which playgroup should attend if target ESF ?

austinmimi

Thanks for advice. As i heard the comments of ESF playgroup is not good ?!

LittleOsMummy

People have said their play group is actually not run by esf, they are external providers using esf's venue only.
Their playgroup doesn't give you any priority to get into their kindles anyway so no need to bother.
When I went for the parents tour the vice principal said at the play session for Kindy intake they will observe how the parents interact with their kids and whether they can communicate in English, so I don't think you need to be specifically doing anything to prepare except for making sure your child understands a certain level of English

964000

austinmimi 發表於 16-12-14 18:24
Thanks for advice. As i heard the comments of ESF playgroup is not good ?!

Unless you live really close and no better choice nearby you may consider ESF playgroup, sometimes when I drop in ESF kinder at non class hour, I saw playgroups running there, by non kinder teachers ( looked unfamiliar) and the kids and helpers seems to be having free play around and teachers did not seem to interact a lot. I heard Anfield and tutortimes playgroup much better.

austinmimi

964000 發表於 16-12-15 10:05
Unless you live really close and no better choice nearby you may consider ESF playgroup, sometimes  ...

thank you ,  I also considering  anfield and tt as well

LittleOsMummy

My son goes to Anfield's PreK, we are very happy with the school

VVhuilee

原帖由 austinmimi 於 16-12-14 發表
Thanks for advice. As i heard the comments of ESF playgroup is not good ?!

ESF playgroup students has no priority to ESF K1.

luvchara010

my gal joined esf playgroup since 2 years old and got the K1 offer last year.  I'd say the teachers there are all very experienced and caring; my gal learn how to speak confidently in English.

austinmimi

LittleOsMummy 發表於 16-12-16 09:50
My son goes to Anfield's PreK, we are very happy with the school

will  u consider to send him to Anfield kinder as well?

LittleOsMummy

austinmimi 發表於 16-12-18 09:17
will  u consider to send him to Anfield kinder as well?

To be honest I am struggling to decide, I love Anfield and I believe it can help my son build a stronger foundation for primary but everyone is telling me to change to esf now if I want him to get into their schools.....so yeah it's a tough call but I think I'm still leaning towards Anfield

nintendo

LittleOsMummy 發表於 16-12-18 10:45
To be honest I am struggling to decide, I love Anfield and I believe it can help my son build a str ...

Choose ESF Kindergarten if your target is ESF primary.
Choose Anfield Kindergarten if your target is Anfield primary.
If you have no idea which one is better, choose the closest one.
Not a hard decision.

nintendo

LittleOsMummy 發表於 16-12-18 12:09
Haha I guess you don't really care the process of how your child develops, but only the results, th ...

You are very rude and that is even more sad.

hong0706

nintendo 發表於 16-12-18 12:53
It is really sad to see EK is developed into a forum with hostile and rude parents.
So disappointin ...

I don't know what is this parent's agenda, if any, but I agree with you and you should stop advising these kind of parents, because they already made up their mind before asking

LittleOsMummy

hong0706 發表於 16-12-18 16:57
I don't know what is this parent's agenda, if any, but I agree with you and you should stop advising ...

I am not sure whether Nintendo's message can even qualify as a proper advice, nor I actually solicited an advice. The reason why I struggle to decide is because I can see how good Anfield is and how my child is enjoying school. To change him to ESF kindy without taking these into consideration but the priority to an interview for P1 alone is in fact very cruel and ruthless especially when I don't think their kindy is that appealing. When one doesn't care about how their kids get there, but whether they get there, may I say is very bad parenting.

luckyveronique

LittleOsMummy 發表於 16-12-18 18:56
I am not sure whether Nintendo's message can even qualify as a proper advice, nor I actually solici ...

But why you are considering to change to ESF? Just stay at anfield if you feel everything is good, or it will be ruthless...

luckyveronique

LittleOsMummy 發表於 16-12-18 18:56
I am not sure whether Nintendo's message can even qualify as a proper advice, nor I actually solici ...

I think you want to change to esf kindergarten just because its primary is more appealing, so nintendo has already advised you the right and reasonable route.

Saboc

唔...大家心 平氣和，傾吓！
我小孩只讀過esf,未讀過anfield.
我個人覺得esf kindergarten 只係一般
但nitendo亦講出事實，讀esf幼稚園上返esf小學又係易啲！尤其近幾年考英基小學係競爭大咗！但我估之後幾年birth rate drop返又會易啲入，加上越來越多new intl school!
我自己認為為咗入英基小學,讀佢兩年比較一般嘅幼稚園都值得