breezie80,

Same centre as your dd.

Empressplace,
Sad to say that even the more mature teachers who has kids seem to be not providing feedback unless I specifically ask. I understand that I should not expecting much but as my kids spend a large proportion of their time in school, it would be appreciated if the teachers take some time to provide an update to parents on how the kids are doing. I do not expect to receive feedback everyday but once/twice a month will be good enough given that the half a year PTC does not provide a detailed progress update.

Curriculum Briefing - You mean parents have to request for this? Hmm, I did not know that I have to request for something like that for something I didn’t even know that this is happening in other centres until I read the newsletter.

Removal of English S&D - While I agree that Pat’s has every right to change the curriculum but surely, they could have replaced it with another quality enrichment. If sports is so important, why not provide proper sports enrichment like sportsball or gym by a proper instructor. I don’t need another hour of free play (PE) in the afternoon. Anyway, shouldn’t English S&D be an important built-up for their graudation musical at the end of K2?

Fee increase - Yes, thanks for reminding me that there will be another fee increase for next year. I forgot about that.

Hi mummies,


I have been contemplating whether I should withdraw my girls from Pat’s Schoolhouse as I feel that the school have not met my expectations in terms of the high fees that I am paying. The teachers we get are really depend on luck, like what some mummies previously commented. Some very young and no experience in managing preschool kids and simple things like providing constructive and proactive feedback to parents on child’s development and performance in school. The twice a year PTC is very brief and little effort is put in by the school/teachers in providing an update on what the kids have been doing in school. This is in constrast to how other schools out there conduct their PTC whereby they showcase the children’s work/projects done for the half-year. And there is a detailed portfolio on their child’s development (motor skills for younger kids) and progress (academic for the older kids).

From their recent newsletter, I read that some Pat’s centres have conducted briefing for parents on their curriculum. After close to 2 years, my kids’ centre has not organised anything like that though I thought that this was supposed to be one of Pat’s selling point on parental involvement with the school.

With the recent removal of the English S&D, I am still perplexed by why a core enrichment is removed from the curriculum and replaced with PE. I wonder what is next.

Anyway, the reason why I am still contemplating on whether to withdraw my girls is mainly for the fact that they are very settled in their school. Can any parent update how your kids coped after you withdrew them from Pat’s?