Putting Chloe at Cherie Hearts School is an important decision to make for us because she has not been able to adapt to childcare so far.  Previously we have tried putting her at other schools but to no avail.  She will cry so much that in the end, we are left with no choice but to put her back to her grandma’s care again.

We very much wanted her to experience friendship and interaction with peers which may in turn help her transit easily to Primary school in the next 2 years.  So we tried again and this time we made several checks within the Changi Business Park area before we finally chose Cherie Hearts @ CBP.

This school started in March / April 2010 and my daughter was among the first enrolments.  It was a great environment with bright, cheerful and clean set up.  Chloe loves the indoor playground and open-concept classroom settings.  For the initial few weeks, she was still cranky but this time she finally managed to overcome the anxiety.  The teachers were great ! – friendly, understanding, patient and creative.  They used various ways to distract her and even have one teacher to manage her for a while.  I thought this personal touch calmed her down and now she is good in school.  Currently Chloe can sing the National Anthem (in Malay! And other songs quite well.  She has also learnt to write Chinese characters and cite the different strokes.

Of course, kids at school are similar to our life at work.  Nothing is perfect.  Those small children “quibbles” do happen a little bit but the teachers are able to manage them well.  Overall, we are very happy that we have made the right decision on Cherie Hearts @ CBP and so far we are able to work with a peace of mind.  That is very important because we know our precious one is well taken care of at school. 

Last but not least, we would like to thank the teachers and all at Cherie Hearts @ CBP – Thank you to all !  We know it is hard work to manage the children (plus babies) and I am sure your efforts are also appreciated by other parents as well.

Cheers,

I would like to extend my gratitude to Teacher Izah when Isaac was ill recently.  Isaac had high fever since last Thursday.  It was the first time he had such high fever since birth.  No doubt, Jason and I were quite worried.  As we rushed from our offices to bring Isaac to the clinic that we used to visit but it was closed.  So, we had to feed Isaac with the medicine that we have at home first, hoping that his high temperature will drop.

I was especially touched receiving Izah’s SMS to ask how was Isaac doing after her work on the same day.  In fact, that was not the first time she did the same thing to show her concern whenever Isaac was ill.  I took the opportunity to seek advice from Izah.  She was patient in answering my many questions.  She even helped me to clarify with a doctor about the dosage of the medicine to be given to Isaac.  With her prompt assistance, my anxiety was resolved instantly.
Jason and I were truly impressed with her personalised service!  Izah has been caring, helpful and approachable teacher.  Now, she is also our “medical advisor” ! Thank you Izah.

To all the teachers @ Cherie Hearts, thank you for taking good care of Isaac.  He is definitely a happy baby boy for having so many caring teachers and new little friends that he meets at Cherie Hearts.

God bless,

To all teachers at Cherie Hearts @ CBP

Thank you so much for all the patience towards Kaido.  Although he still cries every morning, but we can see that he did enjoy every day at Cherie Hearts.  He would sing songs that he has learnt and he even managed to call out a few of his friends and teachers names. After the first month, he was actually singing part of the national anthem and saying the pledge! It is just amazing.
Once again we would like to thank every teacher at CBP for taking care of Kaido while we have a peace of mind at work.

Special thanks to Jesselin, Joan, Regina, Teacher Mel, Teacher Latifah and Lin Lao Shi.

Happy Teachers Day !

Dear Joan,

Today Sofia is back to the centre again, finallyJ  we’re very excited about this, and she is also showed her enthusiasm since yesterday, that she would see friends and “see Teacher Joan, Teacher Lin Lin and Teacher Farida” (that’s how she would recall the environment there, hahaha)
Firstly, I would like to say thank you for allowing us to extend the package 1 month longer because of her unwell in October – we really appreciate this, the flexibility in the service that you/the centre have.

We are glad that Sofia joins the centre, she has developed social skills and curiosity much more that we would expect her to be.  She would say more things now, very expressive and very fast in adopting our words and behaves, as well, hahaha
I just wanted to say thank you very much for all your help in providing us Sofia’s first step in her so called ‘school experience’.  We truly believe in communication between us and the teacher / caregiver is very important and we are happy we can have that with you.

Talk to you again, Joan

Cheers,