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作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-2 01:42 標題: i suddenly changed my mind, anyone can share?

my daughter is a sep2006 girl, she was accepted by sacred heart canossian kindergarten, but suddenly, i realized that i can afford letting her study in ESF (very sorry that before, i thought i can't afford any of the IS and so i didn't even check), so i strongly hope that she can get a place in ESF kindergarten in sheung wan, will that be too late? or any suggestion for me, so that my girl can easily get into ESF in primary? should i put her into an internation kindergarten first while ESF kindergarten not accepting her at this moment? or let her study in sacred heart and wait for ESF kindergarten? is that too difficult to get into ESF kindergarten for such late application?

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作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-2 02:51

moreover, i've called esf kinder this morning and they said i can still send in the application for k1, they will put me on waitlist. however, i'm thinking that should i put my daughter in any of the international kindergarten or still study in sacred heart until primary? my daughter talk and think naturally in english (even dreaming in english), but i worry that once she get into shck with such limited english lessons, her english standard must drop after 3 years, any opinion from any of u? i really need some suggestion, pls help!!

作者: lulusing 時間: 09-6-2 09:33

Try ESF kindergarten (Wu Kai Sha). Consider: is it far away from you? Good luck.

作者: emmamay 時間: 09-6-2 10:57

If you plan to send your kid to int'l school in the future, do not do not let her study in local tradional kindergarten.
You must send her to a proper int'l preschool. That's the only way to keep up her English level.

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-2 11:10

echo with lulusing.
ESF WuKaiSha is probably the one and only one chance get on the ESF boat at this moment. I was not full a few months ago, but places will be filling up soon when August is coming soon.Take immediate action!

Other ESF kinder (Sheung Wan, Abacus, Tsing Yi) will never reject your application but as a Cat. 2 applicant I guess u will have no chance for the rest ESF kindergarten. (Don't forget Cat 1 applicants always on the top of the waiting list even if they apply late). Stil worthy to pay HK$300 to wait if you are allowed to apply both WKS and Sheung Wan.

Many threads here were discussing for ESF primary admission priorities.
Non ESF kinder will have less chance to have interview. It is the rule of the ESF game.

Studying in a local kinder for 2 years may weaken your daughter's english ability but will strengthen her Chinese...keeping a chance to go back to the local system;
Studying in a non-ESF IS kindergarten for sure will be improving here english ability to meet ESF primary interview requirement...but the first blockade is whether you would have a chance for interview.
The worst scenario is that your daughter is fluent in English in K2 but has no chance to have an interview, and her Chinese standard to too low and will be very hard for her to going back to local stream...
always preparing for the worst before thinking the best outcome.

Action is louder than Speech. Take action now! gogogogogo...

作者: meipo28 時間: 09-6-2 15:12

My ultimate target is also Int'l primary school.  But I know the chance is slim. So could you enlighten me how to prepare for the worst scenario?

1. Enrol into real Int'l kinder and home teaching Chinese  or
2. Enrol into a local kinder with a lot of exposure of English + PTH (eg. Victoria).  At the same time, join different English speaking courses / activities to boost English fluency.

Thanks.

原帖由 oooray 於 09-6-2 11:10 發表
echo with lulusing.
ESF WuKaiSha is probably the one and only one chance get on the ESF boat at this moment. I was not full a few months ago, but places will be filling up soon when August is coming s ...

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-2 18:20

原帖由 oooray 於 09-6-2 11:10 發表
echo with lulusing.
ESF WuKaiSha is probably the one and only one chance get on the ESF boat at this moment. I was not full a few months ago, but places will be filling up soon when August is coming s ...

since i live in stanley, although esf WKS is the only chance of onboarding to "esf boat", however, it's nearly impossible for me to get her to school. then that means, i will have no chance of getting in esf kinder in these 2 years. so, if i aim to let her in esf primary, even the chance of getting an interview is narrow, i still shouldn't let her study in sacred heart, right?? any international kindergarten will be better than sacred heart, as studying sacred heart will surely weakened her ability in communicating in english and that esf will never consider her. besides, i heard from others that tutor time or some other famous international kindergartens (like anfield) had most students (saying 90%) got into esf in primary, is that true? should i pay $6000 for 3 years to tutor time and get a chance of getting into esf primary? how about woodland pre-school?? any of u have idea where finally their students can go in primary? thx for helping me, and pls do give more suggestion to me, thx!!

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作者: momom 時間: 09-6-2 19:09

If you live in Stanley, your school zone will be Quarry Bay School. And you can try real international school instead of local kindergarten.
You can try starters school, small world, wooland, tutor time.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-2 19:21

原帖由 momom 於 09-6-2 19:09 發表
If you live in Stanley, your school zone will be Quarry Bay School. And you can try real international school instead of local kindergarten.
You can try starters school, small world, wooland, tutor t ...

thx! but i'm wondering if u know about a small kindergarten in stanley which is called st teresa's kindergarten (http://www.teresakinder.com/html/general_information.htm) does it consider as an international kindergarten and anyone knows more about the future path after k1 & k2 in this kinder?

作者: Pianokc 時間: 09-6-2 19:30

Sacred Heart 's graduates have very good english too!

I would let her go to SH and then put in your application in ESF, if you are that keen about it.

However, I believe a child should have a good chinese foundation, at least for kindergarten, and then move onwards to Intl' school for primary or secondary if that's the right path.

During your years at the kindergarten that is more local, since your child is natural and native in English, all you need to do is supplement with English courses and your child will remain advanced and excel in the English skills in comparison to others.

Many ESF kids are local, and I don't find their English much better than the ones who are attending local kindergarten but have English supplementary lessons.

In Primary years, you will see a big difference. Hence, I think it's good to have a chinese local kindy, then go to Int'l primary school as an option.

I did the same thing with my daughter, my daughter's chinese level is higher than me after 3 years at KV, and now we move on to the int'l school system.

She is native in English, and now her Chinese writing and reading are very advanced, but daily speaking and daily usage, still a second language for her (chinese).

Good luck.

作者: Onsen 時間: 09-6-2 19:31

My child used to study at Sacred Heart Canossian Kindergarten too! I found the present principal not up to par and the studying is too much into the traditional Chinese mode. My child used to have very good teachers. However, the new teacher that the new principal hired was so bad that we just dropped the school. So far, we have no regret in doing so.

作者: Pianokc 時間: 09-6-2 20:15

Hmm, my friend's daughter is there, and they are from Canada. Very good comments so far.

Traditional- yes, SH is a very traditional school.
I don't know about the kindy, but the people I know who are graduates of the school (finished secondary)... have good english, and are very strong academic background.

To each its own I guess.

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作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-2 23:49

原帖由 meipo28 於 09-6-2 15:12 發表
My ultimate target is also Int'l primary school. But I know the chance is slim. So could you enlighten me how to prepare for the worst scenario?

1. Enrol into real Int'l kinder and home teaching C ...

There are still many IS (other than) in Hong Kong. not too difficult to get a place from one of them if u strive for it. Send more application forms to those u can afford should be the best way;
If only ESF is your ultimate target, option 2 can avoid the "worst scenario" i mentioned; studying in local stream is not the end of the world...esp you have good english after intensive training;
personally i don't think studying in IS kinder and home teaching Chinese works..maybe mine are not smart enough.

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-3 00:25

原帖由蜜蜜於 09-6-2 18:20 發表

since i live in stanley, although esf WKS is the only chance of onboarding to "esf boat", however, it's nearly impossible for me to get her to school. then that means, i will have no chance of getti ...

If ESF is your only target, let's spend HK$300 to apply the kindergarten first.
Think later after u have got an offer.
The rest of non-kindergarten are good but all are the same in term of chance for getting Year 1 interview from ESF school. (lower priority than ESF kindergarten).
don't rely upon "historical" hit rate of any kindergartens. Situation is changing every year and competition is getting keener and keener.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-3 01:05

原帖由 oooray 於 09-6-3 00:25 發表

If ESF is your only target, let's spend HK$300 to apply the kindergarten first.
Think later after u have got an offer.
The rest of non-kindergarten are good but all are the same in term of chance for ...

in that case, u suggest me not to apply any other international kindergartens other than esf, and just let her study in SH and see if any chance of getting an interview when primary 1? but once my daughter starts her school, her english standard might drop and when she return home, i don't know if she still want to talk to me in english. i did teach my daughter putonghua at home, and i think she can really learn from what i taught so far, that's why i'm thinking of putting her into any international school this year if any of them accept her (i know it's not easy, since it's really very late). if really none of them accept her, then i have nothing to think of and let her stay in where she is at the moment.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-3 01:07

原帖由 Pianokc 於 09-6-2 19:30 發表
Sacred Heart 's graduates have very good english too!

I would let her go to SH and then put in your application in ESF, if you are that keen about it.

However, I believe a child should have a good c ...

i'm from SH, i do believe that SH can teach a good english standard student but not a native one. besides, the teaching methods of hk traditional schools really make me disappointing, i don't want to waste all my time in studying with my daughter in stead of going everywhere to explore herself, that's why i want her to get in IS once i know i can afford one of them.

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作者: popolung 時間: 09-6-3 01:22

study in any IS kinder, then also put your kid in waitlist of any ESF kinder. Somehow the queue may not be as long as you think, just try. Still have plenty of time to get within the term of K1. Teach her good English yourselves too for the time being.

作者: Pianokc 時間: 09-6-3 03:04

Some IS kindergartens are "terrible."

I wouldn't just go to ANY.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-3 07:44

原帖由 popolung 於 09-6-3 01:22 發表
study in any IS kinder, then also put your kid in waitlist of any ESF kinder. Somehow the queue may not be as long as you think, just try. Still have plenty of time to get within the term of K1. Teach ...

thx! this is what i'm going to do. i just want to try my best, if turn out no IS kinder accepting her, then i have nothing to say, at least i tried.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-3 07:45

原帖由 Pianokc 於 09-6-3 03:04 發表
Some IS kindergartens are "terrible."

I wouldn't just go to ANY.

thx for reminding me! of course, i'll choose carefully and let her go into those with good comments, if it is too "terrible", that's no way that i put my daughter into it.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-3 08:57

原帖由 popolung 於 09-6-3 01:22 發表
study in any IS kinder, then also put your kid in waitlist of any ESF kinder. Somehow the queue may not be as long as you think, just try. Still have plenty of time to get within the term of K1. Teach ...

any comment on St Teresa's kindergarten?
http://www.teresakinder.com/html/our_mission.htm
any of ur schoolmates came from that kinder, 'cos the staff told me that they have lots of expatriate families and they normally go into international primary schools (such as esf, kellet school etc.) after K2. should i reserve a place for my girl in this kinder first, just in case there is no any other choice??

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-3 10:20

原帖由蜜蜜於 09-6-3 01:05 發表

in that case, u suggest me not to apply any other international kindergartens other than esf, and just let her study in SH and see if any chance of getting an interview when primary 1? but once my d ...

Just clarify my viewpoint:
A. In term of chance for interview, no difference amongst any non-ESF kindergarten (local or IS);
B. Once you have got an interview chance, your daughter english ability is a must.
In term of "English exposure", I will say "ANY" real IS should be better than local kinder. Of course, choosing a good kinder will have a happy family life.
Of course ESF IS Kinder will probably secure your chance for an interview from ESF primary and also provide good English environment. That's why I asked u go to apply first.
If I were you, I would have considered moving to WKS for just 2 years if I could get an offer before August there. (I have been moving for my children and I will be moving again within 2 years for my children again!)
Echo again : I've fed up in "doing" traditional K2 homework with my daughter. I could not imagine what my family life will be (other than scolding her to finish the homework) if she stays in local stream in the coming years!

作者: 502 時間: 09-6-3 11:08

一點意見：

到底ESF 在滿足了Cat 1 / 兄弟姐妹 / ESF kinder 之後是否對local or non-ESF IS
kindergarten沒有分別，我們不能從它的標準看到.
不過以我的細仔爲例，
他們(SWCK)的孩子在報讀香港區的ESF小學時基本上都有Interview chance, 不過當然不排除部分可能是Cat 1 / 兄弟姐妹吧！

quote]原帖由 oooray 於 09-6-3 10:20 發表

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-3 12:21

原帖由 502 於 09-6-3 11:08 發表
一點意見：

到底ESF 在滿足了Cat 1 / 兄弟姐妹 / ESF kinder 之後是否對local or non-ESF IS
kindergarten沒有分別，我們不能從它的標準看到.
不過以我的細仔爲例，
他們(SWCK)的孩子在報讀香港區的ESF小學時基本上都有I ...

Thanks for your sharing.
1. Someone said more ESF primary school in HK Island; less competitive - maybe true or not true...
2. Timing - competition in these few years are getting keen. A Parent with ESF sibling told me that last year some ESF sibling parents were struggled for not having an offer until the last minute.
This year, non sibling cat 2 parents i know (including me) is still on the waiting list.
Wiil be glad to hear other parents sharing similar or different stories this year.

作者: bvbaby 時間: 09-6-3 12:40

我個女係SH讀緊K1, 我都想佢小學入ESF不過見你地咁講機會都幾渺茫

作者: 502 時間: 09-6-3 12:43

Thanks for your sharing.
1. Someone said more ESF primary school in HK Island; less competitive - maybe true or not true...

------>It is probably true if you compare the number of places in HK Island vs. those in Kowloon / NT .

2. Timing - competition in these few years are getting keen. A Parent with ESF sibling told me that last year some ESF sibling parents were struggled for not having an offer until the last minute.

------>I also heard something about this.  For the cases I know, the siblings did got the interview chance but it was the English proficiency that ...

Of course, most schools would give them a second interview chance and most of them could get pass afterwards.

This year, non sibling cat 2 parents i know (including me) is still on the waiting list.
Wiil be glad to hear other parents sharing similar or different stories this year.

------>Of course, non sibiling cat 2 applicants are not in a favourable condition.  So it is better to apply other IS as a back-up.

作者: Onsen 時間: 09-6-3 13:38

Based on my observation of all the grade 1 parents at Bradbury, almost all of them were Causacians. The non-white popolution only accounts for 20 to 25%. That small percentage includes Indians and other races. With many Caucasians children are still on waiting list, the chance for cat. 2 entrance is really small, in regard to Bardbury. Please just be realistic if you are living in this area and believe that HK side would have more space (it has more expatriates too!). Just a word of caution when many Caucasians are fighting for that limited space. If I were you, I would never give up the chance for RC or DC and other IS for that matter. Best of luck!

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-3 13:44

原帖由 bvbaby 於 09-6-3 12:40 發表
我個女係SH讀緊K1, 我都想佢小學入ESF不過見你地咁講機會都幾渺茫

no application no chance. So do apply in Sep.

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-3 13:49

原帖由 Onsen 於 09-6-3 13:38 發表
Based on my observation of all the grade 1 parents at Bradbury, almost all of them were Causacians. The non-white popolution only accounts for 20 to 25%. That small percentage includes Indians and o ...

From my experience this year, Year 1 in DC is also very full. RC probably be the last hope amongst ESF schools for those cat 2 non sibling non ESF kinder families in the coming years.
Of course, as Onsen said, do apply a few more other IS!

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-3 14:01

thank you for ur opinions! this morning i called st teresa's kindergarten in stanley which is a kindergarten that hardly find a chinese. and they said they will let my daughter in for the coming year, and they claimed that every year, they do have students going to esf in primary ; the other option of mine is tutor time tai tam pm session, but the school fee will be nearly double of st teresa's, the staff of tutor time tai tam told me that 4-5 out of 2X got into esf last year.

any suggestions?

作者: bohemian 時間: 09-6-3 17:14

Just be careful whether the "ratio" they provide are referring to Cat 1 kids or Cat 2 kids.  It makes a big different esp. if you mentioned that St. Teresa hardly has any Chinese.

If I understand correctly you are a Cat 2 case looking to go to ESF / other IS, then I would choose IS kindergarten with good track record of getting esf interview for Cat 2.  The one that I know so far is SWCK, Woodland, Starters etc.

If your catchment area is Quarry Bay School, then I know a few SWCK Cat 2 kids successfully got into QBS this yr.  I know it's a bit far from Stanley but it's a trade off.  Unless you have a back up plan for other IS primary.

But for sure, St. Teresa will give your daughter an excellent English environment to prepare her to interview other IS in future.

Good luck!

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-4 00:43

原帖由 Pianokc 於 09-6-2 20:15 發表
Hmm, my friend's daughter is there, and they are from Canada. Very good comments so far.

Traditional- yes, SH is a very traditional school.
I don't know about the kindy, but the people I know who ar ...

i'm sorry, i could not quite get it, ur friend's daughter is there <-- where is "there"? st teresa's kindergarten?

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-4 18:40

原帖由 oooray 於 09-6-2 23:49 發表

There are still many IS (other than) in Hong Kong. not too difficult to get a place from one of them if u strive for it. Send more application forms to those u can afford should be the best way;
If o ...

oooray,

i'd like to ask, anyother suggestions on IS in HK with simular school fees? do they need debentures? pls advise, thx!

作者: siubosiumao 時間: 09-6-4 23:24

蜜蜜,

What a small world! I am also an SH alum.
However, we have decided NOT to send our girl to SH. You are right that SH girls has good English but by no means it can be compared to kids from other real international schools.

My little one actually got into Abacus but we declined the offer. Reason being, we were told that last year, NONE of the cat 2 students in Abacus got accepted into CWBS. Mind you that Mandarin speaking kids are considered as cat 1 kids (and there are lots of them in this catchment zone) and therefore chance is slim for cat 2 kids.

I suggest you apply to a kinder in a real international school and try to apply to ESF, either at P1 or later.

I agree with some previous comments regarding the academic standards at ESF. However, ESF schools generally have very large student population, and therefore, there are always some good students and some not so good.

St. Teresa sounds like a great kinder. I am sure your daughter will enjoy her time there!

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-5 01:07

原帖由 siubosiumao 於 09-6-4 23:24 發表
蜜蜜,

What a small world! I am also an SH alum.
However, we have decided NOT to send our girl to SH. You are right that SH girls has good English but by no means it can be compared to kids from other ...

thx siubosiumao! i'm really impressed for ur support, 'cos these days i'm so confused and lost, not knowing if things that i'm doing is right or wrong, but now, having ur support, i think at least i can tell myself Charlotte will have wonderful time for the next 2 years. however, i'm just wondering u declined the offer in Abacus, so what's ur plan?

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-5 13:22

原帖由蜜蜜於 09-6-4 18:40 發表

oooray,

i'd like to ask, anyother suggestions on IS in HK with simular school fees? do they need debentures? pls advise, thx!

I was asking the same questions and then search the web (actually there are not too many IS school in Hong Kong).
After going through one by one, seems not too many can meet "no debenture & comparable tuition fee to ESF (relatively affordable for me)".
After screening out those (most of them are very famous, like HKIS, GSIS....) I cannot afford, I only find ESF (plus her PIS : RC & DC) is affordable and make me feel "comfortable".
Many parents talking KCIS. U can also have a look of their website and read comments from other BK parents!

作者: foreverbb 時間: 09-6-6 08:35

How about RC & DC? Could they get the offer there?

原帖由 siubosiumao 於 09-6-4 23:24 發表
NONE of the cat 2 students in Abacus got accepted into CWBS.

作者: siubosiumao 時間: 09-6-7 22:00

I don't know. but if you live in TKO/Sai Kung area, is DC really an option logistically?

RC and DC are both PIS. I honestly don't think ESF kinder kids have any advantage over other kids in these schools

作者: siubosiumao 時間: 09-6-7 22:01

pls check pm

原帖由蜜蜜於 09-6-5 01:07 發表

thx siubosiumao! i'm really impressed for ur support, 'cos these days i'm so confused and lost, not knowing if things that i'm doing is right or wrong, but now, having ur support, i think at least i ...

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-8 12:31

原帖由 siubosiumao 於 09-6-7 22:00 發表
I don't know. but if you live in TKO/Sai Kung area, is DC really an option logistically?

RC and DC are both PIS. I honestly don't think ESF kinder kids have any advantage over other kids in these sch ...

extract from DC website. ESF kinder students do have priority for interview.
"The Collegeis currently looking at the enrolment of students who have applied forspaces in Year 1 and Year 7 for August. As with last year, the Collegereceived an overwhelming number of applications, particularly in Year 1where over 270 applications were received for the 90 available spaces.Luckily we have been able to offer interviews for all siblings andstudents at ESL kindergartens. Likewise, we received over 110applications for 30 spaces in Year 7. We are also looking to increasethe number of students next year in Years 8&9, and an advertisingcampaign for this has commenced. Any families who may be consideringthis option for their children are asked to please contact the Collegeby email [email protected] or phone on 3969 1000."

作者: siubosiumao 時間: 09-6-8 17:30

That's for the data. That's good to know.

I guess I never really considered DC because its just logistically impossible....

原帖由 oooray 於 09-6-8 12:31 發表

extract from DC website. ESF kinder students do have priority for interview.
"The Collegeis currently looking at the enrolment of students who have applied forspaces in Year 1 and Year 7 for August. ...

作者: oooray 時間: 09-6-8 21:54

原帖由 siubosiumao 於 09-6-8 17:30 發表
That's for the data. That's good to know.

I guess I never really considered DC because its just logistically impossible....

DC is a also good choice if u are living in West side of Kowloon/NT. Brand new campus...
Even if living inside DB is not so terrible. Life is always give and take...u get some and u lose some. Right?

作者: ACIC 時間: 09-6-11 11:38

I also "suddenly changed my mind" too when i have sent my son to KCS for K1 and then I applied KCIS R1 and Korean International School R1. I got an offer from both school and I chose KIS before I got there offer first and it's a full day program so I think my son's exposure to English will be better. Most importantly was, when I applied KCIS, they said I was on waiting list and there were 20 people ahead of me waiting for a seat and so when I got an offer from KIS, I paid the deposit. After that, I got an offer from KCIS, and it was too late. I heard KCIS is good too.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-11 20:47

原帖由 ACIC 於 09-6-11 11:38 發表
I also "suddenly changed my mind" too when i have sent my son to KCS for K1 and then I applied KCIS R1 and Korean International School R1. I got an offer from both school and I chose KIS before I got ...

Korean international school is it located at quarry bay? do u think it's a good school? 'cos korean international school is one of the other schools that i can afford in primary other than ESF. and it's location is good for us too. how do u comment on this school?

作者: ACIC 時間: 09-6-15 15:35

It's located at Lei King Wan. I can't tell for sure if it's good or not. But I visited the school once, the staff are very nice, and the school environment is good, facilities are very new. Most of the students are Koreans and Chinese. I went there once in the morning and observed the parents and kids before the school starts, most students are brought to school by their mothers or they come by school bus. They have 1 to 2 class per grade in the English section. And they also have Korean section. I have good feelings about this school but I can't find too much information on the internet regarding this school. Since my husband and I both feel the location, school fees and the environment fulfill our expectation, we decided to put our child there. And highlights of their program are as follows:
KIS starts Reception at 4, (the Principal said they don't have space to have a kindergarten class),
KIS has Chinese and Korean to choose as second language, but they only have about 3 classes a week,
Their reception class is a full-day program.
We feel that a full-day program is quite a good immersion for our child. And we also target ESF Primary too, but if our child fail to get admitted by ESF, we plan to have our kid to stay at Korean, as their school fees are affordable by us and the location is very favorable too. The principal is very nice, so you may call up and see if you can arrange a visit to have a chat with their principal, or even sign up for their summer program and get a taste of how their school life is. They have summer class for kids from 3 to above. Hope this information helps.

作者: ACIC 時間: 09-6-15 15:39

Just to add a few more words, i.e. as I look at their website, they have a very strict policy regarding discipline, and they also have a range of activities for kids, I feel that the school life there is quite good. Regarding how to maintain our child's Chinese level, we do flash cards at home with our child and we also let our child to attend Kumon but we intend to have a traditional chinese program.

作者: nintendo 時間: 09-6-16 13:16

I see that you are swaying from ESF kindergarten to just any international kindergarten.
And than ESF primary to just any international primary.
I would say that you really need to do more research about the potential target school.
"Just any international school" is not what parents should settle.
The edge of ESF is that they have good track records. Even with their 2 new PIS, although they are new schools, they are so far quite fine because the running of the school is still adopted from the "ESF model".
Parents should not be too deperate and just settle with any school which you hardly know, or even hardly heard of.
I am not say some of the schools suggested by others are not good, but I think you need to get to know more about the school before putting your child in it.
Do not settle with just any school, just because you want an international school so badly.
Good luck.

作者: 蜜蜜 時間: 09-6-18 03:48

原帖由 nintendo 於 09-6-16 13:16 發表
I see that you are swaying from ESF kindergarten to just any international kindergarten.
And than ESF primary to just any international primary.
I would say that you really need to do more research ab ...

in fact, in case ESF primary schools not accepting my daughter, my back up is to put her back to SHCS, 'cos i'm an old girl and catholic. which is a very good local school, so definetly, i'll not put my daughter to any internation primary school. however, for kindergarten, as long as she is happy to stay, i think that's enough. going to kindergarten, the most important issue is to let the child to build up his/her own community and to learn how to deal with school life in future. i do not depend on any kindergarten on teaching my daughter any subject, but to teach her the most at home.

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