RC adopts IB. IB is demanding and language intensive. You have to assess whether your child's English language can cope with the curriculum. If she is not up to the required standard and cannot get much support from parents, she will have a hard time.
I am not sure whether any international school in Hong Kong would have policies regarding the English standard of parents. It would appear to me that the English standard of the student him/herself is of more importance.
It is not wise to merely think that a child with creativieness would be more happy at an international school. It should be noted that international schools use English to teach, and students are expected to be very out-spoken and self-motivated.
If your child is not particularly strong in English, she might find it frustrating being in the same class with children that speak native or near-native English.
I think parents' English standard isn't necessary a main concern to the school...of course it will definitely help with communication and cooperation. When we went for the interviews (in my case my no.1 is changing from primary local to secondary international), the interviews were only for my son, and I was only called on at the end to see if I had any question. But I agree the environment will be very intensive with Eng (not just using it for play, but for serious studies) and the more I learn about IB, the more I think maybe even I can't do it....it can be very demanding and the expectations can be set real high. Welcome more comments and chatting around this topic. We just went through that decision!
但係如果讀開local小學, 上international 中學會唔會英文唔夠好, 可能intl 中學未必收呢...
我都煩緊..現在煩緊nursery啫, local 定係international...
如果遲d先入international又驚英文底打得唔好, 日後未必good enough english to cope with studies...
"除非你係諗住入某幾間 ( 唔好講名,大家知邊 D 啦 ) 專收 band 2-3 學生插班的,咁這類學校唔難入,而且佢地就有英語輔導班比學生惡補英語。"....really don't know which are under this category...for my info, do you mind sending me a pm and advise? Many thanks!
Local school parents whose kids just finished P6 and want to switch to IS secondary, there is a chance for you in RCHK now. The school posted an announcement on its website on Jul 3 as below:
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RCHK has limited vacancies at year 8 for the school year commencing on 21st August 2007. Applications are invited from students who are proficient in written and spoken English.
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Please note, local school Form 1 = IS year 8. If your kid is getting into F1 in Sept. 2007, you may try to apply.