Anfield VS THINK

tityting

Which one is better? Targeting IS.

Shummamapapa

Think is just officially accreditated as IB school last year. I guess there will be changes in the coming years in terms of resources and also the school placement of their graduates. In their open house in late september, the chief principal claimed that they are having plan to connect with another new IB sec sch in sai kung. Btw, on edb list, think is an international school.

boomonsters

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Neither do I.   Anyway, I don't think that being an international school or not is a big deal.   I agree with you that going to a suitable school is more important.

VVhuilee

i don't mean to offend u or the school, I simply see a very different path for these two schools.   just choose what is best for ur kid, good luck

boomonsters

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Their website did not solely show Secondary School admission result as the number of graduates were far below the total.   Anyway, is a school be determined as international school or local school by students' choices of schools?   

Think's PYP programme is accredited by International Baccalaureate since June 2013.
http://www.ibo.org/school/006872/  

Shummamapapa

Think kg has different combination of classes which attracts parents with different pri sch plan for their kids. To me, 15% of their graduates go to IS is a reasonable proportion.  There is only one international class in k1 and k2 every year. However, I agree to the point that english speaking proficiency is not as promising as other kg catering real native eng students. But they are still far better than the local streams. Think students are generally happy and motivated learners and their project learning is a wonderful curriculum.

Hope mom and dad can find the best fit ach for their children! So as me ! :p

minirat

VVhuilee 發表於 13-11-15 13:54
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It’s my perception that Think is more local because it does not take you t ...

I share the exact sentiments, especially the 2nd half of your opinion.

VVhuilee

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Just bear in mind that going to Think would have less chance going to IS.
What my believes is to train my son to speak fluent English then he would have no problem going to IS primary.

Good luck and do think twice of what you really want.

VVhuilee

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It’s my perception that Think is more local because it does not take you to international primary/secondary school.
If you check their Secondary School Admission Result for their primary school, 75% for Local secondary school.
KG is even worst, only 15% had offers to IS primary.

To me it’s quite clear, Think, Learning Habit, St. Cat., York those are the “local” international.
I am not saying they are not good, St. Cat is a very good school, a lot of parents admire to get in., but you can see many of the kids graduated there goes to the top 直資/私小 following local HK education system.
Not many would end up going to IS.
That’s how I see it and classified them.

For my son, I am not applying any of the “local” international, no offense, it’s just not what I want.

boomonsters

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讀國際學校和傳統學校的確有分別,  尤其年幼小朋友, 他們一般寫字, 認字比傳統學校差, 學習似乎較慢, 但他們會用多一些時間去學習觀察, 分析, 應用, 表達.國際學校幼年生轉去傳統學校應有些困難.

boomonsters

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When you say local International school, I suppose you refer to the 4 branches of Think International Kindergarten.  I don't see Think International School (the primary school) as a "local international school".   Sometimes it's confusing...

tityting

VVhuilee 發表於 13-11-15 10:42
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My first question to you, are you targeting LS or IS?

i am actually targeting IS, but what i am afraid here is if i can't get in to any IS primary after kinder, i will have to go back to LS.

tityting

boomonsters 發表於 13-11-15 10:37
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對不起, 我寫過濾只是說笑, 引起誤會, 十分抱歉.  另外, 朗思應不太在意家庭背景.   ...

其實我選擇國際學校是因爲我認爲國際學校的學習環境比較以人爲本一些，輕鬆快樂些，可能有很多人認爲國際學校的學生不太上進，成日唔溫書，但也許正是因爲他們並沒有那麽大的課業壓力。此外，英文當然是重點，希望能speak like a native english speaker也是選擇國際學校的重要原因，起碼不用每日去參加英文補習社或者請英文家教等等..但我必須承認中文在現今的社會一樣很重要。

VVhuilee

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My first question to you, are you targeting LS or IS?

If you go for Anfield, most likely you cannot switch back to LS even though they have K3 to support students who wishes to go to LS.  But it would be tough for your kid especially Anfield is not those knows as strong in Chinese.

Think is like York, St. Cat., Learning Habit but Think is not as famous as they are.
But still should be a good school (I have a friend’s daughter studying there, she is pretty happy and her target is Think Primary).
If you go for Think, you would have a better chance for 直資/私小.
I don’t see a lot of Think KG students can go to other IS Primary (e.g. ESF).

These two schools are quite different, the simple question for you to decide is LS or IS.

People don’t talk about Think here because it’s more a local international school, just like you said like York, St. Cat. which there are a lot of discussion in the LS forum.

boomonsters

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對不起, 我寫過濾只是說笑, 引起誤會, 十分抱歉.  另外, 朗思應不太在意家庭背景.  朗思家長的確比較少在這裡發言.


小朋友正讀小學部, 我覺得相比起其他國際學校如英基, 朗思年幼學生英語水平的確不及, 原因不在學校, 而是本地生較多, 但另一方面, 中文比那些國際學校好點...


請問你為何要選擇國際學校?

tityting

boomonsters 發表於 13-11-15 09:26
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小魔怪正在朗思就讀.似乎朗思家長比較低調, 可能選生時經過過濾

低調的意思是少在討論區出現嗎？我都收到朗思PM offer， 感覺THINK並不是傳統意義上的國際學校，而是比較偏向著重英文的國際幼兒園，例如St.Cat or York。 你的小朋友未來是準備走國際學校路綫還是上直資私小？？你所說的經過過濾是指校方會比較著重考慮學生家長的背景嗎？唔好意思，可能太多問題，我只是希望能了解清楚以幫助我選擇到底邊間比較適合我的小朋友。謝謝你。

boomonsters

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小魔怪正在朗思就讀.似乎朗思家長比較低調, 可能選生時經過過濾

suetfa

I have asked a friend's friend who is studying in ThInk too. See if the comments help



Think hv different type of activities for kids say bakery visit, picnic etc
In addition, they hv parent n kids activities like 中秋民族服裝晚會，Sports Day, School Picnic etc
They hv class video uploaded to intranet for parents but I didnt watch it 😝
Apart from text books, they also hv their own designed books with real pictures (say school, their own books are showing Lam Tin Think …)
Now my son is K1, start learning to draw lines and recognise simple chinese words
Think has different types of full day classes that I like, now in pm, I selected Eng project base class which hv one topic a week, there will be an one page note for parent to know what they taught,
Seems good,
Last week in picnic, met a Kln Tong Think parent, she said the teachers over there are v 有愛心
I duuno know Anfield, so cant compare 😅

suetfa

The following message is from a friend's son who is studying in k2 in Anfield.

其實我覺得如果你想英文native,  唔可以淨係讀n 班， 因為通常langauge development 最明顯就係K1, 所以其實如果你揀anfield,  就要一路讀is.  唔好淨係讀n 班

不過is 既唔好處係佢地k2先開始揸筆， 同埋數學會無咁好。 同local school 係無得比。 佢地既學習進度好明顯係比local school 慢好多。 因為local 真係好谷

所以我覺得要諗清楚你係咪一條龍讀is,.唔係你就唔好諗喇。 因為轉返出local.  你個女會追得好辛苦

同埋讀anfield,  我覺得kln tong campus. 好d

tityting

原帖由 boomonsters 於 13-11-14 發表
請問為何幾位家長覺得Anfield 比Think 好?  似乎Anfield 辦小學只有兩年左右, 比Think還要新.而學制亦不同, ...

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