The staff at LCentral Holland sms me saying they are having Open House on 28 March and will be conducting Parents Information Sessions by a curriculum manager from their HQ. They will be sharing their programmes for P3 to PSLE from 10.30am to 11am; and N2 to P2 from 12.30pm to 1pm.


I am signing up both sessions to find out more about their programmes. Kiasu! =》

xueyan:

CK0917:

Any idea about Preparation for success? my boy is in K2, i wonder if it is due to his age that is why they put him under preparation for success, he completed his liftoff last year.
They are doing forming sentence & some composition.
I feel the class a bit dry, not too sure if it is due to the teacher or the materials, i look at the workbook, i also dunno how to coach him, except for the homework + spelling..

Yes totally agreed. In liftoff, there are lots of reading together as there are many new words to go through. However in success program, they are doing comprehension, composition, spelling, cloze, grammar all in the workbook.

I especially don't like the way they do grammar. There is no exercise on the different tenses, capital letters, punctuation, nouns, verbs. But they are asked to do workbook that combined all these. I mean how do you expect a newly P1 to know all these.
I have spoken to his teacher about why is it not taught by topic. She told me that all along they teach everything together and it seems there is no problem as at the end of the day the children will learn everything. What do you guys think?

However I do like that they have started on composition (although I don't think Ds grasp the concept of planning a composition) where they teach the intro, body and conclusion.

I flipped through their Workbooks and noticed that some grammar rules are explained in the books. Not sure it's primary practice or success. Probably the teachers will go through with them during the class how they should apply the grammar...

And I agree that it's good idea to do compositions at Success 1.

xueyan:

Hi parents


My boy is with Lcentral since Foundation. I find the Foundation, Launchpad and Liftoff quite good as kids are exposed to lots of words.

However, since 2 months in Success program, I find the class only so-so.

I don't think my boy show any improvement. Is it too short a time to tell? I am thinking of switching school.

Any view?

I understand that LCentral's success programmes are usually 1 level higher than MOE standard. If your child's English is pretty good, probably is good to continue to maintain his standard of English. If he is weak, 2 months may not be long enough to show improvements. More importantly, the child might have a connection with the teacher and good to continue the momentum. For me, I will continue at least for 2 or 3 terms to see results.

CK0917:

Dec:

Anyone can comment the difference between liftoff and I can read ICR programme?

I understand the fee for lcentral is higher than I can read...

My col sent 1 kid to Lcentral, another kid to I can Read, he compared the work book & concluded that Lcentral is better.
I chose Lcentral over ICR due to distance, timing & good comments from parents.
Hope this helps.

Agree with CK0917.

My girl was with ICR for two terms and I didn't know what she learned. And suddenly ICR switched to My English School and it's not native speaking teacher teaching her. I had to drag my girl to class every week as she didn't seem to enjoy. After I switched to LCentral, within 1 month my girl learned all the first sound of A to Z and quickly promoted from foundation to launchpad. She is happier at LCentral also.

EatNonStop:

tybalt:

Hi


Anyone will L Central referral? Pls PM me, thanks

U need referral? Which branch?

Hi,

The referal has to be from the same branch your kid intend to sign up. Different branch no referral discount.

Dec:

Anyone can comment the difference between liftoff and I can read ICR programme?

I understand the fee for lcentral is higher than I can read...

Hi Dec, you can see my comment on page 141. Generally parents can't tell the difference of the two brands' reading Programme. But those detailed and Kiasu parents will research and tell you what's the difference.

So my kiasu parent friend said LCentral is better in the sense that they have word attack skills, meaning learn more high frequency words which help the kids to read faster rather than decoding every words.

Hope this helps

Alexjune:

What is the different between ICR & LCentral? Need help!


Any good teachers to recommend for Foundations & LauchPad at LCental Thomson, Holland or Bukit Timah Branch?! Thanks

Alexjune:

What is the different between ICR & LCentral? Need help!

Any good teachers to recommend for Foundations & LauchPad at LCental Thomson, Holland or Bukit Timah Branch?! Thanks

My kiasu mummy friend told me the difference. She researched in details the difference of LCentral and ICR. LCentral is better than ICR with 'word attack skill'. LCentral reading programme teach more sight words which aid the kids to read faster rather than the need to blend 'high frequency' words when reading. For ICR, the kids have to learn reading with the marks above the words like those words you see in dictionary. After they learn to read the markings with the words, the kids have to learn to read the words without the markings above the words. It's like learning extra thing and to forget them. Extra step.

My son's teacher is Teacher Aisling for Foundation Class at Holland branch and my girl's teacher is Teacher Rita for LaunchPad Class. They are very friendly teachers. Teacher Stephen taught my girl for a term before I switched timing. He is very cute and nice teacher as well. I always see him playing/joking with my children.

lemonkiss:

Any reviews for holland branch? Any referral for holland branch? Please pm me thanks

My two kids at LCentral Holland branch. Friendly teachers.

My 3 year old boy started last term at their Foundation class. And he is able to tell me first sounds of some words. Am so glad with his progress.

My 5 year old girl is with LCentral for 3 terms. She attended foundation class for a term and promoted to LaunchPad. Now she is able to speed pronounce first sounds of A to Z within 15 seconds. Amazing! She is now learning last sounds, middle sounds, segmenting and sight words. Can't wait for her to start the LCentral LiftOff Programme.

I saw a few 4 years old kids taking the LiftOff programme. My regret is that I should have started my kids earlier for their reading programmes.

briskcross:

Loveshine Montessori Schoolhouse at Chu Lin Road.

Hi Briskcross, I am interested to send my kid to Loveshine. What is your opinion on this CC?

Dear parents, any recommendation for childcare in Bukit Batok?