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Hi,

Any comments on MMI at Ten Mile Junction? Tks.

Hi kwcllf,


thanks for the advice.

After i wrote in last yr’s feedback that i would like to see more "creative play" than more TV time, i actually realised for the past three days, the kids are in groups playing or reading. Hope will continue this way. My girl also told me they had started Maths and English lesson this week.

Some mummies also told me 3 hrs kindy more productive lor…will see how it goes. Thanks for all the advices.

they increase the fee from $520 to $590 (before subsidy) after govt increased the subsidy lor.


i feedback quite on a number of things, think they feel i giving them trouble lah…and after hearing they terminated the service of the other girl, i wan to live some "hou lu" for ourselves till we can find a better one to change.

i myself witnessed abit lah…no parents aound, teacher asked the crying girl to stop crying in a stern voice. Once saw me at the window…quickly change tune. sigh…once i walked past the centre…heard one teacher reprimanded a kid v sternly and so loud that i could hear it from the other end.

but as u said, shortage of preschool teachers are a problem here, so i am afraid other centres will also have this kind of problem…then i will be back to square one if i pull my girl out n put in another. hiaz…

u got any good ones to recommend? I live in the west. Also contemplating to put my girl in those 3hrs church kindergarten.

hi all,


tks for the advise. I had wanted to feedback more but restraint myself abit fearing they will "victimise" my girl. Heard from the administrator that they had terminated the service of one girl coz the parents were in disagreement with the centre. I asked her " won’t MCYS interfere meh?. Then she said they had this clause saying they can terminate if they "can’t meet the requirements of parents" lor and usually MCYS will only step in if there is child abuse…

i dun want things to turn so ugly…

by the way…what leeway time frame should i be looking for them to re-adjust back to the normal time table. I heard from one parent that during times of short handed-ness… the priniciple will come to give lesson if he is free…if not free, then no lessor wor and usually it takes around 2 mths to settle down. faint! …last time my girl in nursery, it din bother me so much…but now she is in K1, i am concerend. if kept having this problem of short handed-ness, then my girl is there more of "being babysit" than there to learn. Hiaz…

thought of pulling her out but also scared i make the wrong choice…dun wan her to keep re-adapting to new environment.

Hi insider,


thanks for you advise. Hiaz…i long wanted to withdraw my girl out but daddy is resistant coz my girl had her good friends there.

i saw alot of things in the centre that i am not pleased with and had made some feedback. (i likely will be labelled a trouble maker mum)…They can increase fee without giving parents 2 mths notice. Within 2 yrs there, i think fee had adjusted 2 or 3x already.

they had tv viewing in the morning, and the 5pm thing…their play time i wonder is there or not…and the toys there are the very old type…even little toys from McDonalds is part of the pile lor.

i hunt around my area hoping to change but is worried of whether is the curriculum ok or not. I live in Bt Panjang area.

I zoomed down to YMCA (not the metropolitan ones ) and CitiKids Edventure. YMCA 's environment is very clean which i quite like. Citikids seemed to be quite "new"…their branch in Pickering Street used to be affliated with Pat Sch’s hse, but stopped as of last yr …so don’t know how is their curriculum…you got any insights for me…?

will MCYS "interfere"?

Hi insider,


my girl has started K1 in her childcare centre. For the past few days, it had always been chinese lesson when i asked whether did Ms XXX teach any maths or english.

As the centre is now understaff, so i was wondering is it the right thing to do? The timetable was pasted in the coms book stating the timings for the various lessons but i think alot of times it was not adhered to. For eg…it was stated "creative playtime" from 5 to 6 pm…but 98% of the time the kids were already packed in front of the TV at 5pm.

Am trying to give the benefit of doubt that this week is very busy with the new N1, N2 freshies joining in. I am also wondering is it due to the Chinese teacher going back to China for the CNY period that they are cramping all the chinese lessons.??? But if this thing persist (no other lessons beside maths n english), what should i do?

Hi,


Anyone got any comments on :

1. YMCA childcare centre at Bukit Panjang (near Jelapang)

2. Citikids Edventure at Fajar.

tks.

Hi,


anyone got any comments of the two childcare centres in Bukit Panjang? Tks.