hi mummies,
so glad tat tis thread is still active.
Actually, I wont say tat BI is totally no good. My son was there since he is 4months old until he is 3 yrs plus. It is normally for a centre to have babies/toddlers come and go. Every parent think differently on certain issues. Of course, every parent wished for a PERFECT school. But human are not PERFECT, how to have PERFECT school since schools are managed by human. So, it is impt for parents to think what is more impt to them. The activities in school/level of care/honesty of teachers?
Personally, I feel that the honesty of the teachers is the most impt to me. Next comes the level of care. Last is the activities in school.Of course, as our child gets older, the level of care need not be as much, and this is a time when the child needs more activities to be more exposed. I heard lotsa complaints from other parents but the complaints din move me. Coz' the management explained to me regarding the complaints and I accepted based on TRUST.
1 ultimate main reason why I moved : I am not sure why the management told me something untrue, and I din realised it was not true until I attend the parents' conference. Why i questioned tat person back, there is no answer and no explanation. Tat broke my trust. And she is the person I trust most in BI. And I find it hard to continue to trust anyone and anything at that time. Moreover, with that TB virus around, I am so worried tat my son who is always sick, might "sway sway" ganna it. My thots was that : Better to be safe than sorry.
Well, although my son's new ccc is not that fantastic in their food/daily activities, but I like the ccc's principal who is very caring and committed. I own a business, and if the boss is very committed to work, normally employees are also the same. She is in the centre most of the time. Her son who is 1 yr older than my son is my son's good friend. And all the teachers are very caring, cooperative too. They also have very low staff turnover rate.
Actually, the school which I appreciate most is the kindergarten next to BI. They have a fantastic principal and very caring teachers. My son has been there for 1.5 years and I love their curriculum. My son started read books on his own when he turns 3.5 years old. And some of the words which he can read are not those short simple words. I was so amazed. My son is poorer in his Chinese. But now he is picking up (although still slower than his peers by a little bit), and can read about 50 characters already. His art and craft also improved tremendously. I saw some other students with abacus class, doing Maths questions. It was superb. I din even know the answer. Wow!
Well, the foundation which BI gave him could have contributed to this. And together with the curriculum and teachers in the kindergarten, he is doing so well now. So, I am still thankful on what the teachers at BI have done for my son during his 1st 3 years.
Given another choice, if I have another bb, I may still consider to place him/her in BI. One of the parents in a thread here had recommended Babyplanet Montessori to me. She has got great comments for BBplanet and her 2 kids are there since long long time. It has the same settings as BI, but it has 2 premises, one cater for 2mo to 3yo, and the other cater for 3-6yo. So I guess this is gd coz' the same batch of kids get switched to the next premise together when they turn 3yo. I havent seen the place yet. But I think the price is more or less the same as BI.
Mummies, you may want to check it out as well.