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ADDRESS: 735, PASIR RIS STREET 72, #02 - 344, SINGAPORE 510735
CONTACT: +65 97325904
very commendable sch! very clean environment. kids are well-disciplined and good curriculum. my son is talking non-stop now. million thanks to Ms Lai and his teachers.
Hi, mummyaqil,
How old is your son? which curriculum did you enrol him in? My son is 19month old and I'm looking for some play school. Can you recommend this place? how much is fees?
This preschool's academic level is too demanding for children. My child has been in the centre for some time and I notice there are not much toys or any outdoor activites for the children to build other areas of their growth other than academic. Everytime my child goes home I asked him what he does in school, he replies me that he just writes and after writing he would just sit and drink water. My child hardly brings home drawings or engaging activity work. I have read up alot on early years education and have noticed this centre is not ahead of time with learning through play. I have since then withdrew my child.
Totally agree with disappointed.
I have a very bad experience with this centre too. My child studied less than a year in this centre and I also withdrew her. She hates going to this school and claim teacher pull her ear when she writes wrongly. Principal will punish children too by asking them to put paper in mouth if they are talkative etc, or threaten to ask them stand inside dark room.
Well-behaved children? Yes..! But do u noe why they are so? Ugly things going behind the scenes. They instill fear in children by threats and punishment. Children will be punished by unacceptable methods if they misbehaves. That's why.
Wrong way of teaching too. E.g : Child A kicked Child B at the stomach. Teacher asked all the other children to line up one by one and step / kick on Child A feet to punish him for doing that. What values are they instilling in the children?
Principal is a disciplinarian. Uses punishment and threats to make children behave. Military style. Often hear teacher scolding and screaming at children. No passion and not caring in teaching.
The curriculum is very demanding. N2 they teach k1 syllabus. Everyday writing and studying. No toys in classroom, only tables and chairs.
Often like to use terms like 'weak, slow, inattentive, talkative' to describe / comment on children. Not encouraging and positive.
Emphasised too much on their academic area and neglected other aspects such as hygiene etc - Children go toilet and pass motion, teacher busy teaching in class and nvr wipe buttocks.
One mother brought goodie bags to school comprising of some goodies, cute pencil and rubberstamp to be given out during son's birthday party. Handed over to form teacher in the morning. Form teacher took out cute pencil and rubberstamp from the goodie bag without informing or seeking permission from the mother. Children only bring home a goodie bag with goodies inside. Greedy and rude school.
Go to this school if you want a child who excels academically. BUT please remember at the expense of your child's self esteem and happiness.
I'm the father of the child who gave out goodie bags during my son's birthday. Just want to do a brief clarification here that first of all, yes the form teacher did took out the pencils and rubberstamps from the goodie bags without seeking our permission but we've thus received an explanation from the principal and the teacher. They've actually kept the pencil and rubber stamps in school for the children's usage, as a token to motivate the children when writing. We've seen for ourselves the used pencils in the classroom during parents' meeting conference. Yes, we were initially also shocked as to why the items were removed from the goodie bags meant for the children but the teacher also meant well to keep them for classroom use.As of the other aspects, we have no comments. Hope that this clarifies and not be further discussed.
I am a person who will not reply to comments over the web because to me anyone out there can write anything he/she likes without having to be held responsible for it. However, since things have taken to such a turn, it is my duty to reply and state down the facts here.
Despite our efforts to appease you with our explanations, you chose to disregard them and continued to pursue your claims on the punishments the centre is carrying out without any proof whatsoever. On one hand you stated that we put paper into the children’s mouths for talking and instil fear in them while on the other hand you stated that the teachers are always scolding and shouting at the children, aren’t these two statements contradicting. For your information, our centre has a total of 16 CCTV cameras installed throughout the entire centre. This is to protect the interest of the teachers and children.
You also stated that we do not “wipe” for the children after they have passed motion. In case you weren’t aware of it, the centre’s practise has all along been to wash instead of wipe, as washing is a much cleaner and hygienic alternative as compared to wiping.
I make an effort to attend to each new enquiry and enrolment personally so that I can explain the centre’s philosophy, goals, teaching, academic standard etc. to the parents, and to address parents concerns, to prevent or minimise any mismatch between the centre and the parents as much as possible. Parents can still withdraw their child from the centre even after the child comes into the centre (standard withdrawal procedure across childcare centres).
I clearly remember when you first came down to enquire (Jul 2010), you were complaining that the previous childcare centre was dirty and that your girl had been down with HFMD two or three times over a 1.5 years period, and that the centre did not teach, of which your girl was allowed to play the entire day, and you were looking for a centre to provide for her academically. On 10/8/2010, you came down to make payment in order to secure a place for your girl for 3/1/2011 intake, earliest place available. After your girl came in this year, there were a number of occasions during send-in and pick-up where you told me and my teachers that your girl had learned a lot since coming here and you were happy with the centre. Now, you are claiming that the centre’s academic standard is too high, Nursery learning K1 standard. Every child’s learning development is different and there will definitely be areas which they would need to work on. We believe in being honest with parents so as to provide the best for their child. By highlighting these areas to the child’s parents, parents and teachers will be able to work hand-in-hand in providing the necessary help to maximise the child’s potential.
Thanks to the great support from our present and past parents, every year our places are filling up fast due to siblings, cousins, neighbours, parents who are friends, parents who are colleagues and etc. The average waiting time to enrol in our centres is about 1 to 2 years. If a child graduated from the centre with low self-esteem, would parents then come back for their younger ones? Every year, we have children completing their pre-school education with us and move on to different primary schools in Singapore, and this year 2011 is our 6th year running. The remarks that we get from these parents when they met-up with their child’s primary school teachers is - ‘Your child is confident, high self-esteem and has good academic foundation’.
In regards to the goodie bags, the teacher who did it was thinking on the positive side to encourage the children in their writing, hence overlooked in seeking permission from the parents first. It is sad that a gesture that was meant to bring joy to the children would be mistaken immediately as an act of greed. The birthday celebration happened on 2/8/11, the parents had come back then to clarify with the teacher (which is the right thing to do). The parents were happy with the clarification from the teacher, which you were aware of. As to what the birthday child’s father had replied, it was never an issue between the centre and them.
Hope this clarifies and the readers out there can have a clearer picture. Kindly note that your misleading remarks made publicly in this forum has affected the reputation of our centre and can be regarded as a form of defamation in the eyes of law. However, we do not wish to pursue this matter further unless necessary.
We always believe in maintaining a good centre-parents relationship so that we can work hand-in-hand with parents to develop their child to his/her fullest potential. Therefore, TRUST is of utmost importance if you have decided to place your child in a childcare centre.
Ms (Dr) Lai (PhD)
Director
This schoolreally sounds HORRIBLE!
Hi all,
Can someone share if the Yishun branch is the having the same treatment as Pasir Ris branch? I suspect the person-in-charge in Pasir Ris branch is related to the founder of My Little Campus.
Yishun branch person-in-charge is so cold. She doesnt seem to have the warmth towards children. I wonder is she a mother herself coz i totally cant feel that she has the love for children. One should visit the place and speak to the person in charge in order to feel. Do you want to leave your child for 12 hours in the care of a person who is cold and not a mother herself?
Who dictates that EVERY childcare educator MUST be a mother before she KNOWS how to love children?? We don't go through our certs for nothing, our years of experience are not useless either. If one has no love for children, how can she survive in this industry for long? To make such irresponsible remarks from a very subjective point of view is not valid and certainly very unfair to this person you are mentioning about. Please TRUST our profession as EDUCATORS and NOT nannies! If u do have any queries, do go read and gear up your knowledge on child rearing. Alternatively, do seek profession help. Thank u.
Well said! Understand totally how early childhood educators "suffers" at times by unjustifiable remarks (without evidence) made by parents/someone out there trying to jeopardise the image of the centre/staff for some uterior motive (to mislead others). Not to worry, knowlegeable parents can tell whether the centre is good or not. There are very nice parents around as well who appreciate what teachers do for their children. They will not be easily affected by these unkind remarks. Cheers to all Educators!
Completely agree. Some fo these parents really think that just becos they are paying customers, they can abuse us. Parents must realised that there is no perfect school and no perfect world. We educators are human and not robots. Its take a mutually RESPECTFUL relationship with parents to make all these work for the benefit of your children. By being arrogant and unforgiving and abrassive doesnt help. If its as easy as what some of you claim, why not you quit your job and stay at home and teach your own children. Give us a break!