hi Parents ,


Recently the School Bookshop ran out of stocks for P5 assessment books , so with the book list i went to Popular book store to buy …
yes i managed … but at an extra cost of 3 more dollars …
Booklist states S$ 7.25 , Popular sold at S$10.25 ( why so much diff ? )

Next i proceeded to buy another assessment book from a neighbourhood bookstore ( bcoz Popular did not sell them )
this time the Bookstore sold the book at S$2.00 lower than the booklist !!!
S$ 7.25 and i bought at S$5.25 !!! ( why so much diff ? )
i asked the shop assistant if she had made a mistake about the prices …
she confirmed it was correct at S$ 5.25

Question : School Bookshops have the duty to be offering Students the best prices for all the items sold …
Prices should either be equal if not lower than what is sold outside …
But should never be higher …

Dunno if u have made comparisons ??? And what/s yr opinion about such cases ?

If children and beginners below 12 years living in the North who are interested to learn Table Tennis , you can look for me 91001672 , tintin

i am starting a class of 20 players with 2 coaches and 2 assistants .

Training time : Mon - fri (2pm to 4 pm ).
venue : Next to Northpoint * set up to help out with busy Parents / too far away from various training centres .

Fees : from S100.00 onwards .

i have 2 kids whom are training under the JSA and YSA scheme

. JSA - Junior Sports Academy ( Pr5 - P6 )
YSA - Youth Sports Academy ( sec 1 onwards )

both JSA and YSA were formerly known as " Combined Schools " Team , hence , some players still wore the old T-shirt that reads Singapore Schools …
Except that , currently the JSA provided i think 3-4 venues for trainees to train .(In my child’s case - their sport is table tennis )

For a start , they have to be a School Player , the coaches or school will be encouraged to make recomendation by submitting the names .
A trial selection would be conducted and players who have been selected have to go to any of the appointed centres for training .
The aim of JSA is to give a chance to identified talents coming from schools which, do not have strong pool of players, or a conducive training condition to come together to train with the other talented players and receive proper guidance by the much qualified coaches engaged by the MOE .They train 3 times , 7pm to 9 pm / week .
The best of the cohort will be selected under STTA 's Youth Development Squad (YDS) - which offers a minimum of 5 days training , attendents are compulsory . YDS is the feeder to NYT ( National Youth Team ) that may lead to the National Team . My Child was one of the fortunate one.
YDS has a set of training schedules that differs from JSA .
STTA send their YDS players to Taiwan , Korea or China .

While JSA also go for overseas training and competitions mainly in China .
YSA took their Teams to Stockholm , Sweden , both last year and this Oct 2011 .
So you can see it leads to a whole range of programmes …
By far , MOE , STTA had made a lot of effort in grooming our young players in the field of Table Tennis .
Heard it is equally interesting for Badminton , soccer , swimming too
As a Parent , i am happy for the children and thanks to MOE for their efforts.

My child have just received a certificate yesterday , when JSA held its 3rd graduation ceremony for the P6 JSA students at Hwa Chong Institution Hall .