deskibi:

Hi mummies, for tomorrow's racial harmony, do they have to wear the home clothes, like CNY clothes?

My DD wrote in her school diary, can wear traditional clothes, with school shoes. No home clothes

Notksmum:

Hi beauty79,


Every agency got pros and cons; I think its impt to find an agency who can counsel helpers with the right working attitude and the helper is able to meet my prescribed houserules and assigned duties. I emphasise this A LOT when I was sourcing for agencies recommended by friends. If the agent give me long, short story, explain explain or try to persuade me to take an existing maid by bending some of my rules etc etc, I will not hesitate to drop the agent. I am paying good money for their services (not cheap nowadays) and hence I expect good services. Maid quality is v subjective I guess because of a few factors:

1. Level of Capability and Capacity
2. Personality and Character

Its easier to train (1) than change (2). (2) is about luck. If the helper that come on board have personality clashes with u, then it will forever be an issue even though you can try to train.

Personally, I prefer to mitigate risks when I hire a helper. I will inform the agent of my requirements, give them my prescribe houserules and duty list and they source. After that, from biodata, i will interview. And I do ask a whole lot of questions. Basically, to find out their purpose/intention, family background, even simple questions like if they know how to do laundry etc. With the houserules, there is less dispute if any later with both agency and helper. Because sometimes, its really word against word. My helper is aware that she will be sent home if she breaks the following grave rules:

1. Break the law, get pregnant, have bf, get unknown S** diseases
2. Let a stranger into my home without my knouwledge
3. Abuse my child
4. Steal or Lie
5. Own a mobile phone or SIM card without my knowledge (I purchase ICC card for my helper to call home once a mth and also on special occasions like Mum's birthday, Dad's birthday, her Son's birthday etc)

As for whether children sleep with helper, my DS is around 2 and cannot really speak up so for now, he still sleeps with us. If I had older children who already know difference of right and wrong, probbaly I will, because if helper abuses them, my chidlren will know how to speak up/complain.

I prefer to hire new helper than EX or transfer cases because they bring along old habits that die hard. New helper require time to train but the effort is worth it because in the end, they follow what you train them. This also reduces the clashes when you try to change an experienced maid with her existing habits.

As for cooking, I started off buying recipe books from popular. Also, I had a thermal soup pot and 3 tier steamer (when I did not have helper, I had to make meals v fast on my own cos FTWM). So I taught helper to make simple boiled soups, steam fish/steam chicken/steam meat/steam egg and simple stir fry veg. or Just veg soup with steam something.

You can enrol helper in one of those cooking classes so she can learn more dishes. I have not done so because I take every sunday to teach helper one new dish each week.

I wish you all the best in getting a good helper. GOOD LUCK.

Thanks for the advice. I am someone who is skeptical about getting a maid as she'll always be a ＂stranger in the house\". My 4 kids are all under 7. Need to resort to looking for a maid as my elder son was abused by caregiver. He can already talk but did not speak about it as he was being threatened to be thrown downstairs out of the window. I came to know about the prolonged physical and emo abuse only when he was very badly thrashed up two weeks ago. I am still working and had placed my youngest toddler in cc. Still, having to fetch my DS1 and DD2 to school to and fro, doing housework is having a toll on me. The only problem is I do not know how to cook, driving them over to in law hse to settle dinner daily is driving me nuts too. If I were to get a maid, there will be times she wil be alone at home or with the kids. Heard a lot of horror stories already about maids. Yet, I am willing to try if getting a helper can work out for me.
Is it true that if I am willing to pay more then can get filipino u grad? They are the creame of the crop?

Hi I have decided to employ a maid as my mum is no longer able to help me take care of kids. The problem is I do not cook at all and can’t speak Malay. So, I intend to get an experienced maid that has worked in sg before, thinking she would have known how to cook simple dishes and do housework. Some warned me they may have tricks up their sleeves and may not be good that’s why their ex-employer sent them back to agencies. Will getting a maid from one like Nation (got advertisement) be a better choice as they market the quality of their maids? I do not feel secure letting the maid sleep with the children, will I have to empty out a room for her to sleep in?

Great that you enjoyed yrself. Not all PVs get to follow the child’s class. It’s first response first allocated class kinda system.


Anyway, Term 2 has started and I find that time flies. My DD is already so used to TGPS she seems to know every nook and corner of the school already. She is not strong at MT so though there is no assessment so far, I’m just waiting to see which class she gets allocated to in Term 3. Heard that the class allocation is strictly by results.

I signed her up for Berries since Jan to boost her MT. I think she’s drowning as the vocabulary and reading passages are way beyond her to cope. Thought of switching her to EduPlus which has a centre quite near to TGPs. Anyone tried EduPlus before?

If the item was just lost, like 1 or 2 days, can go general office to ask. Only if nobody claim the items will they be displayed in the cabinet in front of the bookshop. My daughter lost her wallet and I went to GO to look for it. The staff asked since there’s no name how can I proof the wallet is hers? That left me speechless!

For the asknlearn portal, u may access it via school website. Login and password are bc number

For me, i find it difficult to do daily revision as i do not know what was taught on a daily basis in school. I guide my DD to do assessment daily as a time filler. Already a habit. Already she’s enjoying herself with asknlearn portal. Liked the videos inside. Other than that, I take note of what questions she’s weak in while doing assessment and modify them for her to do.

Hi P1 parents, any of yr child received the English Spelling list? I only saw the Chinese one pasted in the TB. Am thinking if my DD misplaced the EL one.

My DD is in 1A but I have not seen any PTM form or SFE form. Should I check with the school?

My DD loves fruits so I will be packing different ones like apple today, grapes tomorrow. Btw, just to check with the parents here if the kids are to be in PE attire for PAL?