SC vs KENTVILLE - 幼校討論

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I WANT TO KNOW & ASK SC 有咩好　ALTHOUGH SOME MAMIS ASKED KV 有咩好　ALREADY.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR COMMENTS THOSE HAVE KIDS WERE STUDYING OR STUDIED AT SC OR KV.
THANKS!

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原帖由 BB豬MUMMY 於 09-11-18 01:11 發表
I WANT TO KNOW & ASK SC 有咩好　ALTHOUGH SOME MAMIS ASKED KV 有咩好　ALREADY.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR COMMENTS THOSE HAVE KIDS WERE STUDYING OR STUDIED AT SC OR KV.
THANKS!

U got their offer already?

BabyISC

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actually, i am not familiar with these 2 KG. I heard a mother of 2 said, her first child encountered difficulty in catching up homework at P1 (famous school) after graduated from SC, it is not because of standard of the child, it is becasue of the "loose" syllabus of SC.
her 2nd daugther is attending KV, she felt more confident about catching up for this kid, becasue of the "relatively strict" syllabus.
i am not sure, for your reference only.

原帖由 bellabella_oh 於 09-11-18 09:37 發表

U got their offer already?

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我覺得sc好處係.

1)因多外國人,所以小朋友接觸英文幾會較多.
2)除學費外, 沒有其他雜費,
3)名牌...即係(榮耀)囉.. 話比人聽自己小孩在
sc讀威d呱, 有噤多人見都收自己果個..

sc不好地方

1) 地方唔好. 九曲十三彎, 室外
playground地方太細.
2) 大班教學, 除非小孩突出, 否則...,
3)$3600 + 校車 = 約$4600, 都貴呀!!!
4)要自己買茶點食物....

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I read from a magazine that SC has a lot of homework. Can anyone share if this is true, and how much homework on average per day?

Thanks in advance for sharing.

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My sister's daughter studied in SC at K3 now - she said there are about 1-2 homework each day and the school expects the parents spent lots of time each day with their child for studying including reading story, studying phonics outside, preparation of assessment testing on regular basis. Most of the mother whose kids studied there are housewife(s) (at least not working) and so my sister's comment is that it is slightly difficult for a working mum due to the limited time available each day spending with the child.

My cousin's speaking english level is quite good and can understand simple english conversation. However my sister still need to put her to Bristish council to study English.

Also, the school will perform internal assessment in the mid-term of K1 and regroup those "smart" kids into the same classe(s) at K2 and so if your child is not categorised as 'smart' then clearly the resources placed on your kid will be slightly less then those 'smart' kids.

This is what I heard and not sure whether it is completely truely reflect the school or not...

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I would prefer SC to Kentville personally.

First of all, I must say that BOTH are good kindergartens. Grads from BOTH schools are smart.

Syllabus of Kentville is more traditional. More emphasis is put on academic achivements. So, areas like dictation, Chinese words writing perhaps is better seen in Kentville.

St. Cat's curriculum is more lively. Most kids like going to school. St. Cat's gives lots of trust and respect on kids, treating them as individual "little citizen", so the SC kids are trained to be more independent. Also SC encourages expression and presentation, therefore, most kids are presentable.

One of the strengths of St. Cat's is English Proficiency. The school doesn't encourage you to enrol in English tuition outside. My son hasn't enrolled in any English class outside, his English proficiency is good. He can communicate with foreginers since K1.

Both schools are good. Just pick one that suits your kid's style and parents' belief.

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Bilobi, you son studies at SC at present. Can you share more details of SC with us? SC's english proficiency is good, how about homework in Chinese? Any Mandarin's homework? The most I am concerning is little kids' discipline?

Thank you very much!

原帖由 Bilobi 於 09-11-18 15:47 發表
I would prefer SC to Kentville personally.

First of all, I must say that BOTH are good kindergartens. Grads from BOTH schools are smart.

Syllabus of Kentville is more traditional. More emphasis is ...

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My daughter just graduated from SC this summer and now studying P1 at a very good girl school in Kln Tong. I think SC has prepared the kids very well and she's finding the P1 syllabus easy, especially English and Maths. My daughter can finish the English and Maths homework by herself without assistance and she said those are easier than those in SC. I can say Chinese in SC may not be as strong as Kentville, (because her classmates from Kentville can cope with the Chinese much better now), but I must say SC's Chinese is already at a very high level comparing to most other kindergartens, maybe just slight below Kentville.

The school life in SC was very happy, the teachers were very nice and helpful. There were not much homework until K3, but the homework were reasonable and my daughter can finish them by herself before I go home (I'm a working mum).

My little son just had interviews at both SC and Kentville, he actually liked both schools, but I think I'll prefer SC if it accepts him.

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Hi jjbaby0307 if you don't mind me asking may I know if yr daughter is studying at Maryknoll?

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Dear all mamis,

thank you very much for your kind helpful & sharing. i just want to know more about these two kgs even i didn't got any offer.

a case like me, i need to decide to pay registration for both york & stafford yesterday but i never deeply know them. thus, i want to know more as early as if luckily my son got offer from either sc or kv, maybe not.

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in my opinion, chinese and maths can be taught by parents while english is hard to teach when it comes to acent and tone except you dont value acent or you are native speaker. So i would definately choose SC

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原帖由 bebelee 於 09-11-18 14:11 發表
My sister's daughter studied in SC at K3 now - she said there are about 1-2 homework each day and the school expects the parents spent lots of time each day with their child for studying including rea ...

Is this true - separating kids at K1 to smarter and smart? This is the first time I've heard of this and its shocking to think you can already determine kids when they are 3 yrs given that they have been selected before entry to KG (sure there some very outstanding individuals). Do they tell the parents that there kids are either smarter or smart - I seriously doubt that they tell the parents as there would be more noise.

I think both KGs are very good and have their own strengths and (relative) weaknesses. I wouldn't hesitate to send my kids to either school.

You would expect kids from SC to have perfect pronunciation given thenumber of NET's.

PS There are no tones in the English language and unlike PTH there is no one official accent.

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原帖由 racoy 於 09-12-4 01:01 發表
in my opinion, chinese and maths can be taught by parents while english is hard to teach when it comes to acent and tone except you dont value acent or you are native speaker. So i would definately ch ...

Are you sure Chinese can taught by parents ??

It's easy to find a English course outside, however, it would be very difficult to find a Chinese course.

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My son graduated in SC and now in P1. He can adopt well compared to some of his classmates, especially in English. I can say the English environment in SC can let the kids to build up good English foundation.

If parents to choose SC, one thing I can give advice is to put extra effort on their Chinese and Maths training. Most of the kids graduated in SC are keen on English but has not much interest in Chinese.

I did ask my son last week to prioritize the subjects according to the difficulties. He said English is the easiest, and then Maths, and Chinese is the most difficult subject.

SC is a good school. So worry too much ^.^

原帖由 jjbaby0307 於 09-11-18 16:11 發表
My daughter just graduated from SC this summer and now studying P1 at a very good girl school in Kln Tong. I think SC has prepared the kids very well and she's finding the P1 syllabus easy, especiall ...

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I should say "don't worry so much"

原帖由 SuggieC 於 09-12-4 09:43 發表
My son graduated in SC and now in P1. He can adopt well compared to some of his classmates, especially in English. I can say the English environment in SC can let the kids to build up good English fou ...

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原帖由 KarenKKK 於 09-11-18 13:59 發表
I read from a magazine that SC has a lot of homework. Can anyone share if this is true, and how much homework on average per day?

Thanks in advance for sharing.

" a lot of homework".....應該唔係, 因朋友的兒子讀緊k2, 功課寫字唔算多.

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原帖由 SuggieC 於 09-12-4 09:43 發表
My son graduated in SC and now in P1. He can adopt well compared to some of his classmates, especially in English. I can say the English environment in SC can let the kids to build up good English fou ...

Your son is a smart boy. I've met quite a lot of SC student in my son English classes (outside); however, I don't think their English standard good as hearsay.

No regret to send my son to KV as their Chinese and Maths are excellent. English standard is also above average.

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Same as yours! I've a friend whose daughter was graduated from SC this year, and said her girl is keen in ENGLISH. She watches TV in English Channels and reads English story books. Her mom needs to spend time with her in Chinese studies. I thought it's the (normal)students from SC.

原帖由 SuggieC 於 09-12-4 09:43 發表
My son graduated in SC and now in P1. He can adopt well compared to some of his classmates, especially in English. I can say the English environment in SC can let the kids to build up good English fou ...

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