希望學校做好

carna

你們有無發覺間學校愈來愈亂, 前幾日我先去左個仔既運動會, 發覺亂到一塌糊塗,都唔知個校長點搞既,咁都得既,唔知學生既成績點呢? 我個仔今年好似無功課拎番屋企做，家長日老師全部都話好，但我地發覺阿仔既成績表四年改左三次，都唔知根據甚麼準則？你地有冇意見呀?

princesscharnee

poonseelai

patpaul_mama 發表於 12-5-26 19:30
比較擔心就係太自由，太無壓力，小朋友無動力自己去追求知識，同其他學校嘅差距會越來越大。我真係好鍾意維 ...

"同其他學校嘅差距會越來越大"

It depends on with whom you are comparing VSA's students.  Year 3 to year 5 students of VSA attended the International School Assessment in Feb this year.  The assessment covered Math, English reading and English writing.  The results of all grades were above world average.  All students attended the assessment and there was no driling before the assessment.  So the assessment should represent the real performance of our students.  

But if you compare VSA's Math with local stream students, you may be disappointed.  We don't have the kind of drilling that most local schools will use.  Some parents would therefore arrange the kids to do exercies at home.  For English, the school encourages children to express themselves and write a lot.  Grammar and tense are not the focus and again we don't have drilling.  The school believes that children can acquire English via extensive reading.  I was told that some students from local schools whose report cards showed that they had high marks in English failed VSA's interview because those students cannot write (they were given a picture or a topic and were asked to write the passage, just like the International School Assessment).  

VSA is a IB school.  Broadly one can say IB is skill based.  The school trains the students to have the ability to research, to analyse and to present the findings.  The approach is different from the local stream.  Whether you like VSA's approach or not depends on what you expect.

patpaul_mama

比較擔心就係太自由，太無壓力，小朋友無動力自己去追求知識，同其他學校嘅差距會越來越大。我真係好鍾意維幼，小朋友自信又presentable 咗好多，但真係唔太理解維小........

smartcash

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Many thanks for your sharing, I have more understanding on the school now.

Then so far do you satify with the school?

cherubic

回復 smartcash 的帖子

Every week, student will receive a homework grid.  For lower grade, you need to guide them how to allocate the time for finishing those homework within that particular week.  Your input is not necessary for writing exercise and the like.  For those requiring a bit of research, you need to guide them how to do it.  Writing and expressing opinion is frequently required.  Your input is required if your kid has problem in doing this.  Homework load from Y1 to Y3 is very reasonable but starting from Y4, and depending on the teacher, it may be quite heavy.  Starting from Y1, you need to do guided reading with your kid every day, both Chinese and English.

With regard to their secondary, we are still waiting for more IB results for comparison.

smartcash

回復 cherubic 的帖子

Dear cherubic, thank you for your sharing.  Then could you please give me some solid examples how to guide the homework?  I would like to understand VSA more.  And what do you think on VSA, and their secondary section in the future?  Many thanks.

cherubic

回復 smartcash 的帖子

If your kid is studying in VSA, you would need to follow up with his homework closely.  Speaking Cantonese at home or in the school (during recess only) is not a problem.  But you need to know how to guide him at home.  Being shy at the beginning is also not a problem, the students will have courage to speak up at higher grades.

smartcash

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Dear Ving, thanks for your share.  My husband and I even the helper are talking Cantonese to my son, so he has no English or Mandarin enviroment except in Kindergarten, he is studing K2 in Victoria.  And my son is very shy and not like to express himself and talking.  Then do you think VSA is suitable?  My concern is he going to be passive in the school as his English or Mandarin is not good as other kids because most of them are native speakers actually.....Or do I think too much?

Ving

I think for VSA studying environment, no one will resist it and say that it is no good in P1, P2. And there should be no problem if you plan your children to study in VSA for 12 years and then study abroad.

But, it would be a problem if for some reasons changing your children to other local schools from P3 onwards. Actually, there might be a gap.

Talking about school fee, although 5 monts deposit, but VSA school fee is reasonable among other IS except ESF. Besides, no need to buy debenture.

If you are looking for happy school life, I think VSA is not a bad choice.

smartcash

I have met a VSA parent in my son's existing kindergarten Parent Session.  Her son is studing Year 3.  She said she and her son are really like the school at Year 1, and the school continues to have improvement in these 2 years after the principle Mrs Smith on board, so she is very satisfied and has confidence to school.

However my question is that I cannot provide a English or Mandarin background to my son, our mother language is Cantonese and my son is not really good at speaking/talking, he is not like to express/present himself.  So I am afraid that he cannot suit into the school enviroment (speak English & Mandarin only even at rest/play time).  I am afraid he will have no friend at school.....

I would be appreciated if some existing parents share your views. Many thanks.

patpaul_mama

Any update on this topic? And any improvement in VSA recently ? They will soon offer current K2 students but this year need to pay 5 months deposit .

Look forward to any sharing and views.

chow168

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I am new for this topic. It's a productive and fair view on VSA.

Thank you for your kind inputs. May be someone not fully understand the IB philosophy
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HappyFace:)

原帖由 ANNIEYY 於 11-8-24 15:15 發表
吾知今年VSA係吾係收生不足,到8月22日開學前一日重打電話間我個仔讀吾讀,我話5月已交回絛話吾讀前後打過3次再間真可愛!!::" />:" /> 重新VSA真係有D好叻讀得好好既学生,不過吾多亦吾係我個仔,希望新學年大家開心又有 ...

Thank you for expressing your opinion,
  Frankly, I'm afraid you must be mistaken, did you really think our school is losing students? Your statement is proven invalid. We have 5 classes, each with around 26 students in Year 7, thus, our school is not losing students, our Primary section is constantly overflowing with new students, embracing a bright future.
  As I am now studying in Secondary, I am very pleased with the environment and the classes are also fun and challenging.
Best wishes to everyone.  

Ving

Hi Annieyy,
So, is your son change to local private/DSS or government and subsidy school? Do you know if many of your son's previous classmates change to other schools? By the way, hope that you and your son will have a new page.

原帖由 ANNIEYY 於 11-8-24 15:15 發表
吾知今年VSA係吾係收生不足,到8月22日開學前一日重打電話間我個仔讀吾讀,我話5月已交回絛話吾讀前後打過3次再間真可愛!!::" /> 重新VSA真係有D好叻讀得好好既学生,不過吾多亦吾係我個仔,希望新學年大家開心又有 ...

mattsmum

congratulate graduates / teachers.

sometimes I wonder what is the meaning of average points of 34 in relation to grades that we are familiar, and I found this from an uk independent school:

"an average IB Diploma score of 34 points, equates to over 3 A* grades at A Level or on the UCAS tariff.

IB score of 25 points, equats to over 3 B grades at A Level."

the UCAS web site is here:
http://www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff/tarifftables

ANNIEYY

吾知今年VSA係吾係收生不足,到8月22日開學前一日重打電話間我個仔讀吾讀,我話5月已交回絛話吾讀前後打過3次再間真可愛!!::" /> 重新VSA真係有D好叻讀得好好既学生,不過吾多亦吾係我個仔,希望新學年大家開心又有進步

[ 本帖最後由 ANNIEYY 於 11-8-24 15:19 編輯 ]

KingK

just some extra comments... the school in Happy Valley was good, I just could not stand those homeworks and dictations etc.

KingK

我女兒今年在VSA讀YEAR 6. 我十分滿意學校的學習環境和程度. 我女兒的通識比我還好. 我們家沒有英語環境, 她在剛過去的暑假, 參加了一個活動, 當中有全廣東話的孩子, 也有全英語的外國人. 我一心以為她會和說廣東話的一起玩, 但三星期過去, 她hang out的都是外國小孩. 她溝通完全沒問題, 有一次她們對話, 我都不能100%明白. 我在a level 英文考b, 仲讀英文系...唉.......
如果我女兒不是vsa學生, 我會懷疑上面那個year 6 學生是假扮的. 但因為我女兒都能寫出如此流暢的英文, 所以我知道上面那位真的是一位happy vsa student.

但她的中文同時也很好. 只是因家族遺傳, 數學要補習.

另外, 我十分享受她少功課, 少dictation和沒測驗, 因為這令她有更多時間看書, 和"同我玩".

我不是全識媽咪. 也從不教她功課, 如果教, 我會打死她的.


她小一是在跑馬地一間女校就讀(大抽獎中的), 讀了一年我便"走夾唔透"了, 去了vsa, 好彩收了. 所以我想最重要的還是定長能理解和接受學校的理念.

slamai

Latest updates on VSA's 2011 IB results:

	VSA 2011
	(No. of students)
45 points (perfect score)	2% (1)
40 points or above	12.5% (7)
35 points or above	30.4% (17)
30 points or above	80.4% (45)
24 points or above (achieving IB Diploma)	94.8% (55)
Average point of students achieving IB Diploma	33.2