advise for small b (oct 2012)

Sweetiesdragonb

My child is in esf K2 now unfortunately he received no offer from esf Y1 for 2017/18. Given he is small b (born in oct 2012) he is not eligible to apply most other Y1 international school which requires age of 5 before 31 Aug 2017.

Can anyone advise me what options I can have now? Repeat K2 in Esf??? Other school opening available?

Big thanks!

Chase922

Sweetiesdragonb 發表於 17-2-14 15:21
My child is in esf K2 now unfortunately he received no offer from esf Y1 for 2017/18. Given he is sm ...

Is your kid on the waiting list?

My kid also small b (Dec) but she is still in k1 and I want to know what can be done as probably I will face the same situation.

And u may try some new schools like Stamford and the chances may be bigger to get in.

evawyma

U can also try malvern, mount Kelly, think, Kingston and ymca intl sch.

貝珠

You should have applied other IS k2 as back up. E.g. Mass intake for JIS or CIS equivalent to local K2

elsathomas

You have no back up school?

Sweetiesdragonb

elsathomas 發表於 17-2-14 16:49
You have no back up school?

No back up now

Sweetiesdragonb

貝珠 發表於 17-2-14 16:24
You should have applied other IS k2 as back up. E.g. Mass intake for JIS or CIS equivalent to local  ...

What is JIS and CIS?

貝珠

Japanese international school or Chinese international school.

Now, u may consider Malvern, Stamford

Just curious , how's the acceptance rate in Tung chung Esf ? Did u apply DC ?

jk121299

Any parents out there with small b studying at NAIS? I need some advice too, pls PM me. TIA

elsathomas

Sweetiesdragonb 發表於 17-2-14 16:49
No back up now

You really shouldnt just rely on esf..
besides other IS, may also try k3 at Boxhill, joyful or some other 英文/英普幼稚園.

Then try CAIS, ICS next year.

貝珠

Also try nais as they have new campus in Tin Wan

Sweetiesdragonb

貝珠 發表於 17-2-14 20:29
Also try nais as they have new campus in Tin Wan

Already applied this 2 years ago.
His age is not applicable for year 1 yet... application year is 2018 for him....

YYNGSUKI

My daughter is ESF kinder last year and she is a small b too (Nov). Our case last year is got no interview offer from SJS but interview from RC. As I know that RC's interview is a selection basis, I did not make too much expectation. At that moment, my best wish is my daughter will have chance to get a place to repeat K2. But the kindergarten said it's not likely to offer this place normally. So I will vote for repeat if the kinder offers a place to repeat. Actually, small b effect seems significant to my daughter till now!!

little-pig-pig

YYNGSUKI 發表於 17-2-14 22:54
My daughter is ESF kinder last year and she is a small b too (Nov). Our case last year is got no int ...

So where is your daughter eventually going?

YYNGSUKI

After I read the message about the disappointment from the ESF Kindy, I would like to change my tone to present what the magic happen to my daughters. Before that, I always tell my friend that how perfect and wonderful is ESF kindy. But after reading the other parent's comment, I thought the magic will only happen if ur kids are just fit with ESF! My daughter had applied many local famous kindergarten, due to small b effect, he is very shine, not willing to talk so that she did not got any offer! However, she kept talking as usual at home when she attended the ESF Kindergarten interview! Ofcourse dye to her good performance, she got the offer. Her small b effect still affected her at most of the environment (shine, no initiative...) but only not at school! And same scenario happened, she felt comfortable in RC and even raised up hand to answer questions during the interview.  (I believe that it was because she could feel ESF culture there)  So she got RC offer eventually which is totally out of my expectation. ( I even had paid 50 thousand as deposit to buy NR when I know she got no SJS interview offer )

Sweetiesdragonb

Sweetiesdragonb 發表於 17-2-14 15:21
My child is in esf K2 now unfortunately he received no offer from esf Y1 for 2017/18. Given he is sm ...

To add on, kjs replied me they don't care about your recent school report (they never take mine as part of the assessed but asked us to bring along with it) they claimed they will only observe the child's performance during that one hour interview. If your child happened to be shy or not willing to co-operate, follow teachers' instruction, you are likely to fail the interview regardless how active your child is in school.

Sweetiesdragonb

Sweetiesdragonb 發表於 17-2-14 15:21
My child is in esf K2 now unfortunately he received no offer from esf Y1 for 2017/18. Given he is sm ...

To add on, kjs replied me they don't care about your recent school report (they never take mine as part of the assessed but asked us to bring along with it) they claimed they will only observe the child's performance during that one hour interview. If your child happened to be shy or not willing to co-operate, follow teachers' instruction, you are likely to fail the interview regardless how active your child is in school.

Chase922

Sweetiesdragonb 發表於 17-2-14 23:46
To add on, kjs replied me they don't care about your recent school report (they never take mine as  ...

Thanks for the information.

heihei33

YYNGSUKI 發表於 17-2-14 23:26
After I read the message about the disappointment from the ESF Kindy, I would like to change my tone ...

U had paid NR to get the interview offer fm Rc? my kid is also small b, really feel worry whether she can pass the interview.
she is esf kindy

jk121299

Sweetiesdragonb 發表於 17-2-14 22:45
Already applied this 2 years ago.
His age is not applicable for year 1 yet... application year is 2 ...

They have nursery and reception class now at Tin Wan