Island Christian Academy 家長

elmostoney

想統計下呢度有幾多位家長同讀幾年班?  而家學校未有課後活動住, 或者大家可以組下班.  我兩個小朋友, 一個一年班, 一個二年班.

elmostoney

咁十一月/十二月就要比訂, 其他好多學校都未面試, 自然好多人想再等.  我覺得對ICA比較好, 因為大部份係呢個stage比得訂嘅人, 都係有心來讀, 而唔係騎牛搵馬.  

我聽講係來年開四班, 可能係要盡量收返small world學生啦.  但係佢地唔可以長期咁落去, 因為現時呢個校舍, 係容納唔到每年四班.

佢地話小一一班22人, 都未必會收到盡, 因為佢地會留d位比學年中來嘅expat.  我兩個細路都係創校生, 所以佢地個班人數就好正,  就算呢兩個月來左插班生, 老大個班都係17人, 老二19人, 將來升左班, 就更細機會會突然多大量插班生.  

佢地已經bid緊中學校舍.

Mom2One

When I went in the school tour, they said they had 66 places for next year's P1 (3 classes of 22.) Not only did they receive over 200 applications, but over 90 of them were from existing Small World kindie students. Small World not only have priority, but my guess is they will be more inclined to take up the offered spot. Because the other applications may be just backups and even if offered a place, they may not accept. I know quite a few friends who did apply and was offered a place but declined bc they were holding out for other schools. (Once ICA offers a spot which is usually a few days after interviewing, you only have a few days to accept and pay the deposit.)

elmostoney

而家做國際學校真係唔憂收生, 聽講來年開四班一年班, 重要有成二百幾份申請.

bobbychow

Will you recommend this shcool to others?

elmostoney

大家見左家長未?  或者我係到分享下.

阿仔一年班, 冇物野好講, 一來佢係怕羞仔一名, 我都係想佢慢慢改善下呢方面.  由於唔想突出佢自己, 所以佢上堂一般行為一定好好.  學習上, 因老師會因應個別學生情況分組(主要係英文), 所以一定唔會有問題.  我見佢地有做加減數, 中文比我個女舊年一年班要寫多左字, 當然同本地學校比, 中文程度始終有一段距離.  

我幾鐘意佢地做IPC個unit, 好生動, 我對其他小學唔理解, 所以唔知係咪好普遍.  我見上星期叫小朋友帶個膠水樽返去種野, 早輪又要帶屋企d唔要紙盒返去砌建築物.  做五宮同情感呢個unit,我見老師會叫佢地做唔同表情去反影唔同心情, 幫佢地影相, 再比佢地貼好,  我都覺得幾好.

大女對我來講, 多d野睇.  睇住由開學寫d冇物文路, 兩個月後, 無論字體, 文章內容同串字都有名顯進步. 我一早知道我個女唔係理科人, 數學麻麻, 老師都有同我講佢地做緊物野, 邊方面可能要係屋企教多d佢.  但係我好鍾意就係老師大讚佢想象力豐富, 將所想寫落來, 叫我係呢方面多d鼓勵佢.  其實我都好認同, 每個人都有強弱點, 一般人要求做得唔好個d就要係咁做到好為止, 好個d就唔洗點理.  我有少少相反諗法.  佢有興趣, 做得好, 應該更加鼓勵.  做得唔好個d, 的確要花多d時間, 做得差不多就得, 唔洗要十項全能. 人有一技之長就得, 唔洗樣樣得, 亦係冇可能嘅事.  我好欣賞老師嘅取態.  

我同幾個老師講, 我聽完佢地, 再講下我對我兩個嘅理解, 佢地都好認真寫低, 而且有d方法, 我相信會採用, 不竟每個小朋友性格都唔同.

用戶甲

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sorry, bad eyesight, haha

用戶甲

Any Parents from mid grade to high school?  Is it uncommon for students from local school transferring to ICS?  How ICS compared to peers like RC or Shatin College (in terms of teacher/student ratio, classes offered, college consultation...)?  Thanks.

elmostoney

montessori 嘅特點, 就係好有系統咁介紹呢d.  我個仔係三歲半前, 已掌握到1 - 10, 唔係唸口璜個種, 係完全對應到 數量同數字,  由個陣時開始, 老師就係教數數, 而佢地數數一定係要對量, 重來唔會只係叫小朋友背.  佢地會用beads, 叫小朋友攞 3270嘅量, 再用數字板列返相應嘅數字.  我個仔離開前已學哂加減乘除概念, 紙筆可做到20以內加減, 十鬆d答案嘅加數可做心算 , 雖然做得比較慢, 因為佢真係係心到數, 未背數學pattern (大家都係背哂先咁快, 如3+4=7, 諗都唔洗諗, 佢仲未知).  識得調轉數數 (數返轉頭, 但唔穩), 中間數起佢都識得接上, 數百幾二百都冇問題, 手寫1 - 100幾個月前已做左. 至於粗幼高矮肥瘦, 呢d係兩歲時嘅基本入門功課, 不過我冇諗過佢識唔識分一隻瘦杯高d水多定肥杯矮d水多. 佢走前老師教緊2, 4, 6 同五倍數數 (5, 10, 15, etc).  另外未教就係借位除法概念.

我記得佢個bb班老師 (2.5歲前)當時講, montessori係幼教做好多sorting, 即係你所講分類, 呢d就係為將來數學打基礎.  

另外由於蒙氏係跟小朋友興趣, 我個仔好鍾意地圖, 而家已能輕易咁認到同係地圖上搵到一百個國家名, 因為佢係以前間蒙氏學校, 佢鍾意做就可以揀呢樣野做, 但係一般正常學校, 當然係跟大圍. 我而家叫佢練習下寫英文母, 佢唔肯寫copybook, 佢係抄寫國家名, 否則就冇興趣!

一個合適蒙氏嘅小朋友 (我個女唔係, 所以學唔到細佬程度), 到六歲能完全掌握四位加減乘除, 有d甚至開始學份數都係好普通嘅事.  所以我當時為入montessori 定 ICA 諗左咁耐就係呢個原因.  入montessori 可以比佢繼續追求學術, 但係學唔到做人, 因為佢份人太怕羞.  如果佢做人ok, 我可能會揀蒙氏.  所以魚與熊掌, 不能兼得.

elmostoney

琴日去我左女兒同學生日會, 識左好多家長.

原來開學後有人走左, 阿女個班得15個人, 6個係舊年同班嘅, 咁我琴日都好有興趣知道點解其他人轉校.  有幾個小朋友嘅家長都係校懂會成員, 本身都係基督徒, 所以都好自然咁做. 其中一位家長所講我深有同感, 佢話係教會學校嘅小朋友對人際關係 (kindness , bullying) 處理得比非教會學校好. 對本地追求分數嘅教會學校我唔敢講, 但係基於我個女舊年嘅經驗我好有同感, 而我自己唔係教徙.  除左老師有愛心, 學校宗旨, 仲要小班教學, 唔好只係一味求分數, 咁先做到.  正如一位家長同我講, 而家係培養一個人.

另外都有家長係因為原校唔適應而轉來, 暫時大家都好滿意.

我個女個班, 地道香港人唔多, 唔洗一隻手數得哂 (我估得三四個). 就算之前睇到個姓, 以為係本地人, 但一見面, 原來有d都唔識講廣東話嘅 (又唔係國內).   反而一年班個directory, 如我個仔個班, 我睇返本地姓較多, 接返放學我都見過下, 本地比例會高d, 可能有一半.

我覺得呢間係好多人因為教會原因又或係英基後備, 英基同ica比, 各有各好啦, 前者有歷史, 有規模, 設備都比較完善, ica好在係教會學校, 我相信德育方面會更注重, 好多人同我講英基老師都好細心, 不過我個人諗, 老師情況真係人人唔同, 但係如果小班, 同樣老師, 點都會係小班做得好過大班.  呢樣係好自然, 老師放係每個小朋友身上時間都會多d, 唔洗下下靠家長入來做助手.

我個女係呢度我好滿意. 我個仔方面, 我仲觀察緊.  老師好好, 只係當時我為左入montessori同呢間都諗左好耐, 係因為我覺得阿仔做得到.  佢係montessori所學嘅學術比而家學校教快好多, 佢從來都冇出外上過補習班. 除左因為年齡以外, 執筆唔得, 佢英文閱讀數學能力同家姐舊年同期比, 起碼快左一個學期以上, 而佢細家姐差原多20個月, 純以年齡計, 就係快一年.  所以我心裏面好可惜.  英文我見學校仲可以assign d 唔同程度嘅書比佢返屋企讀, 但數學就好難咁做.  副校長 (我個女舊年位老師) 叫我比多少少時間, 耐心睇下, 畢竟而家先開左學一個月.  

我都明, 其實除左montessori, 好難有學校可以完全因為小朋友興趣同進度出發, 所以係我要調整下自己.  我個仔返學好開心, 不過就好攰好攰, 每日一放學就係車上瞓著覺, 因為佢以前返半日, 之後仲要瞓個晏覺, 即使係半個鐘都係瞓左.

hellokids

Tks caramon & elmostoney! Do you think that it'll be okay for a kid switching from IPC to uk curriculum when he goes back uk in the future?

elmostoney

其實講curriculum唔係太深入, 都係之前講個d, 反而我最impressed係個音樂老師, 佢用kodaly+orff, 我對orff有認識, 而且佢將音樂tie into everyday life, 好有heart 好有生活化, 非常欣賞.

中文方面, 佢地用一本現成課本easy mandarin, 直情係比外國人學嘅, 佢地分級要到2/3年班先會. 不過我對一般國際學校中文都冇物期望, 就算係 sis, cis呢d, d學生出來都唔會主動應用中文, 所以無論入邊間, 我都預左自己係企教.  始終我地係識中文嘅本地人, 要求同外國人唔同.

數學用澳洲, 之前都有講過, 我唔知好唔好, 因為又冇好詳細講同其他curriculum有物唔同.

英文我唔擔心.  我反而諗緊, 佢地好似冇美勞課, 我都想問下.

最重要係去左睇小朋友課室, 但我唔可以仔細睇, 因為我去左老大, 老二同普通話教室, 所以時間要分散哂.  老師唔同, 風格都唔同.  我個女個老師係男士, 所以佢地班房好spartan, 我個仔個老師就decorate得個房好豐富, 同埋會介紹得佢地嘅班房同日程好仔細.

針對我個女個老師一句話, 我好欣賞, 我相信都代表學校宗旨.  佢話d小朋友帶返屋企嘅reading assignment書, 我地可能會覺得太易, 點解唔比難少少, 但係讀一本書, 唔係淨係識讀出每一個字, 而係要明白, 可以講返內容出來同解釋.  第一日我收到學校派本書, 心中都諗, 點解咁易, 老師一講, 我都明白.  我個女係文字上係讀到, 但係comprehension未到, 而家唔係闘讀得快闘識得多字, 而係要明左再應用返出來. 呢點我好欣賞, 的確太多人催谷得小朋友太急.  

綜合來講, 我覺得有得就有失.  ica係新校, 設施或課程設計上唔會有其他is咁完善, 我成日聽到其他學校做家長briefing, workshop, 每星期有email update整個課程進度, 等父母知道學校係中英數方向, 同埋係屋企點輔導小朋友, ICA呢方面會缺d.  但係就勝在學生少d, 我個仔個班暫時17人, 阿女個班18人. 2年班個班15人tim咋.  當然少左呢d briefing &workshop唔代表學校唔得, 不過做家長就要對學校有多d信心, 而我真係覺得ica係好有心辦學.

據聞明年year 1申請已完全超出所有學位數目, 當然我相信亦都有唔少人係而家一位難求之下, 漁翁撒網.  我相信將來學校只會越來越爆, 所以做first batch同學校溝通同class size會好d.  始終佢地用心辦學, 同一d求財嘅is好唔同.  最近有朋友指出, 本地某申請超額, 全港最貴學費之一嘅學校, 打出廣告竟然係 "仲有少量學位,先到先得".  朋友慨嘆, 而家叫人去超市搶購咩, "先到先得"!

caramom

hellokids 發表於 12-9-21 15:54
May I know if ICA is following British curriculum?

No, ICA follows IPC (Int'l Primary Curriculum).

hellokids

May I know if ICA is following British curriculum?

elmostoney

IB - Mrs. Bates.

I talked to Pamela this morning.  They will pass out info concerning after school activities - probably soccer and some other ball-based sports.  Really look forward to it.  have you been to coffee morning yet?

My little one was SO tired from school last night that he slept at 7:30!

elmostoney

ah! then not the same class as my son.  he is surprisingly happy there as well.  I am really amazed.  He is a very shy and reserved boy, but the second day he came back, he told me he met new friends already.  by the third day, he already had a "最 best friend."  By the 5th day, he already likes ICA more than his old school (and his montessori is very loving and caring as well).  When he first started, he complained about the long hours and said he wanted to go home earlier (to play, I presume).  Yesterday, he said he likes ICA because he can stay for lunch as well.  Quite a transformation!