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PRE-SCHOOLS
Pegasus International Pre-School
Amelie de Spot and Alexandre Schmitz, Belgian
Augustin (9), Garance and Hippolyte (5), and Oscar (3)
Oscar has attended Pegasus since May 2013; his siblings
are at the Overseas Family School. Pegasus is a small and
very friendly school with an excellent curriculum that prepares
kids academically as well as teaching them values: autonomy,
creativity, discipline, open-mindedness. These are an extension
of our family values.
26 Evans Road
6735 2494 | pips.com.sg
Oscar likes water play,
drawing, painting, growing
plants – and his teacher and
his girlfriend Kitty.
7 Hua Guan Crescent
Hua Guan Gardens
6465 0019
and
1 Dunearn Close
6466 2639
pibospreschool.com
When we moved to Singapore last year, it was a big change for
all of us. In Belgium, Oscar was not at school; he was in a nursery
and only speaking French. Because he had no English and no
school experience, we chose a small school with few kids so he
could get maximum attention from the teachers and not feel lost,
as might happen in a big school.
Language education is important as we plan to stay here for
the long term. Teaching Oscar English was a priority so he could
integrate as fast as possible, and living in a Chinese culture, we
thought it important to also learn Mandarin. Pegasus has a very
good mix of different nationalities and cultures.
Despite it being a small school, the facilities are everything we
could hope for: well equipped classrooms and playground, hot
lunch and snacks, showers, beds, water play and even a guinea
pig to teach the children how to take care of animals. Outdoor
activities are organised regularly, and the children go on visits to
the Botanic Gardens and Sentosa.
Parent contact is excellent. A teacher welcomes the kids
personally everymorning and is present at pick-up every afternoon.
This is an opportunity for the parents to engage with the teacher.
Oscar has a special blue book where his activities are
documented each week with pictures, and we think it will be an
amazing souvenir for him when he grows up.
Pibo’s Garden Preschool
Henriette Work and Rene Bach Larsen, Danish
Beatrice (3) and Carl-Philip (2)
Beatrice has been at Pibo’s for a year and Carl-Philip
for six months, and our experience with this preschool has
been excellent. Their teachers are very professional and
caring, and constantly keep us updated on our children’s
development.
The school offers a play based-curriculum that reflects
our own philosophy as parents. Activities include sand and
water play, art, stories, song, rhymes and cookery. On top
of this they have Mandarin classes, too.
Once in a while, the school arranges days out for both
the kids and their parents; we’ve been to the theatre,
flown kites at Marina Barrage and visited an animal farm.
It’s exciting for the kids, and a good way for us to meet
other parents.
I was very impressed the minute I walked into the school.
It was full of happy kids playing everywhere, and the
teachers were welcoming and very friendly. The place felt
right from the start, and I knew it was right for our children.