Hi,


I do not think it is compulsory but highly recommended to take part.
For me, I have no creative ideas on the toy and leaving it entirely to my gal is not fair since she is so young in P1. I need to give her some ideas and work together with her. But till now, I am guilty of not doing that.
And now that she sees many people are all the hype on this toy competition, she wants to take part too. So I may be improvising the toy from some art and craft I did with her in the past.

I feel it's more on the sense of participation and process of thinking through what toy to make that is more fruitful for my gal. Since she wants to take part, I shall help her on that

Hi sean wife,


We are staying near the school but it takes like 25 min to get home by car because of the traffic jam which otherwise the journey should only take 10 min!

The P1 pupils are taking Higher Chinese (HCL) right now, the textbook is also for Higher Chinese. There is no different classes for Chinese, only HCL lessons.

So far my gal has not brought back any homework yet. I am hoping there will be no homework for P1 but it's my wishful thinking

Hi sean wife,


no problem!
Yeah, you are right, it seems shorter for both Mon and Wed for the upper pri classes. But for P1 and P2, the lessons actually start from 1255pm. 1225 is assembly time.

Actually for lower pri, I personally prefer afternoon session as our kids can sleep late. Sleep is very important at this age. But I find the traffic after 630pm is extremely bad, and our kids have to be on the road enduring the traffic jams. Morning session would be good too since they start the day early and can have plenty of time in the next half of the day to do homework and play.

Is your child entering Pei Chun next year?

Hi parents,


my gal's Eng spelling is on Fri, so it seems it is different with every class. I have not heard about Chinese spelling though. And did not hear from my gal about mini tests.

As for art classes, my gal told me she has to bring ang paos for art class next week. So far she has not brought the crayons set yet.

As for afternoon class, it applies to P1 and P2 only. And school time starts 1225pm to 620pm. As my gal is in P1, I'm not too sure about morning session. I am a P1 newbie kiasu parent... haha

Hope the above helps

Hi Callie,


Thank you!
My gal brought back her time-table yesterday. Her PE lessons are on Wed and Fri.
For Fruits Day, she was unaware of it. So I shall wait for her to come back and tell me to pack fruits once she is informed

Hi ilovechubby!


It seems like our kids are in same Primary sch and almost the same cc too!

Yeah, my son was initially ok when he goes MFS for the first 2 days. Subsequently they put him together with the nursery group and that was a grave mistake. And with no K1 teachers around, the experience in the cc for the first week went into a flop.

Yesterday i went to pick my son up in his old cc, he was happy and apparently his shock, embarassment and confusion in the morning had subsided… and i am greatly relieved!

Hi Ilovechubby and Callie,


Thanks for the wonderful advice. So now I know PE lessons are conducted twice a week. I thought it was only on Friday. My gal still have not got any time table, but she told me she would be getting today. I shall wait for it then.

I read from the earlier responses, there seem to be some designated fruit day? I am totally unaware of that. What happens on fruit day?

Another qn: do all pupils need to wear the collar pin? This collar pin was bought together in a package as part of the booklist.

I am so glad I join this forum and thread! Else, I would not have known many ongoings..

Hi Parents,


I am new to this thread and also quite new to this forum site too.
My gal just entered P1 this year.
I have a few questions that I hope anyone of you can help me answer.
1) My gal has not got any time-table yet. Hopefully she will get it today when she is back. Does anyone with P1 children here has any info on time-table?
2) How is communication with teachers like? Through email? Or better through the blue notebook? Do the teachers respond quickly?
3) I realize that Pei Chun canteen doesn't serve very nutritious food as opposed to what I have heard that nowadays primary sch canteens serve non-fried food and very health conscious food. But we have noticed that they sell roti prata, fried nuggets, fish balls, and the noodle soup does not have a single vege, and chicken rice has no cucumber. Why is that so? Does anyone has any feedback on this?
4) Is Friday a designated PE day? So every Friday, students have to wear PE tee and shorts to school? No need to bring any skirt and blouse?

Paiseh.. I have asked so many questions.
Appreciate if anyone can enlighten this suaku parent

As you may have seen in my previous post, I had sent my son to MFS in Bishan last week, the first week of school to attend K1. It was kind of disastrous, sad to say. And now my boy ends up averse to going there and I have to call up his previous cc and luckily there was one vacancy left for me to transfer him back to old cc.


Why disastrous?
1) His teachers did not come on the first week of school last week. The teachers will only come from 2nd week, that is today which is too late as damage is done.
2) He was put together with the nursery kids whom he did not have any interest in their play. Temporary helpers were deployed to his K1 class.
3) The school in this MFS is too new. The teachers only get to know each other today on their first day of deployment to this school. So are the other helpers and teachers already here who have no camaraderie yet.
4) The principal as one of the parents here who have mentioned in another MFS thread, is not very warm and probably she is also too new to give her the benefit of doubt.
5) There are too few students, only 4 in the morning last week, and 3 are supposed to come in the afternoon whom I do not know if they really come as we have already fetched our son back

This morning, I have withdrawn my son from the centre, and to add things worse, he was crying when he was brought to the old cc, as he felt too embarassed to go back after what everyone thought he had withdrawn. Poor boy!!

So this is the lesson I have learnt. Never put your child in a too new environment. Better to put in one where the system is in place and teachers have already forged lots of good bonding with each other.

Hi All who are interested in Bishan St 13 MFS,


I have visited the school last Sat and am satisfied with what I have seen and heard from the principal. Why I like this school?:

1) teacher ratio is lower compared to other CC, at most 15 students enrolment at this centre with 2 teachers for K1, which means more attention and best part you are paying no extra for such \"exclusive\" attention.
2) food menu changes every week and rotate same menu every month. The menu looks really interesting and nutricious. They are under healthy living scheme in food planning.
3) there are NO SPELLING or 听写. Ok, this may be \"traumatic\" to some parents. same for me when I first heard from the principal. The reason for this is MFS curriculum seems to be not so much emphasis on worksheets, and memorize by heart spelling words. The principal explained to me that they learn spelling words through games like filling in letters in blanks of a spelt word. Their empasis is learning through games. I wld think of similar montessori schemes, except that this is a very reasonable priced CC compared to montessori schools. In fact, principal also said that MFS has to be stricter than most CC in terms of many aspects, since they are big organization and have many many CC in Singapore = many parents to account for. I agree with low emphasis on worksheets and no kiasu prep for P1, kids' childhood is already so short, why shorten it further with early prep in doing homework and early prep for 20 yrs of formal education?
4) Toys are new in this MFS and everything is new. Environment looks really cosy especially in infant care section.
5) The teachers are sent for courses and training often, during CC closure in stipulated 5.5 days. Sounds to me like they are eager to upgrade the quality of teachers.
6) They have outdoor play daily. This is impt to me because my kids' current CC only have indoor play daily. I feel outdoor play is totally essential for well-being of young ones.
7) School fees is one of the cheapest in Singapore and in return you get good quality CC.

Ok, these are my takeaways from the visit to My First Skool in Bishan St 13.
Share with me what you feel if you have visited the school too