St Gabriel's Primary

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BlackVelvet:

Hi,


My son (in P3 this year) has been getting $1.50 for the last 2 years. He tells me it's not enough only when he has the mixed rice for recess - rice portion more than the food. If he patronises the other stalls, he'll usually have a few cents to save.

The Malay stall can be quite expensive for the kids. Their chicken rice is a pathetic small plate of rice with 3 thin slivers of chicken breast. Any extra will add up quite a bit. So my DS buys from Mix n Match instead where the portion is better and doesn't cost an arm. I am a lazy mummy, used to pack food for him (when I was still working) but now I ask him to buy from the canteen. :snooze:

[eileenp]

My son is forever eating fishball noodles.


So, some day, I will let him pack bread for recess.

[wenthena]

Mysob still going morning star tomorrow, so I dunno if he needs to wear school uniform or home clothes thriughout. And what do kids do at morning star when it’s term break? Do I need to pack stuff hor him to keep him occupied? Does he need recess money or is it covered in the morning star? Omg! So last min!!! Help!

[eetsc]

Hi Wenthea,


Sorry saw your msg late - think your son should be in Morning Star by now.

For school holidays, just let him dress in home clothes, but put on shoes with socks - normal outing or school shoes will do. So that he can play outdoors.
No need to pack extra food as everything will be under Morning Star - that’s why we pay extra $25 a week for holidays to cover the extra meals etc.

For school holidays, in Morning Star, they do arts and craft or other research work assigned by the centre. Like last year, March holiday, they did Charlotte’s Web (did the play, craft on the play as well as read the story and watched the movie). June, they did Japan - so they learnt something about Japan everyday like food, clothes, a few new words, musical instruments, weather etc etc. Sept, they did the book Wizard of Oz. Dec, they did Egypt. This holiday - I remember reading the leaflet on the topic too, but I seriously can’t remember now.

For holidays, mornings, they do the special project - depending on what the topic is given by Morning Star. Afternoon, they will concentrate on usual activities like completing their homework etc. So, if your son finishes his holiday homework set by his P1 teacher, then better to let him bring some assessments to do in his free time there.

Hope this helps.

[wenthena]

eetsc:

Hi Wenthea,


Sorry saw your msg late - think your son should be in Morning Star by now.

For school holidays, just let him dress in home clothes, but put on shoes with socks - normal outing or school shoes will do. So that he can play outdoors.
No need to pack extra food as everything will be under Morning Star - that's why we pay extra $25 a week for holidays to cover the extra meals etc.

For school holidays, in Morning Star, they do arts and craft or other research work assigned by the centre. Like last year, March holiday, they did Charlotte's Web (did the play, craft on the play as well as read the story and watched the movie). June, they did Japan - so they learnt something about Japan everyday like food, clothes, a few new words, musical instruments, weather etc etc. Sept, they did the book Wizard of Oz. Dec, they did Egypt. This holiday - I remember reading the leaflet on the topic too, but I seriously can't remember now.

For holidays, mornings, they do the special project - depending on what the topic is given by Morning Star. Afternoon, they will concentrate on usual activities like completing their homework etc. So, if your son finishes his holiday homework set by his P1 teacher, then better to let him bring some assessments to do in his free time there.

Hope this helps.

Hi eetsc,

Wow! This is VERY helpful! :goodpost:

Yea my son in morning star already.. And I guess the only toot one in full school uniform! Hopefully no one will at him. :rotflmao:

He finished ALL his homework last friday before coming home.. So I guess i need to prepare assignments for him.

But based on what you say, it sounds really fun! At least they use their time constructively. I feel so guilty that all other kids are going on holidays, going theme park, and other activities but then i stuck at work, my boy in morning star...

[eetsc]

wenthena:

eetsc:

Hi Wenthea,


Sorry saw your msg late - think your son should be in Morning Star by now.

For school holidays, just let him dress in home clothes, but put on shoes with socks - normal outing or school shoes will do. So that he can play outdoors.
No need to pack extra food as everything will be under Morning Star - that's why we pay extra $25 a week for holidays to cover the extra meals etc.

For school holidays, in Morning Star, they do arts and craft or other research work assigned by the centre. Like last year, March holiday, they did Charlotte's Web (did the play, craft on the play as well as read the story and watched the movie). June, they did Japan - so they learnt something about Japan everyday like food, clothes, a few new words, musical instruments, weather etc etc. Sept, they did the book Wizard of Oz. Dec, they did Egypt. This holiday - I remember reading the leaflet on the topic too, but I seriously can't remember now.

For holidays, mornings, they do the special project - depending on what the topic is given by Morning Star. Afternoon, they will concentrate on usual activities like completing their homework etc. So, if your son finishes his holiday homework set by his P1 teacher, then better to let him bring some assessments to do in his free time there.

Hope this helps.

Hi eetsc,

Wow! This is VERY helpful! :goodpost:

Yea my son in morning star already.. And I guess the only toot one in full school uniform! Hopefully no one will at him. :rotflmao:

He finished ALL his homework last friday before coming home.. So I guess i need to prepare assignments for him.

But based on what you say, it sounds really fun! At least they use their time constructively. I feel so guilty that all other kids are going on holidays, going theme park, and other activities but then i stuck at work, my boy in morning star...

Sigh... I feel extremely guilty too. Just a week or two ago, my son brought home journal homework. He had already completed. Title: What I do during the holidays. And he wrote, \"During the school holidays, I go Morning Star. etc etc...\" ai yoh, I feel so sad for him. Poor boy!

[kkgb]

Hi. my boy will be going to P1 next year. can anyone please comment on their experience with the school/teachers? i’ve been advised against to sending my boy to St Gabriel as the teachers are unable to manage and control the boys, hence they are very badly behaved. However, i somehow think is a pretty good sch. Any strengths of the sch? thanks

[wenthena]

I have no idea if SGPS is a good idea or not.. It depends on individual.. So far so good.. My boy has a behavioural issue and they refer him to a councellor. So i guess at least they have backup in case the teacher cannot handle or no time to handle. But I guess the older they become, the more exposed to more adult language and expressions. And I guess it's normal.


Like my boy has recently picked up vocab like \"Shit!\" when he makes a boo-boo.. Then when he sees something funny he'll say \"What the...\" and the funny thing is, he'll just stop at \"the\"

But I did hear that SGPS is NOT the school you would choose if you want a TOP 10 school. (How true it is, I dunno) Cos it is not famous for its academic results. But I guess stuff like soccer CCA is good, etc. another thing to consider which I didn't, is the distance to your place. While some poeple don;t mind the morning commute, believe me, it does wear you down. And also the kid will be tired to have to wake up say 1 hr earlier than his peers right?

Don't flame me ah.. Just my thoughts.... :imsorry:

[wenthena]

eetsc:

wenthena:

[quote=\"eetsc\"]Hi Wenthea,


Sorry saw your msg late - think your son should be in Morning Star by now.

For school holidays, just let him dress in home clothes, but put on shoes with socks - normal outing or school shoes will do. So that he can play outdoors.
No need to pack extra food as everything will be under Morning Star - that's why we pay extra $25 a week for holidays to cover the extra meals etc.

For school holidays, in Morning Star, they do arts and craft or other research work assigned by the centre. Like last year, March holiday, they did Charlotte's Web (did the play, craft on the play as well as read the story and watched the movie). June, they did Japan - so they learnt something about Japan everyday like food, clothes, a few new words, musical instruments, weather etc etc. Sept, they did the book Wizard of Oz. Dec, they did Egypt. This holiday - I remember reading the leaflet on the topic too, but I seriously can't remember now.

For holidays, mornings, they do the special project - depending on what the topic is given by Morning Star. Afternoon, they will concentrate on usual activities like completing their homework etc. So, if your son finishes his holiday homework set by his P1 teacher, then better to let him bring some assessments to do in his free time there.

Hope this helps.

Hi eetsc,

Wow! This is VERY helpful! :goodpost:

Yea my son in morning star already.. And I guess the only toot one in full school uniform! Hopefully no one will at him. :rotflmao:

He finished ALL his homework last friday before coming home.. So I guess i need to prepare assignments for him.

But based on what you say, it sounds really fun! At least they use their time constructively. I feel so guilty that all other kids are going on holidays, going theme park, and other activities but then i stuck at work, my boy in morning star...

Sigh... I feel extremely guilty too. Just a week or two ago, my son brought home journal homework. He had already completed. Title: What I do during the holidays. And he wrote, \"During the school holidays, I go Morning Star. etc etc...\" ai yoh, I feel so sad for him. Poor boy![/quote]Ah well... Same on my side... Somemore packing assessments for him to do.. I'm so horrible..

[eileenp]

Aiyo! My lazy boy came home with ALL his homework NOT DONE!

So naughty! Must scold him.