Small Wonder Serangoon North - 6 Serangoon North Ave 5

The school is well maintain. Staff & Teachers are attentive to childrens need. Parent are well informed of what is happening in the school...

Pros: New Cons: Lacking in innovation and un-inclusive; When asked about why parent circulars are only in Mandarin without English translations, the Principal Karen mentioned that that’s how they do it in Learning Vision. Processes and systems are followed religiously even when they do not improve the service standards. Curriculum hours are only about 2-3 hrs per day; a lot of time spent on non learning activities. Poor staff allocation; the main teacher only comes in at 8.30am, and the second teacher at 9.30am. If you drop your child off at 7.30am, he/she will be left very much unattended till 8.30am as the other 2 admin staff tend to them whilst juggling the temperature taking/sanitizing of in-coming kids. Hygiene; management not pro-active, unlike Pat's School House that sends parents the certificate of sanitatization by vendor after HMFD outbreaks, SM does not have such a practice.

My child has been enrolled in this branch for almost 2 years since infant and now he is nearing end of N1. The teachers I had encountered with are patient, caring and committed. Every morning, I see different class teachers and their Admin doing temperature taking, checking for hfmd and sanitization. It seem like the teachers are rotated to the duties. Some teachers could even remember my son, despite not teaching him before. (maybe my son was to naughty?) Whenever there is sickness out break, the senior teacher or principal would send email updating us on the condition till the outbreak ended. My child normally arrived at 7.30am, he will be gathered in a room with the other early arrivals. I will see 1 or 2 teachers taking care of them. My son enjoy that moment as he got to interact with his buddy. At around 8am, his form teacher will fetch him n classmates to class. Via their little lives platform, I could see my son weekly activities like painting, exploring snails, reading, presenting his toy, story telling etc etc.... This gives me some knowledge of what he had learnt in school. He could even share with me or sing the songs. Recently they implemented student card for parents to fetch their child/children . Without the card, they will not release the child. One child has 2 student card. Despite this is a good implementation, but I think the card can be easily duplicated at home. Maybe having barcode or QR code to identify the child will be better? There was a period of time, when my son was constantly misbehaving and restless, his class teacher (yang Laoshi) called me to check on him. She gave me some suggestions on handling him at home and it works. After a period of time, she would follow up and feedback if there is any improvement. I appreciate her commitment and helpfulness. Comparing with my friends children's teacher from other school, they never experienced as such. I told the teacher to try ensuring my son drinks at least 2 bottle of water a day. They did it by judging from the empty water bottle and my son health. If he didn't drink enough, he will start to cough and his dry lip. However there are times where the teacher couldn't, she would honestly inform me when I fetch him. I appreciate her integrity. To be honest, I felt exhausted just taking care of 1 child and the teachers are taking care of about 15 children per class so how can I blame them for overlooking such trival matter. To me, their principal, Karen is experienced and clear on the objectives of children learning. When I spoke to her on an incident of my son, she could analyze the situation by bringing me to see the full picture and giving me suggestions on what they can commit to avoid the incidents. She is confident in her words that convinced me. I am particular in leader behaviors and attitude where Karen had shown the positive side. I believe a good leader will develop good soldiers. Needn't to say, her suggestion works. My overall experience with the school has been positive. Their way of teaching suit my son well. After all this is a pre-school, I would not expect my son to be sitting on the chair listening and doing homework all day (9hrs?) It will be fun when they learn thru play, presenting their favorite toys to friends etc.. It develop their confidence thru interest. I will recommend friends to this school and it's team. ?

Love this centre at first sight -The HUGE indoor playground, the conducive environment, and the BIG space for the kids to grow and spend their full day makes me soooo excited when I first visited the centre in 2015. We decided to move 3 of our kids from a childcare centre right below our blk to Small Wonder @ SN as we know that they will love going to school and be as excited as me if they were to see this exciting place. From the curriculum to the daily healthy menu plus the indoor playground which is as big as a HDB 5-room flat (Yes, I'm not kidding!), what more can we ask for when we are looking for a full day centre for our little kiddos? When HFMD was rising in numbers, the school made a firm decision to stop all parents from entering the centre and adopted drop-off at entrance. This has caused much inconvenience to the school as they are highly shorthanded and teachers are supposed to be in the class with their students. I applaud them to go the extra mile just to ensure that the HFMD numbers are controlled to create that safe environment for the kiddos. When I had my #4, I know straight away where to send her to. The infant teachers gave us daily updates via a booklet on meals, diaper change, nap and activities of my baby - and even allow me to breastfeed my baby as and when I need (during non-covid days). Every morning when I send my 8 months old baby in, the assurance the teachers gave me allows me to stay focus on my work. A few dedicated teachers along the way has tear with us when we face some problems with the kids and walk through the changes with us. I can still remember how Karen (current centre principal) walks through with me when I am emotionally shaken with my twin boy who cannot stay focus in class. They never give up on any child and Karen spent a good few hours talking and listening to me while I pour my concern to her. Another incident was during the first few days of school, my eldest was still not familiar with the new faces and was crying before entering school. Shortly after I reached office (still thinking if she can cope), Karen whatsapp me with photos of my child playing happily with her friends in class. I am actually taken by surprise when I received the whatsapp pic as I'm not expecting any school to give real time updates to parents as they have too many kids to look after. Of course after seeing that photo, I can focus more @ work. Teachers who don't teaches our kids takes the effort to remember our kids by their names which makes the kids comfortable when they enter the school every morning. During Circuit Breaker Days, most of our friends' childcare has no HBL and kids are just given random worksheets to work on for the 2 months. But in SW, the teachers did up the HBL curriculum to engage the kids within a very short time frame. From reading to singing and experimental crafts, we were amazed on how fast they get to turnaround this whole episode to engage the kids. Not to mention that there was even a courier arranged to deliver some books to the kids as part of the engagement. This allows the kids to stay engaged with their teachers and peers, and has no fear on returning back to school when school reopens. My eldest had graduated in SW in 2018 - but each time when she fetches the younger siblings with us, the teachers still hug and call out to her and Children's day present was given to her through her younger siblings every year without fail. My twins will be graduating this year (2020). Afterwhich, I will have my youngest who will be graduating in 2022. All in all, we had spent a good 5 years with Small Wonder @ SN and still counting on. Generally, my kids love school and now says 'bye mummy' to me every morning. Small Wonder had taken away my biggest worry on daycare for my kids and this is exactly what we need as parents. We are glad that we had found this school and met all the dedicated teachers and principal along the way. When my youngest graduate in 2022, we are definitely going to miss this childcare.

That’s a great pre-school in Singapore. The school environment is very good and clean. The teachers are very friendly and have a complete syllabus and schedule. The food is also suitable for my children. The school is located near an industrial area, and the tuition is much cheaper than other private schools. Very happy with this school.

Principal Karen, teachers and staff and exceed my expectations. School is kept clean, in-house kitchen cooks delicious meals for my daughter and she enjoys going to school everyday! My daughter also shares with me what they learn in school, the curriculum is not only holistic but the teachers also play a part in nurturing their character. Thank you Small Wonder!

This is the right school for you and your child ! The school environment is amazing and the teacher is wonderful. My son loves to go to school and he will walk in on his own without crying. The principal, teacher and staff treat all the kids like their own child. During Children’s Day and Lantern Festival they go extra miles to decorate outside the school with balloon arch ??

Love the school ! Thanks to the dedicate and patient teachers. I can go to work in peace. The admin responds fast and the principal knows the name of my child! I rarely pick my child up and the closing teacher, who have not seen me before would triple check before releasing my child to me. The teachers really check my child thoroughly and they are very strict on the health checks and they really don't compromise on health and safety aspect. I love the regular updates on little lives and also the termly updates. The updates on little lives are so personalise and the termly updates are very accurate, my 2 year old often come home singing, counting and talking about things taught in class as per described on the termly updates. My child have been with them since infancy the teacher to child ratio is fabulous and thanks to the bus service my toddler can go to school! She is very well engaged, at two, she speaks well and is always excited to go to school! Highly recommended! They have very good reviews on a couple of forums too.