I have not looked at LH materials in details so I cannot comments or compare. I have shared before that for all the kids I know in various kindergartens, all have extra after school classes.
Yes. The earlier parent is correct.Nowadays St Car is much harder than 2 to 3 years ago (compare to my elder son time).
Now K2 has 作句 already. The good part is that the school teaching approach is still the same.