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作者: jor_mankiu 時間: 11-11-14 10:53 標題: ISF Interview

My son will be attending ISF interview end of November for the foundation class. Any parent has any experience how the ISF interview will be like, and what will be the Group Parent Meeting about?
Thanks!

作者: kfy 時間: 11-11-14 12:43

My daughter is now in foundation year. The 1st interview was in form of a group interview. A group of around 10 kids with 1 English teacher and 1 PTH teacher. There were group games, puzzles, toys for free play. Kids were required to draw a picture and describe to teacher what they drew. etc.
2nd interview was in form of individual parents meeting. I received the offer after 2 weeks.
Good luck !

原帖由 jor_mankiu 於 11-11-14 10:53 發表
My son will be attending ISF interview end of November for the foundation class. Any parent has any experience how the ISF interview will be like, and what will be the Group Parent Meeting about?
Than ...

作者: jor_mankiu 時間: 11-11-14 14:15

I see. Thanks a lot kfy. So is the child expected to speak fluent Putonghua? What kind of questions do they ask at the Parent Interview?

Thanks!

作者: cecilau 時間: 11-11-14 16:57

No, ISF does not expect the child can speak fluent PTH. My son spoke Cantonese during the interview few years ago.

原帖由 jor_mankiu 於 11-11-14 14:15 發表
I see. Thanks a lot kfy. So is the child expected to speak fluent Putonghua? What kind of questions do they ask at the Parent Interview?

Thanks!

作者: kfy 時間: 11-11-14 20:31

原帖由 jor_mankiu 於 11-11-14 14:15 發表
I see. Thanks a lot kfy. So is the child expected to speak fluent Putonghua? What kind of questions do they ask at the Parent Interview?

Thanks!

Yes, same case for my daughter. My daughter said one teacher spoke English and one teacher spoke PTH. But the Chinese teacher did also speak Cantonese with my daughter. BTW, my daughter was from local kindergarten and had not learnt any PTH at all. So in my 2nd interview, actually I asked the VP myself if there would be any problem. She said "absolutely no problem, she will speak PTH fluently very soon." I think for my daughter's case, she learnt reading and writing Chinese (though in Cantonese) pretty well in kindergarten, and that helps a lot.

作者: jor_mankiu 時間: 11-11-15 10:05

That's good to know. Thanks!

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作者: 11223300 時間: 12-1-15 00:03

Does any one already received invitation for parent-child interview...I haven't heard from the school after the first assessment in Nov...does it mean application failed already??

作者: 11223300 時間: 12-1-16 21:43

Anyone already received notification for parents-child interview?

作者: kfy 時間: 12-1-18 09:06

Is your son applying for Foundation or Grade 1 ?
I heard from my friends applying Grade 1, they had already attended the 2nd round interview in December.
For FY cases, 2nd interview should be a bit later, maybe in February.

作者: Ving 時間: 12-1-18 09:49

Can any parents tell me why you would like ISF other than other International schools like CDIS, SIS or VSA? Thx

作者: kfy 時間: 12-1-18 16:34

I do not have personal experience with all the 4 schools. But I have friends with kids in the said schools. All of them are very satisfied with their schools. So I do not think that any school is considerably better or worse than the rest.

I chose ISF because of its strong Chinese curriculum in traditional Chinese. I also like its math curriculum. The standard of teachers is good. And they have small class size of 18.

CIS is definitely another good choice to consider.

作者: Ving 時間: 12-1-20 12:34

But it seems that ISF school fee is almost the expensive one. So, is it worth trying on the new concept school though I think small class (18 student) is good.

作者: kfy 時間: 12-1-20 14:27

Somehow the tuition fee is reflected in the teaching resources. Class size does count. The lessons each teacher teach every week also count. Say for Chinese teacher everyone only teaches one class. So they have more time and resources to plan for their lessons, and that would be important. While they are open to continuously improve their curriculum and adjust their teaching, I do not think that they are really "brand new" on everything.

作者: kfy 時間: 12-1-20 14:32

And I am most satisfied with the school library, which is open to parents. My kid borrows from the library and read at least 7 Chinese books and 7 English books. They have audio books too so that I can play it while I drive my kid to school.

作者: 11223300 時間: 12-1-22 03:23

Thank you kfy, my son is applying for Foundation Class, not yet received notification for 2nd interview...anxiously waiting for their responses. Keep my finger crossed!!! Thank you again for ur sharing!!

作者: 11223300 時間: 12-1-22 03:26

Thank you kfy, my son is applying for Foundation Class, not yet received notification for 2nd interview...anxiously waiting for their responses. Keep my finger crossed!!! Thank you again for ur sharing!!

作者: elock 時間: 12-2-15 09:38

Any experienced parents can tell me the format and content of the 2nd interview?

作者: MomAC 時間: 12-2-20 10:56

Hi elock, you got the 2nd interview notification already?

作者: MomAC 時間: 12-2-20 10:57

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You got the result for 1st interview already?

作者: elock 時間: 12-2-20 11:21

Yes, the school emailed me last week about the 2nd interview.

作者: MomAC 時間: 12-2-20 23:11

when is the 2nd interview?

作者: MomAC 時間: 12-2-20 23:11

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when is the 2nd interview?

作者: elock 時間: 12-2-23 10:54

We had it on Tuesday.

作者: ys9383 時間: 12-3-1 00:40

請問2nd interview 主要是什麼內容，帶小朋友一起去嗎？謝謝！

作者: elock 時間: 12-3-1 09:24

You attend the interview with the child together. You all settled in the same room. There will be activity to occupy the child while the interviewer talk to the parents. The whole event lasts for about 30minutes.

作者: ys9383 時間: 12-3-5 01:09

Thank you for your information!

作者: GLara 時間: 13-1-20 01:54

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I will have 2nd interview next week, do you mind sharing what kind of questions did the interviewer asked? Which language did you go for? Tks a lot in advance!

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