English Standard of SPK v.s. SHCK (聖心)

iantsang

My daughter is in SHCK (NC class = K1) this year.  They have at least 4 days per week of English lessons with NET.

And if you really concern about English standard, the best way will probabaly be to arrange extra lessons outside of kindergarten.  It is very difficult to compare the English standard of two kindergartens and as many parents said it might not be fair.

原帖由 mwssdwbw 於 09-9-22 18:42 發表
SPK - no NET.  So it is not fair to compare the English standards with those KG with NET.  Yet SPK does have English lesson every day, and the teachers try hard to communicate with the students in Eng ...

[ 本帖最後由 iantsang 於 09-9-23 15:45 編輯 ]

iantsang

Hi esther.cy,

You can refer to my post early this year after the interview.  There are also posts from other parents in that thread.

http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?tid=1693623&extra=page%3D4#

Hope it helps you!

原帖由 esther.cy 於 09-9-24 17:46 發表
Thanks for the comment from Ian & bb@wonderland.

Ian, I have read your articles / information about kindergartens under another topics, it is really useful, thanks!

Actually I am more or less the s ...

iantsang

The interview at SHCK is in Cantonese.  As for some kindergartens, you may request to have the interview conducted in English.  However, you must note the medium of instruction will still be Cantonese.

Actually I have known mothers from bk who also have such concern and at the end, they both decided to give up SHCK and attend international kindergarten.  I think you need to make this decision since those with primary schools related mostly use Cantonese to teach.

原帖由 esther.cy 於 09-9-25 00:57 發表
Can I choose the language of  interview or is the interview conducted in Cantonese? My girl is strong in English (coz both myself and helper speaker to her in English) and her cantonese is not very go ...

iantsang

Hi esther.cy,

May be you can consider Good Hope.  I just read the post from another bk mom today that they have finally publish the application information.  They said won't have voucher so likely they will try to have more freedom on the teaching method.  If that's the case, I will suspect they will have more focus on English, since their primary section' medium of instruction is English.

My wife and I also don't like international school so we also have not considered that.

Ian

原帖由 esther.cy 於 09-9-25 19:11 發表
Ian,

As my husband already say NO to international school, and I concern their English standard so much, this is the reason why I need to think very carefully about my choice.

Many thanks again for  ...

iantsang

Hi Rary,

Thanks very much for the compliment!  Any suggestions for the external English courses which your daughter took to accompany SHCK?

Thanks/ Ian

原帖由 Rary 於 09-9-27 00:42 發表
Esther,

Just surfed by; my daughter has just graduated from SH Kingergarten so I think I could share some experience.  At first when I chose SH Kindergarten, I believed that its English standard is r ...

iantsang

Thanks for the info.

Actually I am aware of the change.  However, in my case, I let my daughter attend this kindergarten with the expectation that they don't put as much emphasis on English as in the old time so I ended up getting more than I expected!

原帖由 Rary 於 09-9-27 21:20 發表
She was doing jolly phonics.

By the way, I just attended a birthday party today and met a SH parent whose younger daughter is still in SH.  She said that they've hired a new NET teacher (whom she sai ...

iantsang

Hi esther.cy,

SHCK accepts children who reach 2 years and 8 months old by September, just like majority of other kindergartens.

I think they are quite fair on the admission so Big B and small B both have their chances.  For example last year, a lot of small b did get accepted.  Like my daughter's class, it is around 60/40.

Good luck to you on your coming application!

Ian

原帖由 esther.cy 於 09-10-2 11:44 發表
Ian & Rary,

Heard that SHCK K1 takes only kids who reach 3 by Sep each year, may I know if it is true??

Since my big girl is 02/07 while small girl is 09/08, I hope my big girl can "give advantage"  ...

iantsang

Hi esther.cy,

You are welcome but even though my elder daughter is study in SHCK, I am still very worry about my young one!  

By the way, I think A9109494 already mentioned the acceptance rate is normally 90%+ for spk students to SPCS (Primary section).

Ian

原帖由 esther.cy 於 09-10-3 11:25 發表
Ian & Rary, thanks again for your response. Coz my strategy is, try to get my big girl into a good school so that I will have less worry about the small girl.

Thanks also to A9109494 about your infor ...