NAIS/ Nord Anglia

bluebee

Would love to hear feedback from any parents with kids at this school - in particular, would be grateful for any sharing on:

* the level of Chinese (particular for the Advanced stream)
* the school community
* the learning atmosphere

we have done a school tour and the kids look happy there.

Thanks a lot!

Park88

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My nephew is there! He is so happy there! He used to study at local school before till P3, now he's Year 4 at Nord Anglia, he said NAIS is a great school with caring teachers & lovely classmates there. Even though his English is a bit behind but the teachers give lots of support and encouragement to him, they motivate him and persuade him to speak out whenever he has problem. Now he loves going to school daily, even he was sick, he still think of going to school (but when he was at local school, he kept thinking excuses to avoid going to school)!
Chinese is a bit easier than locals, but I saw his chinese homeworks still up to level, suitable for his age!

sagesage

Easy to get in ?

Park88

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Now is not easy when compared to last 2 years when it was still a new school in Hk. Heard that there's waiting list now!

Riesling

Not easy, like this yr, around 60 places out of 110 places of yr 1 were taken by siblings, and hundreds of applicants are competing for the remaining places, some applicants may hv priorities/ advantage due to debenture or holding foreign passports. So, not easy to get in as before.

bluebee

Thank you Park88 for the feedback.  It is very useful!  May I ask if your nephew has extra Chinese lessons outside of school?

Riesling - do you have any sharing on the school?  You are very knowledgeable on the school!

Riesling

Hi Bluebee, my kid is a new student, so don't hv any experience yet, may share with u later after school starts! :)

Park88

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Mmmmm.. Yes.. My sister-in-law arranges him to go day church and learn some extra chinese 補充練習 which she bought in bookshop herself only, then the church's 哥哥姐姐 teach him 3 days a week there! That's it... He now learns chinese without too much pressure, not like those days in local school he scared all subjects and no motivation in learning at all, just want to escape! A big big difference!

bluebee

Hi Park88 - thanks very much for the sharing!! Very happy for your nephew that he found a school he can thrive in.

Hi Riesling - PM you!

dnyy2008

any update on the questions from insiders? in particular for the the level of Chinese (particular for the Advanced stream) and its general academic programs.

thank you!

LYLD

dnyy2008 發表於 17-3-3 22:32
any update on the questions from insiders? in particular for the the level of Chinese (particular fo ...

Yes, would like to know too. Thanks.

dnyy2008

LYLD 發表於 17-3-6 12:07
Yes, would like to know too. Thanks.

I was told by pm the most advanced pathways for chinese is more advanced than most international schools

LYLD

dnyy2008 發表於 17-3-6 15:16
I was told by pm the most advanced pathways for chinese is more advanced than most international sc ...

OK, thank you.   I was told in Year 1 that is only 30-45 min (cant remember exactly) of Chinese per day and gradually more as they move up?  Is that right?   
Actually, I didn't even know they will classify kids into different level of Chinese.  If the "hardest" class is more advanced than like a CIS then I would imagine it is pretty advance.

Thanks for the info.  

964000

LYLD 發表於 17-3-6 16:04
OK, thank you.   I was told in Year 1 that is only 30-45 min (cant remember exactly) of Chinese per  ...

I think it's comparable to RC ? Don't think it's comparable to CIS because they claim they teach Chinese for 50% of time.

dnyy2008

964000 發表於 17-3-6 17:15
I think it's comparable to RC ? Don't think it's comparable to CIS because they claim they teach Ch ...

I don't think it teaches more than rc