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作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-7 09:27 標題: St. Stephen (Stanley) Interview - Oct. 9 &10
SSCPS will start to have P1 interview on coming Sat. & Sun. I can't find last year interview discussion at BK. Does any SSCPS parents can share the P1 experience/format on last year?
Many thanks.
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-7 09:54
Please check the following thread:
http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?tid=1674685
You may find more information by using the search function at the top of the window (both SSCPS and "聖士提反" should be used as search strings).
原帖由 ma記 於 10-10-7 09:27 發表 
SSCPS will start to have P1 interview on coming Sat. & Sun. I can't find last year interview discussion at BK. Does any SSCPS parents can share the P1 experience/format on last year?
Many thanks.
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-7 10:14
thomasha,
Thanks, let's me try
作者: angelhair 時間: 10-10-7 10:28
My interview with St. Stephen's will be on Oct 23 only 
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-7 10:38
This year I suppose the number of applicants are so many that the school decided to add one more day for interview. When I called the school some time ago, they already said so, just that they could not say for sure when the extra interview date would be.
原帖由 angelhair 於 10-10-7 10:28 發表
My interview with St. Stephen's will be on Oct 23 only
作者: cornelius 時間: 10-10-7 11:24
原帖由 angelhair 於 10-10-7 10:28 發表
My interview with St. Stephen's will be on Oct 23 only
Did you request the interview in English?
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-7 11:27
The school told me candidates to be interviewed in PTH or English will be interviewed earlier.
原帖由 cornelius 於 10-10-7 11:24 發表
Did you request the interview in English?
作者: cornelius 時間: 10-10-7 11:44
原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-7 11:27 發表
The school told me candidates to be interviewed in PTH or English will be interviewed earlier.
My friend's daughter is more conversant in English and so her dad requested an English interview for her. The school said there were no more available timeslots on Oct 9 & 10 and hence offered the interview to be held on Oct 23. It's nice to see the school is so accommodating.
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-7 14:43 標題: No. of applicants this year?
Any idea that how many applicants this year?
作者: chan_wingyee 時間: 10-10-7 18:27
Not sure if this year's format will be the same, as we only have one interview last year.
First we all gathered in the hall, the kids are asked to go drawing and the parents sit down or take a look at the text book / homework etc
Then the kids (in group) will go to interview room. Parents can tour around the school, lead by P5/P6 students.
The kids will view something (~story), and asked open-ended questions. Then kids will be interviewed individually by teachers.
Good luck! Hope you and your kid like the school!
作者: Jack0128 時間: 10-10-7 22:53
Last year, 12XX applicants.
原帖由 ma記 於 10-10-7 14:43 發表
Any idea that how many applicants this year?
作者: Jack0128 時間: 10-10-7 23:05
This year, there will be 2nd interview for 300 applicants and parents.
原帖由 chan_wingyee 於 10-10-7 18:27 發表
Not sure if this year's format will be the same, as we only have one interview last year.
First we all gathered in the hall, the kids are asked to go drawing and the parents sit down or take a look a ...
作者: ahtan 時間: 10-10-10 00:07
Is the format the same this year? Anyone who went today can share?
原帖由 Jack0128 於 10-10-7 23:05 發表
This year, there will be 2nd interview for 300 applicants and parents.
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-10 13:33
原帖由 ahtan 於 10-10-10 00:07 發表
Is the format the same this year? Anyone who went today can share?
yes, this year interview is same at last year. My daughter just finished the 1st interview yesterday.
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-11 01:24
Process of this year's 1st interview:
1. Parents and child arrive at the registration counter in the hall. The child takes the interview notification letter (after being checked by the registration people) and a label given by the registration people to a small table of 6 children to start drawing. (I didn't notice the teachers at the table marking anything while the children were drawing pictures, so I suppose this part's performance did not count in the overall interview performance.) Parents split up with their child and stay in the hall, either watching the child's drawing at a distance, or reviewing the homework of students. The headmistress walks around the hall and the covered playground (the general waiting area outside the hall).
2. Around the specified interview time, a teacher announces that the children have to go to another room for interview (lasting 20-30 minutes), and parents are requested to follow student ambassadors for a guided tour around the school.
3. Some school workers take the children to the covered playground for parents to pick them up.
According to my son, here is the proceeding of the interview:
1. Watch a video on trees and environmental protection.
2. The group of children were asked some open questions, such as "What are the uses of trees?" and "What can we do to save our environment?" Children needed to raise their hand to answer.
3. The children were then asked individually some personal questions in Cantonese (our chosen language medium), such as "What is your name?", "Do you play the piano?", "Do you swim?" and "What do your parents do?"
原帖由 ma記 於 10-10-10 13:33 發表
yes, this year interview is same at last year. My daughter just finished the 1st interview yesterday.
作者: hellojl 時間: 10-10-11 01:41
原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-11 01:24 發表
Process of this year's 1st interview:
1. Parents and child arrive at the registration counter in the hall. The child takes the interview notification letter (after being checked by the registration ...
thomasha,
你真有心呢, 又黎share d料. 我都plan住第日in哂學校後, 出番个post黎綜合所有學校interview的details (但要有時間先呢!), 造福後人~~
你見哂味? 我仲有3間呢
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-11 02:06
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原帖由 hellojl 於 10-10-11 01:41 發表
thomasha,
你真有心呢, 又黎share d料. 我都plan住第日in哂學校後, 出番个post黎綜合所有學校interview的details (但要有時間先呢!), 造福後人~~
你見哂味? 我仲有3間呢 ...
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-11 09:56
原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-11 01:24 發表
Process of this year's 1st interview:
1. Parents and child arrive at the registration counter in the hall. The child takes the interview notification letter (after being checked by the registration ...
thomasha,
My daughter also finished 1st int. on last Sat. Our interviewing time was 5:30pm (should be the last batch). She went to meeting room around 5:55pm. So, no school tour that all ambassadors have been released.... I so disappointed.
As you mentioned before, the process should be the same. But funny was that the teacher asked my daughter..."Does your father can speak English?"
My daughter individual questions are......
1) How many question you answer after finished the Vedio?
2) What is your name?
3) How old are you?
4) Which school are you studying now?
5) What kind of books you read?
6) Does your father speak English?
I don't think my daughter will get 2nd interview....coz I felt that the teachers really wanted to release for the day. Because all remain children at hall (totally 3 tables) went up to meeting room in one time. And my daughter picked for answering "ONE" question ONLY on the Vedio section........
Anyway, my daughter finished all 1st interview at moment la. (2DSS & 1private). We're just waiting for any surprise on 2nd interview call/letter.
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-11 13:24
Thanks for sharing the info.
I don't think my son will have a chance for 2nd interview because he seemed to be fed up with interviews (5 interviews in 4 days, and Sunday was the last one) and even though he knew the answers, he only gave short answers without elaboration, so it would be difficult for him to stand out among all the children.
As for the school tour, we arrived half an hour before the stipulated time for registration, so we walked around the school by ourselves. It was not raining much at the time so we even had time to go to the outdoor sports ground downstairs. I do think interaction with the student ambassadors can give us an idea of the school's "output". 原帖由 ma記 於 10-10-11 09:56 發表
thomasha,
My daughter also finished 1st int. on last Sat. Our interviewing time was 5:30pm (should be the last batch). She went to meeting room around 5:55pm. So, no school tour that all ambassad ...
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-11 13:54
原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-11 13:24 發表
Thanks for sharing the info.
I don't think my son will have a chance for 2nd interview because he seemed to be fed up with interviews (5 interviews in 4 days, and Sunday was the last one) and even th ...
That's true, my girl also didn't answer in elaborating way...no hope la.
This is what I plan to meet with the ambassadors....just want to get more information from the student inpersonal....however, no chance la
But really thanks for your sharing & feedback during this crazy month.....you're my interview buddy. Thanks thomasha.
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-11 14:02
Thank you! I feel that we have an "invisible team" of parents here cooperating with each other by sharing information and opinions.
Now that the peak period for 1st interviews is over, we will be anxiously waiting for 2nd interview notifications. Good luck to you and all the "teammates"!原帖由 ma記 於 10-10-11 13:54 發表
That's true, my girl also didn't answer in elaborating way...no hope la.
This is what I plan to meet with the ambassadors....just want to get more information from the student inpersonal....however ...
作者: cornelius 時間: 10-10-11 14:21
原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-11 01:24 發表
Process of this year's 1st interview:
1. Parents and child arrive at the registration counter in the hall. The child takes the interview notification letter (after being checked by the registration ...
Thomas,
You really run the risk of disclosing the interview format/questions again as St Stephen's will be interviewing some other kids on Oct 23. Anyway, I do appreciate your enthusiasm to share (while I would also like to share but can't do so b'cos my kid was not reluctant to talk much after the interview. After all, he's not been feeling well for the weekend and was taken for an ENT appointment this morning).
However, I wish to raise two observations during my encounter yesterday afternoon.
(1) At the drawing table
After my kid sat down for drawing, a father accompanying his son who was weeping along the way. I didn't know why but I felt sorry for this kid. Surprisingly, the Asian-looking English-speaking teacher (a lady) responsible at that table (Table 3) did not seem to be caring though and asked the daddy to stay with the kid. After minutes, the kid stopped weeping and his daddy sat down at the waiting area while keeping an eye on his son. But minutes later, the kid cried again and that lady kinda instructed his dad to take him for a walk and wash his face in a rather blunt manner. I wonder why this lady had been so impatient with the kids.
(2) During school tour
My wife and I were received by a pair of G.4 and G.5 girls. They used PTH to tell us about their school (orchestras, choirs, overseas visits, etc). While the G.5 had tried her best I suppose, her PTH was quite fluent, but not as expectedly good as we had thought b'cos it still carried a no. of wrong pronunciations probably affected by our Cantonese dialect (e.g. 初 of 初級, 聲 of 聲音, 是 of 是的, etc). The G.4 girl's PTH is better though (perhaps their oral English might be even better as St Stephen's is an English primary school). Anyhow, they demonstrated responsibility, courtesy and love for their school, and most importantly proudly took up as school ambassodors to greet strangers on a Sunday.
作者: BigBoyMaMa 時間: 10-10-11 14:21
My son also attended the interview on Saturday. However, he said no individual intertew after the video. OMG! Anyway, as you said, it was over and just waiting for the result.
BTW, just want to say thanks to you as you released many useful info to all members here. Not related St. Stephen, but also other schools.
原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-11 14:02 發表
Thank you! I feel that we have an "invisible team" of parents here cooperating with each other by sharing information and opinions.
Now that the peak period for 1st interviews is over, we will be ...
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-11 15:16
I'm sorry to hear about your son's sickness. My son has a runny nose occasionally by Saturday and Sunday and I think he has reached the limit of his tolerance of stress, even though he said he enjoyed most of the interviews.
As for the student ambassadors, we could not find any when we left the hall, until after some time. Two P6 boys showed us around. They were very familiar with the school, though I could not feel their enthusiasm or sense of belonging to the school. It may be caused by their tiredness after serving long hours (one of them started at 8 am and the other at 1 pm). They were a bit "casual" when they greeted parents and while guiding the parents around.
原帖由 cornelius 於 10-10-11 14:21 發表
Thomas,
You really run the risk of disclosing the interview format/questions again as St Stephen's will be interviewing some other kids on Oct 23. Anyway, I do appreciate your enthusiasm to share ...
作者: luwong 時間: 10-10-11 15:25
I don't have individual interviews neither, just the group interview upstairs with 7 other kids.
And, heard from other parents around the same interview timeslots said the student ambassadors answer questions all the same! They all said "the food are healthy though" when asked if the food at canteen is good. :)
原帖由 BigBoyMaMa 於 10-10-11 14:21 發表
My son also attended the interview on Saturday. However, he said no individual intertew after the video. OMG! Anyway, as you said, it was over and just waiting for the result.
BTW, just want to sa ...
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-11 19:02
原帖由 BigBoyMaMa 於 10-10-11 14:21 發表
My son also attended the interview on Saturday. However, he said no individual intertew after the video. OMG! Anyway, as you said, it was over and just waiting for the result.
BTW, just want to sa ...
BigBoyMaMa,
My daughter told me that the room has 7 teachers and 8 kids. Each kid got chance to meet teachers individually (but I don't know how she so sure this point when she was interviewing with teacher at the same time????)
Also, the teacher didn't call her name, only asked her to come to her desk, and saw the 1st interview letter she carried on her hand.......then started to ask questions, and made remarks on her paper file.
作者: ahtan 時間: 10-10-11 19:16
So funny! My daughter also said they asked her " does your father speakEnglish" too! They asked her questions in all three languages....Eng,Mandarin and Cantonese....
原帖由 ma記 於 10-10-11 09:56 發表
thomasha,
My daughter also finished 1st int. on last Sat. Our interviewing time was 5:30pm (should be the last batch). She went to meeting room around 5:55pm. So, no school tour that all ambassad ...
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-11 19:23
I think the interviewer did not ask my son this question because if he/she read the portfolio submitted, he/she would not need to ask at all. :)原帖由 ahtan 於 10-10-11 19:16 發表
So funny! My daughter also said they asked her " does your father speakEnglish" too! They asked her questions in all three languages....Eng,Mandarin and Cantonese....
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-11 20:27
原帖由 ahtan 於 10-10-11 19:16 發表
So funny! My daughter also said they asked her " does your father speakEnglish" too! They asked her questions in all three languages....Eng,Mandarin and Cantonese....
I just asked my daughter again, and she said teachers asked her questions in three languages either.......
1) What's colour do you like? (Eng)
2) What's your favour books? (Eng)
3) What's your favour toys? (PTH)
other questions in Cantonese...
作者: BigBoyMaMa 時間: 10-10-11 20:47
Hi ma記，
Tks for the info. Although it was over, still want to know what happen with my son. I think I should use other approach to ask him.
原帖由 ma記 於 10-10-11 19:02 發表
BigBoyMaMa,
My daughter told me that the room has 7 teachers and 8 kids. Each kid got chance to meet teachers individually (but I don't know how she so sure this point when she was interviewing wit ...
作者: Little_Princess 時間: 10-10-12 18:37
For 23 Oct interview, is there any PM sessions?
原帖由 cornelius 於 10-10-7 11:44 發表
My friend's daughter is more conversant in English and so her dad requested an English interview for her. The school said there were no more available timeslots on Oct 9 & 10 and hence offered the ...
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-12 20:07
Just a suggestion:
We tell our son that these questions will be asked next time when we (the parents) are interviewed by the school, so he has to tell us what happens and his answers or we will not be able to answer those questions and thus he may not be given a place in the school. This approach works for us - our son thinks he is helping us and he tries his best to recall what he goes through! :)原帖由 BigBoyMaMa 於 10-10-11 20:47 發表
Hi ma記，
Tks for the info. Although it was over, still want to know what happen with my son. I think I should use other approach to ask him.
作者: 墨魚佬 時間: 10-10-13 00:06
咁快開估題目架
仲有23/10一天interview架,哈哈
今次咁多人抽300人進入決賽,相信都相當難入...其實2nd in係想了解家長個背景丫,定再見多一次個小朋友,評估他們既表現呢?thomas兄有沒有咩見解呢?thx a lot
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-13 01:11
據我所知，St Stephen's入紙申請o既人無Co-ed, DBS或者英華咁多，相對黎講機會應該大d。
今年好似係第一年有2nd interview，所以唔係好知佢地會問乜，我只係知道家長要帶埋小朋友去，而且1st in校長無參與面試，應該會o係2nd in見家長，相信都係討論o下教育理念，栽培小朋友的方法之類。
原帖由 墨魚佬 於 10-10-13 00:06 發表
咁快開估題目架
仲有23/10一天interview架,哈哈
今次咁多人抽300人進入決賽,相信都相當難入...其實2nd in係想了解家長個背景丫,定再見多一次個小朋友,評估他們既表現呢?thomas兄有沒有咩見解呢?thx ...
作者: ma記 時間: 10-10-13 11:20
原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-13 01:11 發表
據我所知，St Stephen's入紙申請o既人無Co-ed, DBS或者英華咁多，相對黎講機會應該大d。
今年好似係第一年有2nd interview，所以唔係好知佢地會問乜，我只係知道家長要帶埋小朋友去，而且1st in校長無參與面試，應該會o係2nd in ...
Parents...you may check below weblink on "Smart Parents" to get some ideas what will be asked on SSCPS 2nd interview.
http://paper.smp.singtao.com/?href=SMP/2010/05/20&pageno=1&view=document
作者: thomasha 時間: 10-10-13 11:35
Thanks for sharing.
Looks like the 2nd interview is mainly for parents to communicate with the school and there is little if not nothing that tests the child again.
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