What is so good about CKY 蔡繼有？

dais

I was at their talk and have tried to understand more. This is one of the top heat school these years. Why? They do not have students having top IB result and achievement/university admission tracking is short (due to short history).

Can someone help? Thank you.

blueblueclub

MCLIAN 發表於 12-11-12 00:02
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I also have such feeling for your last comment. The language subjects scor ...

Although IGCSE provids a very wide range of subjects (mostly foreign languages) to students, I don't think Hong Kong students/parents are interested in those subjects like Arabic, Latin, Greek and other non-European languages. You can check the list of subjects at below website and find that most of the popular subjects have been provided at CKY.

http://www.cie.org.uk/qualifications/academic/middlesec/igcse/subjects

blueblueclub

今日CKY學校安排了家長觀課日, 令我對CKY的教學有進一步的了解及知道自己的女兒在以甚麼的方學習.

科學堂(全英語): 老師先講解牙齒構造, 及為何要保持牙齒清潔的重要. 之後同學要做一個實驗, 就是用兩隻雞蛋, 一隻用牙膏擦過及一隻沒有放進acid會有甚麼分別. 小朋友學了如enamel, plaque, tar, gum等生字, 最後工作紙要求小朋友寫信給tooth fairy, promise自己要如何愛護牙齒. 整過實驗過程小朋友都很投入, 知道明白這個科學實驗的基本原則及結果.

英文堂(全英語): 老師跟同學討論描述appereance及personality的生字, 小朋友會學到一些較深的生字, 如persistent, arrogant, 最令我佩服是一個小朋友可以好簡單用一句英語解釋greedy的意思.

中文堂(廣東話):老師講述部首及部件的分別, 然後用不同部首拼合部件造生字, 及學習如何查中文字典.

不同課堂小朋友都很投入學習, 積極舉手爭取回答老師問題, 亦有很多小組討論的機會.  

真的不知道現在本地傳統小學的模式是不是也是這樣, 但比起我以前那種"填鴨式","背誦式"及被動的學習方法, 我覺得CKY這種"探索式"很適合小女. 我很驚訝CKY小朋友的語文能力是如此強, 英文老師的說話速度從來並沒有特別減慢去遷就小朋友, 而小朋友亦並沒有跟不上的問題.

至於中文, 小女知道小二上中文課會說普通話, 所以她現在也經常在家跟我們說普通話, 她自己也常讀中文圖書時除了用廣東話讀出, 亦嚐試用普通話讀出課文, 所以我想並沒有如上邊幾位朋友擔心CKY的中文程度不夠的問題. 當然, 中文是十分難學的一種語文, 我想在抄寫方面CKY的小一學生現在應該比不上本地傳統學生. 可是, 我相信這方面並不是太大問題. 我覺得並不需要在小朋友太年幼時作大量抄寫的家課.

MCLIAN

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I also have such feeling for your last comment. The language subjects scored far better than the Science and Maths subjects and the choices of subjects are not that many. Does anybdy know whether the school has plans for more subjects in the coming years?

blueblueclub

讀得CKY, 我諗家長要相信"愉快學習". 若果家長習慣用分數排名或以學校的功課量去做標準, 讀CKY或者其他國際學校一定會很迷惑不安.

以下分亨一下小女在CKY讀書的情況.

小女現就讀CKY一年級, 每天都快快樂樂上學. CKY功課量不多, 尤其是抄寫的功課不多, 至今仍沒有傳統本地小學的測驗考試. 小朋友的功課很多時要求她回家在家長面前朗讀, 最近有個"SHOW AND TELL"習作, 要求小朋友以英文在同學面前作一個數分鐘的分享. 遲些會有Science project, 小朋友要搜集資料及做一個英文的presentation.

最近有一次機會見到小朋友上課程況, 英文老師講"Cloudy with a chance of meatballs"這本書, 一邊講一邊問問題, 小朋友全部很主動踴躍舉手答問題. 老師問的是一些啟發性的問題, 要求小朋友用想像力去回答, 例如: 若果天空下降食物, 會有甚麼問題出現? 你們喜歡甚麼 食物下降?

除了功課, CKY有教德育, 要求小朋友有責任感及愛整潔, 小女要自己執書包, 自己洗澡, 很多時我們想幫下, 她都不准.

CKY亦要求小朋友練習一種樂器(管絃樂器), 小女現在會自己整合單簧管及練習, 她亦很著緊自己的練習時數(因作紀錄).

課外書的情況, 小女很喜歡闆讀, 她在圖書館找到一本"老鼠日記"(The Quest for Paradaise by Geronimo Stilton), 愛不釋手. 她可以自己闆讀及聆聽英文, 遇到深字會求問, 例如睇兒童報紙見到"We're doomed"會問doomed怎解; 聽到"catastrophe"亦會讀出來問.

題外話. 一些很個人的睇法. CKY的IGCSE成績我看過後覺得小朋友在語方科目方面比數理成績好 (整體成績比較, 但不是說數理成績不好).

lui

原帖由 simpleway 於 12-11-11 發表
本帖最後由 simpleway 於 12-11-11 08:43 編輯

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As my girl is p5 only, I didn't explore their higher form ability. However, her writing skills in Chinese is good and has a lot of opportunity to the use of Chinese. Quite a lot of writing every week. Also, the story book they read is not easy. At p5, they are reading "who stole my cheese", a lot of implied meaning to be explained and interpreted.

lui

原帖由 kyliema2006 於 12-11-10 發表
試下答啦。基本上小一每天都有閱讀的功課，如朗讀worksheet或書本幾次。這類的閱讀應該是孩子可以自行完成 ...

普通話勁，常指出我讀錯什麼，令我也不好意思

lui

原帖由 mirage 於 12-11-09 發表
剛剛同朋友講開，她大仔cky, 細esf kinder 準備升，esf primary school,我問佢點解去esf,佢話esf 有政府sub ...

Esf 中文冇得同CKY 比，我覺得讀得Is,預左中文差。

penguin_chick

Atually we didn't need to read with my girl since she was in P1 anymore, she just needed to read some passage for about 5 times to us. That was just part of her homeworks.
The books will become harder and harder gradually so there was no so called bridge before she read the chapter books. Normally the books loaned from school in the reading scheme were easier even at P5, most of girls read "The rainbow fairy" at P2, started reading Roald Dahl at late P2, some boys read Harry Potter, Horrible series at P3, etc, I can't remember more.

HKTHK

Thank you, I will try to look up those books.  It also sounds like reading with your child is a critical part of everyday homework.

kyliema2006

試下答啦。基本上小一每天都有閱讀的功課，如朗讀worksheet或書本幾次。這類的閱讀應該是孩子可以自行完成。另一類是借閱圖書，視乎孩子喜好自行借閱的讀物，孩子未必能自行完成，所以最好每晚都有親子時間陪讀，起碼到高小。其實讀完，最好也討論文章內容或要求孩子說說感受。

至於課本是甚麼讀物，初小的書一定是圖文並茂，影刷精美。甚麼小一新生，媽媽的顏色，

幾時教普通話，一年級。漢語拼音幾時教，唔多知，不過高小已經叻過我幾條街，縱管孩子小一是普通話白痴。

HKTHK

Can any current parent help me with the follow questions?  I tried to ask it on the CKY board but it doesn't look that active there.

1)  Are most homework in lower primary reading?

2)  For grade 1, can the children read the Chinese books by themselves or is it supposed to be read by/with parents?

3)  How does the school bridge the gap between reading with parents and self-reading?  I would imagine for some lower primary students, they do not yet have the ability to read by themselves due to lack of vocabulary or comprehension.  How do these students then complete their reading?  Is it by parents or do they make use of books with either pinyin or zhuyin?

4)  At what stage is hanyu pinyin or zhuyin taught?  

5)  What are the typical Chinese books being read in Grade 1 and 2?  Are these picture, bridging or chapter books?

6)  What are the typical English books for G1 and G2?

Thank you

HKTHK

Realistically, how many school's playground language is Mandarin?

mirage

剛剛同朋友講開，她大仔cky, 細esf kinder 準備升，esf primary school,我問佢點解去esf,佢話esf 有政府subsidize ,感覺資源多D,佢話如果中文唔好同個細補中文。

kyliema2006

說實話，小學尤其是初小學生會遵守語言規則。到中學，學生私底會說廣東話。話雖如此，我覺得中學部更近似國際學校。八、九成科目是英語教授，而老師來自世界各地，學生已習慣隨時轉台，亦習慣了不同英語的口音。而學校的文化、視野亦頗國際視野，與傳統教學大相徑庭。

poonseelai

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A friend told me the school requires all students to take Chinese A.  His son wants to change to Chinese B but finds that the Chinese B classes clash with other subjects he takes.  Not sure whether he finally manages to change.

mirage

學校policy 話一三五校內用英文所以我認為同學自己用廣東話不太好，並不是我想孩子做假西人。另一方面，個人覺得CKY 淨係學繁體中文同用番中國人教中文已好過九成IS.ESF的中文有幾好大家知，我見過G5獸肉當一詞語教。

catyoyo

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As mine is still in lower form, my observation may not comprehensive, may I refer the 2 links for your reference.

http://www.edu-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2359804&extra=page%3D3

http://www.edu-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1674599&extra=page%3D7