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作者: kongsun 時間: 08-3-14 23:32 標題: 有無人知讀Anfield Kindergarten入ESF的機會大唔大

My daughter will study in Anfield pm class this Sept. I would like to know the chance for kids studying in Anfield being admitted by ESF Primary school. My daughter can speck fluent English. She has been accepted by most mainstream kindergarten, e.g St Cat, Kent, Youk, Keen Mind, etc. But,I've just changed my mind to send her to IS, so I missed the deadline for application for ESF Tsing Yi Kindergarten. Now, my daughter is on waiting list of Tsing Yi Kindergarten and is accepted by Anfield. I just want to know more about which Primary Schools most Anfield student will enter. Can anyone advise? Thanks a lot!!!

作者: 鳳梨 時間: 08-3-15 13:09

My friend's son has studied in Anfield and succssfully admiited by Kowloon Jr. He was on am session which have more native English kids, seems PM session mostly are Chines and English is not their first language.

原文章由 kongsun 於 08-3-14 23:32 發表
My daughter will study in Anfield pm class this Sept. I would like to know the chance for kids studying in Anfield being admitted by ESF Primary school. My daughter can speck fluent English. She has b ...

作者: ksktay 時間: 08-3-15 16:40

My daughter will also study at Anfield this coming Sept am class. According to the school website, their kindergarten student mainly enter into ESF and international school.

You can even find some detail information about the admission interview primary 1 - ESF primary school on Anfield's website. So i guess, Anfield's student should have high chance to go into ESF if you apply for your daughter.

[ 本文章最後由 ksktay 於 08-3-15 16:42 編輯 ]

作者: bbmamimi 時間: 08-3-17 16:55

原文章由 ksktay 於 08-3-15 16:40 發表
My daughter will also study at Anfield this coming Sept am class. According to the school website, their kindergarten student mainly enter into ESF and international school.

You can even find some de ...

Will it be easier to enter K1 if my kid join the playgroup at Anfield ? I'm still considering their playgroup as they only offer 2 hours classes for playgroup, not quite silmilar as PN classes offered by other schools ...

作者: VickyMum 時間: 08-3-17 21:25

Hi,

From what I knew, Anfield Kinder has no interview for K1. It's a first come first serve basis. My baby will study in am class for K1 in Sept. By the way, playgroup is different from a PN class cos companions are not allowed to PN. The major difference to playgroup is 'companion allowed'.

I personally love Anfield's playgroup and my baby loves it, too.

作者: bbmamimi 時間: 08-3-18 12:26

原文章由 VickyMum 於 08-3-17 21:25 發表
Hi,

From what I knew, Anfield Kinder has no interview for K1. It's a first come first serve basis. My baby will study in am class for K1 in Sept. By the way, playgroup is different from a PN class co ...

My kid is going to be 2 yrs old in May, if Anfield is a first come first serve basis, when should I apply K1 for my kid?

作者: ksktay 時間: 08-3-18 12:30

Hi Vicky,

My girl and your baby might be classmate of each other, because my girl also accepted to attend their k1 am class.
I saw at another forum, somebody say Anfield is not that good. Many kids are leaving due to teachers are not caring, is this real.
Is your baby currently attend their playgroup, what is your comment.

作者: speeakle 時間: 08-3-18 17:14

hi 我都想知道會唔會有interview ESF嘅機會,我怕連interview都冇,已經係waiting list.

所以我都未有決定......

作者: VickyMum 時間: 08-3-18 23:55

Hi, I remember I asked for the application form and lodged the application in September 2007 for the year 2008-2009. Actually, the enrolment form for 2008-2009 was not ready at that mement and the staff gave me the old form. The one for 2008-2009 was not ready until October 2007 I thought.

My comment to Anfield, I love it and my baby loves it, too. We only attend the Saturday sessions. My baby has been joining the groups since the tollerobic class. I heard the comments from other parents whose kids join the weekday program as well and they sound positive. Honest speaking, the facilities and toys are a bit old but I like the 'home-like' atmosphere.

From the discussion of some parents in Baby Kingdom, I knew most of the kids go to ESF including KJS, BHS, SJS, RC etc. Can refer to the discussion in Aug 2007 for details.

作者: speeakle 時間: 08-3-29 00:10

HI 咁多位,睇過大家對Anfield Kindergarten嘅comment,有小小問題仲想知道,因太遲application,所以要去PM CLASS,想知道係唔係AM CLASS好過PM CLASS

THANKS

作者: papaof2 時間: 08-3-29 10:18

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作者: lycheema 時間: 08-4-15 21:34

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作者: papaof2 時間: 08-4-15 22:32

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作者: lycheema 時間: 08-4-26 14:47

I called the kindergarten, a staff said as she knew, the tenancy will continue. Then I applied for my son in Sept 2008 K2.

Lycheema

原文章由 papaof2 於 08-4-15 22:32 發表
Does this mean Anfield will be moving somewhere else?

作者: babybaby08 時間: 08-4-26 21:13

原文章由 lycheema 於 08-4-26 14:47 發表
I called the kindergarten, a staff said as she knew, the tenancy will continue. Then I applied for my son in Sept 2008 K2.

Lycheema

My daughter is now studying in Anfield K1.  This school is excellent.  All teachers are caring.  It is not a big school and every teacher knows every child.  A very friendly environment.

The only drawback is that it only teaches about 50 Chinese characters per year.  Guess this is expected given this is an international school.

My daughter is in the afternoon class.  I prefer the afternoon class myself as I don't want to have to get up too early to get to Kowloon Tong by 8:30am for the morning class.  My daughter doesn't take afternoon naps, so afternoon class is actually better for us.

Both the morning and afternoon class are staffed by the same teachers.  So there is no differences.  Most students attending the afternoon class are either ful day students at Anfield (ie:  also attends the morning class at Anfield), or they attend a local school in the morning (such as KV ans SC).

I think the chances of getting into ESF is quite high if you study in Anfield.  I overheard a parent talking that his son is not admitted into ESF Grade 1 and the school will call ESF on his behalf.  Anfield is very supportive.

作者: speeakle 時間: 08-4-26 23:36

原文章由 babybaby08 於 08-4-26 21:13 發表

My daughter is now studying in Anfield K1. This school is excellent. All teachers are caring. It is not a big school and every teacher knows every child. A very friendly environment.

The only ...

Thank you for your telling.

作者: birdbird 時間: 08-4-27 09:47

The most important clue to get a place in ESF P1 is to get the interview offer. The interview offer is given out according to the priority criteria listed in ESF's website.

As I said in another thread in the same forum, applicants in the lowest priority (local chinese whose mother tongue is chinese without siblings in ESF) could hardly got an ESF interview this year. Students from international kindergartens (non ESF) in this group, however, had a chance to get the interview offer according to parents on the HK island. On the kowloon side, the competition for ESF P1 places is much keen. The chance of Anfield students getting to ESF is hard to tell, though they may have a better chance to get an interview than students from local kindergartens.

I'm not an Anfield parent. I don't know the nationalities and the background of the Anfield students. If the students are non-chinese, their chance of getting an ESF P1 interview and a place in ESF will be higher, which makes the outsiders think that Anfield has the advantage in ESF admission.

Despite the above, I think Anfield is a nice school with caring teachers as I have heard a lot of good comments from other parents.

[ 本文章最後由 birdbird 於 08-4-27 09:53 編輯 ]

作者: xmaseve 時間: 08-4-28 11:13

I would like to share my experience. My son went to playgroup in Anfield for a year, and also studied K1 there for 4 months. Then we switched him to ESF Tsing Yi for better chance to enter Shatin Junior School. Finally & fortunately, he is admitted by SJS in the coming fall.

We applied ESF Tsing Yi in early Oct 06, and we got offer the same month, and we made the decision end of the month. All happened just in a month! Now I thought it should be a correct decision because the P1 place in SJS is always very keen. As I heard, no Anfield students (not in any higher priority list) was invited to the first interview in SJS. And I know Anfield students got the interview offer from other ESF such as BHS & KJS. I think whether to stay in Anfield or not is all depended on which school you will apply for your child.

作者: angusbbma 時間: 08-4-29 13:02

xmaseve

Do you know why no Anfield student was invited to the first interview in SJS? Which school are those kids finally gone if they firstly applied for SJS?

作者: xmaseve 時間: 08-4-29 15:07

angusbbma,

I don't know the reason behind, or may be just happened in this year.

作者: bbjan 時間: 08-4-29 22:45

xmaseve,

may i know why SJS is so popular? and yr son will study P1 this sept? my daughter got admmitted to ESF TY this yr, still wondering is the school the right one for her....

作者: xmaseve 時間: 08-5-2 12:10

hi bbjan,

Yes, my son will attend P1 in SJS in the coming fall. My son loves ESF Tsing Yi very much, and I am happy with the school as well.

When he attended K1 in Anfield, I still remember that he cried

when my maid left his classroom; it lasted about 2 weeks. Note: he was very familiar to the school and knew some of the classmates from playgroup. Then, when it came to ESF Tsing Yi, he didn't cry at all (even on the first day). The teacher wrote to me that he was busy to explore his new school and was very happy there, especially when singing songs.

作者: bbjan 時間: 08-5-2 14:24

xmaseve,

do u live in shatin? does it take long time to travek to Tsing Yi?

also, does the school has a strong emphasis on parental involvment at school?

作者: kakaeo 時間: 08-5-2 23:56

Sorry to ask this question. I found in the "book" that I bought, Anfield is Putonghua and English. However, my friends are telling me it is only English. In the previous threads, it sounded like they are teaching Chinese also. Can any of the Anfield parents clairfy for me?

Greatly appreicate!!

作者: lycheema 時間: 08-5-3 13:25

Before I paid to Anfield for my son's coming K2 class there, I got a physical visit to the kindergarten campus and had a detailed briefing. I was told that Mandarin will be taught there besides English. And I saw many kids with other nationality in the classrooms. And I think it is a school that wld accept special children, seemed that they have assistance to Autism children too. I welcome such doings. And the campus looks very good and I kind of like it.

Maybe you can phone them and ask for a visit before you enroll. I think it is popular in western countries...

Lycheema

原文章由 kakaeo 於 08-5-2 23:56 發表
Sorry to ask this question. I found in the "book" that I bought, Anfield is Putonghua and English. However, my friends are telling me it is only English. In the previous threads, it sounded like th ...

[ 本文章最後由 lycheema 於 08-5-3 19:29 編輯 ]

作者: kakaeo 時間: 08-5-5 01:22

I had seen above that one parent stated they learn 50 Chinese characters a year?

Does that mean they teach biligual?

作者: Ruby1219 時間: 08-5-5 12:29

Hi Kakaeo,

My son is a graduate from Anfield, from prep-programme to K2.
Anfield uses English as the main medium for teaching while they offer Mandarin lesson everyday, but duration varies at different year level. I remember for prep-program it's only 15 minutes. Forgot about kindergarten.

Cheers,
Ruby

原文章由 kakaeo 於 08-5-5 01:22 發表
I had seen above that one parent stated they learn 50 Chinese characters a year?

Does that mean they teach biligual?

作者: Fattymom 時間: 08-5-18 14:20

No. As I know, there are at least 2 kids will go to SJS in the coming Aug.

原文章由 angusbbma 於 08-4-29 13:02 發表
xmaseve

Do you know why no Anfield student was invited to the fir
interview in SJS? Which school are those kids finally gone if they firstly applied for SJS?

作者: kakaeo 時間: 08-5-20 23:32

What is SJS? 請問SJS是什麼?

作者: Ruby1219 時間: 08-5-21 23:14

SJS = Shatin Junior School (the ESF primary school in Shatin)

I would say, Anfield does not give your kid any advantage or priority to get into ESF schools.

My son is an Anfield graduate. I planned to enroll him into ESF school from primary, with the hope that Anfield would be a stepping stone. However, we did not get any interview opportunity from any ESF school at all, namely BHS, SJS and Bradbury (as we moved house frequently in the past years, from Kowloon to N.T. to HK Island !)

As someone said, getting interview opportunity from ESF is depending on your nationality, passport, sibling, ESF kindergarten, etc. A HK kid from IS school is only in the 2nd last category in the ESF priority list.

However, as I commented in the other thread (Anfield K.1), I believe that Anfield is a good school providing solid foundation for your kid to progress to primary IS. But for sure it won't give you any priority in applying ESF.

Cheers,
Ruby

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What is SJS? 請問SJS是什麼?

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作者: kakaeo 時間: 08-5-23 07:31

Thank you! I kind of don't want him to be in any ESF as I want him to follow the USA system instead. Just very afraid that if no international school will take him when primary rolls around in a few years, he will be very far behind in terms of Chinese should he is forced to go to a local school.

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