Starters

heidilaihk

Any comments?

kumiko

starters 好好呀, 不過住得遠,所以 still thinking 好唔好俾仔仔去讀, 我好鍾意呢間 international kinder. 的

orancarmen

Agree
teachers are nice and patient
students can learn through play
over 99% students enter efs
I like this school very much

emmypun

May I know where is it?

orancarmen 寫道:
Agree
teachers are nice and patient
students can learn through play
over 99% students enter efs
I like this school very much

orancarmen

1B,12-22, QUEEN'S RD EAST,WANCHAI
TEL 25278676

1C, 3, TAI HANG RD, CAUSEWAY BAY
TEL 25779328

THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT CAMPUS.
MY CHILD IS STUDYING IN WANCHAI SCHOOL

HOPE CAN HELP

emmypun

HI everyone

Thanks!  May I know is English the only teaching media?  Is there any Mandarin class in Starters?  

Besides, how is the paving to Primary school for students grad.  from Starters?

Is there any open day of Starters?

orancarmen

1. yes, eng is the only teaching medium in the school. No cantonese or mandarin. You must find other resources to improve your child's chinese.

2. All the students will go to international  pri sch, or go back to their home countries with their parents. Most of them go to efs, some will go to sis, etc

3. All the teachers are native speakers and most of the students are not chinese.

4. what  i said above is only applied to the wanchai sch. i do not know how it runs in the causeway bay sch.

orancarmen

5. no open day. but you can make appointment with ms winnie, the secretary, then you can have a visit to the sch.

orancarmen

6. the sch ad the facilities are old. but the principal and the teachers are good, esp mrs morton. she is the one who teaches my child for one year. when my child first go to this sch, he is 3 yrs old n can only understand individual words(we talk in chin in our family  n our maid is indo and cannot speak eng ) .after 1 yr studying there, my child can speak quite fluent eng now (sentences) n of course can understand n communicate with the teachers. during this period, we have done nothing to improve his eng. what we have done is just send him to this sch. it is because both my husband n i have to work for long hours. our plan is to find one good maid to let him eat better, to find one good sch to keep his eng, so we can talk in chin n play with him if we have spare time.therefore, i know that the progress of his eng  can be impreteted as the efforts made by the sch.

kimum

Dear orancarmen,

My child was also teached by Mrs Morton whom I appreciate very much too.  He is now in 3a of which the teacher Mrs Grabuck has just gone.  Is this the same as your son?

kimum

joyjoyma

Dear orancarmen & kimum,

May I know how many students in a class for 3,4 years old children?

Thanks!

orancarmen

1/yes, the new teacher, ms tracy, will come in april.
2/as far as i know, there are 20 -25(max)students , one teacher n 2assistants in one class.however, since i have mentioned before, we are working mum n seldom visit the school. therefore, i am not quite sure in this pt. Correct me if i  am wrong.

gab

Thanks for sharing your experience with Wanchai Starters.  It great to know about the good side of this school.  I've applied for K1 for my son this SEPT.  Hope he will be accepted!

joyjoyma

orancarmen,
Thanks for your information.

Is the new teacher's Ms Tracy Anderson?

orancarmen

Hi joyjoyma
That's right. Ms tracy anderson.
Do u know anything about this new teacher?
Or your child is one of the classmates in class 3, just like kimum n me?

orancarmen

hi gab
you are right.
what i have mentioned is just the good side of this sch.
but we all know that nth is totally good in the world.
there must be some weakness accompanied with the strengths.
however, luckily the name of the school has already told you sth. the hints behind must be experienced personally.
it is not a serious problem, once you start, later you can "fly". haha....

orancarmen

different stages have different need.
we have to make appropriate decision for our children
not an easy job -really

kimum

orancarmen, I have just let my son study the afternoon class (Learn thru Play) in March as well, hoping that he can improve his English/Social skills more and his time is well occupied.  Have you thought of this?  It's good to know another Starters mum here as the school is not so transparent.

joyjoyma, I also want to know if you have any idea about Tracy Anderson.  Are you also one of Starters parents?

I called Starters yesterday and they said Mrs Grabruck has already conducted assessment on each child before she left, and if the child is below standard then the parents would be informed.

kimum

gab

Hi orancarmen: would you mind pointing out some of the down sides of Starters, either posting in here or PM me please?  Thanks in advance!!!

orancarmen 寫道:
hi gab
you are right.
what i have mentioned is just the good side of this sch.
but we all know that nth is totally good in the world.
there must be some weakness accompanied with the strengths.
however, luckily the name of the school has already told you sth. the hints behind must be experienced personally.
it is not a serious problem, once you start, later you can "fly". haha....

joyjoyma

orancarmen,kimum,

I'm not a parent of Starters. I met Mrs Tracy once in Woodland since she taught there b4. She 's very nice and speaks very good English.