To RC G1 Parents, whick Kinder does your kid come from?

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原帖由 rororolee 於 10-2-3 23:59 發表
As topic.
my target school for my kid is RC, now i'm wondering which kinder should I consider for him. he's got the offered from WKS ESF, however, my husband and I were not really feel satisfy with so ...

If RC is your target, u should not have turned down WKS offer.
Your priority for interview will be down from no.2 to no. 5 (lowest) amongst RC admission policy (assume u have no sibling studying in RC).

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原帖由 CSJ安樂窩 於 10-2-4 09:53 發表
I presume your kid is in Year 1 or higher, right? Cos' the situation is different every year and having seen the keen competition (with an extra ESF Kinder) this year, I strongly believe the situation ...

09/10 3XX applicants;
10/11 5XX applicants;
11/12 ???? applicants?
Less vacancies for non ESF kinder in 1st round interview after fulfilling 4 ESF kinder applicants.
The school may have higher expectation in English skills when there are so many applicants to screen in the coming years.
I always feel lucky to be an Year 1 parent form an non-ESF kinder in 09/10. Chance is getting slim in the coming years.

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原帖由 DiamondHill 於 10-2-4 11:31 發表
My daughter is not from ESF kinder but not even her, her classmate also got offer from RC this year.  As we do not know how competitive this year but I have heard there is some children from ESF did n ...

As far as I know,
last year 100% applicants were interviewed in the first round;
this year only 2xx  (I'm not so sure the no. but must be less than 100%) were invited in first round;
a. having an interview not equal to having an offer (otherwise no need to interview);
b. no interview = no offer.
c. someone turndown their offers;
d. no interview become having interview;
....
At the end of the admsision game, Year 1 children must be from different kinders(ESF & non-ESF) but I can foresee the ratio ESF kinder children will be increasing while potential ESF kinder applicants are increasing (more ESF kinder and more classes); all having prority of having interview in the first round.
It is nothing related to the children's ability from ESF or non-ESF kinder. It is just the rule of the game.

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原帖由 Radiomama 於 10-2-5 12:31 發表
Yes, my kid is in year 1.

Apart from the advantage of belonging to the "same" org (ie ESF), anyone would also consider the performance of students?  

Somehow, I "believe" (without any proof) RC woul ...

Hi Radiomama,
How do you "feel" the school pushed for academic?
I don't feel being pushed except there are books of Chinese Characters Writing (Are my daughter and your son in the same class[MH]?)

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原帖由 Radiomama 於 10-2-5 13:56 發表
Hi oooray,

My son and your daughter are not from the same class but did your daughter go thru dictations?  What do you feel when you receive the report card?  "Outstanding" is something RC looking fo ...

Dictation?No... Maybe yes. she did not tell me. (I will ask her again tonight). Instead, last week I saw a paper full of highlighted vocabularies (simple) but I guess it was only a quiz of correctness of pronounciations/word recognitions. I saw a similar one during the 3-way conference.
Report Card : Full of words and numbers. I could not figure it out what are their guidelines between consitence and outstanding (too abstract!) but its seems encouraging children (and parents) keep improving themselves.
(I wonder any child get all "outstanding" in these reports?haha...)
I feel different class teachers are doing freely and differently in their classes within the IB frame.

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原帖由 琬晴B 於 10-2-5 14:12 發表
Hi Radiomama,

Does your son have dictations at school? Seems like my daughter's class (MH) doesn't.

Regarding the report, I am contented with the comments and appreciate the efforts by my daughter.  ...

I wonder does every child get the similar report?

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原帖由 琬晴B 於 10-2-5 14:22 發表
To answer the thread starter's question, my daughter is from non-ESF kindergarten. My little son is also in non-ESF kindergarten studying K1. I'm anxious to know if the priority policy will change in  ...

i've rechecked RC admission policy from its website. Silbings is still No. 1 for interview.

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原帖由 琬晴B 於 10-2-5 14:41 發表
Thanks for telling, oooray. I really wish the policy will remain unchanged. (Pardon my selfishness )

Me too. hor hor hor...

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原帖由 Radiomama 於 10-2-5 14:43 發表
Interesting!  
The chinese teacher sent us the notice about dictation everytime and asked the parents to do revision with our kids.
About the "outstanding" and "marks", they refer to different fields. ...

Radiomama,
Thanks for your sharing. It is funny to know what has been happening at the next door...