有冇聽過呢間學校 -- Nord Anglie International School

keepcalm

今年九月開學.,想聽下大家意見

victoryu19

vf_mom 發表於 14-9-24 10:05
http://nextplus.nextmedia.com/news/spot/20140904/75822
為入藍田國際學校 家長500萬買債劵

I heard that they are looking for another land to build the 2nd campus in Hong Kong.

daegeseage

I just want to say there are not that many IS in Hong Kong which do not sell debentures, there is no need to target any particular school for so doing.

vf_mom

http://nextplus.nextmedia.com/news/spot/20140904/75822
為入藍田國際學校 家長500萬買債劵

藍田平田邨一帶的公屋街坊，新學年仍舊著T恤踢拖鞋送仔女返學。但隔了一個暑假，他們發現區內突然多了名貴靚車出入。穿恤衫西褲的鬼佬家長，拖着他們的金髮仔女來到昔日資助學校聖言中學，校舍已變身掛了一個藍色像皇冠又像字典的Nord Anglia校徽。街坊見到公屋區突然「富貴」卻不知道眼前這間學校，原來大有來頭。

Nord Anglia去年獲港府賣大包送空置校舍，今年初便在美國集資三億美元上市，辦學掌舵人原來是亞洲最大私募基金霸菱亞洲，背後話事人包括搭通大陸官場人脈的強國投資新貴。這個以香港為基地、正瞄準強國市場的財團，來港開校即推出「天價」五百萬元入學債權證，另外兩款二百萬元及四十萬元的，都被大量強國人搶購，而校方亦正申請在港開第二間學校。但政府這個罪魁禍首，送出珍貴土地資源卻縱容財團獅子開大口，一手炮製教育不公平及跨代貧富懸殊。

jolalee

So the secondary principal is 3 years new. That's good. Perhaps there's hope for the secondary section then. I have a friend who works there, who told me the secondary kids are pretty jaded, but that's a while back. Lemme ask him how is the school now after the new principal has settled in :)
My son's school principal (for the Lower school- KG & primary) looks to be ethnically Indian but with a full Auzzie accent. Although he's the only ethnic 'minority' in a sea of Caucasians in upper management there, I'd say he's one of the best primary principal I know. He is hands-on, genuine and plays the guitar for the kids on their way to the library. Even my 3.5 year old son smiled and commented that he's funny (although from his teacher he knew the principal is 'the boss', LOL). Sometimes a person's ethnic background does play a part in how they run things, for better & for worse, but it is not THE determining factor of how good the person is at his career.

Wishing the best for YCIS secondary for those parents with kids there.

20062001

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my cousin said: all the new foreign students this year are from abroad, they from America, Australia, India, Japan, Philippine. They are all new to HK. There are lots of western students in Y.7, my cousin is studying Y.8, she said there are lots of Korean students. In YC the lower grade the most foreign students, when my son was studying in Kowloon tong, I always see that there're some foreign students from YC primary, ECE. About the principle, the principle that look like Arabs, he is from the UK, He has been in YCIS since 2011.

jolalee

20062001 發表於 14-9-20 20:37
I think YCIS will be better in the future because in secondary, all the principals are foreign. My c ...

The Director & School Supervisor for the entire school is Chinese but i wouldn't hold that against her. She's done a great job in hiring great people for the ECE & primary section. The "co"-principal (although it's just one person) looks Arab... How long has he been in YCIS? Is he new? Is that why you believe it will be better in the future, due to a change of management?

Which grade is your cousin in? Are the foreign students from other IS in HK or from abroad? (and i suppose when she said 'foreign', she meant non-Asians?) School would not excel simply because there are foreign students in it though... Some of the IS with top IB scores  in HK are full of Chinese...

20062001

jolalee 發表於 14-9-19 07:29
YCIS' early childhood education and primary section has always been doing a great job, churning out  ...

I think YCIS will be better in the future because in secondary, all the principals are foreign. My cousin is studying there, she said there are lots of new foreign students this year.but i still don't like that YCIS is very 商業化.

keepcalm

from local school only

elock

My kid is studying there too.
Is your kid transferred from local school or international school?

keepcalm

感覺很好。好free.小朋友又很開心。全部英語溝通。大人冇得懒。你可去佢地網頁铂一下。

elock

Hi, sounds like your kid is now studying in NAIS.
How do you like it so far?

keepcalm

唔讀係有好多理由的。金錢和距離都係一個好理由。好多家長都係騎牛揾馬架啦。

munich

原帖由 Jane1983 於 14-09-18 發表
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以後應該會更難，但過去幾年睇，識好幾個讀父母覺得襯佢小朋友吾起的，都成功轉走（ ...

好奇一問，點樣「襯唔起小朋友」？咩學校先「襯得起」？

keepcalm

到目前感覺良好。暫唔覺有老師只係作旅遊玩票性質。而有老師們是夫婦一起的。一齊漂洋過海來教,我想他們更有歸屬感。

jolalee

YCIS' early childhood education and primary section has always been doing a great job, churning out great students. From what i heard, some YCIS kids end up in CIS (and i am sure some to ESF etc). Due to the 'lost', YCIS secondary has a large in take of kids from other IS, but usually kids who did not do well in their original schools.

This could change in the future, however, since YCIS has been accepting a great deal of donation from rich mainland parents, therefore they might be able to hire better teachers in the future. As to the management of their secondary section however, i have no idea. Good teachers would only stay if the school has good management....

bebemuimui

原帖由 jolalee 於 14-09-18 發表
"父母覺得[間IS]襯佢小朋友吾起" 哈哈笑死我！
我看到KCIS, YCIS 等都多人走，但希望Nord Anglia不會啦。( ...

I guess some went to esf because the tuition fee was cheaper. But now esf is expected to increase the fee by 20 per cents starting 2015, I guess it won't be attractive to many parents anymore.

Also there are a couple of new is with spectacular facilities. There are more options available definitely.

GabGabGab

點解YCIS 走好多人呢？ 又多數走左去邊？

jolalee

Jane1983 發表於 14-9-18 07:27
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以後應該會更難，但過去幾年睇，識好幾個讀父母覺得襯佢小朋友吾起的，都成功轉走（ ...

"父母覺得[間IS]襯佢小朋友吾起" 哈哈笑死我！
我看到KCIS, YCIS 等都多人走，但希望Nord Anglia不會啦。(雖然我只是旁觀者)

紅紅

原帖由 Jane1983 於 14-09-18 發表
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以後應該會更難，但過去幾年睇，識好幾個讀父母覺得襯佢小朋友吾起的，都成功轉走（ ...

小孩子大多對學校有歸屬感，但不少父母是消費者心態，騎牛揾馬。