cherrygal:

HIPS is more heavily balloted than PLMGS at Phase 2B & 2C.


You have been to HIPS so how was your experience? If you loved your school, then just forget the PV trouble and go to Phase 2A.

You could also apply HIPS first at Phase 2A, then watch PLMGS at Phase 2C. If you live within 1km of PLMGS, you might have a chance to get in without balloting. By then, if it is confirmed there is no balloting, withdraw from HIPS and apply PLMGS if you still want to.

Check your distance fr school: http://www.onemap.sg (School Query)

See stats below:
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/hougang

generally it was a caring school but my experience was donkey years ago though so things could have changed.

I'm wondering between these 3 schools, which one would be a better choice
1) Holy Innocents' Primary - my primary school, >2km away, with affiliation to Holy Innocents' High
2) Paya Lebar Methodists Girls - within 1-2km, with affiliation to Paya Lebar Methodists Secondary
3) Yangzheng Primary - within walking distance, no affiliation

Any advise?

cherrygal:

HIPS is more heavily balloted than PLMGS at Phase 2B & 2C.


You have been to HIPS so how was your experience? If you loved your school, then just forget the PV trouble and go to Phase 2A.

You could also apply HIPS first at Phase 2A, then watch PLMGS at Phase 2C. If you live within 1km of PLMGS, you might have a chance to get in without balloting. By then, if it is confirmed there is no balloting, withdraw from HIPS and apply PLMGS if you still want to.

Check your distance fr school: http://www.onemap.sg (School Query)

See stats below:
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/hougang

generally it was a caring school but my experience was donkey years ago though so things could have changed.

I'm wondering between these 3 schools, which one would be a better choice
1) Holy Innocents' Primary - my primary school, >2km away, with affiliation to Holy Innocents' High
2) Paya Lebar Methodists Girls - within 1-2km, with affiliation to Paya Lebar Methodists Secondary
3) Yangzheng Primary - within walking distance, no affiliation

Any advise?

Hi hi


I have a 4 year old daughter. She will be going to K1 next year and I will need to register her for primary school the year after. I’m currently thinking of two schools:
1) Holy Innocents’ Primary School
2) Paya Lebar Methodist Girls School (Primary)

We stay at Serangoon. I’m an old girl of Holy Innocents but I’m contemplating whether to sign up for PV for PLMGS as this school is nearer to where we stay.However, I’m not sure if I could commit 40 hours to do parent volunteering. Would appreciate fellow parents’ advise. Should I give up on the idea of doing PV at PLMGS and directly register my daugther in Holy Innocents’ Primary under phase 2A? Which is a better school - Holy Innocents or PLMGS?

Thanks

I've called those preschools listed above. SFX and Paya Lebar Methodist do not have anymore vacancies for morning sessions. I'll be visiting TMC tomorrow morning. However, the principal at Bethesda does not allow us to do visitation when the classes are ongoing. She doesn't give me a welcoming feel.


Hmm...what does one look out for in selecting a preschool for your kids?

u mean they focus a lot more on academics? i supposed the older ones could be doing a lot of worksheets in order to prep them for pri 1?

Oh by the way, my dd would be turning 4 next year.

Hi,


My dd has been in the childcare since Oct 2011. Till now, she still falls sick frequently. When I say frequently, it's at least once a month and sometimes up to twice per month. Each sickness would cause her to be home bound for at least a week. There was once when she even caught the hfmd. The number of occurances of hfmd was also rather frequent in this school. It seems like the virus would come and haunt the school once every 2-3 months. There was even once when 16 of her classmates caught the virus. I'm thinking that since my dd falls sick frequently, she would not be able to reap much from the curriculum taught in her current childcare. I thought maybe it would be better enrolling her into those 3 hr preschools so that the chances of her falling sick would be slimmer, the frequency of absentism would be lower and she would be able to learn more. I've shortlisted a few but not too sure which one would be a better one. Hence would like to seek your opinion on those preschools listed below:

1) Bethesda Bukit Arang Church Kindergarten
2) Trinity Methodist Church Kindergarten
3) SFX (St Francis Xavier) Kindergarten
4) Paya Lebar Methodist Convent Kindergarten

I couldn't find much comments on the above 4 and would like to seek fresh opinions on these places. Else would appreciate it if you could recommend others not listed above.

Thank you very much. :thankyou:

hello hello


i’m reporting in as well for my girl borned in Yr 2009

still deciding to enroll under phase 2A in my alma mata or 2B in another school

Hi all


My daugther is currently 20 months. She is presently attending half day session at My First Skool. I have decided to switch her to another centre as she doesn’t like the teacher, nor the school. Furthermore, my daughter was bitten very deeply by another kid in school and I could not accept the fact that no one in the childcare centre had seen what happen. Her form teacher gave lots of excuses which were illogical and ridiculous such as
1) she claimed that my girl could have bitten herself (the bite was near to the elbow, she couldn’t have possibly twisted her arm to bite herself)
2) she did not hear my girl cry at all (the bite was very deep, how would she not cry? The teacher could most probably ignore her cries.)
3) she saw the bite mark at around 9-10 am and only called me at 4pm (which she claimed was during the children’s naptime but I knew the naptime ended at 3pm)
4) she said that the bite was very bad - raw and red such that they have to use ice pack to reduce the swelling but she only informed me about it at 4pm. Shouldn’t this require immediate attention?

Hence, I’m searching for another childcare in Serangoon which I hope would have more passionate/caring teachers. I’ve shortlisted a few centres and would like to seek feedback on the following:
1) Masterpiece at Sommerville Walk
2) Rosyth Childcare Centre at Grace Park
3) Cherie Hearts Little Play House at Serangoon Garden Way
4) Little Footies Schoolhouse at Mei Hwan Drive
5) Treasure Box Child Development Centre at Parry Ave

Would greatly appreciate your feedback on these centres. I would also be glad if you could suggest other other childcare centres with caring/passionate teachers within the vicinity.

Anyone has any review about MMI at Kovan?