You can look at Star Tots Playgroup at BLk 440 Yishun Ave 11. Website is
www.edufarm.com.sg. Read many good reviews about them on Internet. It is for 18 months old to 3 years old. Class is daily Mon to Fri 9.30am to 11.30 am.
I recently registered my child with Star Tots Blk 440 Yishun Ave 11. On the first day where parents are allow to accompanied for the first 3 days of school. Within that 1 hour, I killed a microscopic bug found among the toys on the table and when the teacher asked everyone to sit on the floor to form a circle. I killed a baby cockroach. The floor felt dirty like you never sweep/mop for very long when you stepped into the class.
The handmade posters on the wall looked worn out. Arent teachers suppose to refresh posters during the holidays? So what do teachers do during holidays? Dont parents allow to know since we pay school fees even for holiday months.
My nephew used to attend this Star Tots Blk 440 Yishun Ave 11 and the previous teacher Mas was very good. Hardly you hear any shouting, kids banging the door, crying from outside.
The current teacher Clara on the the hand, claimed she is well experienced but truly action speak loud than words. We spotted her tattoo on her ankle. As parents we dont judge, but cover it well and appropriately. She fail to work closely with parents when need to. When i text her asking how my child was doing in school, she hastily replied she's busy with reply when she's free. How you would feel as a parent receiving such text from a preschool teacher?
She could just ignore my msg, granted I text her (at 5pm) outside her working hours. And reply me the next day, I would have respect that rather than giving such reply. Basic text etiquette, fail. & I dont understand why she have to end all the whatsapp msg with "regards". This is not an email. She just need to be schooled. Being professional in text msg doesnt require you to put regards at the end of the msg. Rather focus on your tone of the msg and the content of it. I can't believe I need to say all these here about a teacher.
There was once when my child didn't turned up for school cos she got the flu bug (probably from the filthy classroom). She called me on the second day of her absence and requested for a mc. Hello? You are just a 2 hour playground school why would I produce mc for you. Even if there's a mc, I would need it for my childcare leave submission. When my child finally turn up for school after she recovered, Teacher Clara greeted her with, "wah you had a long holiday ahhh!". Huh? holiday? she was sick with mucus flowing out from both nose nostril. As a teacher, she show ZERO empathy on my sick child.
While I was in the class, I witnessed the teacher assistant pulled a boy by his pants. Rough handling much? They would just let kids cried thorough the session. Perhaps they don't know how to make a toddler stop crying.
As a preschool teacher, teacher Clara from Star Tots Blk 440 Yishun Ave 11 does not oblige to the code of conduct of teacher in so many ways. You can tell how unsincere she is when you speak to her. Her class has a bad vibe entail to it. I strongly DON'T recommend this Star Tots Blk 440 Yishun Ave 11 if Teacher Clara is still the teacher. Star Tots is great playgroup school but it truly depends on the teacher. I've done a lot of preschool visits/recee for my child. You just know a bad one when you step into one.
