ZYM:

lesteryeong:

[quote=\"XiaoDingDang\"]Anyone staying around clementi? What time is the school bus pick up in the morning ?

XiaoDingDang

From what I know, the school bus comes by Clementi area by 6am. I find that too early so prefer to send her by myself. I leave home at about 7am and reach the school gate at about 7.20am. Light to moderate traffic.

May i check, if it will be jam along the last stretch (street) to the sch since is a one way road. I guess many parents will be alighting their child.[/quote]Hello ZYM

There will be a slight congestion along the last stretch at the rear of the school. The traffic queue will move along just fine as there will be parent volunteers and teacher guiding traffic and alighting from each vehicle is quick like less than 10 seconds. You will be out of the place in less than 10 minutes.

XiaoDingDang:

May I ask what time does the school start and end?

Starts 7.40am till 1.25pm

XiaoDingDang:

Anyone staying around clementi? What time is the school bus pick up in the morning ?

XiaoDingDang

From what I know, the school bus comes by Clementi area by 6am. I find that too early so prefer to send her by myself. I leave home at about 7am and reach the school gate at about 7.20am. Light to moderate traffic.

2hotTOhandle:

for parents going to SMPS in the am through Orchard Rd how is the traffic situation? Smooth? how much is the ERP at the gantry at CK Tang and Cathay?

Traffic is generally smooth going to SMPS from Tanglin. From Tanglin Mall to SMPS, it takes about ten min.

JH Mum:

lesteryeong:

I would like to provide update on my daughter’s experience over the last 2 days at St Margaret’s. She extremely loves the classmates, her teachers and the school! She was rattling on and on about the new environment and the ongoing about the school. She was even giggling during her nap in the afternoon yesterday. My wife and me felt was a good change and it was well worth it as the expense of the longer traveling distance. The general office admin staff even took care to bring daughter to the front porch to look for us during school dismissal yesterday as she was new to the school. Today, the form teacher called to provide me with some information which my daughter could have missed telling us.

Hi Lesteryeong
Nice that your dd is enjoying the new school and adapt well. Is your child attending the Green Dot day event this saturday?

JHMum

Yes, we will be attending as Kayla is looking forward to it. We will probably be there about 10-11am.

I would like to provide update on my daughter’s experience over the last 2 days at St Margaret’s. She extremely loves the classmates, her teachers and the school! She was rattling on and on about the new environment and the ongoing about the school. She was even giggling during her nap in the afternoon yesterday. My wife and me felt was a good change and it was well worth it as the expense of the longer traveling distance. The general office admin staff even took care to bring daughter to the front porch to look for us during school dismissal yesterday as she was new to the school. Today, the form teacher called to provide me with some information which my daughter could have missed telling us.

We are switching my daughter to St Margaret Primary School P1 starting this 2nd semester in 2012. We were given a placing as one student was going away for a few years. It will be a whole new experience for my daughter as well as for us. We are residing in Clementi and the challenge is sending and picking her to and from school daily. We might consider school bus after trying it out. Daughter is currently in a neighborhood school. Any parents residing in Clementi care to share your experience about self driven trips daily? How much time is sufficient?


We went through much dilemma over the last 3 days before deciding to go ahead and grab this opportunity for transfer. Daughter is excited about the change and so are we. We are trying to balance our children education and lifestyle with a focused and care free objective. We can’t be oblivious to the current rat race trend because our children will be on the suffering end if we as parents turn a deaf ear towards it. We have 2 other boys aged 5 and 4 years old.

As she’s new to the school, appreciate if any kind parents here will be able to offer us used SMPS uniforms and P1 textbooks in reasonable condition which you have no use for. I can be contacted at lesteryeong@hotmail.com.