全新2013-14一條龍幼稚園->小學->中學名單

iantsang

Hi Csze1,

If you son is active, do you want him to stay active or you want him to sit down more (against his personality)?  Personally I don't want to comment either way is right or wrong since as parents we can have different ways to bring up the children.

If you find one that "fits" his current active style, then I suggest St. Catherine's and Learning Habitat.  If you want him to be more calm, I suggest Kentville and Pui Ching.

Ian

原帖由 Csze1 於 10-6-25 15:10 發表
Hi Ian,

我想問下我囝囝係08年9月出世的, 他比較好動, 唔喜歡坐定定學嘢, 想入KLN Tong的KG, 應該報邊幾間好呀? 請幫忙俾下意見, 謝謝!
我的心水: 培正, 民生, 根德園 ...

iantsang

sounds a bit greedy (if he be himself that means he won't sit down calmly)

At the end, parents don't expect kindergartens to handle everything for you.  In my point of view, just hope the kids won't get worse while at kindergarten is already good.  Parents also need to work together with the kindergarten to work out the best.

I guess PC is a good choice.

原帖由 Csze1 於 10-6-27 17:05 發表
Hi Ian,

Thanks for your comment.
I want him to be himself, but also hope he can sit down a bit.

iantsang

HI chitba,

By "local primary school", I assume you mean non-international schools.  But there are still different type of local primary schools like traditional ones, DSS, etc.

Out of the three, I think I prefer HKPS more personally.

Ian

原帖由 chitba 於 10-6-30 10:12 發表
Dear Ian,
Really appreciated the detailed and useful information that you prepared for! My son was born in Oct 2007. Our plan is for him to study in local primary school. What would be your comments t ...

iantsang

Basically the primary allocation has two stage, the first stage is discretionary and parents can choose 1 school to apply, and based on criteria that use the points system to rank the applicants.  If you are not aiming for the popular choices, then 15 points should not be a big problem to get the one you like.

If no places are allocated in the discretionary stage, then can reach central allocation which mainly are related to the area you live in.  Again, if you don't put the famous and popular ones as first or second choices, I don't see any problems.  However, the common mistake I have seen many parents made are putting too many popular choices in the first few selection and if they are unlucky, then will really drop very far in the order.

Of course, you can also apply private and DSS for backup.

Hope it helps!

Ian

原帖由 venus_mama08 於 10-6-30 11:48 發表
hi Ian,

I have only 1 son...i just curious about if we only got 15 marks, the only way we go is lucky draw only? if we r unlucky allocated to the primary school not my tea, will it be affect my son' ...

iantsang

I would suggest you to take a look of True Light (Tai Hang), St. Paul's Kindergarten and St. Margaret Mary's.

You can find here list of kindergartens in Wanchai area:
http://kgp.proj.hkedcity.net/chi/district.htm?district_id=3

原帖由 babypolly 於 10-7-1 00:11 發表
Hi, I am a first time parent.  My baby girl was born in March 2009.  What KG would you recommend for Wanchai area ?

iantsang

I suggest you to begin from here:
http://kgp.proj.hkedcity.net/chi/parser.php?file=chi/content_schmap.htm

I have no information on which kindergartens would have nanny buses to/from Tsing Yi.  But they can be arranged privately so I suggest you begin from find the suitable kindergartens for your children first!

Good luck!

Ian

原帖由 軟弱 於 10-7-6 23:46 發表
HI
我都想請教下, 我應該點報幼稚園或可否提供資料.
我的兒子08年2月, 本身住深井, 但阿仔跟婆婆住在青衣.
今年3月已讀青衣N1斑, 而阿仔班住任叫我選擇有英文及中文各半(即上堂時間), 因阿仔學野好快, 吸收能力好,  ...

iantsang

Please refer to the first post for list of one-dragon schools:

http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?tid=2154056&page=1#pid32337346

I guess you can consider Pui Ching since your son can apply to their coming year K1.  Application process should start in October for request of application form.

Ian

原帖由 cjcbb 於 10-7-12 23:30 發表
Dear Ian,

我囝囝出生於２００７年１０月，想搵一間一條龍幼稚園，邊一區都可以，最緊要小學和中學校風好，請給了我一些意見。

謝謝！


Joan

iantsang

Well, to choose the "right" school for your children, my personal opinion is whether the philosophy of the kindergarten/ school match with your expectation of "education".  Don't just target a school because it is famous or popular or heard from others that a particular school is "good" (the above are good starting point however!).  There are no such things as the "prefect school for everybody".  The parents must do the homework to research if they really love their children before they made the decision.

For your information, Pui Ching does not allow participation in the lucky draw (meaning they may consider you withdraw if EDB notify them your child participated in the lucky draw).

原帖由 sy.baby 於 10-7-15 12:41 發表
HI Ian,

我都想請教下, 我應該點選幼稚園或可否提供資料.
我女兒07年12月(細仔),今年九月讀屋企附近幼稚園,年底再考重讀k1,
心水幼稚園: SC, KV, 培正,協恩,民生..
還有什麼好幼稚園推介呢?

另外,家住31校網,想讀 ...

iantsang

What sort of curriculum, environment or expectation on kindergarten you have?  LH is probably a good kindergarten if you like good language environment and your child is a really active one.

原帖由 Ajojo 於 10-7-19 17:17 發表
Hi Ian

想請教下青衣啟思跟九龍塘啟思有何分別?  

青衣比較好的kg是否只有LH呢?  因想在青衣讀, 請問那幾間可考慮呢?

謝謝!

iantsang

I am afraid there are no such kindergartens to fulfill your expectation in Tsing Yi, to the best of my knowledge.

My daughter only studied in Tsing Yi Creative for N1.  For a N1 program, I think it did very good and I am satisfy with their learning environment (song singing).  However, may be the kindergarten program is not as competitive as others.

原帖由 Ajojo 於 10-7-20 17:39 發表
Hi Ian

Thanks a lot for your quick reply.  It is really headache to choose kg in location of Tsing Yi only.  My daughter is an active girl and I want her to sit down and learn self discipline and hav ...

iantsang

I didn't prepare it at all.  Basically most of the kindergartens won't need portfolio unless for some special ones.  I suggest you to check the forums in BK for those kindergartens and see other parents have submitted portfolio.

原帖由 008mama 於 10-7-27 19:54 發表
Ian,

我想請問 apply k1, 需唔需要準備portfolio ?

Thanks a lot !

iantsang

2009年6月?? Only 1 year old now so you should start thinking of pre-nursery now, kindgarten would be applying in next year.

If you have trouble downloading the excel, there is a html version in my yahoo blog for your reference.

http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?tid=2154056&page=7#pid32398457

原帖由 軒軒BB 於 10-7-28 14:39 發表
Dear Ian,

我囡囡出生於2009年6月，想搵一間一條龍幼稚園，我住係小西灣，今年應該要報幼稚園啦，請給我一些意見。(因為我睇唔到你post既excel file)

謝謝！ ...

iantsang

Hi Christi,

I am about to go to bed but notice your message here so I guess I have to delay my sleep...  


Thanks for the question since I think you may be the first one who ask me WHY I go for a one-dragon kindergarten.

I guess naturally, many parents would automatically consider one-dragon as an advantage and ignore the actual considerations in behind.

First of all, I didn't begin the kindergarten search with one-dragon kindergarten at all, I guess I don't even aware there are such options to begin with.  I remember I just feel very frustrated that I didn't pick a wife who graduated from a primary school that still exist!    Just kidding but as I graduated from boys' school and my wife's primary school has closed so that means we need to be lucky I guess?  However, the fact is it leave us with very little options.

So, I begin looking for which nets to move to so can have better chance to find a good primary school.  However, the more time I spent on it, and realize there are just too many uncertainties in it and I feel very much handicapped.  As a result, I am seeking for alternatives......

Then I realize the beauty of private primary schools (come with 6 years of tuition costs) as insurance.  So I start to look for private primary which guarantee admissions to own kindergarten students.  The amazing fact that I found was that only 2% of each year's students have this luxury to be secured a seat at a decent primary school, and it seems to give me great comfort.

I need to stress I didn't plan to set the path for my daughter at this point.  However, here is one primary objective for me finding one-dragon kindergarten.  I do not want my daughter spent her kindergarten time busy winning this and that certificates just to build a great profile for primary school application and door-knocking.  I simply don't agree with this approach and I want her to actually enjoy and learn through this 3 years.  Although it seems by putting her in one of these kindergartens seems to limit her options, but by doing so, it actually leave her with greater flexibility to choose her own path.

So, the intention of finding one-dragon kindergarten, is to allow my daughter to have the greatest freedom to develop based on her own talent and interest, into whoever she should be.  I think I have explained this to many parents, my plan is only to avoid the hassle on primary school application.  She will need to face the challenge and handle secondary school application herself.  Of course, if she likes and academic capable, she can study in same school for 15 years here.  However, it is not a must to me and I would like her to experience the competitiveness and ability to handle pressure at an earlier age when she need to plan for her own secondary study.

Honestly, I would have no idea what secondary school will fit her the most so I am determined to leave this decision to herself.  Actually, she is the one who chose the current one out of all the kindergartens she interviewed, but not us as parents.  We are just there to support her through this process, all the interview questions to parents are answered sincerely so we won't enter a wrong kindergarten if our belief doesn't match their expectation.

So, this is a 9-year plan instead of a 15-year plan.  This is my personal view on the education, kindergarten serve as the place to establish good moral standard, primary school to provide solid fundamental knowledge and secondary school, will be the place where she can develop her own social skills and prepare for further study based on her own talents and interest.  This is a simple version but just a rough picture of how I see the education system in Hong Kong.

I guess it is already a very long answer and speaks out quite a few of what my belief in behind.  Hope it is useful for your consideration.

Ian

原帖由 Christi 於 10-7-28 23:56 發表
Ian,

知道你囡囡轉了去一間一條龍的.想請問,你報一條龍時囡囡應只是2歲幾,這麼早就為她選定未來10幾年的教育方式,不會過早嗎?有沒有想過等她再大幾年,才為她選小學?

我明白一條龍的好處,也知道你重視紀律問題.我是 ...

[ 本帖最後由 iantsang 於 10-7-29 01:42 編輯 ]

iantsang

Have you read the list I prepared on the first page?
Here's the link:
http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?tid=2154056&page=1#pid32337346

There are really limited choices for boys and I normally would recommend Pui Ching for boys.  However, their admission starts from Sep to Aug so the small B need to apply in the following year (their minimum age of admission is 3 years old, not 2 years 8 months as most kindergartens do).

Alternatively, depends on how "secure" you expect this one-dragon is.  If you need like 100%, then the other two choices are co-ed schools but their secondary sections are both girls school.  They are True Light (Tai Hang) and Pooi To.

On the other hand, if you only need certain linkage, then just refer to other schools I mention on the above link for reference.

Ian

原帖由 llhlee 於 10-8-2 15:17 發表
My son was born in Nov 2008 想搵一間一條龍幼稚園 for K1 in 2011 as I want a to have a safe option.
Which ones do you think will have higher chances given he is a 細仔?
I live in Mong Kok.
Many thanks ...

iantsang

Here's the link for download the excel:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/ ... condary_schools_xls

(may be a bit out-dated)


Here's the link to my blog of the list:

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/ian-kingdom/article?mid=45

(This is more updated)

iantsang

Hi kingkenta,

Besides private international schools, other options certainly include ESF.

You can check their website here:
http://www.esf.edu.hk/

Here you can also find information for non-Chinese children from the Education Bureau:
http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=4369&langno=1

Hope these are useful for you.

Ian

原帖由 kingkenta 於 10-8-30 21:48 發表
Dear Ian
Thank you for your infomation.
My baby will take K1 exam in this year.
We are looking for english education place from kindergarten to primary..
Do you have some recomend kindergarten?

iantsang

Children should be evaluated according to their individual development, not purely based on their month of birth.  However, it is the reality that some kindergartens do access the children according to such factor.

However, it doesn't mean your child has no chances at all.  My advice is you should still apply in the coming year for 2011 K1.  However, during the process, compare your child's behavior with other children in similar age during interview and assess if there are major differences.  However, don't be discouraged by that as having differences are expected and they are particularly obvious when the children are younger.

What you can do is to provide more help as parents to guide them through learning new things, try to teach them to be more independent (honestly, many parents make this mistake by giving too much help) and see if the child can make better progress in the coming months for the interviews.  If you can find a suitable kindergarten, then certainly can let the child attend.  Even not, as you live in net 34 so you can still let her try lucky draw for primary school.  The only concern I would have is if her development is indeed slow, then you need to decide if she needs to wait for a year before attending primary school.  However, learning differences will diminish as she grow older.

Good luck to you!

Ian

原帖由 ng_lam_lam 於 10-8-30 22:44 發表
Dear Ian,

你既資料真係好有用. 我有一個難題想請教, 我女兒係0812既bb, 其實己經有學校收佢2010既1月插班讀n1, 我想幫佢報其他學校係明年2011既9月讀k1, 可惜好多朋友話大部份學校唔收12月出生既超細b, 你有可見意 ...

iantsang

Hi magchui,

I believe the more suitable choice would be 基督教中心幼稚園 out of the three choices you have, according to your concern.  Although I have no detail knowledge of this kindergarten but seems the comments from other BK parents are generally quite good.

The benefits of attending kindergartens in Kowloon Tong for allocation are getting smaller and smaller since there are limited spaces after allocation normally so there won't be much seats left for door-knocking.

原帖由 magchui 於 10-9-7 09:20 發表
Ian, good to see ur post here. I'm planning to change the N1 nursery for my son from Tsing Yi to Kln. since we r moving to kln. city very soon. Org. Creative the TY branch has accepted my son  but the ...

iantsang

I just tested the download and it is okay.  Where do you have trouble during the download?

Ian

原帖由 松鼠隊長 於 10-10-27 14:51 發表
Hi Ian,
I have problem in downloading the files.  Please advise.  Thanks

iantsang

Actually, since the kindergartens you mentioned are quite popular choices in HK island for girls so I suggest you to apply them all before choosing which one is suitable.  Since the acceptance rate is not high so I think it is better that you let your daughter participate the interview and observe the kindergartens personally.  Once you get the offers, then it will be worth to decide which one is more suitable.

原帖由 tszfungmama 於 10-11-2 17:30 發表
Hi Ian,

我細女係0804, 佢喺屋企可以好多嘢講, 但出到街就都幾怕陌生人, 可能比較慢熱, 家住港島南區, 心儀幼稚園有聖心, st. clare's, 聖士提反女子中學附屬幼稚園, 聖保祿幼稚園, 想請問以上邊間會比較適合小女,  ...