st. catherine interview

scn

I would like to know any difference in chance of entering st.Catherine for choosing English/ Cantonese in interview.  My son like to talk in English , but my husband and me are Cantonese.  If foreign teacher interview me, I am afraid they will think we are Cantonese and our English are not native.  Any opinion?

angeemama

Just want to share some experiences with all of you for SC interview:
My girl was born in Dec 06. Since both my hubby and I were using Eng as the mean of communication with my daughter, we have choosen to have interview in Eng.

Interview time was on 0845AM and it was just perfect for my girl as she is an early bird.  Please don't go too early as the school would not allow you to go in early.  In fact, they have bounded all the facilities outside the classrooms.  Just imagine if you are there early but you can't let your child play with the slides, they would get really upset.  The most important thing on the interview day is don't get your child upset with anything
Then you will need to line up with your kid for a very short while and be taken to a room full of lego and blocks on the tables.  The teachers (~5-6) will ask the kid to go with them and sit next to a table together with 2-3kids.  Parents were only allow to sit aside to watch.  Just like you were watching movie.  Teachers next to them will talk to them (Too noisy the environment and too far away which I can't hear what she asked).  Then just saw her tick tick tick on a piece of paper.  The whole observation was about 5-10mins then you will ask to take your child to another room.  
Now you are in the first interview room and you are allow to sit on the tiny chairs waiting for your turn.  There were two different teachers doing interview at the same time.  We waited for about 2-3mins then it was our turn (During waiting time if you found your kid getting a bit agitated, you may give them a bit of snack to settle them).  She greeted us and asked my girl what is her name.  Then she asked her a couple of questions like colors, shapes. She pointed to a picture and asked her what the boy is doing.  My daughter said: he is eating sandwishes.  She also asked what do you use to eating (spoon/ tooth brush).  Then the NET asked why I want my girl to study there and what is my expectation from the school.  My daughter said to the NET: There is slide outside and slide is really fun.

Then we have been moved to another room for PTH interview. We didn't speak much PTH at home and the only channel for my girl to use PTH was in playgroup, so she didn't do well in this session.  The teacher asked her name and asked her to name several stuff in Mandarin: flower, car and asked her who am I in PTH.  The teacher also asked how were I going to facilitate her PTH learning at home since we are not PTH speaking.

Finally, she got an offer of AM in Norfolk campus and now she is in K2.  

Good luck to you all

prettygirls

just have a look of SC Website. Here are the update message for your reference.


"2011 Prospective Nursery (K1) student application forms will be sent out from 28th September to 8th October, 2010 by mail for those parents whose letter of request has been successfully prosessed."

babe725

原帖由 charlotte2008 於 10-9-25 22:23 發表
Yes... but I've called St Catherine... and the staff told me if we choose Cantonese for interview.... even the kids answer English ... they must also repeat once in Cantonese as if the teacher asks th ...

小女上年係揀英普interview。佢d PTH都唔係好得，interview 時老師叫佢攞香蕉，佢就比咗蘋果，不過老師教佢講返一次PTH時，佢都會跟住講。而且老師會用PTH跟家長傾談，所以我覺得家長如果選擇用Eng/PTHinterview, 家長點都要識一些PTH。至於選擇用廣東話interview,如果小朋友用咗英文回答，跟據上年d 媽咪所講，老師係會叫小朋友用廣東話再答一次。

calbee6

Hi all, I picked Cantonse on the enevlop. May I change it to English interview? Did anyone try this before?

charlotte2008

Yes... but I've called St Catherine... and the staff told me if we choose Cantonese for interview.... even the kids answer English ... they must also repeat once in Cantonese as if the teacher asks the questions in Cantonese.....

But if you choose English, that means you wanna to pick Eng / Mandarin class, then both Eng & Mandarin will be tested. But no wonder a kid less than 2 yrs old can really shift the channel so quick... for my gal, she only knows very few Mandarin words (just like ear, nose, head....)....
She can just try best in Eng questions :(((((

Ina

You will be interviewed in mandarin (2nd in) only if you choose "eng/PTH class".  If you choose "eng/cantonese" class, there will be 1 interview only (in the lang u choose).

原帖由 charlotte2008 於 10-9-21 19:05 發表
Oh...my god, i choose Cantonese for interview... as I've heard from my friend, if i pick English for interview, then we have to sit for one more interview with the mandarin teachers.... both the paren ...

ho_yan2406

原帖由 an~gel 於 10-9-24 17:01 發表
我打咗電話去問啦...因為我可以網上睇到過咗數未...先至知原來未過數...再打電話去問原來佢哋都仲未入票~!

咁你到你有form咪得囉...

babe725

原帖由 prettygirls 於 10-9-21 18:42 發表
It should be 2 days "Nov 5 & Nov 6"

The interview dates are 5-6 and 8 Nov, three days, same as last year. Good luck to all!

an~gel

我打咗電話去問啦...因為我可以網上睇到過咗數未...先至知原來未過數...再打電話去問原來佢哋都仲未入票~!

ho_yan2406

原帖由 an~gel 於 10-9-24 09:43 發表
甘多位媽咪...你哋交報名費嗰$30支票過咗數未呀...我嗰張好似仲未過數...真係有d擔心...但我已經喺13號嗰日，一早親手交資料啦...

我少用支票,點check過左未?
我o係另一個post見d人話可以打去問下你會唔會有form喎...

an~gel

甘多位媽咪...你哋交報名費嗰$30支票過咗數未呀...我嗰張好似仲未過數...真係有d擔心...但我已經喺13號嗰日，一早親手交資料啦...

ho_yan2406

我仔又係又中又英,因為自細我2樣一齊教,不過佢答完英你問返佢中,佢又識答返中文你聽,不過最大問題都係佢o個日心情靚唔靚la~

chowhui97

我個女幾乎所有顏色同動物都係識英文多過中文... 我諗揀英文都無錯掛..

chowhui97

原帖由 Jupiter 於 10-9-20 12:24 發表


我阿囡都係又中又英, 其實形狀顏色都係識英文only. 所以純中又死純英又死.  不過我揀左中文, 因為如果外籍英文老師in, 阿囡講中文外籍老師一定唔明, 唯有當佢唔識.  但係如果佢對住中文老師講英文, 起碼老師明佢係 ...

你都講得好有道理, 我其實都係博下架咋, 我個女9成9都唔肯出聲, if 佢突然肯開金口, 我估佢講全句英文出來會impress過全句中文掛....

charlotte2008

Oh...my god, i choose Cantonese for interview... as I've heard from my friend, if i pick English for interview, then we have to sit for one more interview with the mandarin teachers.... both the parents and the kid need to speak in Mandarin...

But my gal only can speaks Eng but not mandarin, so i have to choose Cantonese..... just hope the teacher can accept my gal answer in Eng ..... And maybe, i, being a translator, need to repeat the teacher's questions in eng .....

If the teacher does not accept, then "no way" ....anyway, pray for good luck :)

prettygirls

It should be 2 days "Nov 5 & Nov 6"

robokonluk

Thanks for the info from Kerkermui, Skchiu & Kleeeenex.

kleeeenex

You really need to choose carefully. My son interviewed last year in cantonese. The teacher ask about colors. My son usually describe colors in English, so he said "blue". Then the teacher ask if he knew the cantonese of that. Also for some animals shading. So make sure that your kid knew those cantonese which they usually speaks in english (although no one can tell the result even if the kid cannot translate)