Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)

[Rivevae]

Dear Osakachan,MTS & Chatty, thanks so much for the valuable insights into the MT in ACSJ. Indeed I’m much relieved aft hearing this. I’ve been trying to get DS to "love" the language but to no avail until he has a great kindergarten teacher in the past 1 yr who is really patient with non-Chinese speaking kids like him and at least gets him to appreciate the language more than before. In fact I took the wrong start by putting him in a Chinese-major kindy 2 years back hoping to brush up his mandarin and it turned out to be a total flop (that’s why I’m steering clear of SAP school). Too much of a yelling doesn’t help a kid to enjoy the learning process either. Thanks again for the assurance. Really can’t wait to start him at ACSJ this Jan!

[Rivevae]

ACS is one of the schools participating in the Nat’l Science Challenge to be aired on TV5 every Tues @6:30pm. Surely a good time to connect our DS going P1 next year on it.

[windie]

Are there any moms in parent support group who can share what activities they are engaged in and the time commitment?

Tia!

[sandychan72]

Hello Everyone…

My DS is also going to ACJS next year and hope he can settle well in ACJS. Hope to learn and share with all of you in this thread…

[snowflake]

Hi all,


My son is gonna be in P1 ACJS too next year 2012! He's excitedly looking forward to it. Mummy also now (though a bit late alredi lor) gotta get into the act of getting to know other parents so that I can double check what he tells (or forgets to tell) me when he start school next year

Hmm...I read in earlier thread here that there seems to be BASC (run by YMCA) in ACPS... Does anyone have any idea if there is BASC in ACJS as well? :xedfingers: If not, do you think got chance for ACJS student to join the BASC in ACPS (if ACPS does have BASC)? Anxious mummy needs to work out suitable student care arrangements for him....

Also, I stay in the East - so will have to rely on school bus to bring him to school. Do you think I can book the bus service now or have to wait until orientation on 4 Nov? Also, what time do you reckon the bus will pick up from the East- 6am??

thanks so much for all your kind help in advance!

[sugarbunny]

Hi Snowflake


My DD is going to ACS Jnr too. Yes, there is a BASC at ACS Pr and they do accept students from ACS Jnr. The only thing is that you have to find your own transport to the BASC at ACS Pr after school. Guess it is more convenient for the ACS Pr student.

There is no BASC in ACS Jnr but there is another BASC at Cairhill CC called Kiddiewinkie Student care. I have enrolled my DD there. It is just abt 5 mins walk from ACS Jnr and most importantly they provide transport to the centre after school. Went down to take a look at the centre. Seems ok to me.

Not to sure abt the bus service too. Think most information will be available on the orientation day. Hope this helps.

[jelly28]

My son hasn’t had much luck with the teachers there… let me tell you what we have experienced this year.

1) This strange teacher orders the class to switch off all the lights and place their heads on the tables while waiting for the next teacher to appear. You know what? On certain occasions the waiting time is so long that some kids have a real good nap.
2) We requested for one booklet as our son misplaced his ( for the first time this year) this is what the teacher emailed us:

The oral book is given to the boys at the beginning of the year. Each boy is only entitled to one. I have a few boys told me that they have misplaced the book. I have asked them to look for it first and some of them found it. For those who could not find it, I have lent them my book to photocopy. Please try to look for it first. If you cannot find it, do let me know and I will lend my copy and you can photocopy during the weekend. Thank you for your understanding.

<I cannot understand why the teacher doesn’t even keep spare copies of it! I mean does the teacher expect all 7 year olds NEVER to lose their stuff? >


3) Another boy in the same class told his mother that the teacher was not able to teach the higher order thinking skills for math. Initially, I thought her son was just being cheeky… until mine told me the same!

4) My husband and I were so shocked to receive a flyer requesting for us parents to donate money to fund the Teacher’s Day luncheon!

There are just too many incidences through out the year to list… Another colleague of mine who is also a teacher simply said that it just gives such a bad impression of the school especially if you are in the school for the first time.

[phtthp]

if father last time was from ACS Secondary, but primary not from ACS primary Junior - can qualify under phase 2A ?

[MummyThreeStreams]

phtthp:

if father last time was from ACS Secondary, but primary not from ACS primary Junior - can qualify under phase 2A ?

Nope, coz they are different schools (unlike MGS which is a full-school). The father has to have studied at ACS (Junior).

[snowflake]

Thanks sugarbunny for the info that you've shared:-)


I've since called up the school, talked to ACPS as well as the bus contacts and student care (MCYC) at ACPS to find out further details.

Yes, the bugbear is transport issue - the latest time the ACJS bus can possibly try to accomodate my request is to pick up at 4.30pm not 6pm or 6.30pm when the student care closes. I'm a FTWM and we stay in the East. So Kiddiewinkie can't work for my DS...This is gonna be a tough one to overcome