Small World Christian Kindergarden，可否比些意見這學校！？！？

mango_vip

1.) 通常升邊間小學？
2.) 多唔多中文學？
3.) 如果將來想讀返傳統小學，會唔會較困難？
Thanksssssss!

elmostoney

想同大家分享一樣好有趣嘅野.  上星期為阿女開生日會, 我好欣賞家長們都唔會好花費, 我都冇請entertainer, 只係訂左個場地, 自己諗d遊戲, 其他係freeplay.

d細路一玩就癲哂, 叫佢地返來叫到喉嚨痛都聽唔到. 最後有家長用學校個招---就係用某節奏拍手, 因為學校唔用鐘, 校長話覺得太嚇人 太突然.  一拍, 全部細路停低哂靜哂, 好正.  我見佢地係班房, 有時小朋友做緊野, 老師要佢地停哂聽,都係咁.  

elmostoney

ICA children could have priority to NIS secondary section (or so I have heard) since they are affiliated.  This is yet to be confirmed.  ICA is also working towards setting up its own secondary section.  In fact, ICA has been actively bidding on school sites (including the last lot announced, but they have all gone to other schools).  So we are all praying.  

elmostoney

kindergarten education is not compulsory in HK.  HOWEVER, if you are applying to a DSS LS or private schools, not being in a kindy could possibly place him/her at a disadvantage unless you have a whole program at home and extra tuition classes to supplement.  If you opt for gov't allotted schools, whether your child goes to a kindy or not is completely irrelevant.  

kwokbobo, i don't know if you are referring to ICS or ICA.  They are not the same school.  ICA is a new school and continuation of the kindy education from SWCK, while ICS is a separate school located in Shatin with its own kindy.  

For ICA, there is an annual levy of $9000 (I think, for the year 2013 ~ 14) on top of the school fees.  However, there is no debenture.  Apart from this, there is no extra fees.  You can choose to take the school bus or not, and it's not mandatory.  Occasionally, there may be some small fees for field trips (usually minimal, e.g. $20 to $30).

caramom

kwokbobo 發表於 13-5-13 14:44
我突然想起有個問題唔明, 又話幼稚國唔一定要讀, 點解一定要K2開始決定揀小學?? 點解一定要讀埋K3?? 如果 ...

I'm not familiar with the local system, but under IS system, kindergarten is not compulsory, children can join P1 without attending a kindergarten before. If you are going to apply IS for your child, then you should start the primary school application when your child is K2, because most UK system schools in Hong Kong start Year 1 at 5 years of age (UK Year 1 = K3), that means you are required to apply one year ahead. For some American or Canadian schools such as HKIS, CDNIS, ICS, they start G1 at 6 years of age, that means you are going to apply G1 when your child reaches 5 [ie: US 1st grade = UK Year 2].
Even if your child is already in Year 1 of an IS, s/he is also eligible for the "Government P1 lucky draw", you could apply when s/he reaches 5.

kwokbobo

reneeleung 發表於 12-4-20 10:41
ICA今年八月才搬新校, 我估應該幾亂, 作為家長的, 我會盡量配合和包容.  因為一定不可以與SIS, CIS, ESF等 ...

我想請問ICS除了學費外, 仲有無其他費用如書簿費和雜費???

kwokbobo

caramom 發表於 12-4-13 13:58
1.) 通常升邊間小學？
>>佢地新建左小學部, Island Christian Academy, SWCK小朋友應該會有priority. 其他 ...

我突然想起有個問題唔明, 又話幼稚國唔一定要讀, 點解一定要K2開始決定揀小學?? 點解一定要讀埋K3?? 如果真的無讀幼稚園, 係咪唔可以參加小一派位?? 謝謝

Markean

請問學校有冇講中學幾時開？係咪會同NIS升同一間？

elmostoney

今日咁啱聽到 (道聽途說), 有部份swck學生因為係中途插班, 其實讀左幾個月就考 ica, 所以英文唔達標, that's why小學唔收.  如果大家有朋友係swck讀緊, ica又唔收, 可以去證實下.  

近月基本上每日都有人來school tour, 的確好多係expat.  

elmostoney

冇宗教堂, 不過返放學, 飯前會祈禱同平時會講下聖經故事, 做下少少聖經有開的小手工咁.

Markean

好多謝大家既分享，真獲益良多！elmostoney 我又係大女細仔，女係4月尾，仔又係12月，真橋！！！我都希望個女可以幫下細佬。btw, 佢地個宗教背景強嗎？有宗教堂嗎？
聽完你地講，我真係好希望個女入到，如果入到小學就仲理想啦！香港地，IS真係唔易入。

eneresnat

關於DISCIPLINE, 我想就自己小小觀察分享一下。上次我帶仔仔去SWCK參觀, 老師讓他跟學生在PLAYGROUND玩一會, 我有機會看到老師怎樣處理PLAYGROUND POLITICS/DISCIPLINE等問題。小朋友是很自由的, 他們可以選擇自己喜歡的活動(滑梯、單車、屋仔...), 但老師訂了一套"規舉", 例如要排隊踏單車, 單車只可向一個方向行駛, 不可亂撞前面的單車, 不可亂搞其他同學的物件等等), 老師都看得很緊的, 屢次不守規則的當日便要停玩那個活動。小朋友都走來走去, 但他們都應該知道要尊重其他同學。

elmostoney

我個細仔冇入swck, 因為有家姐, 佢幼稚園係第二度讀, 然後直接入swck小學的.  再加上佢係第一年正式開學的一年生, 所以當時未有咁多人報, 負責面試嘅係我個女老師, 有時我都有帶細仔去接放學又或去佢地d special function, 所以老師都識佢.  種種因素加埋, 佢係比較有著數.  而家ICA有間校舍, 有運作, 我都見有家長去參觀, 有實物睇, 報考競爭梗係大d. (係呀, 你可約參觀學校的)

家姐只係讀左一個學期swck幼稚園, 所以佢地幼稚園如何運作, 我真係唔太清楚.  swck面試, 正常來講, 叫得你去就已經收左, 除非個小朋友有物發展問題.

我大個個係中間, 五月出世; 細仔係超細仔, 12月尾.  

discipline? 我又冇留意, 因為我個女讀得一個學期, 當時佢年齡係本地K2下學期, 咁好多野梗係聽教d.  其實點樣叫discipline?  行來行去 = 唔夠 discipline?  我又唔同意.  其實最難唔係叫每個小朋友一齊做同一樣野, 而係點樣有自由去做野, 同時唔好影響其他人, 尊重人, 因為呢樣要有理解同自我控制能力.  基本上, 佢地運作一定唔同大部入local 幼稚園.  

Markean

我極認同你所講！如果local好，D官就唔會送自己的仔女去IS,連DBS校長個小朋友都讀英基。你話呀
我女女11年四月出世，small world入左表，佢話下年一月會有機會收生，到時再通知interview.
elmostoney,你個小朋友幾多月入學？唔知一月入學點計架？叫K1?同埋佢地個interview 難唔難？大唔大機會唔收？
仲有，我想問佢地著唔著重discipline?我上次school tour,見到的老師好錫學生，會抱住佢地上堂，不過都好自由咁任的學生週圍走？
Many thanksss

elmostoney

25分應該ok, 我就係冇左宗教分.

我都知有同學仔入LS, 冇問題呀, 不過係屋企做d中文.  如果係屋企冇谷慣, 就唔好揀d一年班一開學就好谷個d.  我見有同學仔入港同, st stephens個d, 都冇問題.  聽聞有人入 dgs tim, 不過佢返兩間架, 一間係接得上local + swck.

如果入d好谷又或好難嘅學校, 就要prepare得好d, 因為外邊真係癲架, 一年班d小朋友好多已prepare定2年班, 甚至3年班數; 中文補極都話唔夠.  我個中文補習老師話(佢主要補 ls), 佢有學生, 有次考得90分, 個阿媽都緊張到不得了, 即刻係農曆年假都要補堂.  我同佢對比下而家d中文程度, 基本上比我小時候提早兩年!  但又唔見而家d人寫d文章好喎, 咁學得咁快咁谷, 都唔知所為何事.  

玩同自理就唔洗諗. 我有朋友的一位補習老師, 佢專補最top名校, 見到我朋友個細路執玩具嚇左一跳, 因為佢補親d學生都太忙, 功課, 補習, 課外活動...所以唔會有時間玩, 家長亦唔要求佢地自理, 總之就係由朝做到晚.  聽完我都驚, 入得差嘅又唔想, 入得好嘅, 又驚發癲, 所以放棄左.  

Markean

下？20分都抽唔中？我地係同宗教所以我個女好似有25分，唔知機會點？如果真升唔上IS,SW嘅小朋友入local唔知會唔會好難呢？

elmostoney

其實我諗入SWCK小學, 有d似ESF, 佢地而家真係想留位比d冇路可走 (即係唔識中文)嘅小朋友.  我諗起有同學仔, 日本人, 英文麻麻, 但都收, 因為佢真係冇太多選擇. 大家可以向呢方面諗諗.

elmostoney

唉! 其實你睇政府d官員就知, 不論高或中, 包括係教署做個d, 都送仔女入 IS, 你話佢地對本地教育制度幾有信心呢!  如果港府覺得 LS咁掂, 就要d官以身作則, 唔好送仔女入 IS 先有說服力.

我有友人, 就係係教署做, 廿年前已送哂d仔女入 IS, 佢話去巡d學校, 真係搖頭嘆息.  佢話入直資都還好d, 入津校就無謂啦.  佢個人認為, 一般情況下, 香港好多學校, 英文老師英文麻麻, 普通話又唔掂, 但要去教英文同普通話, 可以想像結果如何.  再加上咁多行政野要做, 又要教咁多級別, 備咁多課, 咁點會有時間做得好?  我以前係外國讀中學, 教grade 10的英文老師只教grade 10英文, 一日有六堂, 佢就教五堂, 另外一堂係備課.  一個grade 10英文老師唔會兼教grade 9或其他grade, 所以你可以想像, 佢地教學備課時間好充裕.

好耐之前, 我都有toy with the idea of ls, 但知我自己個考唔到太hot嘅直資, 都問過佢意見.   佢建議我如入普通直資 (因為想學好中文), 讀幾年又轉返 is, 佢話唔好啦.  因為讀學術唔強嘅直資, 中學做家長嘅就梗想入好d, 但小朋友唔會 competitive; 讀左幾年直資轉 is, 考入學試時, 可能連英文都唔pass, 佢認為唔好冒呢個險.

elmostoney

我唔知而家佢地仲比唔比人留多一年, 但我未試過, 所以真係唔知詳情, 呢樣你要打電話去問.  我只係知佢地會將小朋友編去唔同班, 等佢地唔覺得係"留班", 但內容就未必好唔同.

我母校都唔錯, 我有20分, 不過阿女都抽唔到.  但我當時都係諗住人抽我抽, 所以抽唔到又唔在意, 其實一早疊埋心水入 IS.

Markean

多謝你嘅回覆！我自己個plan係俾個女讀small world (因為想佢入IS),但如果冇IS小學收，就轉返local,我本身小學母校唔錯，個女應該夠分入，所以可以做back up.
我想問如果small world嘅直屬小學唔收，喺small world係咪可以再讀多年跟住升local小學？咁果年會有咩讀？