有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

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我本來的計劃是給女女讀KCS +KCIS, 但她有午睡的習慣, 所以可能只可以選其一, 多數係KCIS.
唔知KCIS的中文程度如何, 學的中文字同Local班係唔係一樣呢?

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

我都幫囡囡報左KCS+KCIS,她也有午睡的習慣(嘻嘻,兩歲人仔嘛!!!),但她到三歲時又可能不同(又或者我會讓她晚上早些睡覺),而且我見過有家長說學校會安排他們"休息",所以我暫時不太擔心這問題,不過,10月22日去KCS面試時,我會再問一下.

sks 寫道:
我本來的計劃是給女女讀KCS +KCIS, 但她有午睡的習慣, 所以可能只可以選其一, 多數係KCIS.
唔知KCIS的中文程度如何, 學的中文字同Local班係唔係一樣呢?

sks

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

我女現在剛返kcs幼兒班下午班, 她在3:30左右便會開始眼瞓及開始扭計, 所以我想下年只會給她讀上午班, 等她有足夠的睡眠, 上課專心些.

妳女女現在有無讀幼兒班呀?

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

我囡囡10月開始在九龍區返N1全日班(她是9月中出世),通常每天1點至2點鐘左右就會想睡覺.

這種年紀的小朋友睡午覺是很正常的,你試過問蘇浙能否讓你囡囡轉上午班嗎?

你替囡囡報了KCIS嗎?我已經報名,但職員說要明年2月才會通知確認是否取錄.既然不用面試,為何要等這麼久?

(搞到我現在心大心細,考慮是否報讀Starters或Anfield等學校做後備.) :cry: :cry: :cry:

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

琬晴B,
我一早就向學校申請調去上午班, 但係無位, 要有人退學至有位上. 我會睇多一兩個月至決定會否繼續讀.

我仲未報KCIS架, 想在女女讀n1時觀察一兩個月先.

後備, 梗係要啦, 有多幾個選擇總比單一選擇好.

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我女女係Anfield上過 playground, 都幾好, d老師好有經驗,亦有愛心, 雖然有普通話時段, 但係幼稚園好似係無中文教架, 所以要睇吓你堅唔堅持要女女學中文啦.

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

sks,

原來係咁,你囡囡讀得開心嗎?(其實我是蘇小/蘇幼的舊生,所以你囡囡都算是我的師妹

)

Anfield的網頁說會上普通話課,亦會認/寫中文字,當然,在中文方面,我相信程度一定不及蘇浙.唉,如果KCIS能夠現在確認取錄就好!我是那種堅持子女必須學中文的媽媽啊!!

另外,我也想現在報Anfield及Starters,但萬一他們很快就要我交兩個月學費來留位,咁呢筆數........都幾"金"!!!!!

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

Don't expect that your kid can learn much Chinese at KCIS, after all the programme only have 25% of time spent on teaching mandarin. My son could speak very little mandarin, but English standard is acceptable.

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

keddy123,

Thanks for your advice!

I was in a big dilemma to decide which school suits my children (incl. my newborn son) best and I finally came to a conclusion that no school is perfect. Every school has its pros and cons. To me, 25% Chinese/Mandarin is acceptable considering this is an international section which follows British curriculum.

On the other hand, as a 100% Chinese, I wish my children can appreciate Chinese language/culture. Sounds like I need to refresh my "rusty" Mandarin!!!! Hope that it will do my children good!

BTW, can you share more about KCIS?

琬晴B

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琬晴B,
I think she is happy in the school. When I asked her if she like to go to school and her teacher, she answered “like”. Up to now, I am satisfied with the experience & quality of teachers, and their communications with parents.

keddy123,
Thanks for your sharing. Which class does your son study now?
To be honest, I still struggle whether to let my daughter to study at KCIS or local kinder as I really want her to study Chinese in Mandarin and English as well. But there is not much choice of school which has strong support on Mandarin and English at the same time. It seems KCIS is a good choice of this combination. However, the school environment is not good.
On the other hand, I have heard the student of KCIS speak Mandarin to teacher when I send my daughter to KCS, and I found their Mandarin is okay.

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

sks & 琬晴B,

My son is now studying at reception class, that means K2 at KCIS.  Actually I have shared my views on this school before:

(a) For the campus, you may find it a bit old.  But I could say that this hardware is not so critical to me.  After all, you would find most of the kindergartens in HK are small in size.  Indeed KCIS is spacious with two playgrounds.  My son always told me that the teachers would bring them for outdoor activities very often.  The size of the classroom is average with sufficient facilities, e.g. books corner, home corner, sand play and water tap for cleaning.

(b) The teachers that I have encountered so far are nice and responsive.  Whenever you wrote to them, they would respond quickly and made necessary adjustment if needed.

(c) The programme itself is quite organised and theme-based.  For every 2-3 weeks there would be a new subject/topic to teach the kids, for example, vegetables, transportation, dinosaurs.  My son could tell me some names of dinosaurs, which I actually had none knowledge on them.  It also encourages kids to read, and kids are brought to the school library to borrow a book every week.  Of course, parents are expected to read with the kids.  Besides, for the mandarin section, they would sing some songs and learn simple words.  My son could not speak mandarin in sentence.  He could only sing songs.

(d) Students are offered opportunities to have on-stage performance during weekly assemblies every 2-3 months.  I view that this is a very good experience for the kids.

From my limited experience (actually I didn't do much research when made choice on kindergartens), KCIS is up to standard.

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

keddy123,
Teachers of KCS is responsive too.
On the other hand, do you mind to let me know the followings:
1. What language do you speak to your son at home? English/Mandarin/Cantonese ?
2. What Chinese words have been told in school for K1 (age 3 class) ? I saw from other discussion that the Chinese words learnt at KCIS is at the same level as KCS (for the same age).
3. What is the class size?
4. How many teachers will be in the class ? For KCS, there are 3 teachers for 30 something students.
5. Do you know which primary school do the student enter? Any local primary school ?

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sks,
1. Eng/Cantonese is 50/50.  If I speak in English, my son speaks in Engish.  If cantonese, he would also follow.

2. Seems like those simple singular words, like 天, 人, 花.  Parents would be provided with 2 chinese books so that you can read along with your kids at home.

3. About 20 to 24 maximum.  For those pm classes, the size is even smaller.

4. Two teachers for each class.

5.I have asked some parents of KCIS and most of them shown that they would stayed in KCIS for primary education.  I know only one parent who told me that she would try the local school by central allocation when her daughter is 6 years old, after completing P1 at KCIS.

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keddy123,
1) How do you arrange speaking Cantonese & English with your son? I found my daughter will speak Cantonese and English in a sentence.

2) Two teachers for each class. Is it one Native English and one Native Mandarin teacher? If yes, do you think if there is communication between them?
I think lots of native teachers may not know the other language and not willing to talk to the teachers who are native speaker of the other language, therefore I would like to know the actual situation.

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sks,

1) well, I don't have a fixed pattern for communication with my son in Cantonese or English.  But we won't speak Cantonese and English together in one sentence.  This is always not encouraged.

2) Two teachers in English, one native at least.  My son's previous teacher is a Chinese from UK.  There is another Mandarin teacher.  So could be said 3 teachers.

Don't worry, English is the media of communication at school.

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sks,

Glad to know that your daughter enjoys her school life a lot. Your daughter and my 琬晴B may become classmates in the coming year. Look forward to that!!

keddy123,

Actually I have come across your post before, sorry about that and thank you so much!

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琬晴B,

It's OK, I'm happy to share with mommies about my own experience.

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

keddy123,
1. If two English teachers and one mandarin teacher in one class (20 students) , the teacher-student is very low. It is good.
2. Or is that the mandarin teacher comes only during the mandarin section?

Sorry that I have so many questions and thanks for your kind explanation.

琬晴B,
Up to now, I still not yet make up my mind as there is no school bus/nanny bus from my home to KCS/KCIS. I live in Kowloon East.

Currently, my mother and maid send her to KCS and stay in north point until school off. It is really tough work. However, I may move to HK side if my daughter continues to study in KCS/KCIS.

For I insist to let my daughter learn Chinese in Mandarin, therefore, I do not have much choice of kindergarten, I have three plans:
1) KCIS
2) St. Catherine –Mandarin/English stream
3) Anfield + teach her Chinese words by myself

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

sks,

The mandarin teacher only shows up during the lesson, which is about 20-30 minutes per day.

You may consider Victoria.

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Re: 有無打算07年俾仔女讀蘇浙國際幼稚園的家長?

幼兒需要良好的學習環境來增加學習氣氛, 增添開朗情緒, 我不太喜歡沒有校園空間的學校, 印象中此校環境不太好, 不適合小小孩.

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sks,

I now live in N.T and will move to Kowloon East (Near Kwun Tong/Ngau Tau Kok) around December. At first I wanted to find a flat in North Point or on Hong Kong side but finally gave up. There should be nanny vans serving Kowloon East to/from KCS. Let's check!!!

Will you consider Tutortime if you want your daughter to learn Mandarin? My daughter joined their summer course and she has shown interest in Mandarin. However, the tuition fee is too expensive for me. Monthly fee is more than $6000 for half day/5 days per week.

nanshanlu,

謝謝你的意見.蘇浙校園的環境的確有不足之處,因為地理問題,擴建空間亦不多(或者是沒有了).你覺得空間不足的一原因可能是校園裡(小學及幼稚園)有很多建設,例如偌大的禮堂,上體育課的場地,自然科學室,舞蹈室,規模不算小的圖書館,林林總總....作為蘇浙的畢業生,我也希望校方能夠有解決良方,但是始終香港寸金尺土,這問題真的不容易解決.明天再聊!!