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作者: happymum1 時間: 09-12-4 20:59 標題: Victoria Kindergarten Causeway Bay

Anyone know the acceptance rate for K1 for Victoria in Causeway Bay?

Thank you!

作者: choifay 時間: 09-12-5 00:28

Hi, I called the school and they said after deducting the seat for their existing N1 students, there are only 48 seats available. AS you can see there are al least 1500 applicants on the broad on interview day. So the succesful rate will be really low.

原帖由 happymum1 於 09-12-4 20:59 發表
Anyone know the acceptance rate for K1 for Victoria in Causeway Bay?

Thank you!

作者: happymum1 時間: 09-12-5 01:14

Thank you Choifay.

Was it 1500 for CWB only? I didn't notice that but it sounds scary!

May I clarify if it was 48 seats for trilingual or both trilingual and international?

作者: happymum1 時間: 09-12-5 01:16

Is Victoria CWB your first choice? Would you mind to share what you like about Victoria?

作者: Sorb 時間: 09-12-5 10:16

No worry, the KG places at this moment is a very optimistic statistic of Vicotoria which has not taken into account the withdrawal rate of the PN students later. Some students from Victoria PN will change to other KGs in K1....I know 4 children attending Victoria PN last year, but 3 of them have changed to another KG in K1. So, the school's KG figure after deducting PN students is not reliable at all. Many places will be released later, so, high chance of admission if you are on the waiting list after the interview.

原帖由 happymum1 於 09-12-5 01:16 發表
Is Victoria CWB your first choice? Would you mind to share what you like about Victoria?

作者: choifay 時間: 09-12-5 15:18

Hi happymom1, the figure 48 is the total # of seat including all language classes at CWB campus when they told me. But maybe Sorb is right, there might be some students withdraw afterwars, although they should have paid " registeration fee", some of them might give up due to other choices. Did your kids do well during the interview? can he/ she reply to the teacher in both English & PTH ?

原帖由 happymum1 於 09-12-5 01:16 發表
Is Victoria CWB your first choice? Would you mind to share what you like about Victoria?

作者: happymum1 時間: 09-12-5 16:42

Hi Choifay and Sorb,

Thanks for your info.

I just called Victoria today to asked the same question.  They said they have 2 classes of 26 seats= total of 52 (bilingual and trilingual) for 2010 K1 and there were 100-200 applications.  But I remember you said they were showing 1,500 on the board.  I wonder why there was  such big discrepancy.  (not blaming, just curious) I kind of saw the board on the way of out but didn't look at it because the interview was pretty bad and I was a bit upset of their admin error.

Actually, I applied for the trilingual class but they put me in the bilingual class interview.  80% of the interview was conducted in Mandarin which my son had no idea of, felt uncomfortable and I had to interpreted it into English for him.  BTW, all other parents in the classroom spoke fluent Mandarin!  Due to the unhappy Mandarin session, my son was really hesitant in the English story time but he did well in music.  We didn't join the parent discussion session at all. My son was very young in his year so we didn't think we would get in and didn't bother to tell them they have put us in the wrong class.

However by surprise, they accepted us for the international PM class!!  And it seems so hard to get in (3:100 or 1:4?) - we wonder if we should consider it.  That's why I'd like to hear the parents' opinion why they like Victoria.  Is it mainly their language capability?  Their pri sch allocation? Or...??  Please share your view.

And what are you results from Victoria?

Thank you!

作者: hayleysiu 時間: 09-12-6 15:08

Hi all,

My daugher is also being accepted into the bilingual PM class at CWB. Can you share your opinion on why we should choose Victoria as I haven't made up my mind yet. Actually, what is the actual difference between Trilingual and bilingual class in terms of the content of the class being held?

作者: choifay 時間: 09-12-7 12:04

Hi happymum1, for sure 100-200 applicants is wrong, not sure how come they tell you this no. The broad clearly marked with all student name at different timeslot, for just in case you forgot the bring the interview letter, so that you can check the exact intervew time. Anyway not a key anymore. may I know what is international class ?? English + PTH? or English + PTH + cantonese ?

原帖由 happymum1 於 09-12-5 16:42 發表
Hi Choifay and Sorb,

Thanks for your info.

I just called Victoria today to asked the same question. They said they have 2 classes of 26 seats= total of 52 (bilingual and trilingual) for 2010 K1 a ...

作者: happymum1 時間: 09-12-7 14:10

Hi Choyfay,

I know 100-200 doesn't sound right as Victoria is very popular. Anyway, that's what Vic told me.

Int'l class is English + PTH.

Cheers,

作者: DragonBall 時間: 09-12-9 00:34

I think there's only 200 applicant, because i looked the details on the board when my husband attending the parents section, there was 7 papers on the board and 30 names on each paper including 6 papers for applying K1 and another 1 paper applying k2-k3, it shows the interview time from 10:00am to around 3:00p.m already! However, i only got waiting list result, i hope some of the parents would kindly release the seats out.

作者: happymum1 時間: 09-12-10 00:06

I heard that the bilingual class is more popular then trilingual class. Is that true?

I wonder why students from Victoria gets good primary school allocation. Is it usually through the stage 1 'direct application'? Or stage 3 'door-knocking'?

I'd appreciate if you could share...

作者: Sorb 時間: 09-12-10 10:45

To be frank, those families who can send their children to study in Victoria are usually families with relatively good financial background or education background. So, these parents will invest quite a lot outside to train their children in addition to the training in Victoria. Thus, their children can easier get a seat in those good primary schools loh. Sometimes, I wonder if it is Victoria which contributes to the good allocation result or the background and the investment of the parents that contribute to the good allocation result : )

I know Victoria will for sure give offers to those children whose parents are from St Paul Co-ed. You know why, because their children have a higher chance of entering St Paul Co-ed mah.

原帖由 happymum1 於 09-12-10 00:06 發表
I heard that the bilingual class is more popular then trilingual class. Is that true?

I wonder why students from Victoria gets good primary school allocation. Is it usually through the stage 1 'dir ...

作者: Sorb 時間: 09-12-10 16:35

Happymum1, I have just read this thread that maybe of interest to you.

http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?tid=2172343&extra=page%3D1&page=1

原帖由 happymum1 於 09-12-10 00:06 發表
I heard that the bilingual class is more popular then trilingual class. Is that true?

I wonder why students from Victoria gets good primary school allocation. Is it usually through the stage 1 'dir ...

作者: 112200 時間: 09-12-10 17:16

Hi Happymum,

yes bilingual class is far more popular than Trilingual. Let;s think what is the purpose of entering victioria, I think most of the reason is " expose kids to English / PTH environment". Frankly even bilingual classs, kids might speak in cantonese as this is their mother langauge. If the class is cantonese permitted ( let say in trilignual class ), they will surely treat cantonese as their prime lanuage in the class, then the weighting on English / PTH will naturelly reduced. This may mis-match the original purpose. Plus for sure there will be more foreign kids in Bilingual class, this will encourage their daily communication in English/ PTH.

原帖由 happymum1 於 09-12-10 00:06 發表
I heard that the bilingual class is more popular then trilingual class. Is that true?

I wonder why students from Victoria gets good primary school allocation. Is it usually through the stage 1 'dir ...

作者: Maldives 時間: 09-12-11 00:16

我個囡都收到CWB的PM班, 同時又有ST CAT的OFFER, 剛剛看完小一選校的維記戰績有D驚喎.....都唔知應該選擇邊間? 我想個囡入直資小學, 究竟咩係IB? 除了維記幼稚園係IB之外, 仲有咩幼稚園行IB呢?

作者: happymum1 時間: 09-12-11 04:47

Thank you sorb and 112200.

作者: Sorb 時間: 09-12-11 09:41

If I have not mistaken, International Baccalaureate (IB) is the curriculum preparing you to go to international schools and study overseas. However, IB curriculum do not match the HK local syllabus. Difficult to shift back later, but OK if your kid follows IB in KG if you target local primary schools....but your kid may need more time to adjust at the beginning of primary school than those kids from local KGs .

IB課程與傳統課程的教學模式不一樣，功課比以往少，上課不再只是留在課室聽老師講課。例如上科學課時，會嘗試用意粉造橋，又會到後海灣測試水質污染程度及水深，並到梅窩欣賞生態環境、觀察石頭的形狀，這種寓學習於娛樂的方法令學生獲益良多，與傳統的教學模式截然不同。

I think whether you choose Victoria or other KG depends on what kind of KG life you want to give your kid, I think for sure they will be happy if studying in Victoria with less homework and no test.....but tougher life in the beginning of primary school.

原帖由 Maldives 於 09-12-11 00:16 發表
我個囡都收到CWB的PM班, 同時又有ST CAT的OFFER, 剛剛看完小一選校的維記戰績有D驚喎.....都唔知應該選擇邊間? 我想個囡入直資小學, 究竟咩係IB? 除了維記幼稚園係IB之外, 仲有咩幼稚園行IB呢? ...

作者: clara1477 時間: 09-12-11 10:35

I applied Victoria (Harbour Heights) - Bilingual pm. I received the admission letter yestersday(10 Dec). Originally, this is one of my target school as I think my daughter can expose to English / PTH environment. But after weighting the pros and cons obtained from BK, I think I will give up as I am afraid she will have difficulty to adjust to local primary. Anyway, I got an offer from other school.

作者: wootaitai 時間: 09-12-11 11:27

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作者: Sorb 時間: 09-12-11 16:47

Wootaitai, thanks for your clarification. My kid is not with Victoria, the comment I have written here is just hearsay from a few friends with kids going to Victoria. They told me some VK kids may have difficulties at the begining to adopt to local P1, not can't. But I think as most of the Victoria students are smart, I don't think it will take too long.

原帖由 wootaitai 於 09-12-11 11:27 發表
Agree that VK lacks the training for "sitting still" aspect which is important for school interviews but to say the kids can't adapt to P1 is an exaggeration

For my daughter - when she comes home she ...

作者: pauljr 時間: 09-12-11 17:21

維記只有寶翠園一間係行IB，大家可以上佢website睇，佢仲連接去IB website，維記亦只有寶翠園一間。但維記小學是行IB的，所以就算幼稚園較偏向IB，亦無可厚非，但我不相信忽略local升學，因為讀維記小學的維記幼稚園學生約只有四分之一，那剩下的四分之三難道不用升小學嗎?

至於考P1有困難，我覺得係一d家長以為小朋友讀維記，就忽略咗屋企教小朋友都好緊要，所謂嬌兵必敗，亦正好反映在小朋友成績身上。

適應P1方面，我諗邊間小學都好緊要，如果係一d傳統名校，除非係直屬幼稚園上，否則任何小朋友都會面對適應問題，加上家長太倚賴學校，才會令小朋友適應有問題。

希望各位家長睇post 時，要記住沒有學校是perfect 的，要自己想清楚希望小朋友的路怎樣走、如何走，才作出決定，切勿人云亦云，須知有不少家長，是正在等待你放棄學位，後來補上。

如果維記真係咁差，又年年爭崩頭?

[ 本帖最後由 pauljr 於 09-12-11 17:22 編輯 ]

作者: atirw 時間: 09-12-12 23:46

which school?
i am also chosing between VK and others

原帖由 clara1477 於 09-12-11 10:35 發表
I applied Victoria (Harbour Heights) - Bilingual pm. I received the admission letter yestersday(10 Dec). Originally, this is one of my target school as I think my daughter can expose to English / ...

作者: Maldives 時間: 09-12-13 12:54 標題: 回覆 22# pauljr 的文章

我打過去CWB維記問過, 幾年前他們已經開始行IB, 但這個Programme要做一段的assessment先可以取到個驗証, 所以website一路都未更新! ! ! 最近已正式取得個驗証, 所以下年正式成為維記第二間IB學校, 好唔好, 真係見人見智.....

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