- 在線時間
- 97 小時
- 最後登錄
- 09-8-1
- 國民生產力
- 33
- 附加生產力
- 0
- 貢獻生產力
- 0
- 註冊時間
- 05-2-21
- 閱讀權限
- 10
- 帖子
- 103
- 主題
- 9
- 精華
- 0
- 積分
- 136
- UID
- 40173
 
|
Re: Which international kindergarten can accept students age to 2 years 8 months
Sandrine,
Yes, I haven't had a say for a while in this forum as many of us know that there was some rumble going on here regarding ICS. I simply thought that wasn't the time to mention the school and kept silent. Now it seems that things are going normal.
Good thing that someone does remember me. My daughter is in K1 at ICS and she says she loves the school very much. In fact, I was a bit concerned that the approach they take to the children may not have fitted to my child. But somehow it really clicks.
I am not sure about exactly what and how they are teaching at Pre-Grade 1, but, to me, that 5-6 years old is writing a journal is not so surprising. This is what I've also seen in JIS, for example. The reception children (4-5 yrs) in JIS are able to create their own short storybooks in the year. I assume that this must be nothing but "how" they teach the children, since they do a lot of work over and over again. However, they don't seem to be demanding or pusing at all to me, as the children are almost free from homework after school. The same thing seems to happen at ICS, I suppose. And I do understand that many children will go on with the school. Once you like it, you want to stick to it. In fact, I am considering keeping my child at K2 instead of moving her to JIS, which we had first planned. I have seen some PG1 kids and elementary kids and all said they like to go to school. For my daughters class, at the moment, the teachers seem to teach the children more of the values based on Christianity than something academic. And the way they treat the children has impressed me so far. They say they would never make any judgement to the children because the children are all thought to be sent from above, and that's really true to their attitude. Personally, I'm very much happy with the school.
Cherylmum,
As I only know BoxHill nursery and ICS K1 so far, the comparison I make here may not be something appropriate. But if you ask me, the one thing I have to say is ICS teaches everything based on Christianity. This is what they are. For example, at the chapel time once a week, the teachers do some roleplay or tell all the kindy children Bible stories to instill particular values. They also do have discipline policy to follow when any misbehavior of the children takes place. But don't take it so serious. It's just a way they handle the children properly and consistently at any case to make sure that the children will learn from the case. In fact, this is what I like about them. They are not strict at all but consistently teaching with love and care. But I can be sure that this kind of settings will not fit to every child or every parent. If you're Christian, I think this is really a good choice for your child. Even if you're not, like me, it still does work depending on your philosophy to ethical education. As for BoxHill, it seems to me more like a fun-based environment and my child did have fun there. But now I feel like something is missing if my child learns something with just a fun....
Yes, we live in MOS and lots of kids both in kindy and elementary school take school buses from here. It takes about half an hour, so no worries about it.
Hope it helps to give you a better (at least close to a true) picture of the school. |
|
發表於 05-11-4 00:14
