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Step up class provides only 30 min extra class time per day. If you discount the Friday afternoon class, which is optional and mainly encourages kids to share readings or any random thoughts, the extra tuition fees only buy 2 hours of extra class time per week.
While the COVID measures are in place, the afternoon class is conducted via zoom from 2:15 to 2:45. Not all classes are academically intensive. A lot of times, they are rather easy going classes, possibly taken into consideration kids' concentration is low after lunch.
As to whether it's difficult to get in, school invites all parents to elect whether they want to do full day. Depending on how many sign up, there could be a selection process but it's certainly not based purely on academic achievements. Eagerness of parents in petitioning to the school probably matters more.
There are two step up classes for K2 and yes most of the kids are quite smart with a lot of them conversationally fluent in both Mandarin and English. It's a happy learning environment and my kid just loves going to school.
In terms of academic rigors at K2 level, maths is relatively weak and remains at single digit addition and subtraction. Most K2 kids should be relatively strong in phonics and can read Ladybird Level 3 books with little to no help. Some kids can also start reading simple Chinese books. Judging by what the additional 30 min a day does or does not teach, I doubt there should be any difference in terms of average academic competence between the "normal" classes and the "step up" classes. Parents mainly sign up with the hope that it buys better chance of getting into VSA but those statistics have never been published so it's really a lot of hearsay amongst parents.
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發表於 21-3-22 22:40
