Notification Letter from PAP

Just received the notification letter from PAP in the mail today confirming her seat for 2010's intake. Hmm....just felt excited that my little darling is going to school. I wonder how would she react during the first day of class?

I had wanted to send her for some enrichment class when she was 18 months. XP strongly objected as he was afraid that Little Arielle would be bullied in class, given the fact that she wasn't very fluent with speech at that time. As such, I subsequently dropped the idea of sending her for class since she has a protective daddy.

This dragged for years until when we registered her for nursery just a few months back.

Anyway, back to the notification letter, it mentioned that Little Arielle will be in the Sunflower class. Hmm....I thought the name of the class is very suitable for her since she is like a little sun giving out rays of light and laughter whenever she goes [hee hee, same as her mummy :)]

A few things to note:
a. Sale of T-Shirts for her outdoor activities will be carried out on 21st Nov.
b. There will be an orientation cum mini exhibition on 4 Jan
-> We are required to make payment for the following items:
i. School fees for Jan 2010 @ $110
ii. Student group insurance policy @ $3
iii. Young Families magazine @ $2
iv. Material fees & stationeries @ $48
*Activity sheets - $8
*Zipper bag - $5
*Name tag - $3
*Progress report book - $4
*Stationeries, Art/Craft materials - $23.50
*3 x A4 PVC folder - $4.50

Wow wow, just first few days of 2010, we already need to spend $163 liaoz! Hmm that's excluding her T-Shirts as well as her school uniform and socks which cost another $43. That total up to $200+.

Hmm....I din know that we have to pay for things like name tag lah....progress report book and blah blah blah.

Well, the conclusion is that having children is not cheap these days. No wonder, people are not encouraged to have more. Imagine we are attending PAP and these are the costs that we need to incur. What about those going for private schools? The sums must be hefy! Having said that, hmm....actually I'm still keen to have a second one hahahaha!