RC switch to BHS

kaka1228

My kid s studying in RC Y3 but received a call from BHS telling to offer my son an interview.
Shall i take the place if successes? So headache.

Mighty

其実学習中文並没有分国際学校OR本地学校方法、只有抄写、黙書、誦讀、黙讀、背詩。　

shadeslayer

原帖由 kaka1228 於 12-11-29 發表
Dear mama,

Just wanna update what is happening here :)

So RC adopts something quite like local schools when it comes to Chinese. Homework and dictation. Transparency in Chinese lessons.

How do you compare English level between RC and BHS? Thanks.

kaka1228

My Son now is in pathway 2 :( i don't know why. My Son's Chinese is pretty good as i give him extra work everyday. Anyway, I will talk to His Chinese teacher next monday.

My Son is in 3D now. Just met Mrs Dales and she has positive comment on Owen, I am gratified

myjasmine

Kaka1228,

My daughter also changed from RC to BHS Y3 this year.  

May i ask which pathway your son is being allocated to ? My daughter is in pathway 3 and she has Chinese textbooks, weekly Chinese homework and weekly Chinese dictation. You may consider talking to the teahcer to know more.  Actually we parents will have chance to meet and talk to Chinese teacher next week.  

Fatrara

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At BHS, they are supposed to start Chinese homework during the later half of Year 2.  Once a week.  As such, in Year 3, your son should have homework every week.   And since the books are quite heavy, students don't carry them to and from school every day.   You can ask your son to bring back the Chinese text books at the end of each week so you can go over the learned materials with him.
In any case, the Chinese teacher-parent consultations are being conducted for the next 2 weeks.  Have you signed up at the Gateway?  You can talk to your son's teacher face to face to know more details.   

Mighty

対、聴説RC的中文程度高好多。　如果間間ESF都一様的話、可能BHS都是行PATHWAY制度。　P1-P6、有３個PATHWAY　（PATHWAY　１、２＆３、１為最低）、毎個PATHWAY再分UPPER＆LOWER　GRADES。　但是都応該有書的、我女女（不是BHS)説有黙書、不過老師不会特意説明、毎次交完功課後、当日便有黙書、毎CYCLE一次。　功課是写生詞＆作句。　学生属於WHICH　PATHWAY由老師決定。　　希望KAKA没有後悔転了校。

kaka1228

Dear mama,

Just wanna update what is happening here :)

My Son finally started his school at BHS (Y3) in OCT and my daughter also started hers this week. (Y1)

I found there are not much different between RC and BHS but Chinese.
My son has regular Chinese HW and dictation every week when he was in RC year 3. Now, no HW and textbook for me to track so i don't know what is he doing in Chinese class at BHS. And HW in BHS is lesser then RC.

My kids are adopting BSH quickly.  BHS is a small school so we can see teacher and management staffs easily. Its small but warm.

Anyay i think both RC and BHS are good school : )

kaka1228

We went to the interview and my Son got the acceptance. But just can't believe that i still haven't made up my mind!

Mokilily

I would.

missq

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Much appreciated!

Mighty

其実香港対化粧的態度好奇怪、有時見到一D香港高官、一面素顔、見人亞、上電視亞、我就覚得好肉酸、始終化点粧会適合D.　学生、当然不可太過分、但係始終不是本地学校、総有点同本地学校不同。　但化粧不等同壊。　反而学生的行為比較重要。　如果搭過上SC的小巴就会見過在小巴有告示説、如発現SC学生有破壊、請電学校電話NO.　等等字眼。　這個倒令我worry about their students' behaviours.  

mingmingyinyin

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For RC's IB performance, out of 88 graduates (2012), around 10% got 40 or above; the highest score obtained was 43 last year. As compared with other ESF schools, this is of course not good enough. But the rate of RC students receiving IB bilingual diplomas is good (among the best of ESF schools).

In short, 26 out of 88 graduates of RC have just been recognized by ESF as they obtained either "at least 40 points" or "at least 38 points with the award of the bilingual diplomas." Obviously RC aims to promote both English and Chinese language education (in line with the world trend that Chinese is getting important); on top of bilingual education, I think RC is working toward the pushing up of the IB score...

If parents are targeting the top 3 local universities, personally I think it's ok for RC graduates of 2012 with 5 going to CUHK; 5 going to HKUST and 11 going to HKU (out of 88 graduates last year).

Personally I think there are some other good (I mean to me, they are OK and acceptable!)universities that some RC 2012 graduates go to, including Imperial College London; London School of Economics; King's College London; U of Toronto (4), U of British Columbia (2); U of Southern California; U of Pennsylvania (one of the best in the States); and U of Washington.

I think RC is going ok at this stage (since it's still "young") but there's much room for improvement (I mean the overall IB score). The principal, Dr. Brown, seems to understand what we HK parents are expecting; during the seminar, he emphasized how and what the school would be doing for improvement... I hope RC would be as good as other ESF schools in terms of the IB scores!

RC is improving though, KGV is a very good school. The chance is rare, so think twice!

missq

I plan to apply to both ESF and RC. My catchment area would be BHS (and then KGV). I wonder how people would compare these two schools. This is my understanding based on what I've heard from other people and what I've seen from school visit:
- RC's Chinese is stronger and KGV's IB score is higher;
- RC has a big campus while BHS' is much smaller;
- RC has more local students, (I haven't got any chance to see many BHS students as a group, but I assume there would be more foreigners);
- RC is a through-train school, while BHS students will then go to KGV.

I wonder if anyone can comment on RC's IB performance. Do you know why its IB score is lower than other ESF schools'? (Would it be due to it has more bilingual diplomas? Or any other reasons?) Please understand I am not saying a high IB score is everything. I am just trying to understand more of both schools.

Thanks.

YuenShirley

my son (studying in bhs) told me they have 2 classmates go back to their country and 2 kids change to harrow this year.  

myjasmine

As far as i know, a few BHS students changed to Harrow this school year since BHS's catchment area matches with the location of Harrow.  Thats why the "Harrow effect" is apparently seen in BHS.