West Spring Primary

[West Spring Primary School]

strawberry mummy:

Hi West Spring,


Can I check if the school term at West Spring for 2015 will start on 2 Jan 2015 or will it be 5 Jan 2015? I heard some schools will start on 5 Jan instead even though MOE calendar starts from 2 Jan.

Appreciate clarification.

Thanks!

Dear Strawberry mummy,

West Spring will start the new school year on Friday, 2 January 2015.

[West Spring Primary School]

dearzen:

I brought my kids there this afternoon. Boy, I was impressed! Now I feel more at ease with my girl starting her P1 learning journey in WSPS next year!


:rahrah:

Dear Dearzen,

:thankyou: for your compliments! :boogie:

Like you, we’d many visitors to our booth on Saturday and they were just as impressed as you! :dancing:

We look forward to working with all our parents to bring about engaging PLAY for all our West Springers at their Second Home – their school! :grphug:

[LFC4ever]

WSP,

My child really enjoy the recent sports day and as a parent I am really impress with what I saw. :rahrah: Great effort from the staff and teachers who organize this event. I am there as a parent volunteer as well and I can say the event is a success. At the end of the event the speech from the principal is very encouraging praising the students for their effort instead of the results. Just a little concern over here, may I know eventually when the school population grows will parents still have a chance to attend all the functions organize by the school ? Just hope that WSP can keep up with this proud tradition. A lot of school don't invite parents to take part in their events. May I know how many people the school hall can hold up ? :itwasntme:

[Tanpeter]

My gal says shes enjoys the sports day lots. But please keeps the events to a limit for parentss to atend. Manys of us haves to works and cant take time of. My gal gets very sad when we are not there. Goods for involving parents but please make events mainly for kids only. bcause many kids will get sad that there parents cant make it. its ok for parents not work but pleases considers all.

[suehanah]

West Spring has done a good job in organising the various events n activities. Inviting parents to attend these events are indeed a good move as this enables us parents to witness our children in school and the things they do. I hope West Spring will keep this up. Kudos to all West Springers!

[Tanpeter]

ask parents in a while to events. sports day is best. but please not all event. it not fair for the kidz that there parents cant be there.

[qms]

Tanpeter:

ask parents in a while to events. sports day is best. but please not all event. it not fair for the kidz that there parents cant be there.

Actually, we should give the school due credits for its willingness to involve and invite parents for school events. Year after year, as the school population increases, it may eventually be a logistical nightmare to invite parents for certain events. By then, it will be too late for you to request the school to invite parents for school events. So, at this moment, when the school is willing and able to invite parents, why not? I believe the school is also experimenting with its crowd management, too, with the organisation of every event and testing its limits.

As for parents, if you cannot make it to the event, explain your situation to your child and emphasise that your love for him/her is in no way inferior to others just because you can't attend a particular event. It's a matter of managing your child's expectation.

My two cents.

[dearzen]

qms:

Tanpeter:

ask parents in a while to events. sports day is best. but please not all event. it not fair for the kidz that there parents cant be there.

Actually, we should give the school due credits for its willingness to involve and invite parents for school events. Year after year, as the school population increases, it may eventually be a logistical nightmare to invite parents for certain events. By then, it will be too late for you to request the school to invite parents for school events. So, at this moment, when the school is willing and able to invite parents, why not? I believe the school is also experimenting with its crowd management, too, with the organisation of every event and testing its limits.

As for parents, if you cannot make it to the event, explain your situation to your child and emphasise that your love for him/her is in no way inferior to others just because you can't attend a particular event. It's a matter of managing your child's expectation.

My two cents.

Well said.

I appreciate the school's efforts to engage parents.

[Tanpeter]

Hello,

I am Mrs Tan. My hubby cannot communicate in English well. He was trying to say that it is good to have some events for parents to come to but not lots in a year. He is working in construction and I am working in restaurant, we cannot come for every event. My gal feels sad that we cant come. We explain the reason to her but it not easy for a 7 year old to understand, right?
The school is fantastic and do lots to get parents involved. My hubby is only saying dont make it lots, 1 or 2 events a year is good. othewise only the same same parents turn up and it not nice for other kidz to not see there parent. it easy to say managing your childs expectation, but if you are 7 year old and see other mummies and daddies but not yours, how would you feel?

[qms]

Tanpeter:

Hello,

I am Mrs Tan. My hubby cannot communicate in English well. He was trying to say that it is good to have some events for parents to come to but not lots in a year. He is working in construction and I am working in restaurant, we cannot come for every event. My gal feels sad that we cant come. We explain the reason to her but it not easy for a 7 year old to understand, right?
The school is fantastic and do lots to get parents involved. My hubby is only saying dont make it lots, 1 or 2 events a year is good. othewise only the same same parents turn up and it not nice for other kidz to not see there parent. it easy to say managing your childs expectation, but if you are 7 year old and see other mummies and daddies but not yours, how would you feel?

How do you propose which events the school open for parents? Not all parents are available on that particular date and if I can't make it for a certain event, I will definitely look forward to the next available event when I am available.

Actually, how does your suggestion help solve the problem? :? By limiting the number of times your child sees other parents? Won't it be unfair to other parents who want to attend or be more involved in their children's school activities?