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To whom it may concern
Please be reminded that UK students normally start their Year 7 (= F.1 in HK) at the age of 11. If you want your kid to be in the same age group, normally, the kids need to go one year up (UK students start Y1 at the age of 5). If you want to know more about age group & years, you may check on some IS in HK.
Well, if your children's English or anything can't catch up with the schools, the school will advise you to stay in the same year or even low; but it mostly happens in senior years.
I have a lot of friends & colleagues sending their kids to UK once boarding facilities are available, i.e. at the age of 8 or 9 (in the old days, UK boarding schools provided boarding facilities at the age of 8 but I am not sure now).
I can tell you it was very very hard to a kid to start a new lonely student life unless he/she loves it. Home sick is the most imporant to them. They need a lot of counselling in the beginning.
Boarding life is a history to me (more than 20 years ago to me). I have experience & I can tell but a lot of HK parents don't have the experience. You or they can't tell; don't force your child.
If money is not a problem, please visit the school with the kid first & meet the teachers/staffs. At the beginning of term, accompany them to the shcool, settle them down & stay in UK for one/two weeks before you fly back home.
Trust me, sending your children to study abroad, you & the children gain a lot but also loss a lots.
If the children go at their early age, English problem is not a problem after a term/ a year/ couple of years (depend on the children). But then, Chinese will be a proble,
If they go after primary school, the problem may be verse via.
Anyway, it is a big decision, please respect your children's decision. If you really want the children to go, advice more, talk more.
One last thing, do not tell them rumours if there is no supportive evidence; etc rumour: (1) in western students are no good at maths etc; (2) western students are lazy, I can tell you these are not true.
One thing is true, less homework pressure & no holidays homework (until Year 10 up as public exam coming soon)
If you don't work hard, you won't get good grade.
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發表於 07-10-6 00:30
