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作者: jnt4ever 時間: 18-1-9 00:26 標題: NAIS值得讀嗎？

請問有無現在就讀父母或有興趣父母比d意見

作者: earthyli 時間: 18-1-9 00:48

jnt4ever 發表於 18-1-9 00:26
請問有無現在就讀父母或有興趣父母比d意見

We like the diversity of students that the school shows and also the impression their teachers gave us during school visit. The only consideration that we had was about their campus and whether there will be any changes in the coming years which may affect their current students.

Just my own opinion.

作者: jnt4ever 時間: 18-1-9 08:08

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Thanks. What changes the school will have in the coming years?

作者: siubotze 時間: 18-1-9 22:05

jnt4ever 發表於 18-1-9 00:26
請問有無現在就讀父母或有興趣父母比d意見

We moved from ESF to NAIS last year. Cannot be more satisfied with the way they delivered the curriculum, the quality of teaching, the pastoral care and the facilities. The Lam Tin campus is admittedly small but this is not our top priority. The small campus has more than everything it takes for educating my kid. The teachers know my kid very well and is able to adapt their style to suit individual learner. So far, I consider myself to be a happy customer .

作者: jnt4ever 時間: 18-1-10 00:22

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Why did your kid change from ESF to NAIS? May I know the reasons?

作者: siubotze 時間: 18-1-10 19:17

jnt4ever 發表於 18-1-10 00:22
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Why did your kid change from ESF to NAIS? May I know the reasons?

It's a personal decision and I can say that I am not the only one. I personally prefer UK curriculum at an early stage after experiencing IB for few years. I think that's more suitable for my little one at this stage. Anyways, my experience with ESF school was just so so. It was not in line with my expectation in terms of the value of money (after the subventions were lifted), quality of teaching, attention to individual student and diversity of students.

作者: Chyuma 時間: 18-1-11 09:35

siubotze 發表於 18-1-10 19:17
It's a personal decision and I can say that I am not the only one. I personally prefer UK curricul ...

Would you mind to share a bit more?
My son is studying in ESF K1 now. We just switched from Victoria but I found the same issues as you in ESF, like diversity in school, teachers attention to each kid, etc. It’s a bit frustrated for me and out of my expectation and makes me think “is it a right decision to switch him from Vic to ESF?” Now I’m thinking about his pathway to Primary and I hope it’s not too late to decide again!
Hope that you don’t mind to share a bit more on your experience. Million Thanks!!

作者: 964000 時間: 18-1-11 11:16

Chyuma 發表於 18-1-11 09:35
Would you mind to share a bit more?
My son is studying in ESF K1 now. We just switched from Victor ...

Switching to ESF kinder you need to know what you want, frankly it’s for its priority to primary right? Concerning kinder life, it’s kind of free ranging play based and you can’t expect structured learning like Victoria and other British curriculum kinder. For the primary you better understand the IB style of ESF primary too before you step in. Nevertheless many ESF kids will take maths and English writing tutorials outside, not to mention Chinese tutorials. For children mix, yes it got more and more local students now, actually I believe most of the newly opened IS will compose of mainly local students. My friend teaching in ESF primary told me they still want to accept more international students but they are not as attractive to them compared to others.

作者: Chyuma 時間: 18-1-11 11:30

964000 發表於 18-1-11 11:16
Switching to ESF kinder you need to know what you want, frankly it’s for its priority to primary r ...

You’re right! Its priority to ESF Primary is the thing that attracted me to switch from Victoria during the mid term. But the few months experience in ESF kinder makes me hesitated with the school and am thinking about if I should continue with this school for primary though my son feels very happy with the school. How could I actually know if IB is suitable for my kid? At this early stage of Kinder?
Sorry, my apologies for diverting the topic but this is the exact concern I have now.

作者: 964000 時間: 18-1-11 14:19

Chyuma 發表於 18-1-11 11:30
You’re right! Its priority to ESF Primary is the thing that attracted me to switch from Victoria d ...

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作者: jnt4ever 時間: 18-1-11 14:28

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May I know why you chose NAIS over other IS? There are other IS teaching UK curriculum.

作者: 貝珠 時間: 18-1-11 14:45

jnt4ever 發表於 18-1-11 14:28
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May I know why you chose NAIS over other IS? There are other IS teaching UK cu ...

Let me guess ......
Harrow: too far away and expensive
Kellet: not easy to get a spot if u didn't apply from birth

作者: 964000 時間: 18-1-11 14:58

貝珠發表於 18-1-11 14:45
Let me guess ......
Harrow: too far away and expensive
Kellet: not easy to get a spot if u didn't ...

FIS, GSIS, Anfield all British curriculum too for primary

作者: siubotze 時間: 18-1-11 21:13

貝珠發表於 18-1-11 14:45
Let me guess ......
Harrow: too far away and expensive
Kellet: not easy to get a spot if u didn't ...

We were very lucky that we got offers from a few schools including GSIS, Kellet and NAIS when we considered moving out from ESF. As we intended to send my girl to UK boarding school at around year 9, I wanted her to have more Chinese learning before leaving HK. NAIS is more suitable for us in that sense. Apart from that, I also considered the school's offerings on all-rounded development for students. I would say NAIS offers a better art curriculum and my girl has strong interest in art.

Harrow is never our choice because my hubby graduated from Harrow UK and ironically he hated the school (for being too restrictive).

作者: pinkmania 時間: 18-1-11 23:05

siubotze 發表於 18-1-9 22:05
We moved from ESF to NAIS last year. Cannot be more satisfied with the way they delivered the curr ...

you call urself a customer. that's interesting.

作者: siubotze 時間: 18-1-12 00:51

pinkmania 發表於 18-1-11 23:05
you call urself a customer. that's interesting.

User, customer, client, stakeholder....whatever you name it. I don't give a fuss. It is just a word to describe the service provider providing educational services to your kid. After all, we all need to pay for the schooling.

作者: nicolelaiyy 時間: 18-1-12 17:26 標題: 回覆樓主:

I declined Esf offer and took NAIS too. I have written a lot of informations about NAIS in my previous posts. Please search it.

作者: mimi613 時間: 18-1-13 09:26

siubotze 發表於 18-1-11 21:13
We were very lucky that we got offers from a few schools including GSIS, Kellet and NAIS when we co ...

Hello, may I know why you chose Kellet over NAIS? We planned to send our kid to UK boarding schools and we quite like Kellet after the school tour. Grateful if you can share more, thanks in advance :)

作者: siubotze 時間: 18-1-13 15:59

mimi613 發表於 18-1-13 09:26
Hello, may I know why you chose Kellet over NAIS? We planned to send our kid to UK boarding schools ...

Kellet is great British school but to us NAIS is more international and their Chinese program is better. That's the reason why we prefer NAIS. We were impressed by school tours by a number of schools but ultimately have to pick one that seems to be more suitable for our needs.

作者: 964000 時間: 18-1-13 16:52

siubotze 發表於 18-1-13 15:59
Kellet is great British school but to us NAIS is more international and their Chinese program is be ...

It’s good you pick your school according to what you want not just by the reputation or how other people’s view of the school.

作者: thomastaxi 時間: 18-1-14 10:19 標題: 回覆樓主

I feel odd when I see the replies here. NAIS’s ultimate parent company is a listed company and bringing biggest return to shareholder is one of is its mission if I am not wrong.
The parents are indeed very rich and quite some of the expatriates enjoy subsidies in their company packages. This matches with what I know.
The most surprising is it’s Chinese curriculum. It is the first time I have seen people commenting on its high Chinese standard.
May I know How many chi lessons per week? I went there before and I rarely saw any student’s work in chi. It looks very attractive to transfer kids from ESF there. Haha good to know more information!

作者: nicolelaiyy 時間: 18-1-14 12:18 標題: 回覆樓主:

I think the OP didnt say NAIS has a very high standard of Chinese. But comparing with the offers that she has ie. GSIS & Kellet, NAIS has the highest standard without doubt. They have daily Chinese class for 45mins/lesson. They stream kids in 5 levels. If your kid is in the native stream where most of mainland Chinese kids in, their standard are quite high.

作者: thomastaxi 時間: 18-1-14 13:58

nicolelaiyy 發表於 18-1-14 12:18
I think the OP didnt say NAIS has a very high standard of Chinese. But comparing with the offers tha ...

It is so good. I guess a lot of ESF kids should move to the school, but not vice versa.

作者: siubotze 時間: 18-1-14 18:21

thomastaxi 發表於 18-1-14 13:58
It is so good. I guess a lot of ESF kids should move to the school, but not vice versa.

Thanks nicolelaiyy. Indeed my comments about higher Chinese standard is a relative term. I guess parents of IS kids are pragmatic about the Chinese education the schools can offer. Nobody will dare to say that an international school's Chinese curriculum is at par as a LS.

As I stressed before, I am choosing a school that I think is more suitable to my kid. All I can say that I have no regret I made the choice to switch from ESF to NAIS. I know there are tonnes of parents wanting to get a place at ESF for whatever reasons but that's their choice. I think it's not up to us to judge whether they should move from one school to another.

作者: ckml 時間: 18-1-23 14:18

We got the offer but it is Tai Tam campus - very far from us .. Just wonder can we reject Tai Tam offer but wait for Lam Tin / Sai Kung campus... a difficult decision to be made ....

作者: Daks 時間: 18-1-23 14:59

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Call the Admissions and ask if you can be put on the waiting list for Lam Tin / Sai Kung? They probably don't know if all current Sai Kung K2 will stay for Y1 next year yet but they need to reserve places for them.

作者: chunui 時間: 18-2-12 20:42

When I went to the nursery play session in Sai Kung, I saw quite a number of westerner students in the campus. Look quite international to me.

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