sesame:

Hi Deese Verte


Oh!!! So you are Tyler's mummy! Eh...He was the 'hot' topic in my household for a while few months back. My girl \"got\" a box of staplers from your son. At first we thought he given it to her cos that's what my girl said. Then I realised that she asked it from him as he had 4 boxes and my girl got fed up with someone else whom kept asking her for them...so she got \"smart\" and decided to use Tyler's staplers to give to that someone instead. I made her return them eventually when I found out.

hahaha.. so cute. I think someone gave the staples to Tyler too or maybe he bought it and was too scared to admit to me :evil:
Its not easy ya to remind young kids not to waste meal allowance for some colorful stationeries

hello sesame.. sorry I have not been active. My son is Tyler, in the same class as Victoria

I thought their report book was impressive too. I like that its very detailed. I am glad my son did quite alright, made me proud.

sesame:

HiHi


Me back to contribute... Now we are finally settling into the routine of Pri school. My girl is in 1D, anyone else?? We like her form teacher, speaks calmly and is always full of praises for children. Teachers makes a difference! She is even enjoying her Chinese class which is amazing to me. They had separate the class into 2 groups, those weaker ones had english translation to assist them to learn, they sing songs to learn hanyu pinyin etc which i thot was great.

Only thing is that they started spelling and tingxie 3 weeks into school and send us newbie P1 parents into a frenzy.

So far, she had enjoyed school and is happy. I like it that the school has various programs for parents including the upcoming talks on 26th Feb on how to teach your child, the previous grandparents' day. We seen the new principal on few occasions, he is always smiley. My girl says he is like a kind ah-gong (grandfather)

I am glad that it all turned out well esp when SPS was not our choice originally. Beginning to think that perhaps really, God had other plans for me when we couldnt get into Greenwood.

hihi.. my son is also in class 1D I didnt know anything about they were seperated into 2 groups during chinese class and yes my boy enjoys school too. I was quite surprised in the 1st week of school, he already make his way to library.
I didnt think the school was as bad as some has said it to be. Quite ok. I was kinda surprised too that they started on the hanyu pinyin/ english spelling that fast. It was not a problem for my boy as he was previously in a childcare and they have had chinese/ english spelling every weekly back then.
I went for the workshop too on 26 Feb and thot it was quite helpful...

sesame:

Hihi

Then we had 3 sets of fathers with tattoos all over legs and arms in the class.

Aiya.. sesame.. Tattoo is art ma.. LOL
Its not the tattoo that tells a person.. its the attitude that tells a person

hehe.. ya boy.. i was sitting infront and didnt even realised that somebody was quarelling behind.. not sure what happened though.


seems like quite alot of foreign students in SPS.. some of them were really quite big size.. i hope they're gentle LOL ...
I feel quite good about the orientation.. did not seems to be that bad .
I was quite fed up with a PRC mother who seems to be very inconsiderate.. putting her bag on empty seat... and when more parents came in.. still left her bag there and act blur... :roll:

Now i was thinking about whether my boy will know how to clean up himself nicely if he do some big job (pooing) in school. We are already training my boy to clean up and shower himself since he will be going to a nearby student care .. by the way... will there be any school buddy to assist them in buying lunch?

ellehcim:

Hi deese_verte, i believe your child should be doing fine, no worries. This Sat gonna be the orientation for the P1s-to-be!


Hi tph452s, congratulations on your child's good result. My P1 kid does not get any merits but I m happy that she had improved n tried her best. I will look out for your gal this coming friday *wink*.... Time flies our kids had completed their p1 n enjoyed thier journey, going to P2 soon...

Thanks ellehcim

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hi, if you or your wife have been a teacher, then I believe you should be sensible enough on what can and cannot be said in situations. i feel that you are making a very unfair statement to the school. Yes, you could have left the school due to some unhappiness there but you should not tarnish the school's name by posting such in the forum and scare parents who are sending their kids to the school. What makes you think that the teaching are of a lower standard? I do have kids in the school now and i've compared their teaching and materials from other school, and they are not inferior to others. In fact, i find that they had included alot more than other schools. If the school is teaching of a lower standard, how to explain about their standards in PSLE in which they are improving each year? By luck only???? it takes a long way for a school to nurture the kids... all schools are doing their very part in nurturing the kids. it could only be some black sheep in some situation.

So where are you teaching now? I'm concerned about this school's name too. Not sure what you are going to say about it once you had left.[/quote]

I totally agreed with ellehcim. It was quite scary to read a ex teacher posting such comments. Is it appropriate to call parents who think SPS is a good school ignorant or naive?? rather insensitive to me.
I am sure all parents hope their kids do well in school with minimal stress. Even good schools have black sheep. I have heard some negative things abt Canberra too so???

Right now, i just hope my boy will be happy in the new school environment.
Thanks ellehcim, your feedbacks do make me feel better

WS1234567:

Spring722:

Hi, do you have kid in SPS? Like to share your bad experience?


Thanks.

I used to teach there. you don't wantto know what kind of teachers and ex-colleagues I used to have. Basically, I'm glad I left the school. Super low standard. They've lost lots of good teachers in past few years. Go guess why the rest stayed. I'm being super objective when I say this. Good luck to your child.

on my god... my boy will be going there next year.. haiz. it wasnt really a school of our choice but haiz..... i should hv choose Wellington instead but ... haiz....... too late now

I am having a real headache.

I wanted to use the inhouse student care but the school bus cannot fetch him in the morning as their pick up timing is 630am … and then no outside school bus is allowed…

It will be a hassle for me to bring him myself n then cross over the road to take a bus back to sunplaza to take a train to work… and my hus leaves the house for work at 730am… if he gotto bring my son down… the poor boy will have to wake up 645 to get ready.
I don’t understand why they dun allow outside school bus when they have an inhouse student care.

This pri 1 thing totally stress me out…

app1808:

sesame:

hihi

I am contemplating SPS and wonder if anyone can share more on the school...
1) Good teachers support?
2) Carefree happy environment?
3) Good moral building?

Any cons you may think of?

I am new today.. but i hv 2 kids in P5 & P6. Current SPS have good teachers support and they give h/p no on the 1st day of school reopen to contact on any topics.
I do send them to student care but I send them to Blk 326 Sembawang Family service student care instead of SPS student care (actually it belong to cambridge)..The Family service close at 7pm and they will actually fetch ur kid fm school back to student care (for AM) or bring them from student care to school (for PM). Of cos if got extra class then they will have to walk back to student care on their own.

how is the student care environment at Blk 326?