just wondering, has anyone had experience with this maid agency

1st AllBest Human Resource Pte Ltd?

looking at bio datas from them, and want to ensure that this is an all right agency.

Thanks!

Thanks, Cervelo.

Rafy:

Cervelo:

In fact that is what I did with my P4. He takes to the tablet pretty comfortably. I bought him that Creative 7in Ziio with the stylus together with a year subscription to a local Chinese portal for him to pick up his Chinese. It works to my satisfaction and there are bonuses like books to read with audio assistance, writing the correct strokes, stuff that interests him not found anywhere else besides books.

That's interesting, i'll check out the Creative Ziio!

Hi Cervelo, which local Chinese portal is this that you've mentioned?

Cervelo:

In fact that is what I did with my P4. He takes to the tablet pretty comfortably. I bought him that Creative 7in Ziio with the stylus together with a year subscription to a local Chinese portal for him to pick up his Chinese. It works to my satisfaction and there are bonuses like books to read with audio assistance, writing the correct strokes, stuff that interests him not found anywhere else besides books.

That's interesting, i'll check out the Creative Ziio!

Cervelo:

From what I've gathered. They are considered the faster learners, hence the laptops are used to expand their knowledge.

Apologies for being frank, if the sch thinks fast learners => use laptops to expand knowledge, i think it's a crappy idea. In this tech age, using computers is a given, slow or fast learners.

i think laptop is passé. i starting to use tablet to get my DS to write chinese characters, hopefully his enthusiasm endures .

Cervelo:

My son's in P4-4 this year. Computers were an added \"feature\" for those in P4-1, -2, and -3. I'm not sure how this will help them in their grades. I have a tight control of my son's home computer, though. He can only use it only on a need-to basis.

Hi Cervelo,
What do the boys in these 3 classes do or learn with the notebook/netbook/tablet?

My son is in P1 this year and so far it has been positive experience both for him and us as parents.


So far, I disagree that the school is \"lax\", whatever that means (i squirmed reading and writing the word). In terms of HW, spelling and 听写 are weekly, more frequent than my p2 DD in SNGS. In terms of discipline and character building, SAJS has a strong Christian tradition. Good experience with the teachers so far. My son is in good hands.

From its background, I feel the school lacks a good focus on chinese (eg. can't find the school name in chinese [check out its website]，i found out later elsewhere is 圣安德烈小学. Students' name tags do not have their chinese names, unlike my DD's name tag), Chinese being a very important subject to parents nowadays. The principal is well aware of this fact, she pointed out during orientation that it was the chinese scores that pulled down students' overall PLSE scores. So i think the school will move to improve in Chinese; meanwhile, parents have to put in extra efforts to help their sons in Chinese right from the start.

Boys in my DS's class are pretty competitive, i hope a good sign.

Not sure about this computer thingy only for top classes in the upper primary... don't like the sound of it. Hope to have more sharings from SAJS parents in this forum.

Another thing i like about SAJS is there is a mix of boys from middle-income or above families, and average-income families, which i believe is a more healthy, down-to-earth and realistic environment for a growing child, rather than a completely elitist environment.

Just one last note about boys - from my experience with my two kids and sharings from other parents: boys in general tend to be less conscientious than girls, more dreamy, more focus on ideas, more social in terms of making friends and interacting easily, more \"gungho\". A very academic-focused environment suits boys less than girls, esp. at an early age. As far as i can tell from P1 experience so far, SAJS is great!

to reply the last 2 posts - demand was such that there was balloting for Phase 2B this year outside 2km.

you can find it on CNA website

just chanced upon this forum, and just want to comment that teachers who blackmouthed their (new) principal, esp. within earshot of parents or members of the public, perhaps shouldn’t be entrusted with the great responsibility of teaching young children, they seem to me to be bad examples.