Carpe Diem
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Hi,
Any of u have sent ur kid to Carpe Diem Childcare??
I intending to enrol my kids to one of their centre in Watten Park or Jalan Jurong Kechil?
Any feedback abt these two centres?? -
My son is in Carpe Diem starlets 120. Frankly I don’t see any MI kinda teaching as written in the website. Since the change of management (used to be Golden-Kids, the school was sold to Carpe Diem in 2007), the previous batch teachers had been leaving one after another and the center turnaround rate was very high. The new teachers are mostly chinese nationals teaching Chinese and Muslim teachers for English. For K1 and K2 there is weekly ‘ting xie’. My son adapted to the change quite well and his Chinese improved a lot for the past 1 year. He is very enthusiastic to learn new words. Regular communication with the teachers is very important too if you wanna know about your kid’s progress in the school.
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[quote]Blk 318:
http://www.carpediem.com.sg/index.php?conpg=centres&ctr=1
JJK - Jalan Jurong Kechil
http://www.carpediem.com.sg/index.php?conpg=centres&ctr=7
... Will update also the enrichment class JJK have for Monday to Friday when free :)[/quote]Wow, you have really put in a lot of effort in ensuring your kid gets the best you can find. Thanks again. -
My kid is in JJK. So far, this is the better childcare which is near to my place. We decided to send our kid to JJK after doing some shortlisting of the childcare centres and visiting them. JJK price is reasonable, and the place is big (comprises of two semi-D premises) which allows my kid to run around. Other than the $445 (after subsidy) fee, parents may enrolled their kids for optional extra cost enrichment classes held in the afternoons - such as "kindermusik", "speech-&-drama", "arts-&-craft" etc. So the monthly expenses incurred maybe substantially higher.
The school does not teach "phonics" specifically; but it teaches the pupils on how to read using books from the Readers series of "Edverture Resources". I had asked around, and realised that parents are actually sending their kids for phonics classes - I enroled my kid for "Zoophonics" - to strengthen kids’ command on "phonetics sounds" and blending etc. I have the impression that just relying on CD (JJK) cirriculum to teach the kids good phonics is limited. I have feedback to CD (JJK) on providing optional "phonics" enrichment course as part of the afternoon cirriculum, but so far they had not took up the suggestion. -
evelynseet:
Hi... I was there in Jln Jurong Kechil. I like the place however, I notice that the ventilation in the class room is very stuffy... also, I think there is too many childrens. Hv u check it out?Hi,
Any of u have sent ur kid to Carpe Diem Childcare??
I intending to enrol my kids to one of their centre in Watten Park or Jalan Jurong Kechil?
Any feedback abt these two centres?? -
I been to Watten Estate-Carpe Diem. Centre not bad. But somehow those teachers dun seem impressive to me.
In the end, I actually enrol my kids to Barker Road Methodist Church Kindergarten. So far, my kids enjoy going to school everyday. -
evelynseet:
When I visited the CD/JJK, they employed many china nationality and my hb notices that these teacher looks very tired and restless. For that matter of fact, we decided to register my K1 daughter and 2 years son to a nearby CC called Childrenworld Montesori. It is a small scale but I feel very comfortable.I been to Watten Estate-Carpe Diem. Centre not bad. But somehow those teachers dun seem impressive to me.
In the end, I actually enrol my kids to Barker Road Methodist Church Kindergarten. So far, my kids enjoy going to school everyday. -
How old is ur girl?? There is one Glory Kindergarten aroung Bukit Timah Mkt, I heard tat this school is v good…
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Yes I wud love to enrol my daugther (K1) to Glory Kind but they don’t have full day care. Currently both kids are under the baby sitter care.
Daughter is attending every day zoophonic. We are moving in June fm the Pasir Ris to this part of Singapore. Alot of changes, need to find house, engage a DH and a good full day childcare (which I am never in favour). Being a working mum, these changes is definitely going to build my patience and train my management skill in all aspect.
We have visited so far few CC… must say that I want to enrol both kids in Caterpillar clove but son will be on waitlisting… and no transport (as we don’t drive)… visited JJK Carpe Diem but I really feel that place is so cluster and the caretake/some of the teachers looks abit restless and tired.
I found this place CW montessori hillview which I like the teacher Sophie and I feel that the kids look happier and more calm. -
My kid has been with CD-JJK for awhile. It’s pretty much of a norm nowadays for CC to engage china nationals as Chinese teachers - which in my opinion is good because they are native speakers. For English teachers, I noticed a handful of S’poreans (based on their accents) and a Filipino (I think). I felt that their english competence is reasonable. We had visited a few CCs before CD-JJK, and we found that the levels of English competence of teachers really varied widely. Notwithstanding that, I do noticed that CD-JJK newsletters can be filled with (plentiful) grammerial errors. I have not feedback to them though.
CD-JJK has different enrichment courses for Monday to Fri. To enrol one for all enrichment classes offered would cost parents an estimated $400 per month. I thought that might be as well, because usually in the afternoon (for full-day childcare), the childrens don’t have much activity either. However to be frank, till now I still don’t know what’s this "Character Development" enrichment class about.
I did have a concerns over the longer period of bathing and napping before. Lunch starts at 11.30am followed by a shower, and then nap time from 12 to 3. In total, 3.5 hours are "wasted". However, a doctor friend advised that kids at this age need plenty of rest and napping in order to grow - and urged me not to always use us "adult" standards to guide a kid’s.
As both of us (and grandparents) are working, we have no choic but to put our kid in a CC. We have a maid, but we reckon that it would be safer to put our kid in a CC than with our maid alone at home. Ideally, we thought that our kid(s) do half-day pre-school, with the another half day in another hlaf-day programmes such as "Zoophonics" or "Creative Thinkers" etc. But the problem is the travelling between the two pre-schools.
We live in Bukit Batok East. Appreciated it if anyone knows of a good (or bad) CC (based on personal experience) kindly do PM me. While we think that CD-JJK is good for now, we would consider to switch if a good CC is available. Some CCs that we are thinking of are:-
a) Learning Ladder (pros - Teachers who are native english speakers)
b) Babies Inc (pros - offer 2 kindermusik & 2 gymborree lessons / week)
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