some discounts for members
- how many school exercise books, jotter books do we need to buy for pri 1?

Am getting excited for the orientation so these qns just come to my mind. Pls advice. TIA

[nansk]

Clarie79:

Guqin, yeah! Am glad the registration is over and confirmed!


Btw, any experienced mummy can share what to get during orientation?
- how many sets of uniform and pe attire should I buy?
- where else can we get if they are oos?
- are the textbooks available at POPULAR? if can get fr POPULAR, think there will be some discounts for members
- how many school exercise books, jotter books do we need to buy for pri 1?

Am getting excited for the orientation so these qns just come to my mind. Pls advice. TIA

Congratulations!

I had the same questions last year

- how many sets of uniform and pe attire should I buy?
3-4 pinafores, 2-3 white shirts, 2-3 PE T-shirts and shorts, 5 pairs of socks, lots of black hairbands/rubberbands/pins, 1 dark blue or black jacket, 2 pairs of white shoes, 1-2 backpack(s), 1-2 water bottles.

- where else can we get if they are oos?

For socks and shoes, Bata.
For jacket, there was no stock for the first half of this year(!) We bought one from Gap Kids.
For PE attire, there is a shop in Chinatown that stocks them. The school will provide the contact.
For white shirt and pinafores, a lady called Magdalene supplies them. The school will provide the contact.

For backpack, I am of the opinion that the so-called ergonomic backpacks are too expensive and too heavy. We bought regular Disney-themed ones for around $30 each.

For sticky name labels, SIOU Marketing http://www.siou.com.sg

are the textbooks available at POPULAR?
There are no textbooks for P1. The school will issue worksheets to be done at home. You will need to buy lots of diff. coloured files, one for each subject, from the school bookshop.

how many school exercise books, jotter books do we need to buy for pri 1

None for English and Maths. Only for MT and that will be indicated in the stationery list given by the school.

Do get all the stationery in the list, even the one marked \"non-essential\". We found that almost all of it was needed later and it's not convenient to go to the school bookshop just to pick up an extra set of colouring pencils..

[nansk]

junemum:

Hi nansk, is there any shelter if we need to drop off our child during rain? Are we able to drive in sch compound?


And are there any tests on the child before she was assigned to her class. I mean like asking parents whether their child has any enrichment class during her k2....etc. So the average one will be group in same class while the smarter one will be group in another class. This is what I heard at other neighborhood school.

Hi junemum,

Sorry, I just saw your post.

I am not sure of the shelter, because we don't drive. Our dd takes the school bus.


>>are there any tests on the child before she was assigned to her class

I found CHIJ Kellock is not too pushy on academics in the first year. They do conduct a reading readiness test on the orientation day, when they guage which girls can read simple sentences and which cannot read at all.

For girls who cannot read at all, I believe the school will conduct catch-up lessons in December. If your dd can read basic Kindergarten readers, she should be fine. If she cannot read fluently yet, and you are able to work with her now, I highly recommend working through a free booklet called Blend Phonics (http://www.blendphonics.org) This programme took my dd from knowing only the letter sounds to reading at the second grade level. We worked through it in 3-4 months during her K1 year.

Also, I understand that during Term 1 and 2, the school conducts remedial English and Maths classes after school hours for students who need extra help.

I have subscribed to this thread now, so do post back if you have more questions.

[Clarie79]

Hi nansk,


Thanks for replying! You are very helpful! I've got a few more questions, hope you can help me again.

1. For P1, no textbooks?! does that differ from other Primary schools? I rem seeing some P1 textbooks in Popular. Is Kellock using Stellar prog for their English lesson?

2. I read from the earlier posts that the \"trolley kind of sch bags\" are not allowed in Kellock, is the regulation still inforce?

3. Also, the earlier posts (2009 posts) mentioned that an earlier date will be scheduled for buying stationery, exercise books and sch uniforms. And that the gals will have to wear the uniforms during their orientation. Did that happen last year?

4. What were the activities that took place during the orientation last year?

thanks for your help again!!