River Valley Primary

[IreneL]

Hi All,


My DD is successful in Phase 2C as well… currently also looking ard for a good BASC She is currently at YWCA Outram (K2)… they do not hv enough kids for before school care yet. There is why I need to source along to see any good one ard.

Pls do share if any mummies come across big & reasonable ones.

[DaddyA]

Hi,


My daugher will be in P1 the coming year, she is now in Metropolian YMCA (Steven), though they have BASC but it is $400+ on the high side.

Therefore I am intereested in knowing what have been BASC considered around RSVP.

I was reccomended by RSVP admin to use Kim Seng CC ($210+), however after reading the thread, I am thinking otherwise.

Hi truffle, can you share more abt the Alphabet playhouse in Dublin road (eg charges, experience, contacts, etc.)

Thanks,

[truffle]

DaddyA:

Hi,


My daugher will be in P1 the coming year, she is now in Metropolian YMCA (Steven), though they have BASC but it is $400+ on the high side.

Therefore I am intereested in knowing what have been BASC considered around RSVP.

I was reccomended by RSVP admin to use Kim Seng CC ($210+), however after reading the thread, I am thinking otherwise.

Hi truffle, can you share more abt the Alphabet playhouse in Dublin road (eg charges, experience, contacts, etc.)

Thanks,

Hi DaddyA,

The charges is $400 a month. (it's not cheap for half day care)
According to parent's feedback, it is quite a good childcare centre. They have trained teacher to provide tuition and assist the kids with their homework.
The location is also very convinient and is within walking distance to RVPS.

You may wish to call them to find out more. tel: 6737 8201.

[moonsun]

Puffer:

Many RVPS parents are no less kiasu. I have 2x DS in P3 and P2. Qtownmum, which class is your DS in?

hi qtownmum & putter,

i also have a child in P2. he is in 2f. is yours in the same class too?

[Puffer]

moonsun:

Puffer:

Many RVPS parents are no less kiasu. I have 2x DS in P3 and P2. Qtownmum, which class is your DS in?

hi qtownmum & putter,

i also have a child in P2. he is in 2f. is yours in the same class too?

My DS2 is in 2C. We might have met. I fetch my kids to and from sch everyday.

[raynreg]

Just received a letter from the school that they are open on 23 & 24 October to allow parents to buy all the schooling stuff, except school textbooks, instead of having a mad rush on orientation day.


Would like to find out what would be the minimal set of uniform that is required. I observed that students are on their PE attire most of the time :? .

As for school stationery, is it necessary to get the full list of items? Could parents whose kids have gone through this share your views.

In addition, they have included a \"catering service\" to provide set meals for P1 students. The school is implementing this for Term One from 4 to 29 Jan. Was there such scheme previously? When would the kids be allowed to make their own purchases and how make does your kids spent on food per day.

[Puffer]

raynreg:

..Would like to find out what would be the minimal set of uniform that is required. I observed that students are on their PE attire most of the time :? .


As for school stationery, is it necessary to get the full list of items? Could parents whose kids have gone through this share your views.

In addition, they have included a \"catering service\" to provide set meals for P1 students. The school is implementing this for Term One from 4 to 29 Jan. Was there such scheme previously? When would the kids be allowed to make their own purchases and how make does your kids spent on food per day.

There are 3 periods of PE (spread over 2 days) and CCA (usually half of schday every Fri during sch hr), plus play time etc. You may judge for yourself. For me, I bought 3 sets each of PE attire and uniform (3 shirts + 3 shorts). My DS wear newly-washed set daily. If your kids are the type who perspires alot, then you may consider 3 sets of PE attire. I bought one more set of PE attire during the middle of the year. Don't forget kids grow and clothes turn old over time.

They are only allowed to wear PE attires on those days where there are PE. And this applies only to lower primary students. If your DS has PE on Mondays, then he will have to wear PE attire and sch uniform + sch tie so you should teach him how to change, how to wear tie etc.

For items under stationery in the booklist, you need not get all the items listed - infact those art materials/tool sets you should get only if you do not have them. I get most of the stationery items from Popular instead. Go apply a student membership for your child and you find you have discount & more choices getting outside. My advice is get good reliable stationery, but need not be expensive - kids tend to lose/spoil them. For books - Textbooks and Activity books you must get, but be prepared to be told some are not ready yet. So bring along a pen to mark out on the spot. You must try to get hold of more exercise books (esp single-lined) as they tend to get out of stock fast, and anyway your DS will need them over the 6 years. Be prepared for long queues during orientation days at the bookshop. If you intend to get all in a day, then one of you should be queuing for books, while the other queuing for uniforms with your DS (to test size).

I signed up for 'food-catering' scheme for the past 2 years for both my DS1 and DS2. I find the scheme quite good as it frees us from worrying about our 'blur' child having to scurry for food/drink during recess on their first week of school. We parents will be allowed to 'watch their recess from a distance' on the first 3-4 days if I remember correctly. Your DS will have to make his own purchase of food thereafter. An upper pri level pupil and the form teacher will be with them to guide/help them. I give my kids $2 each on a normal schday and they usually saves half or more of the amount given cos they are not 'big eaters' and they bring along their water bottles.

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[raynreg]

Hi Puffer


Thanks. Could i check if P1 students are allowed to use schoolbag with rollers for them to drag along since the classrooms are on level 1? If my DD has to carry a backpack with all the books in…I wonder which is heavier?

There is also lockers outside the classroom, P1 & P2 students are sharing them since they are in different sessions. I was told that the keys are kept by the teachers. Does ur kids use them? Does it help to relieve the number of books they need to bring to school everyday?

[Puffer]

I’ve seen a couple of students using the roller bags but I think this is discouraged by the teachers. Roller bags may be heavier and more dangerous since the pupils also need to carry bags to venues beyond level 1 i.e. hall? You may go compare but I think those good schoolbags are something like a backpack with good back support. Someone will be there to sell such schbag (think the brand is ‘Firefly’).


If you check the timetable with your child daily (and you should make her cultivate this habit), the bag should be manageable at least for P1 and 2. Yes, my children do make use of the school lockers - but that is mainly for keeping ‘unimportant’ books like music, art etc. The teachers will also ask the students to keep all the subject files in the lockers too.

Oh yes, I see students carry tagging along an Art bag, in addition to their schoobag. I think this is cumbersome. I regretted buying the Art bag cos the purpose is only to hold the Drawing block. If the Art teacher allows, pupils should keep their own drawing block (and drawing materials) in the locker. Otherwise, I bought a tube which allows 2-3 drawing papers rolled up and slotted into the tube. I then place the tube in their schoolbags. In this case, they don’t need to carry something else other than their schoolbags. Art seems to be a rather ‘neglected’ subject in this school - both my DS spend most of their Art periods doing drawing and some work requiring colour papers only.

[raynreg]

Thanks Puffer…so far I’ve got most of the school items. Now the only main item is the school textbooks. Do you know if prices are better at Popular bookshop (with discount card) as compared to the school bookshop. Any chance that if we don’t get it from the school vendor, we could end up with the wrong edition of the textbooks.


All these preparation work is getting me a bit nervous. Even the school socks are too big for my girl…now I’m afraid that I may have problems looking for a pair of school shoes for her.