Oh yes, just to add are you a believer of holistic health?:P For me, because I am a detox specialist tat specializes in holistic solutions for the body, I tend to adopt a holistic view towards things rather than a scientific medical science view....


If you are, then you might want to explore this.... i have suggested this many times to my friends and used it myself and found it very useful:)

5 min suggestion
Our children's conscious mind only makes up like 3% of their mind.. most of their minds are part of the subconscious mind and unconscious mind.. which is many more times stronger... just before we sleep and when we just wake up is when the sub conscious mind is most receptive to input of new info... so you can input positive info and repeat a few affirmations again and again for 5 min before your girl sleeps every nite...

As physical problems are also usually related to psychological aspects of our mind, physical symptoms usually signify wat are minds are thinking of.. fever is usually related to some form of anger and langarythis related to some form of fear of speaking up and anger towards authority. (Are you, your mum or her father very strict towards her?)

Eg: You are a very healthy and happy girl. You are peaceful and you are being loved. You are free to ask for what you want. You enjoy being healthy and being at peace.

You should see some improvement within 1-4 weeks:)

PS: u dun have to do it or follow if you dun believe in holistic approaches.. I just shared it becos i tot it might be helpful for you

santorini:

Hi verityy,

wow! it is great to finally find a parent whose child is also in the same school. And thanks for sharing your view of the school. I actually spoke to Mrs Ho as I plan to stop my gal from school for 1 month, hoping that she will regain back her normal immunity. But I brought her in today as Mrs Ho told me to let her attend the full dress rehearsal as well as the concert this friday as my gal, despite missing almost the entire month of lessons in October, already knows what to do...well, so i sent her in this morning eventhough she still has some cough. Hope she doesn't get infected with another virus or bacteria just by being in school today! really praying very hard.

As for the chinese teachers, there are 5 in total. And the english speaking ones (excluding mrs ho), there are 4. I have met all of them as i normally hang around to chit chat in the morning or when i pick her up if i have the time. Also to kpo abit u see... thats why i was saying the chinese teachers outweigh the english ones. But this it NOT the reason why i am worried and looking for other CC....its the AIRCON and the fact that my child is falling sick non stop since July. She started in April. It is not once a month.... this round, she went back to school for only 3 days...... down with high fever again.... the flu virus became laryngitis. My 12 mth son is now infected...starting to cough and i Have to postpone his vaccination again. I just ran to the PD this lunch break for my boy. Last week, ran to PD twice for my gal. I am really tired. and my work is severely affected.

I visited 1 CC (also in a bungalow setting) last friday with my hb. It is non-aircon. I am extremely impressed with what the principal told me about this SINGLE policy - she does not feed any medicine which parents will bring in unless there is a doctor's letter certifying the kid is fit for school but still require medication. Could be sensitive nose etc. SHe will also not accept students with very serious and phelgmy cough or with running nose. SHe will quarantine them in the office and call the parents to pick the kids up. Some parents cannot accept such policy so she will set parent's expectation before they sign up. When we visited ( i was there for almost 2 hours), i did not see or hear a single child coughing or with running nose. But their earliest vacancy is only mid Feb/Mar next year Other than that, why both hb and myself are having 2nd thoughts is that when we look at the teachers, we felt rather \"sian\".....abit auntie auntie type...also the curriculum is definitely not as interesting as kinderland. So I wonder is it becoz Kinderland teachers are in uniform? that's why i have a better impression? hahahaha...but Justkids teachers are very young perhaps that's why i feel they are more lively and energetic...that's why i was impressed?

Since they have no vacancy, my hb prefers not to change my gal... we wanna wait and see whether her health will improve after this 1 month break.

Oh, for the H1N1 case, I received a phone call as well. I was referring to the HFMD case in May. Qie Lau Si called me up a few days later to apologize and admitted that they mishandled the case coz both Mrs Ho and herself were overseas during hte period...blah blah blah...said their protocol was to CALL up each parent as well. They did not call me at all u see. And I spoke to the teachers in the evening the day before. ANyway, the episode is over and fair enuff, they called me up when they had the H1N1.

I am happy with her form teacher in Justkids 1 and other things. My only concern is her Health. COz I see kids with mucous. FOr eg, during her 1st day, I accompanied her. Another kid in Justkids 2, with mucous dripping, used his spoon, scooped his food and pour it in my gal's bowl. The teachers did not see it. I saw it. I had to ask for a change for a new bowl of food. It is common when I send my child in to see parents bringing in a big bag of medication to get the teachers to feed. No questions asked...just filled up a form and the teachers will feed. I always hear kids with lots of phelgm coughing and running around...or those sneezing with a lot of mucous. And I wonder will aircon make the spread of all these illnesses easier?

I also like the school in all other aspects EXCEPT this sick children and medication issue. So it is very tough for me to really change the school coz i like the place as well.... now I just hope my gal's health and immune system will get better.....

yes I am very interested in the health food..... i will drop u an email. thank you

I can understand.. it is quite tough to be working and have two young and sick children at home... definitely not a situation I would like to be caught in as well....


I guess sometimes when we look for schools, got to set our priorities first.. because there is no perfect school.. we find the best school in a package according to our needs lah..

The way i see it though, if you resolve the immunity level of your kid, you dun only solve the school problem, you resolve many other problems inlong run as well...

thinking of it in a more positive note.. this stage of getting alittle sick for a few mths is worth it to build up their immune system... cos I have also met children who are super well protected.. so well protected that inthe end, the protection became an inhibition to their growth and improvement in their health as well.... cos they have zero immunity...

does your child like sweet drinks? Do you allow her to drink cold drinks and fizzy drinks like coke or even ribena? It is also helpful to take them off sweet and cold drinks cos the sugar level will shut down the immunse system.. the amt of sugar in a can of coke can shut the immune system for up to 9 hours....

hahaha.. i wonder how you look like and if i have met you before:) But I guess not.. cos I only sort of recognize the parents from my son's class.. but i think you will recognize my hubby if you often hang around.. he is the one without hair in navy uniform.. my son tellsme the kids say he is a policeman.. hahahahaha

guess i will see you at the concert then:) since you are a first time parent at the concert.; share with you some tips...

arrive earlier.. they have photos outside of the concert hall that you can order.. they were taken during rehearsal.... go in early.. so tat you can grab a good seat tat is close enough to take nice pics. woudl be helpful if you asked the teachers in advance which side of the stage yoru daughter is usually standing in... I think the jus kids have got a lovely uniform this year!

Love
Angel

PS: if you free, you can visit the website of my son at http://verityy.blogspot.com

santorini:

Hi verityy,

wow! it is great to finally find a parent whose child is also in the same school. And thanks for sharing your view of the school. I actually spoke to Mrs Ho as I plan to stop my gal from school for 1 month, hoping that she will regain back her normal immunity. But I brought her in today as Mrs Ho told me to let her attend the full dress rehearsal as well as the concert this friday as my gal, despite missing almost the entire month of lessons in October, already knows what to do...well, so i sent her in this morning eventhough she still has some cough. Hope she doesn't get infected with another virus or bacteria just by being in school today! really praying very hard.

As for the chinese teachers, there are 5 in total. And the english speaking ones (excluding mrs ho), there are 4. I have met all of them as i normally hang around to chit chat in the morning or when i pick her up if i have the time. Also to kpo abit u see... thats why i was saying the chinese teachers outweigh the english ones. But this it NOT the reason why i am worried and looking for other CC....its the AIRCON and the fact that my child is falling sick non stop since July. She started in April. It is not once a month.... this round, she went back to school for only 3 days...... down with high fever again.... the flu virus became laryngitis. My 12 mth son is now infected...starting to cough and i Have to postpone his vaccination again. I just ran to the PD this lunch break for my boy. Last week, ran to PD twice for my gal. I am really tired. and my work is severely affected.

I visited 1 CC (also in a bungalow setting) last friday with my hb. It is non-aircon. I am extremely impressed with what the principal told me about this SINGLE policy - she does not feed any medicine which parents will bring in unless there is a doctor's letter certifying the kid is fit for school but still require medication. Could be sensitive nose etc. SHe will also not accept students with very serious and phelgmy cough or with running nose. SHe will quarantine them in the office and call the parents to pick the kids up. Some parents cannot accept such policy so she will set parent's expectation before they sign up. When we visited ( i was there for almost 2 hours), i did not see or hear a single child coughing or with running nose. But their earliest vacancy is only mid Feb/Mar next year Other than that, why both hb and myself are having 2nd thoughts is that when we look at the teachers, we felt rather \"sian\".....abit auntie auntie type...also the curriculum is definitely not as interesting as kinderland. So I wonder is it becoz Kinderland teachers are in uniform? that's why i have a better impression? hahahaha...but Justkids teachers are very young perhaps that's why i feel they are more lively and energetic...that's why i was impressed?

Since they have no vacancy, my hb prefers not to change my gal... we wanna wait and see whether her health will improve after this 1 month break.

Oh, for the H1N1 case, I received a phone call as well. I was referring to the HFMD case in May. Qie Lau Si called me up a few days later to apologize and admitted that they mishandled the case coz both Mrs Ho and herself were overseas during hte period...blah blah blah...said their protocol was to CALL up each parent as well. They did not call me at all u see. And I spoke to the teachers in the evening the day before. ANyway, the episode is over and fair enuff, they called me up when they had the H1N1.

I am happy with her form teacher in Justkids 1 and other things. My only concern is her Health. COz I see kids with mucous. FOr eg, during her 1st day, I accompanied her. Another kid in Justkids 2, with mucous dripping, used his spoon, scooped his food and pour it in my gal's bowl. The teachers did not see it. I saw it. I had to ask for a change for a new bowl of food. It is common when I send my child in to see parents bringing in a big bag of medication to get the teachers to feed. No questions asked...just filled up a form and the teachers will feed. I always hear kids with lots of phelgm coughing and running around...or those sneezing with a lot of mucous. And I wonder will aircon make the spread of all these illnesses easier?

I also like the school in all other aspects EXCEPT this sick children and medication issue. So it is very tough for me to really change the school coz i like the place as well.... now I just hope my gal's health and immune system will get better.....

yes I am very interested in the health food..... i will drop u an email. thank you

Hi


Are you talking about the Kinderland Franchise, Learninghill Siglap?

I guess I might be of help here cos i am a fellow parent at the same school I enrolled my son into the school when he was 3 and this year, he is in the nursery class.. so he has been there for about a year and a half already...

It is actually normal for children to fall sick when they start to attend pre-school.. my son who has never seen a doctor in his life kept falling sick..once every month for close to 6 mths before he got used to it and I have been feeding him a healthy dose of health foods since he was born! So dun worry about it.. they will sort of out grow tat phase.. even though I must agree it is very annoying... I find that as long as they can still jump and run, it will be ok...

But with regards to the H1N1 case, it is not true that they will merely throw a letter into your school bag,. In my experience, they will usually call whenever something happens to ANY kid in school.. not just the kids in the same class especially if related to HFMD and H1N1 and they always do DAILY updates by phone when such things happen. Do you know which teacher said that to you? I think you can feedback to the principal, Eunice. PS: It is the parent's responsibility to check the bag though.. cos tat is written in the parent's handbook tat we receive when we send our child in..

Just fyi, the school won the award for the best franchise of the year at the FLA awards... and has been winning many awards for the many years it has been around..

The large number of chinese internationals as chinese teachers were hired not only because it made business sense to hire highly qualified teachers at a lower cost but also because of many parent's preference for teachers from china who teach good chinese pronunciation.... but I am not sure if they outweigh the number of english teachers... from wat i see.. the ratio is abt half half.. it could be tat when you come and pick up your child, only the chinese teachers are left as most of the time, the chinese teachers will be the ones working longer hours or working the late shifts.

For me, when i started looking for a CC.. the teachers were of utmost importance to me... I visited a few but still chose to send my son there cos i find the teachers were really caring which is more important to me than anything else....

Actually, my mum was formerly working there and has been teaching there for a good 15 years as a chinese teacher and through her, I find it a very safe environment as I am aware of how the owner, Mrs Janet Ho has very high standards of the school... and I guess being an 'insider', I would have the most news about wat's bad in the school.. and to be honest, I really am impressed with the school and cannot find alot to complain about

Maybe I have a biased view.. but I like the school and the way they run the school.. come nov 6 at school concert, you will see for yourself how much they believe in their children and how much they can help our children develop themselves...

The school is not stingy and doesnt cut corners to save cost as it is important to them to uphold their high standards... I could go on and on about them...

I would say if you are not happy with them.. you can still go shop around and find another CC.. chances are, your kid will still fall sick... and i have heard many story of parents going back again to the school.... and just FYI, after the K2 class leaves this year, there is no need for them to recruit any more children because they are already totally filled with another 6 on waiting list.... if you do decide to leave and come back again though, you might have to go on waiting list...

I hope tat helps.. if you need more info, you can email me at verityy@yahoo.com

PS: My son's name is Ace and he is in Strawberry Kids.. wat is your child's name? I presume she is in Juz kids?

PPS: I feed my son health foods to up his immune system and so most of the time, he is just down with runny nose or cough which recovers in a short while, if you are keen , I could send you more infoabout the natural health foods tat i feed him to boost his immunity.. i think tat could help your child too as I have many frens giving their kid this food.. and it seems to realy help not just keep them healthy but also keep them alert and smart too

santorini:

Hi Ying ying,

thanks for your feedback.

Coincidentally, I got a call at 7pm from the school that they have 1 case of H1N1. The kid had fever on Saturday. so meaning the kid should be contagious earlier than that. Just hope no other cases. I will keep my gal at home for the next few days.
For HFMD, they had abt 5 in May this year. I practically did not send my gal to school for the whole month. I was quite upset with that episode as when I picked her up in the late afternoon, i even chatted with the teachers and no one informed me. I was still \"new\" then as my gal at that time started CC only abt 3 weeks. Hence, I was not informed that I have to check her school bag for letters. I normally do not unzip the front pocket of her schoolbag. That night at 11pm, i happened to unzip it and found a letter informing me that there is a case of HFMD from her class. I was so upset and next day called up the school how come they did not call to inform me? What if i did not read the letter? The teacher who took my call was telling me that they do not have a norm of calling and it is the parent's responsibility to check for letters in the school bag. I told her I can play my part in checking her bag since now I know their practice. But HFMD is SERIOUS....shdn't they call every parent to inform? The next day I started to receive updates via phonecall. And a few days later, the VP called me to apologise on that matter saying they mishandled the case (she was overseas then) and said they had meetings and ensure it will not happen again. Well.... that was really a scare.

Anyhow, my gal was down with fever, cough, running nose, fever, fever, cough, running nose...never seem to stop. She was fine during the 1st 2 mths...but now, it has never stop. she was in fact hospitalized in early august due to prolong fever and early stages of pneumonia. Seeing that she has to take so many kinds of antibiotics all the time... makes me really upset.

Can i ask whether the fully aircon environment is the culprit? Bcoz i am thinking whether I should look for a non aircon environment.

Btw, she has started CC for coming 6 mths. I have another baby at home so when she is sick, the bb will be sick..it is really tough to handle 2 sick kids with no helper.

As for the chinese nationals, I am rather concern as the ratio of the chinese teachers are more than the english speaking ones. I respect the chinese teachers, however, it became questionable to me when they outnumbered the english speaking ones...