Montfort Junior

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The school now still have corporal punishment???

[ChiefKiasu]

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The school now still have corporal punishment???

You may have misread Dreamybee's post. She was actually talking about ANOTHER unamed school, NOT Montfort Junior, that practises corporal punishment. She is quite happy with Montfort Junior.

[1234]

Hi all,

i am new to this thread. As i will be moving to hougang soon.i also put montfont jr into consideration due to convenient wise.Will be attending the open house this sat.Certainly hope that ths sch is not as bad as some of the coments here

[mom2boys]

Hi,


My DS1 will be enrolled into P1 next year. Just to check if any parents have send their child to any after school care near to Monfort? Feedbacks appreicated :lol:

[chic_mom]

1234:

Hi all,

i am new to this thread. As i will be moving to hougang soon.i also put montfont jr into consideration due to convenient wise.Will be attending the open house this sat.Certainly hope that ths sch is not as bad as some of the coments here

My DS is currently in P2 in MJS. Honestly, i still prefer d former principal. D current one is new to d sch(barely 5 mths or so) & i can clearly notice there's a drop in discipline standard since.

I'll b transferring my boy out by year end due to some bad bad experience.

Best wishes.

[Sexyviper]

I have given a whole year of chances to the form teacher of class [ Moderator's note: class name removed ] before I post this message.


She is the most unapproachable and unresponsive form teacher I have encountered!

In the begining of the year, I sent her several emails but there wasn't any single reply. I gave her the benefit of doubt that she never received my emails due to wrong email address but later found out that there is nothing wrong with her email address. When she finally responded to my emails, it was just a one liner kind of patronizing response.

When I called her to tell her that my son would be on MC due to chicken pox, her immediate response was to ask me to fax her the MC from the doctor! Not just that, she failed to return my call when she promised that she will call me back.

I was hoping to work closely with my son's form teacher so that he can improve in his studies and conduct but his form teacher is simply dissappointing!!!

I wouldn't want to leave her name here but it's not difficult to find out who is the form teacher of [ Moderator's note: class name removed ].

Last Friday, I was at school and requested to look at my son's exams compo paper, she said no due to \"school's policy\". Fine, I can respect that since it is the \"school's policy\". But when I asked her what is the rationale behind not letting the parents look at the compo paper, she simply turned to another teacher and asked \"why huh?\" The other teacher answered, \"Dunno, it's the school's policy\"!

What a convenient answer. I totally give up!

I have discussed her attitude and shared my views with the school principle on several occasions but I honestly do not see any sincere effort from her to be more approachable and responsive.

After all these bad experiences for this whole year, I am also in the midst of transferring my son out of the school. Keeping my fingers crossed!

[mom2boys]

hi hi,


any idea what the top score rate for this yr PSLE results for 2010? :?

[doryfish]

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[prosperityburger]

Hello parents! I’m new here and I’m glad there’s a place for me to share my thoughts with you all.


My son is in P4E this year and has special needs. I know he’s put into the last class because he’s not that smart and I have problems with his studies. But this year the teacher for his class always go on MC, almost twice a week. It’s only week 3 and he’s already missing so many lessons. Now I quit my job last month to take care of my son. so I’m starting to worry about the things I hear from the parents in the MJPC. This teacher is teaching the last class because he always takes MC and he never mark the books and don’t give worksheets. How can the school do this to the students???

I am very very concern about how the school can help my son and how they are placing teachers for the classes. Is it the principal think my son and all his classmates are "hopeless", that’s why she don’t care what happen to the class? I heard some parents say they are like the "sacrifice".

Any suggestions to help me? Should I request to transfer class since it’s still the beginning of the year?

[tootsieroll]

Hi all,

This has been an invaluable thread for me. We relocated from overseas recently and are looking for a school for our son - he is not a Sg citizen/PR, so technically, will be in Phase 3. We are also practising Catholics. I’ve looked at the balloting history of the other Catholic boys schools in Singapore, and they are all popular, but MJS is the only one still having places in Phase 3. I was surprised by this, as I always thought MJS had a good reputation, but clearly not.

Like one of the posts here, my son is currently in a Montessori kindergarten (Bridges, in Ponggol 17th Ave), and very outspoken. My worry is that it may be seen as ‘rude’, even though he may not necessarily be so. Some other poster noted that there were many foreign students in MJS - what nationalities are they, and do they fit in well?

I feel that it can’t be that bad a school - every school has bad eggs, even schools like RI. I think parents have a big part to play in nurturing the values in a child. I’d like to say my boy is bright, extremely articulate, and that any school he goes to will be able to recognise that in him and encourage his strengths rather than dampen it.

Is MJS such a school?