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[ 本帖最後由 orancarmen 於 10-11-28 20:46 編輯 ]

LilianPang

Hi Carmen,

My kid will take the school bus at Hang Hau (東港城). But before he and our maid get familiar with such "special" arrangement, I or my husband will accompany him on the bus ride for the fiirst few days. Your kid needs school bus service also?

As for the repellent, I simply use those "yellow square" ones, forgot the brand though. It's quite effective although none of them stays on the cloth when my kid's back home.

For the language issue, I myself am not that worried about my kid for not learning any good Chinese. I am planning to let him get training on Putonghua later on as soon as he picks up English (never mind the writing technique, I am grateful as long as he can pick up good conversational English). I believe learning Putonghua would effectively enhance Chinese writing and reading skills as we read and write Chinese in the same manner. Unlike Cantonese. For English, I have hired a new maid who speaks English and I have signed up an English course at the British Council for him. Plus, I have started to communicate with my son in English. THough sometimes, he looks a bit puzzled. Hope these work.

原文章由 orancarmen 於 08-8-13 22:10 發表
Hi Lilian,

It's really disappointed we are not arranged on the same day.
Anyway, I think later we will meet in the school since both of us  are in the am class, though different class. Let's keep in  ...

orancarmen

Hi Lilian,

It's really disappointed we are not arranged on the same day.
Anyway, I think later we will meet in the school since both of us  are in the am class, though different class. Let's keep in touch and have information updated because it seems not many abacus parents here.

I've bought uniform already. The lady there advises us  no need to buy the white shoes. Which brand of mosquito repellent you use? Do you think that it work? Do you need to take school bus?

I heard from my friends that there are a lot of foreigher in abacus so that  children can pick up beautiful accent very fast. I don't know it's true or not. But really dream of it. Meanwhile, still cannot help worrying their chinese.

Poor parents!!! Non-stop worries!!!

LilianPang

Hi Carmen,

My son will start school on Aug 27. We will buy the uniform this weekend.

As for the school environment, I think it's ok though it's not too big with 4 classrooms. Really good that there are lots of trees and plants. Students are encouraged not to kill the bugs or do any harm to the natural environment. When attending the fun games in July, I saw a bunch of kids yelling at a big bug (looks like a cockroach). The teacher then went to the kids and asked them not to touch or hurt the bug though the kids keep yelling "kill it!" Then the teacher simply took the bug with a sweeper and put it on the soil.

There really are lots of mosquitoes. Make sure your kid puts on some repellent.

It would be a good idea for ESF Abacus moms and kids to get together. All depends on date/time/venue.

原文章由 orancarmen 於 08-7-28 18:54 發表
Hi Cindy & Lilian,

Sorry for my late response.

Let me update our record first

Lilian : K1 Bear am
Cindy :K1 pm
Carmen : K1 Panda am

My first day will be on 28 August 2008.
Are you all the same?
Ha ...

tokwawan

Dear all,

Would u mind to let me know if i want to let my son to study in Abacus (K1) next year. When should i submit my application (Sept 08 or Apr 09?)

Beside, do they guarantee to give a place for all kids to continue their study in Primary school?

Thx!!!

orancarmen

Hi Cindy & Lilian,

Sorry for my late response.

Let me update our record first

Lilian : K1 Bear am
Cindy :K1 pm
Carmen : K1 Panda am

My first day will be on 28 August 2008.
Are you all the same?
Have you bought the school uniform already?
Since I haven't joined the fun game, I wonder is there really a lot of mosquitos?
Are you satified about the school environment ?

I think if we can let the kids meet and play b4 they starts the school, it's really nice. The only problem is that maybe difficult to compromise the date and time. I think it's quite good to share among the parents because we cannot help worrying whether the kids can adapt well or not, as well as how the school routine runs.

Regarding the kid's eng ability, in my case, I let him to join the playgroup in admality since he was 2 and 6 months old.  And in my plan, later, I will enrol l the eng sat course running by efs in kln junior school. Some of my friends tell me it's good to let the kids having one whole morning, about 3 hours with the foreiger teacher. I don't know whether it will help or not, but I will try.

Thank you for your sharing in advance.

CindyMak

Hi Lilian

Oh, you are Ian's mommy.

Mei Ling is in Panda class.

原文章由 LilianPang 於 08-7-25 13:36 發表
Hi Cindy,

I guess I know who you are. You kid is Clarence who was so excited to see you and his little sister last Monday when you went to pick him up after class!

I have stayed there in school when ...

LilianPang

Hi Cindy,

I guess I know who you are. You kid is Clarence who was so excited to see you and his little sister last Monday when you went to pick him up after class!

I have stayed there in school when all kids were having their summer class. I saw that Clarence looked like he was actually enjoying the day! He was not afraid to try the outdoor games! Unlike my Ian... BTW, do you know which class will Mei Ling teach in the coming semester?

原文章由 CindyMak 於 08-7-24 16:52 發表
Hi Lilian

My son was in the Summer class last week.  
The first 2 days, he was so excited to go to school.  He woke up an hour earlier before he needed to.  
But on Friday, he didn't want to go to sc ...

CindyMak

Hi Lilian

My son was in the Summer class last week.  
The first 2 days, he was so excited to go to school.  He woke up an hour earlier before he needed to.  
But on Friday, he didn't want to go to school. (he ended up staying at home.)  I guess he didn't have friends to play with and he missed his former schoolmate.  I asked if he prefered his Nursery or Abacus.  He said his nursery.  He said he was having fun in Abacus and teachers were nice.  He loves Mei ling.
Then on Mon and Tue, he was so happy when was home.  Sometimes he started to speak a bit English when he is playing by himself.
He was having so much fun after Tue. class, he kept talking and talking.

Kids will be easily adapt new environment, so don't worry.

What I am doing now is... I told my son that, people in abacus speaks English.  We are having 1 hour a day for English play time.  (can be reading story, drawing, playing playdough/car...whatever HE want)  During English play time, when he speak in Cantonese, I try to translate it into English.  Most of the time he will repeat with me.   

ps. My son will be in PM class

[ 本文章最後由 CindyMak 於 08-7-24 23:21 編輯 ]

LilianPang

Hi Carmen,

My son will be in K1 Bear (am). The Fun N Games just ended today. I could see that all kids (well, except my son) enjoyed it very much, especially the cooking of pizza, water game. I guess my son seems not to be enjoying it so much because he doesn't understand English. Guess I should speak to him in English more at home. Luckily, there is a teaching assistant (don't know her name though). She has been so patient and kind to the kids and she tries to get every kids involved in every games.

Do you have any idea of how I can improve my son's English standard effectively?

原文章由 orancarmen 於 08-7-11 23:47 發表
hi Lilian,

my son will be in k1 panda.
We haven't enrolled the fun N games since we will be out of town during july and augest.
Kindly update us if you have new information.

Thanks a lot !!!!!!!!!!! ...

orancarmen

hi Lilian,

my son will be in k1 panda.
We haven't enrolled the fun N games since we will be out of town during july and augest.
Kindly update us if you have new information.

Thanks a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!

Carmen

LilianPang

Just wondering if any of your kids join the Fun N Games at Abacus? How did it go? My son will join only the last week which starts on July 16.

LilianPang

Hi Orancarmen,

Which class will your kid be in? My son, Ian will join K1 am Bear Class. But we haven't got a chance to meet with the class teacher because of time clash. Did we miss anything important?

Lilian

原文章由 orancarmen 於 08-6-27 09:26 發表
hi y6baba,

Thank you very much.
You are really helpful.
My kid will be in k1am
How about your BB?

Cheers
Carmen

orancarmen

hi y6baba,

Thank you very much.
You are really helpful.
My kid will be in k1am
How about your BB?

Cheers
Carmen

Y6baba

Hi orancarmen,

Did you received a plastic envelop on parent orientation day ?? It have a sticker on it and list all info for the first week class arrangement.

As I know, one am class schedule below,
28th Aug and 1st, 3rd and 5th Sept are so-called start dates those kids will seat in small groups. 8th Sept, all student will start together.
Different student may have different schedule.

About the school bus service, you should check with Kitty Lee, all student must accompany with adult but not on their own on the first day to school.

Hope you can solve it soon.

orancarmen

Do the kids need to go to school everyday or alternative day?
I was out of town this month and just come back, anyone can update the information for me?
Such as school bus arrangement in the first week, and also the school day of the first week . Because some mummies in ty kinder tells me that they only go to school on mon , wed and fri during the first week while some mummies from ababcus say not that case. i am a little bit confused.

Thank you for your kind assistance in advance.

tpoon

I remember last year we had 2 play days before the term start.  The school put all the new comers (in different days)   into their existing K1 class.

bbjan

may i know what is play day for? for all K1 newcomer to get familiar with the school? TY ESF has no such thing....

CindyMak

今日帶o左仔仔去play day喇！
佢好開心呀！即使撞正午睡時間，但係佢玩到唔願意走。
我見d小朋友好開心，玩得好盡情，有d真係好好笑！老師管得佢地唔嚴，但係佢地都算OK聽話。tidy up 的時候，真係每個小朋友都tidy up。有d男仔都會玩得狠d，不過老師2聲就可以叫停。

so far真係好鍾意我仔仔可以在呢種學習環境長大。除左佢俾蚊咬之外。。。今日入學校之前，我再同佢塗防蚊加蚊貼，但係都咬o左2粒！

我好開心，我無為我的仔仔揀錯！

tpoon

I have called the school for the second
hand uniform this morning, they said
all the stocks on hand are blue, no more
white.