Pat's Schoolhouse

[sparkie0209]

hi there,


are there any parents who did not send their kids to baby haven and are still able to put their 3year olds to pat’s schoolhouse at halifax? i have visited them last week and one of the teachers said it will be tough to get in if i did not put my kid to baby haven, even on waitlist…

any parents with kids in pat’s at jubilee, would like to hear from you on the teachers there.

[tinkerbell]

Hi sparkie0409,


my DD entered PATS Halifax only at Playgroup 3 years back.
So did another parent. Rest of class were fm baby haven.
But i placed her in queue close to a year, which was not because there was a long queue but because I hv already narrowed down to this school due logistical reasons.

[sparkie0209]

thanks, tinkerbell… nice to know that you managed to put ur DD to Pat’s at halifax even without her going to baby haven…

[Busymom]

tinkerbell:

Hi Busymom,


thanks for yr insight
Looks like our DDs could be classmates :lol:

Yes, they could well be. :celebrate:

tinkerbell:

Its ironical how i want my DD to develop at her own pace (no stress etc) and yet worried abt her not catching up in pri school :?

I think we all do... blame it on the system or just us parents for aggravating the kiasuism...

[Busymom]

sparkie0209:

thanks, tinkerbell... nice to know that you managed to put ur DD to Pat's at halifax even without her going to baby haven...

That could be 3 years ago though. I heard that this year, some kids from baby haven couldn't even get into Halifax :shock: Maybe they were late in submitting the enrolment form, or maybe they don't have an older sibling in halifax to get the priority.

[tinkerbell]

wow... that's bad. Thank goodness i don't hv this issue then.

Otherwise wouldn't be on this thread :lol:

[Augmum]

Busymom:

That could be 3 years ago though. I heard that this year, some kids from baby haven couldn't even get into Halifax :shock: Maybe they were late in submitting the enrolment form, or maybe they don't have an older sibling in halifax to get the priority.

Huh??? puzzle me.........
U mean the kid must be from baby haven before he/she can enrol in Pat’s Halifax branch ??
or he/she must have a sibling there in order to get the priority……..
wow…….pat’s so good business arhh despite its high school fees
I din face such problem when my gal was there 6-7 years ago……..

[Busymom]

I don’t think there is such a requirement that you must be from Baby Haven to go to Halifax.


Having said that, the school will give priority to those with siblings already in Halifax or are existing students in baby haven. Apparently, there were not enough vacancies to cater to everyone this year (or maybe in recent years?!) that some of the children from baby haven progressing to playgroup had to go to other branches. Naturally those with older siblings in Halifax will have priority over those who don’t as the school would want to minimise logistics issue for the parents (e.g. 1 kid in Halifax and another kid in Buckley).

We heard this from someone in the school. Exactly how many students were affected by this, I’m not sure. My guess is, baby haven has also expanded quite a bit (higher intake) in the last couple of years.

Anyway, for parents planning to send their children to Halifax, no harm putting your child’s name on the waitlist way in advance just to play safe loh…

[empressplace]

Hi would other Pat’s Schoolhouse parents in this forum kindly comment on the standard of hygiene at Pat’s? My son has only attended Pat’s for 2.5 months and fell sick after one month and now caught something else. I know it’s common to fall sick when starting preschool but how does Pat compare to other premium preschool in this regard?

[izu]

My bb gal going to be 18 months and I would like to enquire on the curriculum and teachers at Pat’s Mt Sinai.


Anyone’s children are there?

The school (in fact most Pat’s branches) sounds very good. Is it comparable to Mindchamp?

thx.