yes. they will be in the same class with the same teachers for P2.

Yes, my ds did his last term.

Hi XEK3,


they do have the buddy system for P1. I think it's only for a week or a few days. I can't remember. the buddy will bring P1 kids to toliet and how to buy food, where is the bookshop etc. The buddy is a a P2 kid.

PEPS only offer higher chinese in P5 or P4. I am not sure if they do it earlier but at least for P1 they don't. If your child is consistently strong is chinese, the teacher will offers her/him.

So far I don't have any issues with the school bus. I took the school bus with him during the first few days. the uncle is nice and he did ensure that the kids are on safety belt each time. my boy is pretty automatic, each time he is on the bus. he will put on his seat belt. my boy took the small van to school and big bus back home. I am not sure if the big bus has safety belt. there is always a auntie in the big bus. My boy did say that the auntie will scold them if they run about or make too much noise. I think when they are in lower primary is easy to manage. But when they goes to upper primary, I am not sure....

He is actually very happy in school. He does look forward to go to school. Workload is still managable. Some homework in a few days of the week and it's not everyday. There are tests during each term.

I had gone for one session of meet the parents. Usually, I emailed the teacher if I have any qns that I need to enquire. Teacher will call me if she encountered any issues with my son. I do feel that it's really depend on which teacher we get for that year. Teacher plays an important part. If we are lucky, we will get good one regardless of which school we are in.

Hi XEK3,


PEPS's afternoon session school hour is earlier than most schools. Primary One students need to reach school at 1150 and the schools will end at 550pm. They do have CCA in term 2. Parents can signed up the CCA if you want.

If the kid reaches school early, they will be in the hall to do silent reading. My DS reaches school pretty early as he is on school bus. He will be in the hall doing his daily reading.

Orientiation will be in Nov/Dec. Can't really remember the dates. During the first 2 days of school, they allow parents to be in the school to ensure that the child is properly settled in. I think most school does that.

In terms of the standard of the school, I would think that they are comparable and I am referring to the test papers or assessment papers that are given to them. I do find that their English papers are pretty tough for P1. Chinese are easy as they are not on higher chinese. Maths papers are comparable with other schools as well. Not to worry so much.

Ultimately, i do think that a lot depends on the child in terms of getting good results. Parents will need to constantly encourage and be with the child during their learning journey in school.

PEPS Support group are for parents of the existing students. Sometimes they do need volunteer for different types of events that the school has.

Hope this helps.

hey! i bought it a Harvey Norman for $299. I bought it last week. My colleague told me she saw it at NTUC as well. $299. Check it out if you are interested.

I have used it to fry fries, chicken wings and pizza. The taste is good. Quite happy with the fryer so far.

one period is half an hour. there are days when there are 3 periods for chinese. they are learning hanyu pinyin now.


regarding the sliding of the PSLE results, when i applied for the school i am aware of the results. There were some hesitation as well but in the end my hubby and i decide to go ahead and put him there.

To me, i think a child's learning abilities and willing to learn is very important more that what school he is in. Therefore, I focus a lot on my child in terms of learning and ensure that he is happy learning all the subjects. Not that he has to been the top in every subjects but to make sure that he is above average in all the subjects. If he is happy in learning, naturally, he will do well. Depending on how we see it, well, there are parents who feel that in the better school, the system is better in terms of stretching the child to a further step and they will do well in PSLE. This is quite true as well. Therefore, if i know that the school standard may be lower than those good school, i will have to put in more conscious efforts to ensure that he do well in school. Of course, i am also a little kiasu. I do send him to enrichment courses. I am a full time working mum and I am not good at teaching. I am worried that i will teach him the wrong concept and he gets confused. But I do a lot of reading with him.

I feel good about this school because it gives a humanistic feeling. Not sure how to describe that. It's just a feel. I maybe right or wrong. My child has been very happy going to school so far. He went to the library to borrow books. He talks about his friends and teachers. Happily learning the spelling for both chinese and english. No resistance. So far, I am quite happy with his happiness.

The form teacher called me yesterday to inform me about \"some mini accident\" happen to my child yesterday. Glad that she call at least I know what happen and is able to work together with the teacher to ensure his growth and development not only acedamically but socially and emotionally. This aspect is very important as well... to have a good teacher. I was really praying hard that he will meet with good teachers and friends in school.

He was sharing with me that one of his classmate didn't do well in his spelling. The teacher actually gave a ninja chop to cheer his classmate. I tot this is very good at least he knows and learns that it's important to encourage another person that is not doing well and not to see it as a failure. I tot this is quite cute.

Just share some of my tots...

Hi immaswiftstar,


Thanks for the update!

Hi dadawee,

Keep you posted on the violin. When you are back, the kids can go for the CCA together. It will be fun for them. I just got the books and school uniforms. Next, will need to source for shoes and wallet. Wonder how will he be on the first day of school.

Btw, I have also signed up for the PV. Will see if I can participate. Tot it will be good so that I can know the school further.

Hi dadawee,


My DS learns piano at home. When he went for the orientation, there was a group of students performing. He was kept looking and tell him that he wants to learn violin. Long before learning piano, he wanted to do violin but I thought piano will be easier to pick up than violin. Good that PEPS has violin. Now, I don't have to spend additional $$ on violin classes outside.

Hi Skyozone,

You got to call the school and ask.

How’s your DS in P3? Is he in any CCA? Did you let him go for the CCA when he is in P1 or P2? Mine is kind of interested in violin. Don’t know if i can cope with the logistic of bringing him to and back in the morning.


Does P1 has lessons in the morning?

One of my colleague her son is in QiHua, he has higher level chinese lesson in the morning.

yes. my DS is in 1D next year!

Hope that the form teacher is good. Didn't get to see her on the orientation day.