SSCPS P1 RESULT

monkeydog

When was yoru interviewe date?

原帖由 childrenfirst 於 09-11-6 16:30 發表
no, no siblings there and i am not related at all. I am quite surprised to receive it and I feel very glad as I like this school a lot.

monkeydog

painful long-waiting period

monkeydog

EMB said it is an agreement between school and the parents. If you sign, it is legally binded which is the same case as any agreements you sign in commercial world.

原帖由 manling33 於 09-11-6 18:48 發表
it is not in line with education bureau's policy.  i doubt whether the letter signed to give up lucky draw is legally effective or not.

monkeydog

seems a number of parents treat this school as second choice only as distance is a concern for most parents and fee is quite high too

monkeydog

How about the english oral standard? I am a bit concerned about that as I spoke to a student helper on the interview day in English and it was quite below my expectation  

原帖由 ssspwong 於 09-11-9 10:43 發表
Yes, many parents and children are attracted by the school environment of SSCPS at first. It is spacious with beautiful scenery and fresh air. I think people working or studying there would have good  ...

monkeydog

The golden period for kid to learn foerign language is below 10. If we put a kid in a school with so many NET teachers and resources and so much emphasis in english training. Of course, we expect value for money

原帖由 aa120520 於 09-11-9 11:05 發表
Well, don't give too high expectation. They just a kid.

monkeydog

They are at P5. Let me elaborate a bit...I was not expecting quite a few "Chinese English" expressions in a 2 mins chat with a kid at P5 in a English teaching primary school with 8 NET teachers. And the things we were talking is just about daily life. I mean if presentation given by kids standing on stage of some schools, the kids can be trained up and I dont think it is a real test of english ability of kids. And I was not talking about english accent as we can only expect native accent in ESF etc.

That's why I just want to find out what is the general oral english standard of the school and if the case I saw was only isolated case. I was also thinking student helper should already be selected from a better student pool in terms of language and presentation etc.     

原帖由 im_cyt 於 09-11-9 13:04 發表
I don't know the others, but just that the one taking me for the tour is at P5 and then the other girl ambassador for taking another family is also at P5.

sorry.....my memory is not so good.......

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monkeydog

That helper was very confident in replying in English when we asked if she could talk to us in English, it is just the standard... Age at P5 has confidence to face strangers and answer questions in today's world and non-spoon feeding teaching schools are not suprising. Think of our kids who are 5 years old only and face so many different new faces asking so many interview questions in a totally unknown environment, quite a lot of them can handle well. I heard from many kids telling their parents what were going on in the interview, the maturity and ability to express are so impressive. World has changed and become very competitive. We need more outspoken kids.

monkeydog

Really?

原帖由 bobee 於 09-11-11 15:37 發表
Hi grDaddy,

Just called and nope, not all acceptance letters have been sent out.  Still more to come.  

I am just wondering how they group those acceptance letters - by interview language - chinese/ ...

monkeydog

Any experience to share which proved "a letter to Principal" is useful?

原帖由 ssspwong 於 09-11-11 20:28 發表
If SSCPS is the dream school for your child, write to the Principal sincerely to express your interest. By doing so, your child would be placed at a higher priority of the waiting list.

Interview is ...

monkeydog

By the way dont forget there is boarding service

原帖由 jollyma 於 09-11-11 20:42 發表
I've asked the student helper on the day of interview, "is there any classmates live in Kowloon side?" he said "yes", but they have to take school bus before 6:00am!!

monkeydog

traavelling for too long a day will be tiring for kids, that may adversely affect their studies too. Parents should be aware of that

原帖由 Poto123 於 09-11-11 23:27 發表
I know one G1 girl is living in Homantin and get on at 7:05 a.m.  There is a Kowloon nanny bus for St Stephen but can't find on the website.  If you want me, I cam pm you the number and ask for furthe ...