Pat's Schoolhouse

[Rainbow2010]

i think pat’s has got good in house system, my girl is very weak in her phonics despite all the classes she went to as young as 3yrs old

but after 3months with Pat’s she is able to read using her phonics skill and spell as well
i-math is also interesting though i still dont know what it is about
her interest in maths grow and starts doing alot of enrichment books on maths
is a pity i didnt send her earlier to pat’s i can tell that she loves her school
she is much happier now

[Busymom]

Augmum:

oh....what's a surprise to hear that the graduaton ceremony payment is much cheaper now.....
i remembered during my gal's time, i was paying near to $500,
prob the rental of the venue is diff......

Correction... just saw the receipt. Total was about $444, inclusive of 3 tickets. 1 ticket is about $58, we even had to pay full fare for DS.

Not sure whether this is it or there will be more to come.

[Busymom]

DC Mummy:

Actually, my DS loves cooking. His wish is being a cook when he grows up. That's what he always say to me......then I would encourage him, good inspiration, better be a well known chef , somebody like sam leong...my own wish though :lol:

while mine likes to play cooking... :lol:

DC Mummy:

I prefer the i-maths because this will be conducted in chinese.....imagine learning maths + chinese at the same time, kill two birds with one stone

we like that it is conducted in chinese too. :celebrate:

[Busymom]

mtdt:

can send him to classes outside... like bakerzin kids etc. My boy loves cookery classes too.

bakerzin.. can send once or twice. Can go broke if keep going there.

[DC Mummy]

mtdt:

oh so the benefit of beg yr born kids! My no1 is Jun baby. He learn most of his phonics from his old cc in sengkang. a very gd Montessori cc. Only this year, then i bought the P&J series and we read one page a day at home. so far so gd... I heard lots abt ICR (a few of my fren all send their kids there... )and 2 of the 4yos are promoted very quickly to ICR level. I find it gd at least kids are not binded by \"age\" but promoted by their ability.


my no2 is a Dec kid. oh no.. so i shd lower my expectation for him loh?

CM in Sengkang was my initial choice before we visited Pat's at Serangoon. Too bad, there wasn't any vacancy as they were still pending for MCYS approval to increase capacity intake.

I hope by early next year, DS can move up to ICR level

[DC Mummy]

Busymom:

mtdt:

can send him to classes outside... like bakerzin kids etc. My boy loves cookery classes too.

bakerzin.. can send once or twice. Can go broke if keep going there.

Besides Bakerzin, there is a \"Genius R Us\" at City Square (kitchener rd) giving bakery lessons too. They are conducting holiday cookery classes at various dates in Nov / Dec, duration 2~3 days if I remember correctly.

[omgmum]

Hope someone can help me on this!


I was told that in order to use the CDA to pay for the school fees at Pat’s schoolhouse, I have to submit the monthly statement.

Which means that I have to tell them how much money is in the CDA! Is there a need for them to do that?

The CDA and registration forms did not state that I have to send in the monthly statement. I’ve double-checked with the bank and for the giro to be approved, there is really no need for the statement.

I find it very invasive!

[empressplace]

You just need to specify CDA account details in the giro form for Pat’s Schoolhouse. I don’t recall ever needing to provide statements.

[Koolmama]

LOL... it's quite expensive (to me) The DVD set alone was $160+... Costumes $107... Tickets $58+ each...


Even though i ordered only 1 ticket (hubby can't make it) the total cost still came up to more than $300!!!

According to a friend of mine, this is considered cheap as apparently it used to cost almost $1000 many years back!! (not sure how true this is )

Busymom:

Augmum:

hi busymom,
just happen to read that yr girl also in Halifax Pats', what's a co-incidence.......
this year K2 ?? just curious how much u need to pay for the graduation ceremony (all in with CD, VCD, photographing, tickets, etc)
mine was 7 years ago, just wanna to compare how much more.....

:celebrate: Yes, it's a coincidence indeed.

My forgetful DH cannot remember... while I didn't bother to read the form asking for payment at that time :oops: But my domestic helper thinks it's over $300. Maybe koolmama can answer that question better.

[smilingmummy]

DC Mummy:

smilingmummy:

Seems like most of the feedbacks on most of the PSH branches are really good. My child is currently at the Arena branch but because of the poor management of the principal, I am considering of transferring her to Halifax branch.


Anyone knows if there is priority for school transfer as i understand that Halifax always has really long waiting list....

I have spoken to Ada (priniciple from Halifax but now heading Tanglin) before and was told that priority is given to siblings first and followed by internal transfer. Confirmation has to be done by end Sep with registration form submitted.

Initially, I was contemplating to change there as well after hearing good reviews but utimately put the thought away. Reason is he's doing very well in current branch. He knows his friends, teachers, enjoys the rustic school environment and learning much, thus I don't want him to go through all over again in a new environment.

I heard that Halifax, Seranggon and Buckely are having the long wait list esp those born in 2007 and 2008. Maybe you would like to share more about what are the unpleasant stuff you encountered at Arena? Have you raised your concern to the principle ......

The principal will be the last person i will check with. To think that not only the teachers turnover is high, the students turnover is also very high!! By the way, I have notice that Pats Arena has been having alot of honey stars/cornflakes/cocoa crunch for breakfast or snacktime as compared to last time whereby i can hardly see those 'heaty stuffs' was served for the kids!