Hi,

Congratulation to the boys that starting their journey in Maris Stella next year!
I am looking for Boys in class IC to setup a group chat with their parent.
Please let me know if there is one started and I would like to join. If not, I can start.

Kindly PM me. Thank you.

Hi,

Bidadari new town is developing now, are the future residents of bidadari starting to register for P1 this year?

sweetz:

Dear Parents,

I intend to register my daughter this year & we might be driving her to school.
May I know how is the traffic by the lane as in will there be alot of cars stopping?
Thank you.

Cars are not allow to stop or wait for long in the school compound hence usually parents will drop off and go. There are teachers and wardens on duty every morning and afternoon guiding the traffic hence so far traffic is still ok.

nms1:

My daughter left OLGC last year and I have 2 boys in Maris Stella which is a SAP school. I feel that the IJ culture is stronger than the Maris Stella culture. Even I feel like part of the IJ family (my daughter moved to the affiliated secondary school).


I would say OLGC is a very typical all-girls convent school culture and being a small school it does have a friendly feeling. The girls generally know everyone in their year. They do put an emphasis on the IJ values but I'm not sure how much really stays with the girls. They know what the values are but whether they follow through or not depends on the individual.

Hi nms1,

I had PM you.

momomom:

Hi nms1


Thanks for your reply! Were the differences in the standard of the Mandarin a stark contrast of each other comparing both IJ and Maris Stella? I want to know if studying in OLGC was stressful or not, compared to say, Maris Stella. Very sorry for the many questions!!

Hi momomom,

For my girl's cohort, the mean score for CL is always in the 70s marks region. In general, olgc girls are stronger in English than Mother Tongue.

I don't think it is a good comparison between olgc and Maris Stella as olgc only offer normal Chinese (HCL only in P5 and P6) and whereas Maris Stella offer HCL since P1. Definitely there will be a difference in Chinese Standard from school perspective given Maris Stella is a SAP school.

I can confidently tell you that Olgc overall school standard is HIGH.

MadameMoiselle:

Orientation is just tomorrow!


Does anyone has info about the new upcoming student care?

Hi Madame Moiselle,

I have not been into this forum for long time and happen to see your post today. About your question on the student care, is the school going to have one?

2 years ago the school, before the new wings is built, they collected survey from parents to see any requirement. The principal explained that as the school compound is limited hence if minimal requirement then the school may not have one. But thereafter we have not hear from school about having day care in the school.

Hi Mummies,


I have not been active in this forum for awhile since my concerned was addressed 1 year ago. I happened to come here and read about mummies asking feedback for YCK branch. Thought I should provide mine too.

My 2nd child was transferred from another Cambridge branch (standard dropped) to YCK last year. YCK branch standard is much higher than where my boy came from. My boy had a huge gap in term of development as compared to his peers in YCK when he first started. But, in the good hands of principal and teachers, my boy improves tremendously and grown to becoming confident and enjoying school. They encourage and give morale booster to my boy for his learning journey especially during the period when he had a lot to catch up. The principal and teachers will periodically providing me feedback and their observation of him. Their enrichment classes such as phonics, speech & drama classes are outsource and the enrichment class teachers are great too.

Comparing the experience of 2 branches, I strongly believe the principal of a school is the key as this person needs to lead the fellow teachers and bring school standard up to mark so that children can build strong foundation and ready for the main stream. I know YCK can meet my expectation as I had good experience with them (my elder child was once under their management and managed herself very well in transition to P1). YCK is further from our home now but for the sake of our 2nd child and wanting him to receive the same standard of education as his elder sister, distance has becomes secondary. I am glad that I managed to get a space for him after a long wait :rahrah: :love: .

Hope my feedback can help mummies to make a better decision.

I am looking for someone keen to sign up their kids at TWC Bishan branch, Primary 4 Thu (3pm - 5pm ) compo writing class. TWC needs 3 more kids to form a class.


Thank you.

Hi, can anyone tell me does The Write Corner gives a lot of homework?

Hi,


If distance is not a matter (as I stay close to both schools) and given a choice would you send your DD to IJ TP or IJ OLGC?

Overall which IJ is better? Btw, I am in 2B phrase.