Pat's Schoolhouse

[debpch]

my kid joined tanglin in feb. there was an orientation in dec & we were allowed to stay for the 1st 3-days. however, i only stayed for 1 hour on the 1st 2-days cos my kid settled in quickly.


so far so good... kid seems to like going to school.

[crystalbelle08]

Hi Zow,

Actually 15kids to 2 teachers has already exceeded what they are suppose to have for playgroup which is 2:14
http://www.patschoolhouse.com/programmes/playgroup/curriculum

Hope they will really stick to 15 and not slowly increase to 16 and then 17....

In any case, the mcys guideline is 1:12!
So they have the right to increase to 2:24! :stupid:

[zow]

Hi Crystalbelle


Yeah they are definitely at the upper limit with 15:2.

BTW do you still like the school and the teachers?

[smurfy]

crystal

my boy’s playgroup still with 15… middle of the yr change to 16.
this yr nursery add on another 2 becomes 18.

[mtdt]

smurfy:

crystal

my boy's playgroup still with 15.. middle of the yr change to 16.
this yr nursery add on another 2 becomes 18.

oh my k1 class is 21:2.5 (0.5 is assistant tr). so consider within limit or not?? (website put Low Teacher-Child Ratio: 1:9 for k1)

[sooe]

mtdt:

smurfy:

crystal

my boy's playgroup still with 15.. middle of the yr change to 16.
this yr nursery add on another 2 becomes 18.

oh my k1 class is 21:2.5 (0.5 is assistant tr). so consider within limit or not?? (website put Low Teacher-Child Ratio: 1:9 for k1)

hi, my DS is in whitley & despite settling in fairly quickly in 1st mth, lately he is v unhappy & cries his heart out every morning. Can't figure out why especially since he's always been in childcare & was doing fine the first few wks. Anyone in whitley know if something happened?

And does anyone notice that the whitley assts speak atrocious english?

[mtdt]

sooe:

mtdt:

[quote=\"smurfy\"]crystal

my boy's playgroup still with 15.. middle of the yr change to 16.
this yr nursery add on another 2 becomes 18.

oh my k1 class is 21:2.5 (0.5 is assistant tr). so consider within limit or not?? (website put Low Teacher-Child Ratio: 1:9 for k1)

hi, my DS is in whitley & despite settling in fairly quickly in 1st mth, lately he is v unhappy & cries his heart out every morning. Can't figure out why especially since he's always been in childcare & was doing fine the first few wks. Anyone in whitley know if something happened?

And does anyone notice that the whitley assts speak atrocious english?[/quote]Hi how old is ur kid?
Asst- hmm which one? The one I come into contact hardly speak.. And everything I ask her, her reply is dun noe! So I give up and hardly talk to her. Will go direct to class Tr instead.

[crystalbelle08]

Hi,


:? Just curious, what is the role of the asst teacher?
Do they teach? Or assist to teach?

Hope they are not there to make up the numbers for student teacher ratio.

Luckily Mt Emily do not have asst teacher....yet.

[empressplace]

I don’t quite understand why the class sizes of Pat’s go up so much in K2. We pay a very high fee and it’s because we want smaller class size. 21 in a class is too big. Chiltern House seems to have 14 in a class only. Mtdt - think you should complain.

[DesertWind]

empressplace:

I don't quite understand why the class sizes of Pat's go up so much in K2. We pay a very high fee and it's because we want smaller class size. 21 in a class is too big. Chiltern House seems to have 14 in a class only. Mtdt - think you should complain.

One of the very main reason I finally did not choose to register at Patschoolhouse is due to the class size. I saw so many questions about why class-size so huge versus school fees. I think as parents we just need to accept this fact - that due to the high costs of everything from premises rental, teachers salary, inflation etc., most school can no longer sustain small class size unless they only have bare minimum facilities and programme plus support staff.

Therefore it is futile to ask all this questions about class size. If you want small class size (eg. 1:5 or 6), I think monthly school fees would be from SGD1,500 to SGD2,000 or more at least.

Somebody correct me if I am wrong.