Peiying Primary

[FairyPenguin]

Hi all, any good tuition/enrichment centres nearby to recommend. Heard that P1 has to do 'show & tell' for English & the maths questions are also quite tricky. Currently, my girl attending CMA at Chong Pang.


Tough on young children these days

[mitr_sg]

Felicia09, thank you for the message. Yeah, I am aware that I need to be mindful to decided if I can put a bet on northland. Frankly speaking, I do hear mix comments regarding northland.


I have managed to talk to someone know pei ying. I am a bit concerned with two things:

1) Acadamic: especially on the Chinese as they do not provide higher level Chinese.

2) Environment: I have been to the school myself. The environment is not really that great. But I am not sure how it will turn out after its upgrading work, starting in 2014, right?

[mitr_sg]

there is a KUMON just oppsite Khatib MRT. You can give it a try. It is not bad, but got home work everyday.

[FairyPenguin]

Hi Mitr, I heard that Kumon basically hands out worksheets to their students to do during the class. Unsure if the teachers do any real teaching. Can share experience?

[qq_guy]

Hi, my gal not successfully being selected in Jiemin, so i ve chose Peiying. Is a 2bus stop away fm my hse. No choice… I have appeal to Jiemin,but chances is v v slim. Very upset for it. In future I need to cater a sch bus for my gal. So is Peiying good ? I went to the school also,is not as big as what i think. academic likewise I really dun noe. I am staying at Blk 726, have chosen a student care under Aceachiever near my hse. May I know if the PCF student care near Peiying good?

[FairyPenguin]

Hi qq_guy, can empathise with your disappointment over Jiemin as your block is just a stone's throw away from the school. But since now our girls are in Peiying, let's be positive & give the school a chance...who knows, it may surprise us! Further, come orientation on 16 Nov, we can get to know more about the school


For student care, I chose PCF as it's near to Khatib MRT Stn & my block. For me, so long as the centre provides a safe & peaceful environment (for napping & doing homework) for my girl, it'll be ok. Besides, I heard that the auntie who prepares food for the children cooks fairly well.

Oh yes, the PCF allows children to join them earlier say in Dec. In this way, the child can get used to the environment & won't have to face too much adjustment when school starts. I intend to do so as my girl can begin to make friends with the other children who are likely students of Peiying. This is killing 2 birds with 1 stone

[Queen or Maid]

Hi FairyPenguin


Just a little feedback on student care. My son is in P2 at PeiYing (PY) this year and he is attending ProTeach student care.

I did a site visit to the PCF (near Khatib), MFS (Blk 796) and ProTeach before I enrolled him at the latter. I would rank MFS above PCF. The PCF student care didn’t impress me at all even though it was just a stone throw away from PY.

I find MFS has a better environment if you just want your kid to nap and do homework. It is on the 2nd floor with an inside staircase going down to childcare on the ground floor.

Well, as to why I didn’t enrol him at MFS (even though he was a MFS graduate) because I wanted him to attend in-house tuition classes offered by ProTeach.

Hope this helps.

[FairyPenguin]

Hi Queen or Maid (*cute name :p),


Thanks much for sharing with me. The info is very useful I didn't know there were so many student care centres in the vicinity! Only noticed PCF as it's the most visible & so near to PY.

I tried to google MFS but can't find anything on the centre.

As for Pro-Teach (Blk 846), I browsed their website. Seems quite good as the centre will guide the child to do his/her schoolwork. I'll call the centre on their fees & visit them this Sat to reccee the place

Based on your experience so far, is Pro-Teach good in terms of the environment, quality of the teachers, food etc.

[Queen or Maid]

From my nickname you should be able to guess I am in a household of all man.


Pro Teach is good because of the tuition and they monitor their homework too. Usually two teachers will pick them up from school gate then walk to center two by two (with one teacher leading and another at the back). You will see the kids enjoys the walk where they will mingle and laugh BUT do note that they have to climb the overhead bridge over at Khatib station. Once at centre they will shower, eat then tuition till 4.00 pm and stop for half an hour tea break. From 4.30 onwards it will be doing homework. They do guide them on weekly spelling too.

My first impression of Pro Teach venue is cramp and warm (they didn’t switch on air con when I visited on a Sat). So far no complain on food from my son.

The person in charge is Ms Cindy, a nice lady.

MFS is at 796A, just behind blk 798 with police post. They opens till 7.30 pm. There will be auntie to pick up the kids from PY and walk them back to MFS with a small fee (for the auntie). The person in charge is a Malay guy. This place is brighter and more airy.

After I dropped PCF I heard “story” from another kid mum. So that sort of finalise my choice.

[FairyPenguin]

Hi Queen (I prefer to drop the 'maid'), I really didn't guess that your household is male dominated. What came to mind was the 'maid' part as it quite fit my context...I always jokingly tell my daughter I'm not her maid. Haha..


I've spoken to someone from Pro-Teach. Apparently, they do seem to be better than the PCF that I've visited. I like it that the centre will guide the child to do homework & there's tuition. In this way, my girl won't have to wait till I come back from work to teach her how to do her homework. I've made an appointment with Pro-Teach to visit the premise this Sat. Hopefully, I'll like what I see

Hmm...I wonder what the 'story' on PCF is all about but I doubt it's a pleasant one. Never mind, I'll check out Pro-Teach first.

Thanks once again for introducing me to more options