Mommybaby:

They either have it in the helpmate or the teacher would give your DD a separate note/letter asking her/you to pack the books that she needs to bring. My DD is in One Respect and she got a letter and a separate list of books that she is supposed to bring tomorrow ... which actually includes almost all of the books that we bought, and my DD is supposed to have all of these books placed into her locker.

Thanks Mommybaby for the tips. Our DD also wrote in the Helpmate but there were some that we couldn't really make out (e.g. Activity book? There seems to be a few kind haha of activity books).

Hopefully tomorrow the Form teacher would give her a list of books to bring.

A "naive" question from a newbie P1 parent…


Does our DD need to bring the books that are not written in the Helpmate? We noticed some Chinese textbooks have been in our DD’s bag for 3 days (some other books are being kept at the school by the teachers, I believe) but there is nothing written in the Helpmate that whether DD still need them for the following week. A bit worried as the school bag could be quite heavy if we put all the books in.

I am thinking of contacting/asking the teachers but before I go ahead doing that, I would like to know if anyone has any ready answer for this? If yes, could you kindly share your experience?

Thanks.

lala81:

Any one staying in woodlands ? I would like to check on the Sch bus service. Any idea whats the pickup and drop off time? My girl wants to go to a all girl Sch and personally I like the environment in MCs. At the same time I m worried about the distance.

As you said, the distance could be a challenge. We live in Bishan and it already takes about 40-45 minutes for the school bus to reach our place... It would be only about 10-15 minutes if we drive (taking the traffic jam into consideration)

Agree with you that the env in MCS is really nice though

Mommybaby:

Question - what is the difference between Physical Health Ed and PEGym? Need to wear PE uniform for Physical Health Ed?

Has anyone had a chance to ask when do we need to let our DD wear/bring PE attire to school?

Thanks...

Hi Linlin,


FTGP Pupil Junior is available already??

Thanks.

Linlin:

Now left
*MPH! Handwritting
*Pupil Journal
*Maths Builder 1B (stocks will be in around late mar or apr)

Any parents stay till 3.30pm?

Thanks so much hoylj and ohdaddy for the information. Really appreciate that...


Happy New Year!!

hoylj:

1) Pupil Helpmate is a school printed note book like a diary for the girls to record school homework and activities. The first few pages are school information. A copy will be made available in the school bookstore or even some form teachers can take orders in the first few days of school.

2) The school bookstore is at the far end of level 2 of the usual classroom block (can't remember the name). You can definitely pick up some items from the bookstore. I believe you can even inform the school security that you are picking up items from the bookstore and go there yourself rather than asking your dd to buy the items herself.

Trust this helps! Happy New Year!

Hi all,


Can anyone help me with these two questions…?

1)Is the Pupil Helpmate the small blue (ordinary) notebook?

2)Just discovered in shock that some items are missing although we have ordered them… May I know if we can get it directly from the Pacific Bookstore or does MCS have any bookstore in the school?

Thanks…

Hi Happymom2,


Just wondering if there is a list of books/items that we need to pack for our DD's first day at school? Maybe I overlooked but I do not recall seeing anything mentioned in the files that we received during the orientation....

Thanks.

happymom2:

Hi,

I went to the MCS bookshop yesterday (26 Dec) and from the 5 out-of-stock items, only the Maths Builder 1A is in stock - P1 parents, do take note that this book is required for DD's first day at school. The other items for P1 are still out of stock, i.e. FTGP, Helpmate, Maths Builder 1B and MPH Handwriting.The bookshop staff mentioned that Maths Builder 1B will only be available in Apr/May 2013 - apparently this info was from the publisher.

Hi MCS mommies and daddies,


A colleague told me her DD’s school (a quite famous one in Yishun, can’t recall the name…) require the new 2013 P1 students to go attend some "orientation classes/programs" organized by the school for a week in early December. This is the first time I have heard of such thing and I am wondering if MCS also has anything similar to this?

Hi MCS mommies and daddies,


Anyone can shed some light on whether we need to purchase the uniforms, books etc on the day of orientation? Also, any other things that we should take note of?

Thanks…