Dear all,
I'm seriously considering registering my 28 month old gurl in CD Punggol but was hoping to get more feedback from current parents who have kids at the school (since one never knows what truly goes on behind those doors once we dropped off our kids?!
) I'm very very glad to come across an updated forum here Many thanks.
I went last week to check out the place. Infrastructure wise I'm very pleased with it. That first time I went, all the children were having nap time so I could mainly check out place only.
However today I brought my daughter with my husband to check it out again to see the teachers, children's reaction to teachers as well as my girl's reaction as well. All seems good except for a few teachers here and there, which raised my concerns.
There is a Chinese teacher with the K1 group. She was yelling out fiercely throughout to the kids, no matter whether lesson time (writing characters) or rehearsal for the concert. It was terrible. I would personally dread to go school if my teacher was like this. Actually I appreciate strict teacher but this particular one didn't make me detect much love albeit the strictness. She seemed almost regimental. Quite scary.
The English teacher for todd class also seemed rather distant with the children. The teacher assistants looked great though. But Derrick said the teachers for tots class are likely to remain there while teachers for N1 to K2 will rotate each year.
The other teachers look ok though. Not much time to interact and also coz Derrick has not confirmed the teacher roster yet, I could not tell which teacher would be interacting with my kid next yr when she joins the N1 class.
But what I read from this thread seems to suggest the teachers are actually quite nice and caring, is this right? I would be very consoled to read this.
My gurl is currently enrolled in another childcare, Kampong Senang, in Hougang area. I stay in PR but brought her there coz they serve organic food and teachers overall caring but I had some issues hence looking at transferring her for N1 class.
Actually have more thoughts to share but realise this forum is open for viewing so waiting for FB acceptance first, perhaps we can discuss more over there since only parents can view?
Meanwhile, I'm wondering if any of the mothers here have children who are currently in tots class? Would probably be my daughter's group friends when she joins
Also, overall, most of you are generally happy and your child/ren are happy too? No complaints? My greatest fear is teachers who are not loving or look like hate their job kind!
I've been looking quiet extensively. Surprisingly, many chilcare teachers dun seem to like their job very much. Quite sad. Sigh.