I had an unpleasant experience arranging the school bus for my kids’ CCA trips. It was chaotic and nerve-wrecking, to say the least. I have sent my feedback to HPPS. Will be meeting up with the school. While I try to be tolerant and understanding, the arrangement for CCA trips was unreasonable. I suppose parents can only feedback to the school and hope that they can finetune the school bus system.

Hi,


Would like to ask this year’s P1 parents whose kids go to student care centres in the morning before school… Which centre does your P1 child attend? And the location?

Our girl is in P1 and she is the only P1 kid in her current student care centre. Moreover, there are only a handful of kids in the centre in the morning (as the other students are in am session and so come in in the afternoon), so she feels rather lonely and left out. Therefore considering transferring her to another centre with hopefully P1 students from HPPS. Thanks in advance.

Thanks. Think we'll monitor after she starts term and seeifthere is a need.

cody:

My understanding is that Use of handphones is not allowed other than at the pick up zone after dismissal.

I didn't get my kid a handphone tho I see some P1s carrying them.
The security guard gets the kids who have been dismissed but parents not arrived yet to sit down at the sheltered porch to wait.

LeeTung:

Hi, Parents.

Also, is it necessary to get the kids handphone? Think they can't use it during lessons, correct?

Thanks in advance.

Oh, dear. Sounds chaotic. Think will need to allocate more time for drop-off and pick-up. Cannot expect to do a \"drop-and-go\" or \"pick-and-go\". Haha...

cody:

Pick up and drop off is a nightmare.
At the current compound, cars line up single file at the drive way in front of the general office. The nightmare is when some parents LEAVE their car, lock up and walk off to fetch their kids.
I witnessed this several times, and almost always there will be at least 1 kid who is dismissed slightly later. Hence causing a congestion since the car is stationery and there is no way to get around that car!

The road outside the school is equally congested. Cars line up on both sides, making it a narrow lane passable to 2-way traffic but if a big vehicle like a cement mixer comes along, then everyone will have to give way to let it pass else it will bottle neck again.

The carpark at Henry park apartments across the road is not spared too.
I heard they recently got the residents to sell the place en bloc.
Can't imagine how the congestion when the construction starts!

The carpark compound at RJC is huge, provided that the school doesn't make use of the space for other purposes eg bus bay for school buses.

LeeTung:

Hi, Parents.

Our eldest child will be in P1 in 2012. Our choice for now is HPPS.

We know that HPPS will operate from former RJC compound for 1.5 years starting 2012. Nevertheless, would like to check how you drop and pick up your kids everyday given that the road along the entrance is 2-way single-lane.

Also, is it necessary to get the kids handphone? Think they can't use it during lessons, correct?

Thanks in advance.

Hi, Parents.


Our eldest child will be in P1 in 2012. Our choice for now is HPPS.

We know that HPPS will operate from former RJC compound for 1.5 years starting 2012. Nevertheless, would like to check how you drop and pick up your kids everyday given that the road along the entrance is 2-way single-lane.

Also, is it necessary to get the kids handphone? Think they can’t use it during lessons, correct?

Thanks in advance.