Ngee Ann Primary
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Good Day!
My wife & I are seriously considering this school for our son next year. We would sincerely appreciate some feedback about the school from parents of current students please? Impression of the school academic and non-academic standards, facilities, staff attitudes, good and bad experiences, etc.
This would help us a lot in our decision. Thanks in advance! -
daniel_tancl:
Thks. My boy is in tenacity.
Mon - Wed (English) - Have subscribed to some monthly kids magazines, plus P1 teacher also bring them to borrow books from school library, plus some books from home....should be enoughterry:
Wat books do they P1 read? For silent reading. Any recommendation?
Tia
Thur - Fri (MT) - They have the chinese-story books whereby they will exchange once a week, this is already good enough
Which class is your child in?
I wanna get him hook onto a series. Like i was hooked to nancy drew last time. Motivated me to read.
He is so selective and he judges the book by its cover. If he thinks the cover looks boring, he insist the story will be as well. -
terry:
Thks. My boy is in tenacity.
Mon - Wed (English) - Have subscribed to some monthly kids magazines, plus P1 teacher also bring them to borrow books from school library, plus some books from home....should be enoughdaniel_tancl:
[quote=\"terry\"]Wat books do they P1 read? For silent reading. Any recommendation?
Tia
Thur - Fri (MT) - They have the chinese-story books whereby they will exchange once a week, this is already good enough
Which class is your child in?
I wanna get him hook onto a series. Like i was hooked to nancy drew last time. Motivated me to read.
He is so selective and he judges the book by its cover. If he thinks the cover looks boring, he insist the story will be as well.[/quote]Hi Terry,
not sure whether the students will really do their silent reading.....at least for sure my sons don't read chinese books on Thur & Fri, because when I asked them, what is the story about...their reply....
\"I don't know\" -
Musings:
When do the kids in NAPS start Higher chinese?
P3. -
Hi, just wondering if any of the other parents with kids in P1 have the same problem? With the introduction of the PALS programme, the P1 school hours have become really long, from 7.30am to 1.45pm most days. There is only a 30min break at 10.15 for recess.
My poor son has to wake up at 6am to be ready for the school bus at 6.30am. He eats slowly so has only a cup of Pediasure and a slice of bread or a scrambled egg at 6.15am. We pack sandwiches for him at recess but he is either but he is either busy playing or talking to friends and he takes only 1 - 2 bites! By the time he returns from school on the bus it’s already 2.30pm. He only has lunch at about 3pm or so after dilly-dallying a bit. That’s a good 9 hours between proper meals!!
Dinner has to be at 7.30pm latest so he can get to bed by 8.30pm to get enough hours of sleep.
For a 6 year old who is just adapting to P1 life I feel it’s really tough. He has to learn how to wake up super early, gulp breakfast at an unearthly hour, learn to go to toilet and eat fast at recess and have a super late lunch, followed by dinner 4 hours later!
Working adults have a decent lunch hour and I’m sure no one expects to eat breakfast at 6.15am, then lunch at 3pm! I know there’s been some feedback to the principal but what can the school do? MOE expects schools to function this way.
Sorry for this long post…just wanted to find out if there are other parents facing similar problems…
My son has already lost >2kg since starting P1 by the way. -
Aeomi, your concern is the same as mine. My DD is in 1H. I manage to allocate enough time for her to get a decent breakfast. She wakes at 6.15am and we leave hm at 6.45pm, so within the 30mins, she can finish her breakfast and I even manage to give her her daily supplements of fish oil and multi-vits.
As for recess, i m pretty sure my DD manages to finish a bowl of noodle soup or rice. But the portion is so pathetic (i’ve seen it) n not enough even for a P1 kid. DD told me the same thing too.
Lunch is really the problem for me. I have monitored the situation for the past term, and concluded it is really unhealthy for her to take her lunch so late, at around 2.30pm in student care centre. I asked a number of my friends to check how they managed. To my surprise, not all schools have such long hrs as NAPS. In fact, among all the schs that I know of, NAPS has the longest time schedule. A friend of mine told me her kid’s school allows the kids to take a 5-10min break at around noontime for some dry snacks (bread or biscuits) just to assuage the kids’ hunger. I had just sent an email to my DD’s form teacher with this suggestion because my DD has been telling me she’s vv hungry by the time school dismisses. Still waiting for her reply.
Just my thinking, MOE might have instructed the schools to cover the required syllabus, but I think the school has the flexibility to manage the running of their timetables/programmes.
I can’t afford to let my DD go to bed at 8.30pm cos that’s abt the time she finishes her dinner. She goes to bed at 9.30pm, which makes for slightly less than 9hrs of sleep per day. That’s the best I can do. -
i agree with all of u on the long school hr. when DS was in P1 5 yrs ago, school starts at 8am instead of 7.30.
although it is only a 30min different, but it meant a lot to me and DS
i do hope the school/MOE can look into cutting short school hr (maybe just 30min - 1hr) or at least give 1 more 15min break during the day.
not forgetting they have to attend CCA and remedial class when they reach P3 after school. some CCA ends around 4.30-5. by the time they reach home already evening for those staying far from school. their school hrs is longer than our working hr.
when they reach home, still have homework to complete .
dinner will have to be fast and by the time he sleeps is ard 10pm -
KP29:
As for recess, i m pretty sure my DD manages to finish a bowl of noodle soup or rice. But the portion is so pathetic (i've seen it) n not enough even for a P1 kid. DD told me the same thing too.
My kids take 2 portions of food and a packet of milk for recess. After being \"very hungry\" on the way home for a couple of days, DS now packs a light snack to eat on the way home and this had been so for the last few years. DD already graduated from the school.
DS reaches home at about 3pm on normal days and will take a nap after lunch and bath. Homework for my kids had been minimal and they normally start at around 9pm as I normally reach home after 8.30pm. They are in bed by 10pm. -
Aeomi:
Hi, just wondering if any of the other parents with kids in P1 have the same problem? With the introduction of the PALS programme, the P1 school hours have become really long, from 7.30am to 1.45pm most days. There is only a 30min break at 10.15 for recess.
My poor son has to wake up at 6am to be ready for the school bus at 6.30am. He eats slowly so has only a cup of Pediasure and a slice of bread or a scrambled egg at 6.15am. We pack sandwiches for him at recess but he is either but he is either busy playing or talking to friends and he takes only 1 - 2 bites! By the time he returns from school on the bus it's already 2.30pm. He only has lunch at about 3pm or so after dilly-dallying a bit. That's a good 9 hours between proper meals!!
Dinner has to be at 7.30pm latest so he can get to bed by 8.30pm to get enough hours of sleep.
For a 6 year old who is just adapting to P1 life I feel it's really tough. He has to learn how to wake up super early, gulp breakfast at an unearthly hour, learn to go to toilet and eat fast at recess and have a super late lunch, followed by dinner 4 hours later!
Working adults have a decent lunch hour and I'm sure no one expects to eat breakfast at 6.15am, then lunch at 3pm! I know there's been some feedback to the principal but what can the school do? MOE expects schools to function this way.
Sorry for this long post...just wanted to find out if there are other parents facing similar problems...
My son has already lost >2kg since starting P1 by the way.
We have to appeal to MOE for guidelines changes. -
Coolkidsrock2:
hi,KP29:
As for recess, i m pretty sure my DD manages to finish a bowl of noodle soup or rice. But the portion is so pathetic (i've seen it) n not enough even for a P1 kid. DD told me the same thing too.
My kids take 2 portions of food and a packet of milk for recess. After being \"very hungry\" on the way home for a couple of days, DS now packs a light snack to eat on the way home and this had been so for the last few years. DD already graduated from the school.
DS reaches home at about 3pm on normal days and will take a nap after lunch and bath. Homework for my kids had been minimal and they normally start at around 9pm as I normally reach home after 8.30pm. They are in bed by 10pm.
DS is in P5 and DD in P2, by the time she came out from school, she is already screaming hunger.
my helper will let them eat at one of the block void deck before taking a bus/cab home. i stay in Tampines.
by the time they reach home, they have to take a shower immediately. weather is too hot.
if they have homework, they will need to complete them before i reach home ard 6plus.
DS has plenty of hw daily from school. beside school work, he also have tution work to do. but i make sure he has at least 1-2hr of leisure time everyday. he can do whatever he likes, most of the time is on his hp playing games with his classmate.
for DD is still younger, so i let her relax a bit more..
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