Qifa Primary
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zac's mum\" post_id=\"1961270\" time=\"1580373849\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1961270 time=1580373849 user_id=53606]
First of all, if I wish to toughen up my kids there are many ways to do it, and I will certainly not ask my child stand in the heavy rain and wait for pick up while the school staffs are sitting comfortably in their office.
If it’s only the first month of primary school for your P1 child, I can understand your anxiety. Especially if it’s your first child.
I am not from this school. But I am a parent of a now P4 child.
Primary school is no longer preschool, where they lived a very sheltered life & a teacher has to be accompanying them everywhere.
Please allow your child to grow up and be independent. They are capable of being more responsible than you think.
There are kids who walk home from school themselves. Carrying their own heavy school bags and umbrella too. It is not a failure of a parent who permits that. It may even prevent strawberryism.[/quote]
Secondly, lets not assume that its safe for P1 kids to walk home on their own and I think its ridicules for parent to risk on their child safety because this aint reality show and its a risk that you cant afford to lose. not even once.
Thirdly, we should be mindful not to expect every child in school to have the same level physical ability and maturity to walk in the rain or to take public transport home.
Fourthly what I am asking is the school's contingency plan for wet weather, not asking teacher to walk the kids or carry their bags. AFAIK, there are no shelters located outside the school compound and at the same time private cars are not allow drive through for pick up, while school staffs are able to get a taxi into the school to pick them up. Who are Strawberry here?
Lastly can you please confirm that QIFA actually allow P1 & P2 students to go back on their own. -
In my child’s school, after the first 2 weeks of school, the P1s are allowed to leave straight from their classrooms at dismissal time. Where they go is their own responsibility, as promised to their own parents.
During the first 2 weeks, the teachers hang around to help them get into their dismissal routine, whether picked up by caregiver or schoolbus or walk home.
I shall not comment further. Let some Qifa parents comment. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"1961298\" time=\"1580394123\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1961298 time=1580394123 user_id=53606]
No offense, but what you said just doesnt sound right because its impossible for any school to leave the P1s or even P2s to their own devices and expect them to obediently and diligently get from their respectively classroom to their designated pick up point on time all the time. If QIFA would to operate in such a manner I am 100% certain that the school bus will always be late. In my child’s school, after the first 2 weeks of school, the P1s are allowed to leave straight from their classrooms at dismissal time. Where they go is their own responsibility, as promised to their own parents.
During the first 2 weeks, the teachers hang around to help them get into their dismissal routine, whether picked up by caregiver or schoolbus or walk home.
I shall not comment further. Let some Qifa parents comment.[/quote]
In other schools that I am familiar with the teachers are responsible to bring the lower primary school children to their respective pick up points. First to the school bus pick up point because the bus needs to leave on time, then follow by waiting area for drive through pick up and lastly to the main gate where the teacher will personally ensure that students are collected by their guardians or parents, not some random stranger.
Please do not mistaken a school that runs a safe, orderly and timely operation as promoting strawberryism. And responsibility in this case doesnt lies with the students but with the schools because its the schools that should provide something as basic as a proper shelter when its raining instead of reserving the shelter for their own benefits. -
floppy\" post_id=\"1961277\" time=\"1580379583\" user_id=\"97579:
One should never use their own child as a benchmark be it development, academic, sports or social skills etc. Just because your child is able to do that, that doesnt mean that every child should be put to the test. Just like there are kids who can swim at 2 or 3 years old. does that mean that school should abolish swim saver program at P3 because there are kids out there who can swim at 2? Or parents should be encouraged to let their kids to swim in the pool without adult supervision so that they can be more independent. Then again, why didnt you allow your child to take own transport at P1?
“Strawberryism”zac's mum\" post_id=\"1961270\" time=\"1580373849\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1961270 time=1580373849 user_id=53606]...
There are kids who walk home from school themselves. Carrying their own heavy school bags and umbrella too. It is not a failure of a parent who permits that. It may even prevent strawberryism.
Not a parent of Qifa but I can say not every school allows drive-in, be it rain or shine. Some schools choose not to allow due to security concerns, others due to infrastructure constraints. I’m not sure why Qifa doesn’t allow it, but I’m sure they have their good reasons. If the contingency plan is to wait in the sports hall, before making the way to a waiting car outside / elsewhere, just have to work with the plan you are given.
By the way, my kid (P3) travels home from school on her own since P2. The journey involves either a bus-bus transfer or a bus-train-train transfer (and in the near future, option of train-train-train-train transfer
). If that means the parent who permits that had failed, I’m all for more parents failing 
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Could you please also enlighten me how driving through for pick up be create more security concern than having any random people walking around freely in the school compound during school dismissal? -
GeorgeTay\" post_id=\"1961317\" time=\"1580429467\" user_id=\"183945:
Not a parent of Qifa as I said and neither am I privy to the concerns / constraints that Qifa is facing. If the school thinks there should be no drive through for pick ups, I’m sure they have had their reasons.
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Could you please also enlighten me how driving through for pick up be create more security concern than having any random people walking around freely in the school compound during school dismissal?
Notwithstanding, if it’s something bugging you, and you think there’s a better solution out there. Why not write in or speak to the teacher- or school leaders-in-charge? That would probably be a more fruitful idea than creating an account and posting about it on an online forum that the school probably doesn’t care much about. -
floppy\" post_id=\"1961339\" time=\"1580442474\" user_id=\"97579:
The only reason why I posted in this thread is because I am hoping to get some feedback from other parents of QPS.
Not a parent of Qifa as I said and neither am I privy to the concerns / constraints that Qifa is facing. If the school thinks there should be no drive through for pick ups, I’m sure they have had their reasons.GeorgeTay\" post_id=\"1961317\" time=\"1580429467\" user_id=\"183945:
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Could you please also enlighten me how driving through for pick up be create more security concern than having any random people walking around freely in the school compound during school dismissal?
Notwithstanding, if it’s something bugging you, and you think there’s a better solution out there. Why not write in or speak to the teacher- or school leaders-in-charge? That would probably be a more fruitful idea than creating an account and posting about it on an online forum that the school probably doesn’t care much about.
For the purpose of comparing, the Japanese primary school near QIFA will soon have a covered walkway from their school gate all the way to bus stop near Ayer Rajar market.
On the other hand QIFA doesnt even have a proper shelter outside the school compound to facilitate pick up. Perhaps the school should be more proactive to engage LTA to request similar facilities to be build for the school. At the end of the day, we are all paying same school fee, so there is no reason why parents of QIFA should be contented with status quo. -
Nimthinking\" post_id=\"1955275\" time=\"1577236697\" user_id=\"183108:
Would to know this as well. How are the teachers?
Hi parents of current Qifa students... able to share how are the teachers like in Qifa primary? Are they patience and encouraging?
Cos my kid is quite shy...
And also will there be open house in 2020?
I would also like to know how are children grouped in classes in p1 -
Hi all, I am new here.
Looking for more info for Pri 1admission in 2023.
Is there any group been set up fr discussion?
Any advise to PV programme?
I am staying within 1km from QiFa, is PV necessary? Afraid will not be able to secure a place in Phrase 2C.
Thank you to advise!
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jojo.anne\" post_id=\"1992395\" time=\"1598239920\" user_id=\"188069:
Phase 2C SC<1km sure in.
Hi all, I am new here.
Looking for more info for Pri 1admission in 2023.
Is there any group been set up fr discussion?
Any advise to PV programme?
I am staying within 1km from QiFa, is PV necessary? Afraid will not be able to secure a place in Phrase 2C.
Thank you to advise! -
Davischew\" post_id=\"1992399\" time=\"1598240687\" user_id=\"132882:
Come 2023, several big new condo projects within 1km QIFA will TOP.
Phase 2C SC<1km sure in.jojo.anne\" post_id=\"1992395\" time=\"1598239920\" user_id=\"188069:
Hi all, I am new here.
Looking for more info for Pri 1admission in 2023.
Is there any group been set up fr discussion?
Any advise to PV programme?
I am staying within 1km from QiFa, is PV necessary? Afraid will not be able to secure a place in Phrase 2C.
Thank you to advise!
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