Path to ESF

popolung

原帖由 Flower-kid 於 09-2-16 19:18 發表
My son is 14 months old now, and I want him to enter ESF.
To plan his path to ESF, I have two options of nursery/kindergarten: 1. Victoria Int’l Kindergarten (Tin Hou).
2. Tutor Time 多多.
My catchme ...

I will suggest Victoria, but these days due to keen competition no one can guarantee........

popolung

原帖由 Flower-kid 於 09-2-16 22:25 發表
Thanks popolung.  Why not Tutor Time?  In fact I have no preference on either one (this is my first child, I don't have too much idea about HK education system and schools).  I checked statistics prov ...

I have friend who has kids in Victoria got into ESF, and it is also QBS. Yes here people seldom mention Tutor Time, where do you got your statistics from?

popolung

原帖由 Flower-kid 於 09-2-16 22:25 發表
Thanks popolung.  Why not Tutor Time?  In fact I have no preference on either one (this is my first child, I don't have too much idea about HK education system and schools).  I checked statistics prov ...

take a look at this website too:

http://www.geobaby.com/tools/search.php?p=1&q=Tutor+Time

popolung

原帖由 502 於 09-2-18 10:57 發表
Really minimal Chinese is taught in SWCK.  Frankly speaking, it is not realistic to expect Chinese teaching from an IS.  The so-called daily Mandarin lessons offered by some IS kinder may be good enou ...

ESF Kinder only has 1 hour Mandarin Class weekly....

popolung

原帖由 502 於 09-2-18 12:31 發表
Honesting speaking, except for the interview priority, I don't think ESF kinder is value for money.  

1. With ESF interview priority is the value for money already

2. Don't expect the kinder will teach your kid a lot of thing, as said before, what your kid need by most in age 3 - 4 is love and sleep.

3. I love the ESF kinder that my daughter is studying now, no pressure, big natural garden. In local kinder (or IS Kinder but run by local people), even in PN class we have at least 1 page of homework per day. What's that for a age 2 baby?

Anyway, just my 2 cents. I know there are lot other IS kinder which are good too, but in case you are looking for ESF primiary school, then ESF kinder is one of your priority!

popolung

原帖由 269103 於 09-2-18 22:13 發表
Hi, parents.  Can anyone tell me whether the chance of getting in esf primary is the same in the folowing scenerios, that is, both falls in cat 2 and make no diference?
1. a child with sibling studyin ...

should be the same, but make it clear, it is the chance of interview only. After the interview it will be depends on the result then.