I’ve been quietly following this very interesting and active forum since it was set up. I’m so excited to have a new school in Bukit Panjang that will offer our children a well-balanced education through play-based learning. That is now what is done at kindergartens and so it’s good to see a natural flow of this into the primary school transition than to do just boring textbook teaching or computer learning all the time. My neighbour has a child in a school which focuses a lot of learning through computers in the school. Now her child is addicted to computers everyday and also bad for eye sight.


I’ve read a lot of research done on the need to engage children in meaningful play to help build their confidence level, self esteem and get them interested in studying the subject through play based learning. Very effective. So, I was so glad to hear that there’ll be a school in Bukit Panjang that will focus on play-based learning. If children from young hate studying from young and not interested, they’ll not like going to school and next time PSLE problem.

I was one of the kiasu parents at the chat session on Sunday.Very good impression of the experienced school leaders who come from schools with very good programmes.I heard the principal designate of West Spring Primary who’s now the principal of Yangzheng Primary , her school so popular must go through balloting every year because of the good and experienced teachers she recruited and the good programmes and results of the pupils ever since she took over the school 5 years ago. She said at the chat that her team of permanent teachers recruited for west Spring are from good schools and even SAP schools. I’m so glad to hear this because very important to have stable, good , experienced and committed teachers.

My child only due for P1 in 2016.But I’ve already made up my mind to enrol her in West Spring. Good luck to all parents at Phase 2C for West Spring.You’re the lucky ones to work with the school as the pioneer batch of parents to make West Spring a good school in Bukit Panjang.