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作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-22 12:23 標題: ESF (Tsing Yi) K1 inteview

請問有問朋友已經收到 K1 offer? Thank you!

作者: Shrimpiggy 時間: 13-1-22 14:22 標題: 回覆：ESF (Tsing Yi) K1 inteview

our play visit will be this Friday and the letter said that they will inform us the result the week after.

作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-22 15:29

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I got a same letter as yours!

作者: Shrimpiggy 時間: 13-1-22 16:08 標題: 回覆：菠蘿媽媽的帖子

my girl is scheduled at 1430 session

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-22 17:04

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菠蘿媽媽發表於 13-1-22 12:23
請問有問朋友已經收到 K1 offer? Thank you!

Unlike previous years when play visits were spread over many days over many weeks, this year they will close the school for one day on 25th Jan and conduct all play visits on that one single day, so offers should be made after that date. However this does not mean they will not give offers prior to that date to special cases, but these should be few.

作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-22 17:22

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Wow.. your infomation is very useful, I haven't check with the school admin before.
Heard from WKS campus mummy, she is the 2nd lot of "play visit" candidate.

So what will be these special cases?

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-22 17:35

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菠蘿媽媽發表於 13-1-22 17:22
Heard from WKS campus mummy, she is the 2nd lot of "play visit" candidate ...

I was only talking about the Tsing Yi school, the Wu Kai Sha school could well have a different arrangement for their play visits. Many believe the Wu Kai Sha school is the easiest to get into and the Hillside school is the most difficult, but that is only hear-say.

The special cases would be children of teaching staff etc, every school has these cases but their numbers should be small enough to not affect the overall fairness of the admission process.

作者: abebepang 時間: 13-1-22 22:11

May I know if anyone gets the offer letter from WKS yet?

作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-22 22:19 標題: 回覆：FattyDaddy 的帖子

Yes, I also heard that Hillside is more difficult to get in. What about Tsing Yi? I am eager to get a place for my daughter, coz hk local education system is really scared me!

作者: Shrimpiggy 時間: 13-1-22 22:45 標題: 回覆：菠蘿媽媽的帖子

my friend late application two years ago ty campus but later the admission office suggested to transfer the application to wks campus as the waiting list in ty was too long .
as more 雙非，more local parents choose IS, it is expected the waiting list will be even longer.

作者: Mom2One 時間: 13-1-23 08:51

菠蘿媽媽發表於 13-1-22 17:22
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So what will be these special cases?

For ESF Hillside, I know that those applicants with siblings currently studying in Hillside got interviewed earlier than the main body of applicants. Apparently, Hillside had around 60-70 siblings which they interviewed in December and then the rest of the applicants were all interviewed on Jan 18.

I also heard (unsubstantiated) that some of those interviewed in Dec were already informed of the results - but this is just unconfirmed rumour. (ie. I don't know of anyone who actually received an offer after interviewing in Dec).

作者: PiyoC 時間: 13-1-23 13:57

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No not yet, they said they will announce the results at the first week of February although I am hoping to get it earlier.

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-24 02:08

My son is also having his play visit this coming Friday, at 4pm. Is it true that they only look at the interaction between mother and child? We attended another IS interview today; on the email they asked us to play with our children normally at their play structure, but when we're there they told all parents to sit on the side and let the teacher do all the leading. this was very confusing as I already told my son that I'll play with him a bit, which didn't happen. I just hope the ESF play visit will not be as chaotic....

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-24 04:20

jolalee 發表於 13-1-24 02:08
I just hope the ESF play visit will not be as chaotic ...

Don't worry, unless they have changed completely this year, the play visit is going to be you playing with your child for 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute group time when parents and children will gather in front of a teacher and sing nursery rhymes together. During the 20 minute play a teacher would come round and chat-chat for a short while, no probing questions, just normal social conversation. If your child speaks good English and is talkative, that would be wonderful, if not, then it will be up to you the parent doing all the talking, and as long as your child understands your English and interacts with you, it will be fine. Good luck on Friday {:1_1:}

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-24 04:33

Oh another thing, don't stick to the same toy set for the entire 20 minutes, not only will you run out of things to say but your child will get bored also. Try to go round the different toys and stuff they have in the area, do a puzzle, stack some building blocks, string some beads, read a book etc etc etc, stay active.

作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-24 08:59 標題: 回覆：FattyDaddy 的帖子

Thx for your advice… I'm a bit nervous too, coz my daughter is shy!

作者: Mom2One 時間: 13-1-24 10:13

Not sure if its different for each campus, but for the Hillside interview this year, it was a bit more structured than that (I was there assisting). After the kids were brought to the classrooms in small groups, they were given some free play time to settle down, and then there was a circle time with some singing followed by story time (teacher read a story to the group). The whole session took around 20-25 minutes, and the parent(s) were with their child the whole time.

作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-24 10:41 標題: 回覆：Mom2One 的帖子

It's similar to some "happy learning" kindergarten interview pattern… that's good for patents and kids!

作者: c200 時間: 13-1-24 11:15

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"happy learning" kindergarten interview pattern.......

You can say is happy playground...

My son loves the school so much , 3 hours class really not enough ...
He is studying at WKS K1 this year.

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-24 19:07

FattyDaddy 發表於 13-1-24 04:33
Oh another thing, don't stick to the same toy set for the entire 20 minutes, not only will you run o ...

Thank you for your advice FattyDaddy! I am sure my son will have no problem staying active. Actually he's a bit too active during some other interviews we had. He's not shy at all but may have difficulty sitting still to complete a task or listen to an entire story without "running his laps". Our first language is English and he has been speaking in complete sentences since 23 months old. I just hope the teachers won't penalize over active kids?....

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-24 19:11

菠蘿媽媽發表於 13-1-24 10:41
It's similar to some "happy learning" kindergarten interview pattern… that's good for patents and k ...

Unfortunately, I found that my son performs better with the sit down Q&A type interview instead. For the playgroup interview style (that's how i'd describe it), it's a bit too free and my son tend to lose interest a bit too quickly (especially story-reading). I just hope that for tmr it'll be all playing and singing without the additional 'structures' described above... Fingers crossed....

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-24 21:01

jolalee 發表於 13-1-24 19:11
Unfortunately, I found that my son performs better with the sit down Q&A type interview instead ...

Don't worry about the "performance". You know why ESF call it a "play visit" and not an interview? It is because it really isn't an interview, you and your child just need to be your true selves and play together as in routine daily life.

I know many "famous" kindergartens expect children to perform amazing feats and give witty answers, perhaps in return for a "好叻渦" comment like that stupid milk powder advert on TV, no, ESF is not looking for that kind of "performance", they are just looking for ordinary children who understand English, not circus monkeys who know many tricks {:1_1:}

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-24 21:29

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The problem is that although my son's first language is English, he will know Cantonese soon enough (i shall start teaching him Chinese in a few months). Would that demote him into a Cat 2 candidate for P1 interview in the future? It's sorta useless to go to an ESF kindie but ends up in Cat 2 for P1 entry. Given the competition is getting more and more fierce for ESF, i don't see the point in getting priority if he ends up in Cat 2...

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-24 22:38

jolalee 發表於 13-1-24 21:29
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The problem is that although my son's first language is English, he will know Cantonese soon enough (i shall start teaching him Chinese in a few months) ...

To be honest with you, that will put your son in Cat 2 and he will be at a disadvantaged position when it comes to applying for ESF primary schools in 2 years time. You can teach him Mandarin instead of Cantonese though, and that will keep him in Cat 1. Contrary to what many people believe, ESF does not discourage Chinese learning, just Cantonese, and they teach Mandarin in their kindergartens too, albeit not to a high standard, but then if good Chinese language capability is what one is after then ESF schools aren't exactly the right path anyway.

Also, one mustn't overlook the fact that there are 2 ESF PIS schools, namely Renaissance and Discovery College who don't categorize applicants into Cat 1 and 2, and from what I have gathered from various sources, around 80% to 90% of ESF kindergarten kids do proceed to ESF primary schools (including the 2 PIS schools), and that rate is almost as good as many so called "dragon" through-train schools.

作者: keiasahi 時間: 13-1-25 00:25 標題: 回覆：c200 的帖子

May I know where are you living? NT or KLN？Because I am thinking which ESF kinder, I should apply...thx

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-26 05:51

Play visit completed :) Honestly this was the easiest 'interview' ever. If all they looked for was parent and child communicating in English, then i think we're alright... fingers crossed. They didn't even have circle time/singing/reading at all. Just pure playing for the full half-hour. Maybe it's because my son is in the youngest group? (November born).

FattyDaddy thank you for your tips. I tried to get my son to play in various stations, but he went to ask the teacher for airplanes and trains (and got them), and then he was unwilling to part with them until the very end. Fortunately there were some legos beside us, so i was able to make tunnels and buildings with them so we never ran out of topics.

Results will be back the week of Feb 4. Hope others did okay as well.

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-26 06:40

jolalee 發表於 13-1-26 05:51
Play visit completed :) Honestly this was the easiest 'interview' ever. ...

Yep, thats what I told you, it really isn't an interview {:1_1:}{:1_1:}

Your son did well, and I think his chances are good, hope you'll receive good news on 4/Feb.

作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-26 08:15 標題: 回覆：jolalee 的帖子

Same to you, the play vist was very simple and smooth. My daughter just keep playing around. Luckily when we were building a horse (that's my daughter's favorite), the teacher came by. Then my daughter can have response actively… haha
Now is time to wait!

作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-26 08:29 標題: 回覆：keiasahi 的帖子

I live in west kln, so i applied TY campus!

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-26 17:53

Good luck Pineapple mom! Perhaps our kids will become classmates! (Fingers crossed). We live in Tung Chung, and one of my target Primary is Discovery College. Thanks for your info FattyDaddy about DC being a PIS and do not separate kids into Cat 1 & 2. I don't think i'd give up teaching my child Cantonese because he need to communicate with his grandparents, and i shall live by my decision.

Sounds like ESF is all about fun. Hey everyone, do you think it'd be okay to add another kindie for our child which is more rigorous in teaching? Would that be too much for a young child? I think it would, but given they just play there, do you think that's possible without wearing the kids out?

作者: Shrimpiggy 時間: 13-1-26 18:01 標題: 回覆：jolalee 的帖子

Are you gals in 2pm session yesterday? we were there with our girl in the blue group.
in fact the interview was not too short compare with SC, hkpreschool, those took around 10mins only.

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-26 18:16

jolalee 發表於 13-1-26 17:53
do you think it'd be okay to add another kindie for our child which is more rigorous in teaching? ...

You mean studying in 2 kindergartens one in the morning and another in the afternoon?

Not sure how many would do that but have seen at least one such case. The kid finished at ESF kindergarten, then the helper took him to the mall to have a quick lunch, changed him into another uniform, and then off they went to attend another school in the afternoon. What struck me was the kid looked so tired and disinterested! He was a K2 student and so had probably been doing this routine for over a year.

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-26 18:23

Shrimpiggy: My son was in the 4pm session, also in the blue (youngest) group. There was an Indian boy, a Korean girl and 1 or 2 mainland kids along with the regular overseas Chinese & Caucasian kids.

FattyDaddy: Yeah, that's what i'm worrying about. Although ESF is all play, i really don't want to over do it and quench the interest for school out of my kid. So far he likes school a lot. Decisions decisions... (oh well, i'll worry about it when we really have more then 1 offer

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作者: 菠蘿媽媽 時間: 13-1-27 09:55 標題: 回覆：Shrimpiggy 的帖子

I was in 11:00 morning session snd slso in blue group :)

作者: Shrimpiggy 時間: 13-1-27 20:53 標題: 回覆：jolalee 的帖子

I would like to double check if this campus has totally 16 classes of K1? (8 AM classes,8pm classes). how many floors are there?

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-28 01:11

Shrimpiggy 發表於 13-1-27 20:53
I would like to double check if this campus has totally 16 classes of K1? (8 AM classes,8pm classes ...

There are 2 floors, K1 upstairs and K2 downstairs. 4 classes of K1 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon, so a total of 8 K1 classes, not 16.

Similar to K1, there are 8 K2 classes (AM + PM), so if you add all the K1 and K2 classes together, then you would get 16.

Around 22 children per class, so a total of approximately 350 children for the entire school.

作者: jolalee 時間: 13-1-28 06:41

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Thank you again, FattyDaddy. Just wondering, are your kids in ESF? You know so much about it!! Do share about your personal experience about it! Would love to know more.

作者: Shrimpiggy 時間: 13-1-28 08:45 標題: 回覆：FattyDaddy 的帖子

fattydaddy, thank you.
I ask this question is because the leaflets they distributed on last Friday wrote "88am, 88pm" that's why we are confused.

作者: FattyDaddy 時間: 13-1-28 13:32

本帖最後由 FattyDaddy 於 13-1-28 23:14 編輯

Jolalee, yes my child is studying there, what I posted are my personal experiences.

Shrimpiggy, I guess what they meant by "88am, 88pm" is there are 88 K1 children (4 classes of 22 each) in the AM session and another 88 K1 children in the PM session.

作者: Shrimpiggy 時間: 13-1-28 13:49 標題: 回覆：FattyDaddy 的帖子

Fatty daddy, thank you and your explanation make sense!

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