[Clementi] Primary Schools

[ChiefKiasu]

aggellim:

Hi harishita , all parents :

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Hi aggelim, thanks for your inputs! I think your message qualifies as the longest post ever put up by anyone so far

[aggellim]

hi Chiefkiasu ;


Sorry, so embarrassed !!!

[ChiefKiasu]

aggellim:

...Sorry, so embarrassed !!!

Why? I think your post has all the elements of life and unadulterated frustrations of a mother with a Primary school kid in Singapore.

[aggellim]

hee... :roll: :roll: i am a member of the kiasu forum :lol: too talkative

Actually for all us first time parents, it is pretty scary as we don't know the exact standards of the school so we are searching in the dark to prepare our kids for P1, hence the pressure of whether it is sufficient

Everyone has expectations of anyone around them. my take is that if you don't care about your kids, then yes, you don't have expecations about them. i expect my boy to be a moral, useful contributing member hwen he grows up. my other take is that expectations is fine so long that when the kid fails to meet up to expectations, he/she must be reassure that the parent's love is regardless of the achievement of these expectations.
2 cents.

Just to share:
I hv been sending my P4 boy to Speech & Drama since his was 3 - Julia Gabriel Speech & Drama Centre . forgot to mention . My Ds1 has only attended a year of Eton house, when his was 4 yrs old coz too far and no transport, inconvenience ..... K1- K2 I would strongly recommend Gracefield Kindergarten\"is a very academic pre-school . P3- MindChamps Personally, I feel that they teach alot of things . But my kids have been in school already I can't see changes in them , felt like Wasting money $$$, Both my kids attended The tuition is 3 a week now.( Home tuition by ex-school teacher ) i believe by now ur kid has already been with the MindChamps for few months ? Can you share about your experience there ? Are there any significant improvement that u can share with us ? Thank you :roll: :roll:

So far I must say my kids are quite well prepared for Primary 1 & P4 as a result..... :lol: :lol:

[HAPPYH]

Hi aggelim,


Thnak you for the detailed information. By the way, my daughter is in K1 now. She will be going to primary 1 in 2010. Yes. I will try my best to prepare her for the primary 1. At this moment, for her age, she is doing well, espeacially in maths. She can do addition upto 100 and subtraction upto 50. But, as u know very well, parents are never satisfied.

since I am working full time, I always have this guilty feeling of not spending enough time with her. I really tell you - when I came to know that the application for parents’ voluntary service is closed for 2003 kids in henry park, I was so upset and kept thinking that I failed to do my duty. And I closed one good oppurtunity for my daughter. Lots of frustrations!

That’s why, now I want to find out more details and prepare her well for the good academic start. Thanks for all the info provided. Really useful.

[onlyling]

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Hi all,

I have just been to Qifa's website. The school looks like one that does not just stress on academic achievements but also all round development of the children. However, I heard from my neighbours that the exam papers are too easy hence does not prepare the students well for PSLE.

Does anyone have any first hand experience about the school? Is it true that it does not prepare students well for the PSLE? Is it so relaxed that children lose competiveness?

Regards,
Chiayen

[ChiefKiasu]

onlyling:

Hi all,


I have just been to Qifa's website. The school looks like one that does not just stress on academic achievements but also all round development of the children. However, I heard from my neighbours that the exam papers are too easy hence does not prepare the students well for PSLE.
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[HAPPYH]

I also heard the same way about Qifa. I honestly don’t like that school because fo the feedbacks I got from two different parents.

[onlyling]

What did you hear? Do they have kids studying at the school?

[HAPPYH]

HI Onlyling,


Sorry for the late reply. Went overseas for official purpose.

I happened to talk to two different parents. What they told me is that they (their kids) dont really bring much worksheets/homework. And they are doing their chinese also in the same way. They are getting more worksheets/syllabus towards the exam period where they don't really get more time to practice. But they also mentioned that they are good in maths.

Anyway, the above critiques could be specifically from those two kids/parents I happened to meet in the park.

So need not worry too much.

Best regards
HappyH