MOE Kindergarten

[eu-ern]

Lyra


On whether sending to enrichment is enough and skip kindergarten altogether? Er… my view is… you got to know what classes to do and sift out from many providers, have the time and money. All adds up.

By going kindergarten, children are conditioned to a same place n period, on a daily basis. This may help prepare them for P1. Plus, P1 class size is 30. By P3, class size will be 40. So unless you have the resources to send child to international school for smaller class size, or home-school, we can’t really choose.

Hope this helps.

[eu-ern]

Lyra


I recall first two days were only 2hr for kindy and 2hr for kcare. Parents are allowed in but encouraged to observe outside classroom instead. The teachers can generally handle the child if he cries. As parents we got to be mindful that we affect them. So do not prolong the goodbye too. Hug, kiss and say "Have fun! See you later." No worries. You will be proud of how a big kid your child is by then.

So your child is in JMC too? Fun journey. When he reaches JXC, he will also have to do it without you. Can one lah! Cheers.

[lyra]

Thanks for the reply! Is the KCare located within the kindergarten or does the teachers need to bring the children to the PCF centre?


If they allow first two days for kids to settle in, it should be fine

He's in Music Wonderland and will go to JMC at the end of this year. They accept students according to the actual age and he turns four end of the year.

[floppy]

eu-ern:

MOE kindy gives priority to Singapore citizens within 1km. They also got some traits like the P1 registration. So it helps if you are staying within if there are limited vacancies. You can also increase your chance by stating on the registration form that you are ok with the alternate session which means you register for either session instead of die die can take am only. Appears that am session is more popular.

In terms of priority, the MOE K has been tweaked to 500m to 1km, 500m to 1km, >1km.

lyra: you should consider attending their open house this Saturday (14 April). Most of your queries could be answered by their representatives and you can also check out the environment of the kindergarten.

[eu-ern]

Yup, best to go briefing and ask all you want. Go to http://www.moekindergarten.edu.sg to get moredetails.

[eu-ern]

Erm… I took a look, need to sign up for the open house so do it now.

[lyra]

Thanks! I signed up for the open house but I didn’t get any call or email from them. I even checked my spam mail inbox. Haha. I’ll just attend anyway.

[kopibeanie]

my boy is currently in a My First Skool (MFS) in punggol. Am considering transferring him to the MOE Kindergarten (MK) at Punggol View Pri. Anyone know how the quality of the curriculum & teachers at MK compares to MFS? Any comments on the MK & KCare at Punggol View? thanks!

[marmalade]

eu-ern:

My ds2 is in MOE kindy in Sengkang Green from beginning of this year. He was from private childcare/preschool with only 7 children in the class.


Class size is 20 max. My ds2 is also in the K-care run by PCF. MOE kindy gives English & Chinese bite size assignments for parent-child to complete once a fortnight. Thus far, ds2 appears happy to go to school.

Perhaps you have specific aspects that I can try my best to share what I can.

Hi eu-ern, what is the current Kindy teacher-student ratio currently in SK green? I suppose your child is now is K2 ?

[marmalade]

eu-ern:

Reason as to why I would end up placing ds2 in MOE kindy and kcare against my choice is because his childcare had a change in almost entire team of teachers except one that ds2 has never liked. It is to such extent that ds2, when asked what he has learnt for the day, will answer \"Nothing\". My hubby and I were very uncomfortable with the new Principal and decided to find an alternative. However, it was terrible looking for a good childcare with good carers and educators. So we ended up giving MOE kindy a try for logistical reasons. Afterall, I still have reasonable faith in govt run centres to take care of my ds2.


My only grouse is kcare don't reinforce the kindy's teaching, and screen youtube clips to kids. There's no perfect centre, so I have to live with it. My family don't watch tv programs regularly and children are not given free access to touch screen devices.

Could you share which childcare was that ? If you are not comfy sharing online, could you pm me?

With moe kindy being new, i believe the teacher retention in MOE kindy is still quite high ?