ISF Interview

jor_mankiu

My son will be attending ISF interview end of November for the foundation class. Any parent has any experience how the ISF interview will be like, and what will be the Group Parent Meeting about?
Thanks!

GLara

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I will have 2nd interview next week, do you mind sharing what kind of questions did the interviewer asked? Which language did you go for? Tks a lot in advance!

ys9383

Thank you for your information!

elock

You attend the interview with the child together.  You all settled in the same room.  There will be activity to occupy the child while the interviewer talk to the parents.  The whole event lasts for about 30minutes.

ys9383

請問2nd interview 主要是什麼內容，帶小朋友一起去嗎？謝謝！

elock

We had it on Tuesday.

MomAC

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when is the 2nd interview?

MomAC

when is the 2nd interview?

elock

Yes, the school emailed me last week about the 2nd interview.

MomAC

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You got the result for 1st interview already?

MomAC

Hi elock, you got the 2nd interview notification already?

elock

Any experienced parents can tell me the format and content of the 2nd interview?

11223300

Thank you kfy, my son is applying for Foundation Class, not yet received notification for 2nd interview...anxiously waiting for their responses. Keep my finger crossed!!! Thank you again for ur sharing!!

11223300

Thank you kfy, my son is applying for Foundation Class, not yet received notification for 2nd interview...anxiously waiting for their responses. Keep my finger crossed!!! Thank you again for ur sharing!!

kfy

And I am most satisfied with the school library, which is open to parents. My kid borrows from the library and read at least 7 Chinese books and 7 English books. They have audio books too so that I can play it while I drive my kid to school.

kfy

Somehow the tuition fee is reflected in the teaching resources. Class size does count. The lessons each teacher teach every week also count. Say for Chinese teacher everyone only teaches one class. So they have more time and resources to plan for their lessons, and that would be important. While they are open to continuously improve their curriculum and adjust their teaching, I do not think that they are really "brand new" on everything.

Ving

But it seems that ISF school fee is almost the expensive one. So, is it worth trying on the new concept school though I think small class (18 student) is good.

kfy

I do not have personal experience with all the 4 schools. But I have friends with kids in the said schools. All of them are very satisfied with their schools. So I do not think that any school is considerably better or worse than the rest.

I chose ISF because of its strong Chinese curriculum in traditional Chinese. I also like its math curriculum. The standard of teachers is good. And they have small class size of 18.

CIS is definitely another good choice to consider.

Ving

Can any parents tell me why you would like ISF other than other International schools like CDIS, SIS or VSA? Thx

kfy

Is your son applying for Foundation or Grade 1 ?
I heard from my friends applying Grade 1, they had already attended the 2nd round interview in December.
For FY cases, 2nd interview should be a bit later, maybe in February.