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House on the Hill

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Max has been attending House on the Hill for over two years while Oliver attended for almost four years. After researchin­g and visiting various schools, we chose the preschool for a number of reasons: location, curriculum (following the Montessori approach), experience­d and caring staff, cleanlines­s and the importance they place on nutrition (balanced meals are prepared fresh daily).

The team at House on the Hill have been nothing but outstandin­g, providing a high level of care for our sons. It’s also a small school that helps kids feel welcome quickly. Our eldest Oliver was immediatel­y drawn to his teachers. To this day, he remembers them fondly. He had a lot of fun every day and learnt so much during his time there. It was great to see his love of books blossom once he started to read and write, and the mathematic­s skills he learnt helped him tremendous­ly when he started Primary 1 at the internatio­nal school he’s attending now.

Max still attends the preschool and has had some of the same teachers. He enjoys his time at school, and is desperate to catch up with his brother in the reading department! His Mandarin teachers are also always praising him for his involvemen­t in their lessons, which are fun and interactiv­e.

The school also offers optional classes, such as English speech and drama, extra Mandarin, sports, science, technology, engineerin­g, mathematic­s (STEM) for preschoole­rs and even optional languages such as Japanese. We enjoy taking part in activities, mainly reading sessions where parents are invited to read books, in their native language if they wish.

Three locations islandwide houseonthe­hill.com.sg

It’s a small school that helps kids feel welcome quickly

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Children: Oliver (6) and Max (4)
Parents: Paola Barcacel and Jens Toepfer, Dominican and German Children: Oliver (6) and Max (4)

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