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Yes I knew you meant M&S, are they all over the island? I only know the ones in Orchard.

As a first time 'elderly' Scottish mother, I had no help, family too far to come regularly, no friends with babies, husband studying, I was ON MY OWN! When I heard of this Asian confinement, I nearly died of jealousy. I would even have eaten pigs trotters and put up with all kinds of 'BS' to have av...

Has anyone any knowledge about Insworld school, (British cirriculum), or ISS (Int scl Singapore)?

There is a branch at Borders in Orchard, a branch at Paragon,Also Orchard, (good valet parking there), a branch Beside Robinsons department store, (sorry forget the name of that centre, also Orchard, at the other end. The food outlet isn't the same though, although you can get the dry foods and wine...

I know about that, but sadly the new regime wants parents to help fundraise and volunteer, and definately no decision making imput as customers. In fact the parents are the last to hear about anything now. This may be because all the real decisions are made from Dubai and the board of Governers, who...

I would recommend Tioman over Bintan, we had a lovely holiday there, but pay the bit extra and go Berjaya Air, two hours on that ferry and you would sell your luggage to get off! Diving and snorkling is the best I've seen anywhere and my kids loved it. Plus it was much cheaper than Bintan. But bewar...

Thanks for your reply, yes I have spoken to the head on several occassions, we've been very upfront about how we feel. I agree with getting tutors, which are an essential, even in the best international schools. Incidently, local tutors are usually very organised and much better value for money, at ...

I understand it isn't easy to hear negative things about something you have comitted your children to, and I apologise if people feel bad about this, but I am trying to be honest and give credit where it is due. My family are very happy in Singapore and we came here because it was a solution to the ...

If you want to wait for UWC, make sure your kids are very well behaved and very academic, the long list means they can choose the very best in grade 10, and will not hesitate to ask them to leave if they get into any bother, or have any problems at all. They are very concerned about their results an...

Both my boys needed orthodontic work when we came here 5 yrs ago and I was quoted $12OOO, which was too much as I had limited insurance.I was told to go to National University Hospital down BeunoVista Rd. It was excellent. It cost $4000 for my oldest on level 1, and my younger son got onto the Post ...

I have kids in the senior years at ERIS, and I am not so happy with it. There are problems recruiting teachers, several subjects given cover teachers (who are off-topic), but often are unsupervised. After 4 weeks, lots of text books are unavailable at a very badly run bookstore and it is very hard t...