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Re: 根德園05 k1家長請進
andrewmama,
Sorry for the late reply as I need to think thoroughly before making the comments.
My comparison between the two kindergartens was based on my personal experience and feedbacks from friends. There may be bias.
1. Overall academic standard and requirements - both are high. I regard them as activity + traditional. Kentville is no longer a 100% traditional kindy and I don't think SC adopts 100% active learning approach. The quantity of workload is similar. We cannot only judge the quantity from what they bring home. It is because you don't know how much classwork the child has done in school.
2. English - SC has NET as class teacher in K1 but only provides 1/2 hrs English lesson each day with NET in K2 & K3 (still charges $33XX?!). The point is if I want a NET throughout my child's kindergarten's life, I would rather choose Victoria or other English kindergartens. I'm not sure about Kentville's English standard, but it seems it is not bad. I don't totally rely on the school. Parents' support and suitable English class (i.e. phonics) are required to booster the child's standard. I know many SC students attend various English classes outside.
3. Chinese and Maths - obviously enough that Kentville is stronger than SC. I've once asked comments of the two kindergartens from 2 teachers teaching in an international school. When they heard SC (they sometimes have SC students studying at their Year 1 (=K3)), they said SC students were not up to the standards. I'm a bit worried when I heard this.
4. Parental involvement - SC requires this very much. As I'm a working mother, I'm afraid I could not do too much. Kentville trains up children to be independent, at least they will do the homework on their own. I don't have to worry about his homework and can spare the time to do other activities with him.
5. ECAs - some may say it is better for the school to provide ECAs. My view is that the ECAs provided by the school may not suit individual student's need. Say if my kid likes Judo but the school only has Taekwondo, I still have to look for a Judo class outside, right?
6. Transparency - I have to admit that SC's communication with parents is better than Kentville. However, if you come up with problems, I'm sure Kentville's teachers will be there to help. I think SC knows more what parents need and has no doubt to provide. Kentville is not that "flexible".
To me, both kindergartens' teaching style has very little difference (SC is a bit more active though). The child's discipline is what I concern and Kentville can do this (my child is active enough). From the arrangement of SC's English class from K1 to K3, I don't think it would be too much for your son. Kentville requires students to give model answers to the questions for exams. E.g. there should be a cross on the nurse's hat when the kid is asked to draw a picture of a nurse. If you missed this out, mark would be deducted. I asked my friend (her daughter is a graduate of Kentville) if this would sound like a factory that children were producing the same product? She anwered me, "No. It is just for the exams. Let your child join some drawing class and you will find he is still a creative little man."
You may find the above a bit irrelevant to your concern, but I hope it can help sort out your answer.
Regards,
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發表於 05-3-11 01:52
Thanks so much!!!
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