Amazing star montessori
I just went downstairs to enquire again. They're still full for the half day child care but they have another 3-4 more vacancies for full day care. I've decided to let Ariene join the full day care. Here's some info on the centre :
Activities/Curriculum
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Computer lessons, singing, english, maths, story telling, chinese(full day only), dancing (full day only), montessori revision & activities (to help develop fine motor skills, full day only), playtime @ in-house playground (full day only), got some more but I cant remem all of them.. All in all, I summised that full day is better with a more complete curriculum and a diff of only $55
Food
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Various dishes that are more soup based like rice+soup, beehoon soup, kawy teow soup, porridge, etc. Most importantly, they're salt free and sugar free and they have their own chef to cook the food, not catered food.
Rough timetable
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7am : reporting time
7.30/8am : breakfast, followed by actrivities/curriculum
11.30/12pm: lunch followed by story telling
12.30/1pm: bath time, milk then nap
3pm: wake up, followed by activities/curriculum
6/7pm : Go home
Pricing
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Half day : 7am - 1pm, $550/month ($475 after subsidy for both working and non-working mums)
full day : 7am - 7pm, $680/mth ($605 after subsidy for non-working mums, $530 after subsidy for working mums)
one-time payments
- registration fees : $50
- report book : $5
- insurance : $3
- mattress + mattress cover : $40 (if u got ur own cot mattress, u can give it to them then no need pay)
- deposit $680 (refundable on leaving school)
As I stay just beside the centre, I have the advantage of asking my maid to be at the playground to look after my girl when its their playtime. Hee.
Bukit Panjang / CCK mummies, any of u intending to join me? I'm sending Ariene there starting June when she's 18m old.