14-15年度小一新生

persist01

請問大家收到通知交校服雜費信未呢？請問大家校服係咪依家要買埋長袖？

free2bme

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1. Parents choose this school not just for English. We may choose it for - small class size, English, relaxed, close, private, less strict or some other reason. 2. Yes, White  doesn't mean perfect English, and also perfect English doesn't mean perfect English teacher. There are lots of fluent native speaking "teachers" in HK that are absolute rubbish and waste time and money of parents. THey come to HK for a few years to travel and make some money. On the other hand, Western teachers bring a Western style.
3. The  NETs that teach English at Gigamind not only have good English but have   a more open, fun and interesting teaching style. That makes student learning more enjoyable. This is a major reason why parents will choose this school! This is my highest concern. English can be taught on the side by the parent and tutor, BUT I don't want my kid to HATE life for 8 hours a day. My kid enjoys learning with all 3 NETs (over the past few years). It doesn't matter where they are from, Western teachers will bring Western style - that's something valuable too. I'd look at the quality of education, not perceived language ability.
4. You said people think this school is 'international'. With 3 NETS, a couple overseas/"Western" Chinese teachers and local teachers, you may say Gigamind is "international" in this way. Besides, when people say "international" thats really another way of saying "not local"  which means not alll about exams, exams, exams, dictations, dictation, dictation, homework, homework and lots of shouting. So yes and no - Gigamind is not a proper international school, and I and other parents always knew this, but it has many qualities of international schools that are attractive. It also is a sort of feeder school for YCIS, which is international.
5. I didn't like the old English head either, especially for the fact that she left suddenly.  I have never spoken to the new one.

Hilarymother

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I agree with both you and free2bme. I think the only difference is the perspective you look at it from. The teachers' level of English is high compared to most schools in HK, which means local schools. I'd love to send my kid(s) off to an international school - I went to one when fees were much more reasonable. For many of us parents who are not able to afford international secondary places at $12k+ nowadays (even worse for parents of multiple children), we need to stay more "local" in our primary/secondary school selection. I haven't spoken to the coordinators, but I did/do speak with the current P1 English teachers (both local and  NET). The P1-P3 English NET is great and the way she teaches English is simply wonderful. Some of us parents compared English folders and it's a black and white difference between the classes of the same year. I'd encourage you to do the same. Besides, to judge someone based on their race and nationality is unfair. My English is fine and I'm from HK, I assume you are in the same boat. On the other hand, being a NET is no guarantee of excellence. Many of my teachers in international schools were European, Indian etc and they had accents, sometimes strong. It didn't affect learning and, to be frank, accents are a part of the real world. The local teacher who taught/teaches lower years focused a lot on grammar and wasn't as interesting as the NET. Except for a few teachers here and there, I'd say English is fine. The problem I find is the current principal has become very relaxed in enforcing "English & PTH only" as I was promised (by the former principal during interviews) would be the case and the kids are speaking Cantonese ever more often. On that account it seems only the NETs care to enforce the rule. Hopefully the new principal will be more diligent on this matter.

Sportsscene

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The message failed to post last time. Just wanted to say the English standard isn't as high as you think. Parents might say that this isn't an international school, but the school is promoted as an English school, which theoretically implies that the English should be of a rather high standard. Of course you can't compare Gigamind to international schools, but at the same time saying Gigamind's English is better than most local schools follows that logic as well.

Back to your claims that the English skills of the teachers are very good, I cannot agree entirely with you here. The 3 NETs that are there, the 2 male teachers come from English speaking countries, so of course they have no problem using the language. The lady NET from Italy however is another story. I cannot understand how she manages to claim to be fluent in English. But many people fall into the trap of assuming a White person means being a native-English speaking person.

The previous English co-ordinator had very poor English, as she cannot even spot grammatical mistakes in her own work, as well as having a rather limited range of vocabulary whenever she spoke in English. The current co-ordinator has a very British accent, but the actual language standard doesn't match up with the accent she uses.

Of course it is much better than the average person, but are they employed in a place which prides itself on its English standard?

I'm not doubting the fact that they are very passionate and dedicated teachers, and I'm sure the majority are. I'm just saying things  may not be what they seem to be.

free2bme

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Sportsscene

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Marieprincess

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只是說行為問題？咁以前D評語有沒有提及過？有冇同老師傾下？

Hilarymother

轉校？同我換轉位！其實我未見過校長出面，不過我在office出邊見到小朋友都很開心，其實我上個學期好多次係recess同埋lunchtime都見到同學仔玩得好自由，老師係到都可以隨便玩，老師會同學生聊聊，而有見過老師同學生打球玩遊戲，好唔似傳統學校！1. 會唔會只係校長嚴厲？ 2. 我係門口都聽到好多同學講英文，我想問學生講廣東話會唔會俾老師罰？多多指教！

free2bme

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不會啊，英文水平還好啦！學校有3個NET，其他老師的英文也不錯。是教師教課的，不是校長教課的。

taktak86

我個仔係高班同學，今年第一份評估只寫行為方面，仲要好仔細咁寫出唔好嘅行為，其他嘢提都唔提， 攞住咁嘅評語，升中想搵間好學校收都難！以前啲評語好全面。

Makisa

最慘就係果位小朋友！最重要傷到小朋友既信心同自尊心！

Bomama01

我係高年級家長，由幼稚園開始就在激活，由上年開始就轉了胡校長，説真的，早上或放學真的甚少站岀來，而亦發現學校已大不如前，我舉做例，認識一位家長，只是想請校長寫一封推薦信參加模範童軍選舉又不能，令小明天信心大跌，非常失望

Bomama01

你地好呀，我係激活家長，好高興在這裏傾談，大家都是發表下意見，又不需要下下要人轉校的

Marieprincess

不是要求超英文水平，只是要求最基本的程度！那教育環境也能令您小朋友讀得咁滿意，恭喜您吧！ 好好享受吧！
不用你擔心同支持，我小朋友已轉校了！

HJ6153

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如是者, 我想你還是早點和你的小朋友轉校, 轉一所你認為有超英文水準的小學, 免得你天天担心不懂英文的校長誤了你小朋友美好的前程!

現在只是十月, 快快行動吧!  我們支持你!

Marieprincess

現在這位校長.....我地家長們覺得她沒有前任校長咁細心聆聽小朋友囉。返學第二日在早會就當眾大吵大鬧小朋友冇還書！我地班家長係門口聽到都對學校好失望！學校不是主張用愛去教學生的嗎？講真，佢英文咁差我地家長都冇話佢啦！不過，真係好多家長朋友們討論過佢唔識英文，但奇怪地可以做英文學校校長！好擔心英文水平下降！！

pm-11

Makisa 發表於 14-9-15 17:37
小朋友都返左學兩星期啦！有問佢返學有咩開心同唔開心！最開心系認識到一班新朋友仔！
不過我自己對呢間學 ...

前任陳校長每日早上會企大門口同小朋友say morning的,現在這個..就不清楚有沒有,因為現在我小朋友搭校車.

Makisa

小朋友都返左學兩星期啦！有問佢返學有咩開心同唔開心！最開心系認識到一班新朋友仔！
不過我自己對呢間學校都有開心同唔開心！開心既係識到一班接返放學既家長朋友之外，唔開心既係，我連校長都未見過係門口同小朋友say hello!好失望！感覺好冷漠！因為好多學校校長都每日朝早見下D小朋友，令佢地系一間充滿愛的學校系最重要！

momo媽咪

Thank you.