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Kindergartens with flexible attendance

Post by shiggins » Tue, 14 Apr 2009 9:23 pm

All the international kindergartens I’ve popped in to see i.e.: UWC, Tanglin, CIS and Eton House are quite rigid with their attendance structures. I only need my son to attend school 2 maybe 3 days a week. Does anyone know of kindergartens that offer more flexibility?
Thank you very much :)

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 4:43 pm

Why would you think your child only needs to attend 2 or 3 times a week? :???:
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Post by road.not.taken » Wed, 15 Apr 2009 5:08 pm

shiggins, perhaps you're confusing Kindergarten with Pre-school? Kindergarten might be a shortened school day, but it's usually 5 days a week. It has much more of a solid curriculum (seems silly to use that word) than a pre-school.

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Re: Kindergartens with flexible attendance

Post by GaiaGirl » Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:14 am

shiggins wrote:All the international kindergartens I’ve popped in to see i.e.: UWC, Tanglin, CIS and Eton House are quite rigid with their attendance structures. I only need my son to attend school 2 maybe 3 days a week. Does anyone know of kindergartens that offer more flexibility?
Thank you very much :)
Shiggins,

Rosemount Kindergarten in Siglap offers flexible attendance, at least through the K2 level (i.e. up to about the age of 5), and that's why I chose that school.

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Post by snowqueen » Thu, 16 Apr 2009 8:48 pm

Shiggins, you are mistaking this forum site for one that actually helps people. The Reporters, Managers and Moderators who run this site just go through peoples threads and posts ripping them to pieces and putting on snide remarks like the reply you got. I see this on probably 70% of the threads on this site.

I would like to find somewhere to take my child maybe one or two mornings a week so I can have a break and get things done like go to the gym or dentist for example (I don't have a maid or family here who can help) but I wouldn't dare ask the question on here as I'll be just ripped to bits for being a bad mother.

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Post by batgirl_cdn » Thu, 16 Apr 2009 9:25 pm

It is actually a valid question because not all children from different countries begin regular schooling systems at age 5, which is what is labeled as "kindergarten". In Nordic countries,for example, kids start school around age 7.

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Post by cbavasi » Thu, 16 Apr 2009 9:49 pm

Snowqueen - I think Pat's Schoolhouse on the East Coast will do only a couple of days a week no? If you check out central schools (preschools) - MMI, PMI, Loewen Garden, Little Hands, Little Raindrops, Kidz Station, Julia Gabriel, Pats Schoolhouse - I think most of these have flexible schedules. I know that Eton House (Orchard) requires you pay for 5 days when they are 3+ but you are not required to send them for 5 days if you do not want to. The bigger schools will be more rigid with their requirements - but may be worthwhile placing your child on the waiting list for when they are older if that is where you think you want to send them.

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Re: Kindergartens with flexible attendance

Post by shiggins » Sun, 19 Apr 2009 7:06 pm

GaiaGirl wrote:
shiggins wrote:All the international kindergartens I’ve popped in to see i.e.: UWC, Tanglin, CIS and Eton House are quite rigid with their attendance structures. I only need my son to attend school 2 maybe 3 days a week. Does anyone know of kindergartens that offer more flexibility?
Thank you very much :)
Shiggins,

Rosemount Kindergarten in Siglap offers flexible attendance, at least through the K2 level (i.e. up to about the age of 5), and that's why I chose that school.
Thanks GaiaGirl
Good call on Rosemount Kindergarten, it's exactly what I was looking for :D

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Post by aussiemeg » Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:41 am

Hi there

The australian school and avondale grammar both provide 2,3 4 per week and 5 day fortnight options for 3 to 5 year olds in line with kindergarten in Australia

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Post by splat » Mon, 20 Apr 2009 9:13 pm

I agree with the suggestions made by the above poster, Rosemount raised its fees and now charges the same fees as schools with much better facilities. One World International School also offers 2, 3, 4, or 5 days.

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Post by MinniMe » Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:15 am

White Lodge (several locations), and a new one at Turf City: Swallows&Amazon.

In these places you can choose between 2-5days/week.

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