Yangzheng Primary

[slepland]

Enhancement to citizenship piority.


http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2012/03/seven-new-primary-schools-for-2013-and-further-differentiation-and-outreach-at-p1-registration.php

[slepland]

dragonflow:

magiccastle:

Hi 2 years back , I remembered the alumni or the school advisory board said that they are trying to apply to MOE to upgrade yangzheng as a SAP Sch . With it's long historical Chinese history n frequent mention of it's name in the Chinese newspaper, I thought the school should tap on it's strong Chinese alumni to build up itself as a SAP school .

Can the school comment on the status? Do the parents have a chance to meet the school advisory board members during any of the school events?
Nowsday, the school doesn't seem to reply to the parents queries at the thread anymore .

I think I did see an article somwhere at the entrance to the school which quoted that Yangzheng should strive to be a SAP school. So far I have not seen or heard anything about this being worked on, maybe the school had done some efforts in this direction and we would appreciate you can share with us.

The school advisory committee has to have deep pockets. Also links with the business community & government will create the environment to the status desired. Great alumni students must step forward to help. Just like hwa chong.

[pa1407]

Eat fruit day programme


Hi,
my boy in am session came back with 2 tubs of fruits last Friday. In it was some cut banana and pineapple. He was doubtful to eat it as he said the fruits were blackish and lots of students threw them away(food wastage!). His friend gave him another tub and he took it as he deemed it was wasteful to throw it away. He brought them home for 2nd opinion. The pineapple pieces had many deep black "eyes" not removed. Large part of the core also remained. Though edible, it definitely does not look appetizing. The banana was alright but some oxidation took place and it was a little brownish. When I opened it up, there was a slight stale smell and we threw it away, regretful that we did not take a picture of it. I believe that the smell maybe contributed by the prolong storage at room temperature. My younger boy in the pm session, however ate it all up. Wonder if it smelled already(the younger one may not be able to tell)… Are the fruits properly handled and safe for consumption ? Are they properly stored ? Is there any assurance that the school or the fruit vendor provide ? Why don’t the school promote bring your own fruits day instead, such that the children can bring fruits from home, to their liking and ability to eat(for those with loose tooth) ?? I for one would probably opt out for this programme in future.

[reddiechan]

I believe there must have been a lapse of at least 2 to 3 hours from recess to dismissal time for your am session boy to show you the tub of fruits. To be fair, bananas tarnish real quickly, especially with increased surface area when cut to small pieces with feeding little mouths in mind. Little kids generally don’t like pineapples anyway, but I felt it’s a good variety for exposing the children to different kinds of fruits. To bring your own fruit is especially troublesome for lazy parents like me, and worrisome as well, since there would be another lapse of time before they get to eat it at recess period - you don’t get to see how tarnished they get then when they’re eating at school. The school had most likely intended for the fruits to be consumed there and then during recess time and therefore presented them that way. To extend the ‘looks’ of the fruits so that they don’t tarnish will require some salt or other agents, but that would bring about other nutrition issues. What parents can do is to encourage our children to embrace the programme as much as possible, which is helpful in helping our little ones to adapt to different environments as well.

[pa1407]

For parents who do not store fruits at home, you can always get your child to buy fresh cut fruits from school's fruit stall. Would definitely like children to take part in such healthy programmes by school but to adapt to eating fruits that may have been mishandled or badly bruised is not for me.

[reddiechan]

Then DD must have been so lucky co she said the fruits were yummy. Could it be a different batch? But how’s it that the afternoon session gets a better batch than the morning ones? DD is quite a fruit connoisseur so I trust her feedback.

[mlim321]

I think school only introduced cut fruit this year. Previously the children was given 1 whole fruit. Earlier years, they got to bring their fruit.


When my child brought home the fruit previous year, there was nothing special about the fruit but something that we could easily bought from the market, also the fruits were not fresh.

This year, we opt-out when was told it’s cut-fruit. We reckoned the fruit would not be fresh since it’s cut.

[pa1407]

the younger gals were much 'bought over' by the cute tub with nice cartoon printings on the seal as I understand. The upper Pri are mostly throwing them away given the liberty to do so. My younger one feedbk that he heard a teacher telling her class that they 'must' eat the fruit whether they like it or not.

[audiobean]

Hi, any comments about the teachers there in general? I’m deciding between a few schools around the area.

[vtsa]

so far so good, my daughter is happy with the school.

The teachers are nice and approachable. I am glad that my daughter like the school that is the most important.
"branded school" or not is not my concern any more.