Pui Kiu / Creative Primary School / Chan's Creative School

bb00

How do u choose??
Thank you

luiluimama

我會選啟思, 因為中學派位好好

chantessa

我自己選擇了啟思小學.

janetwisdom

I don't know what do you mean-- Chan's Creative ?
For I 've chosen Creative already.

miumama_2007

I have chosen Creative Primary.  

I don't want to go thru this worrying/searching for school 6 years later, so Chan's Creative is definitely not my cup of tea.

As my son is now studying in Creative Primary's kindergarten, which share the same culture and teaching concept with Primary section, I have a "feel" what the primary will like.  

It encourages the students to do researches on their own, and using mindmap, to encourages their thinkings.  My son is very enthusiastic in learning.  And I think compare to traditional famous kindergartens, he actually learn more in this way.

I want my son to study in a school not trying to teaching P.1 a P.2 syllabus!  I want my son enjoy and always want to take initiative in learning.  Therefore, Creative Primary is definitely a choice for me!

bb00

Thank you.

jojolam_ma

I have chosen Pui Kiu. Chinese standard will be very important in the near future. And Pui Kiu english standard is good as well.

ilovechit

But the tuition is as high as international school while its major medium of instruction is Chinese.

原帖由 miumama_2007 於 09-11-4 08:06 發表
I have chosen Creative Primary.  

I don't want to go thru this worrying/searching for school 6 years later, so Chan's Creative is definitely not my cup of tea.

As my son is now studying in Creative  ...

miumama_2007

I agree Creative's tuition is very high compare to local schools, but if a mom is thinking about Creative, I assume $ is not her concern.
As for teaching language, they have English, Chinese (cantonese) and Mandarin for Chinese subject.  (please correct me if I am wrong).  
I am not afraid of english standard.  As I said, my son is now studying in Creative Primary's kindergarten (which shares the same concept as primary), and his English reading level is in p.2  (without any pressure from school or teachers).  They just give the students an atomsphere to love learning English themselves.

carmankmm

其實啓思是不錯的學校,interview當日給我不錯的印象,係學費貴...我有d朋友問如果讀啓思点解唔讀international school? 學費差唔多~~

chantessa

啟思的學費的確比較其中直資or私校費左少少, 但係我地真係好鐘意啟思的教學理念, 我地覺得培養小朋友的自信心, 主動學習的態度和探究精神都很重要.  我相信如果囝囝可以日日開心上學, 喜歡又主動學習的話, 我覺得學費便很值得了.   揀學校就好似去睇電影一樣, 要對號入座, 如果揀錯了學校的話, 小朋友同大人一樣好辛苦, 所以我地一直堅持要揀一間真正適合囝囝的學校先最重要.  

奸奸豬

Anyone can advise me the difference of learning style of Creative's and Pui Kiu?

Thanks

miumama_2007

原帖由 chantessa 於 09-11-6 14:29 發表
啟思的學費的確比較其中直資or私校費左少少, 但係我地真係好鐘意啟思的教學理念, 我地覺得培養小朋友的自信心, 主動學習的態度和探究精神都很重要.  我相信如果囝囝可以日日開心上學, 喜歡又主動學習的話, 我覺得學 ...

I agree!  Just think about how we studied in unversity, then you know if finding a school with super high standard or taking initiative to read/research is more important.

ilovechit

I know that there are some native English teachers in the school.  Are all the English courses taught by them?

原帖由 miumama_2007 於 09-11-6 10:42 發表
I agree Creative's tuition is very high compare to local schools, but if a mom is thinking about Creative, I assume $ is not her concern.
As for teaching language, they have English, Chinese (cantones ...

chantessa

啟思主要係以IB概念(理論)去套入香港課程教授, 內容以活動形式為主, 他們自己會編制習作及課程內容以配合IB理論授課, 主要啟發小朋友思維, 引發小朋友自信心及探究精神, 培養小朋友主動引起學習興趣,  學校希望令到小朋友多思考, 多探究和主動學習.

培僑方面, 面試當日聽過副校長介紹, 我覺得佢地都幾著重語文方面, 但感覺上以普通話為主, 他們用國內中文課程教授中文, 而英文方面又外籍老師自己編制課程內容, 但我覺得都幾取決於老師的資歷及經驗, 我有兩個朋友的小朋友都係培僑讀, 佢地話小朋友的普通話真係好好, 但英文方面就麻麻地囉 !    這可能只是個別列子啦 !

純粹個人感覺, 但如果只比較課程內容和教學方式, 我自己都係首選啟思, 我一直周圍問朋友(明查暗訪), 個個都話啟思口碑好, 老師有愛心, 校長又熱心辦學, 真係一間不錯的學校 !!!   

原帖由 奸奸豬 於 09-11-6 14:35 發表
Anyone can advise me the difference of learning style of Creative's and Pui Kiu?

Thanks

bb00

啓思-英文程度又如何？
培僑-係咪得中英數三科目呢

jojolam_ma

啟思我唔係太清楚, 但我又唔係好同意你對培僑的分析.
培僑非常重視語文, 中文是用國內的課程.

你的朋友的小朋友英文麻麻, 是他們自己麻麻, 定係覺得學校麻麻. 因我都有朋友的小朋友在四年前(開校第一年)就入讀, 開頭覺得淺, 但二年級開始, 課程的要求就很不同. 我也是看過他的教材和功課才讓孩子入讀的. 去年OPEN DAY有展出一至六年級教材. 如你仔細看, 是很豐富和深入的.

我聽傳聞以為英文要求較低,  但入讀後, 才知學校是國際學校式課程. 如果同一般英文小學比, 程度要高得多. 我小朋友今年讀小一, 身邊的同學全部流利英文, 每天功課包括閱讀和日記一篇, 我亦不敢怠慢. 日子有功, 小朋友的口語字匯幾個月來已進步了很多, 有很多地道英語, 我自己亦不懂得的. 閱讀和寫日記亦已形成了習慣, 可以開始自行處理.

我朋友的小朋友現已五年級, 我亦睇過他的功課和學習材料, 我自己當年讀英文中學, 在中學學的也是差不多的東西, 甚至有些內容我也未學過, 但我朋友的小朋友仍然能應付自如 (他的父母都是大忙人). 朋友的孩子亦很喜歡學習, 我猜這就是培僑成功的地方.

原帖由 chantessa 於 09-11-6 23:40 發表
啟思主要係以IB概念(理論)去套入香港課程教授, 內容以活動形式為主, 他們自己會編制習作及課程內容以配合IB理論授課, 主要啟發小朋友思維, 引發小朋友自信心及探究精神, 培養小朋友主動引起學習興趣,  學校希望令到 ...

chantessa

我原文已經講左可能我朋友的例子只係個別例子, 我自己對培僑的認識都係透過這兩位朋友才知道, 當然面試當日都有聽過副校長講解左少少.   但無可否認, 佢地真的很著重普通話.    最重要我唔係覺得培僑唔好, 只係聽完朋友講佢地嘅感覺, 我自己就覺得啟思比較適合自己小朋友囉 !!!

原帖由 jojolam_ma 於 09-11-7 00:22 發表
啟思我唔係太清楚, 但我又唔係好同意你對培僑的分析.
培僑非常重視語文, 中文是用國內的課程.

你的朋友的小朋友英文麻麻, 是他們自己麻麻, 定係覺得學校麻麻. 因我都有朋友的小朋友在四年前(開校第一年)就入讀, 開 ...

miumama_2007

According to the Creative's Principal, for English course, half of the class-time is taught by NET, and another half is Non-native.  The reason is because the students are locals, and there are certain kinds of English grammars which the natives think its all coming nature, but to us, is not, so the non-natives help the students taking care of this.

daisy17772

原帖由 chantessa 於 09-11-8 15:36 發表
我原文已經講左可能我朋友的例子只係個別例子, 我自己對培僑的認識都係透過這兩位朋友才知道, 當然面試當日都有聽過副校長講解左少少.   但無可否認, 佢地真的很著重普通話.    最重要我唔係覺得培僑唔好, 只係聽完 ...

I'm impressed by this school but we live in HK island, and the school doesn't operate school bus to HK Island side, so we got stuck in here.