Hong Wen

[hquek]

Correction: there will be a couple of times when kids will need to log into mconline to complete online work. But it’s not often and not a lot - so can use whatever computer at home to do.


FYI. For those needy families that fulfill criteria, there are forms to fill and MOE (?) will give free computer/internet connection. Believe school will share details of such schemes during the briefings.

[addy08]

Hi hquek,


Thank you so much for your useful tips. It certainly makes purchasing of a school bag easier, for as long as the bag can fit in A4, it should be fine.

There are some mummies who propose printing name stickers, and to paste them on their books, and to make the stickers as thin as possible so that it is not easy for people to peel off!

Btw, for HWS, there is no so call admin day and orientation day right? All things will be done on orientation day itself? I do hv friends whose kids are enrolled in other schools, and there are 2 dates they need to go school, one day is called the admin day for them to fill in the forms, and to buy uniforms, name tags, etc, and the other will be orientation day. But till date, have not receive any letter or info from HWS yet.

[hquek]

Yes, maybe u can estimated worst case scenario to be like two or three phone books inside. Remember that stationery sometimes is way heavier than we think.


No. Only orientation day. There will be a fair amount of queueing to get the size of uniform, paying for first couple of weeks makan, etc. If both parents can come, could help to split forces to queue.

Mine are boys and they not quite care. I have resorted to writing name in pen and in a few places. Since i paid for the books, no reason why i should not own it. Not selling my textbooks becos wun fetch good prices and just want to make them theft proof. When your child time comes to buy a recorder…get a more unique one and not the generic beige one.

[ILoveBubbleTea]

hi all,


would like to ask what time does school starts ?
I could not find the info online.

Im staying at buangkok and contemplating placing kid in hong wen, my alumni…

[hquek]

ILoveBubbleTea:

hi all,


would like to ask what time does school starts ?
I could not find the info online.

Im staying at buangkok and contemplating placing kid in hong wen, my alumni...

Best you call the school, I am not sure although kids have been there for some years because we tend to go very early. I think it's 7.25am although kids are encouraged to be early (for silent reading).

[ILoveBubbleTea]

thanks for yr reply.


my kid will start P1 in 2017. which i heard all schools shd be single session and shd start at 8am… but asked around, many single session schools ranges from 715am to 745am

[smurfy]

hquek:

ILoveBubbleTea:

hi all,


would like to ask what time does school starts ?
I could not find the info online.

Im staying at buangkok and contemplating placing kid in hong wen, my alumni...

Best you call the school, I am not sure although kids have been there for some years because we tend to go very early. I think it's 7.25am although kids are encouraged to be early (for silent reading).

hb was an old boy then as well..
we stay in sengkang and we reach school at ard 7am. Boy is kiasu (we leave the house at 635 or 640am)

we take the KPE, traffic very smooth at that time :rotflmao:

[smurfy]

understand that end of p2 the kids will be streamed (or moved) to different classes. Was surprised that it is a openly discussed topic in the classrooms and kids wondering which class they will be going next year and whether they will be with their besties next year etc… boy can come home tell me classmates say best class is 3C

[ILoveBubbleTea]

hahah i think C is best class during my time too.. 6C-> only class with EM1 and EM2

but best class or not. so long school is good, each class is good. Hopefully i have not made the bad choice of making my kid go so far.

Great to hear another parent in SK as well Does your kid go afterschool care? good to know KPE is smooth as CTE seems to have alot of cars!!

[smurfy]

ILoveBubbleTea:

hahah i think C is best class during my time too.. 6C-> only class with EM1 and EM2

but best class or not. so long school is good, each class is good. Hopefully i have not made the bad choice of making my kid go so far.

Great to hear another parent in SK as well Does your kid go afterschool care? good to know KPE is smooth as CTE seems to have alot of cars!!

think it was mentioned before that the good classes rotate each yr.. I have the same worries prior.. but yeah I think it was a good decision at that time to put him in Hong Wen despite the distance from the school..

yes my child goes to the afterschool care. I bring him back after work.

for KPE, we took a further exit.. at kallang that side and detour back.. by doing it this way, traffic is smoother and dun have to worry abt occasional jams in CTE exit towards HWS