My daughter is going to primary one next year. I have been shortlisting schools that I want her to go to.
Based on location, and chance of getting in ( my daughter is in the sg50 babies), I have shortlisted 2 schools. One is due to distance (just a road away), and another is due to affiliation. So I went to study the differences in the school. From, CCAs, to what they are famous for and so on. To he honest, all schools specialize in something, and their CCAs are almost the same with some differences. LOL.
But what caught me was the significant difference in the time the kids knock off from school. One was usually 1 pm, except for a day that is 12.30pm. Another was usually 1.45 p.m, with some days at 1.15 p.m. why a 45 minutes difference?! Aren't primary school suppose to teach similar stuff.
When I was in secondary school, I remembered school ends at 2 p.m. And each period was 35 minutes. The rationale for the 35 minutes was to allow teachers 5 minutes to travel from a class to another, and for us to 'get started'. But I always wondered why not make each period 30 minutes, and let the teachers start preparing for their next class at the 25 minutes mark? And you know how much earlier school would end just by reducing each period by 5 minutes? And, another even more important thing. Isn't lunch time suppose to be around noon? 2 pm is tea time not lunch time. Why put the teachers and students through this? Lunch should be at lunchtime ya?
Anyways, back to the topic on primary school. So after looking at the school dismissal time, I concluded the school to send my daughter to.
I mean, all schools must complete the syllabus set by MOE. If this school can do so with 45 minutes less time per day for years, they probably have devised a tried and tested method to complete it 45 minutes less. Why should I go for the one that takes more time then?
And something that's so important to me, my daughter will get to eat lunch at Lunchtime, not teatime ( unless there is lunchbreak for dismissal time at 1.45pm? - I don't know!).
Finally made my choice.
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