Have anyone got an offer from ESF SW after informal visit

daisy17772

I received the contract today for a PM class.

daisy17772

Seems most of us got an offer of a pm session only.

daisy17772

Is everyone here going to accept the pm offer?  I'm still yet to decide.

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原帖由 hollymama 於 10-1-25 23:29 發表
Yes, we will accept the offer for PM class even I personally prefer AM class. But ESF is our first choice.
Btw, does anyone know they are in Cat 1 or Cat 2? 'cos the letter didnt indicate about the c ...

I didn't ask about this but by its selection criteria, it's logical to assume that we're in Cat 1.  Wedid indicate that English is our primary language at home.

daisy17772

原帖由 jujuxxx 於 10-1-29 00:06 發表
Sorry to say you are wrong. ESF has changed their way in this year.

I went to the so called informal visit yesterday and i found they were checking the ability of each child one by one.

Good luck. ...

Yes the teacher did try to talk to each child one by one, but the questions were sssssssssso simple,:  good afternoon,  what's your name, nice to meet you, did you enjoy the fishing....  to see how the child respond and their social style.  I really couldn't see they could test the child in terms of ability, but rather I guess they wanted to see how the child interacted in an English environment.  e.g. There was a Korean family whose kid kept talking to his mum in Korean, then the teacher spent some time to ask this mum what's the language used at home.  To me, the teacher didn't even ask me a single question, it was me who initiated some casual talks with her.  I think as long as your child could response to simple questions and greetings in English is adequate.  If you could take the initiative to talk to the teacher more, then it showed that your child should have exposed to English environment.   Just my 2 cents.

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原帖由 jujuxxx 於 10-1-29 01:15 發表
Perhaps you were in SW while i was in TY.  

My child needed to sing+giving some toys to play and asking the name of each toy etc...

IC.  SW has less fierce competition.  They doubled the kinder school size this year after they move to Hillside in Feb.

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原帖由 dearkitty 於 10-1-29 09:09 發表
hi daisy17772

may i ask did you attend the informal visit on the 25th, coz there is a korean family in my group of visit too...

Mine was on Jan 21.