No worries. Glad to be able to help.

Hello,


Sorry for the late reply. I missed out the email notification on the new post.

Yes, streaming is done in P4.

Hope it helps.

revils_ling:

Hi Yumin parents,


Hope someone here can help with my queries about the school.

1) What time is the daily recess for P1? Do they split the recess into 2 sessions for the lower and upper primary classes? Also, does the school include any specified snack break for the kids between recess and dismissal? If yes, how long is the snack break?

Ans: Recess time is split into 2. First recess ie for lower primary (P1-P3) is at 9.35-10.05am. Second recess ie for upper primary (P4-P6) is at 10.05-10.35am. There is daily snack break ie 12.05-12.15pm except on Fridays. The school termed it as Joy Time.

2) Are there any specific weekly music lessons planned into the timetable for the lower primary classes? Or is there any music book listed on the annual booklist?

Ans: There is weekly music lesson incorporated into the timetable. There is a music book included in the booklist too.

3) When do the children start to have Higher Mother Tongue classes? Is it in P2 or older?

Ans: In Primary 5 and only for those selected.

4) Do the P1s get to have an upper primary buddy for the 1st week of school?

Ans: Yes but the buddy assigned are usually from the lower primary.

5) Is it possible for you to share a copy of the class timetable & booklist for P1 please? If yes, kindly blank-out class/child name prior to sharing.

Any kind response is greatly appreciated. :xedfingers:

Hope the info helps.

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Rosewine:

What CCA can p1 join? Any restriction?

Would love to join something. Are all CCA conducted on the same weekday?
:))

No restrictions but there are some CCAs that the child has to go thru 'selection trial' before they can join. With regards to the CCA days, mostly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, most CCAs are only conducted once a week with exception to some e.g. competitive sports CCAs. You might want to refer to the sch memo issued in Term 1.

Rosewine:

At what grade level can the children join CCA? P1 or p2?

I checked with my child's form teacher prior to the sch holidays and she told me that p1 students do not need to join any CCAs.

Hehehe I can’t remember…but I know I din attend… lol…

If I recall correctly there would be a CCA ‘bazaar’. A memo would be sent in due course. I remember my boy was told to go for the football trial when he was in p2 and he was selected to join football for his CCA. But am not certain now whether things have changed now.

Hi Liselle,


For this sch, there aint any Eng textbooks but depending on which class you are in, for some there will be additional english books/materials required. The schools used Stellar worksheets which are included in the booklist.

As far as I know during the previous principal stint, there were assessment conducted to ‘group’ the children according to their capabilities. The classes were 1A(being the best class), 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F(being the last class).
The school started rebranding the classes only a year ago.

Not too sure whether there are any changes to introduce any new CCAs this year. Hahaha my girl aren’t those musical inclined type. She’s those very 'rough and ‘gungho’ type. I’m hoping there are new sports CCAs. Else netball is the only one for her.

I’m keen to join the WhatsApp group. I’ll pm you my no. Thanks.

Mini-Bug:

What happened at PERI upgrading?


I think it's quite obvious too that the school is putting in lots of effort in promote the string ensemble. They gave a performance during the immersion programme. They showcased duets and even solo during orientation.

No more big sch field...being replaced by the ISH.
Hahaha yes I agree about the efforts for the string ensemble.

One of the reason IMHO, Yumin is not as popular as other neighbourhood schools in Tampines possibly bcoz the school does not has a variety of CCAs in school. I was kinda disappointed too, not much sports CCAs. I guess their niche is just not in sports but in uniform group and aesthetic. There used to be softball for boys but was later disbanded when the school had their PERI upgrading. Football was then introduced till now.