Think International

babyshew

anyone know Think will have a secondary school in Sum Shui Po? but I can't find anything in their website

Siubbcute

Ma on Shan branch said full day is am + pm.  They can nap and join the class after they wake up

aninie

no. The full day program is not just am and pm class. It includes nap time about 1.5hour. I think it is a good practice to train them more independent.

Siubbcute

Which kindergarten you asked ?  I asked ma on Shan branch in Feb, the teacher said interview and assessment is needed

Siubbcute

In the interview the teacher told me that English may not be sufficient if my kid goes to local stream and should also attend full day class (international stream)

I just get the feeling that they want all students to join the full day programme.  Am plus pm session, unlike other full day programme in other school.  it is too much pressure to have a kid to attend two classes, just like some monster parents doing in local schools

aninie

No, if you go their intl streAm(bunnies), you can got promotion to primary for sure. I checked this with both primary school and kindergarten.

SRmama

To my understanding, there's no way to go straight to primary without interview.

SRmama

Not really. They assess the kid through interview.

babyshew

if i want to go straight to Think Primary in future, i must choose intl stream right?

SRmama

I applied for Int'l stream but the supervisor advised me that it'd be more safe to go for local can/eng or pth/end stream as she saw lots of parent changed their mind even they looked so determined for Int'l stream in the first place.

One more point is that she saw those kids from local stream could still pick up eng well to cope with interviews in intl schools.

I took the advice and stay in local stream. Looking back I think I made a correct decision for my son as he's not giving up Chinese at his early age. Plus I can still go for some local IB school - i hunt made up my mind yet but my options are wider.

babyshew

thanks for sharing, very informative. my son has received pn offer for the coming yr.
is your kid studying in intl stream or local stream in k1? i was told by the teacher there that students in intl stream can be escalated directly to its primary school after k2.

15 students per class - thats sounds good.

SRmama

Hi my son is in Kln tong think K1, we are here since pn

This school has its teaching vision and stick to it. As all students there are Chinese (as I observe) they truly trust that students should have solid base on their own mother language before going on to a second language. That's the reason for their emphasis of can/pth in pn, and there was net in his class too. The sch didn't force kids to talk in eng but my son understood basic eng when he was in pn n he communicated w my Filipino helper well w simple words. We always use Cantonese in the home.

My son is in half day can/eng class this year. There are ard 15 students in his class w 1 Chinese n 1 net. I saw big difference this year that he uses sentence to talk to my helper n is able to express his feelings too.

Personally I like think very much it's a loving and caring school. My son loves everyone there (staff n classmates) and he is trained to be an independent kid.

This school is less "academic" compare to others in the district. They inspire students to learn rather than only teach them "hard knowledge". They applies IB teaching mode in the kinder. If u plans to send ur kids to local primary school u may need some more effort in academic training or simply take offer from a more academic school.

If u plan to let ur kid try another Int'l kinder in K1, think may not be the best school for u now. But it's still fine if he has English exposure in some other ways.

Hope it helps.

Giyo

I mean visiting campuses of both schools

Giyo

原帖由 jone219 於 16-01-21 發表
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多謝你俾意見我, 但我係幫小朋友報左THINK 的N班, ANFIELD 只係PLAYGROUP.....如果 ...

Pay visit to both campuses ( kindy + primary) . It's not difficult to make a decision then!

dumbochoco

what is the difference between CSL class and adv. Chinese class ?

JM_wyw

I do think there is no "good" or "bad" school, just have suitable or not for your kid

jone219

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多謝你俾意見我, 但我係幫小朋友報左THINK 的N班, ANFIELD 只係PLAYGROUP.....如果ANFIELD 真係好過THINK, 我諗我唯有立即問ANFIELD 仲有無位 :(

lovecasey

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relax, Anfield English level is good enough for K1 interview provided you speak English to your kid..... however, ESF K1 is hard to get a spot in general.

jone219

大家好, 想借位問個問題.
我幫小朋友報左九龍塘think 的N 班, 想小朋友一直都在國際學校內讀書.
但N 班是否主要是用中文上堂? 學英文時間好少?
因為亦有打算會報考其他學校的K1, 如ESF, 怕到時英文唔夠好,
本來一直打算N班就讀THINK, 但突然有親戚說THINK 程度唔夠高,
又唔係真正的國際學校, 佢揀BOXHILL 都唔揀THINK.... 我又係新手令到我好驚
有無THINK 用家可以分享下? THINK 係好的國際學校嗎? 值得一直讀上去到小學?
我小朋友現在讀ANFIELD 的PLAYGROUP, 平時都係用英文溝通

JM_wyw

He studied at Think IS since year 1