Braemar hill VS Victoria

sms1982

change can get into Bramar Hill if i push for a reference letter, but i wonder if it worth pushing , as i am a working mum , we are a down to earth family with normal background , concern for peer pressure

my first preference is Victoria and i think we stand a good chance , but i am concern about the fierce competition getting into VSH

any insight please ?

Fishy1122

Hi, I am in exactly the Sam situation as you. My husband is from UK and he prefers international school, but I am afriad intl school is too free and not good for girls so I still prefer local school, but I also don't want to see my girl grow up in tough studying environment. What did you choose finally?

minna321@

There is an outdoor playground as well as a small indoor playground within the school. In fact, the PE teachers are the same as those in ITT.

rolandmcdon

原帖由 minna321@ 於 16-01-12 發表
Majority of the BH parents are local HKers with a few foreign husbands. BH has a well structured pro ...

Do u know if the school have playground for kids to run around and to develop their gross motor skills?

honeybunny7

回覆 bigheadchiu 的帖子

I suppose parents considering BHN would not care about the loss of HK$11,000.  For instance, next month BHN will hold a talk about early childhood education for their parents.  The price for a seat is close to 3k, and all tables were sold out on the first day when notice was distributed to the parents.  That means each pair of parents would shell out up to 6k to attend a dinner talk to support the school.  So... i doubt they'd care to lose a $11,000 levy.

hellowbb

寶山會否太谷同偏重學術？

tarejackie

請問寶山仲接受申請嗎？

bigheadchiu

寶山當然是一間非常好的學校，如果收又經濟許可，我認為是很好的選擇。家長背景當然有一些名人富豪，但亦有一般中產家庭。壓力會有一些，但不是相象中大。但要注意交通接送安排,因為沒校車或媬姆車的。除非你識校長，否則冇人可以提早知道收唔收。而offer幾遲的，所以基本上都要有其他學校backup。

megmegy

Sorry, do you mean TT in braemar hill?

sms1982

原帖由 bigheadchiu 於 16-02-03 發表
I think there are some post about the Vic levy in the other section of this forum.  I am not very su ...

Ic , thx info darling

bigheadchiu

I think there are some post about the Vic levy in the other section of this forum.  I am not very sure about the timing for payment for this year as it happened to me a few years ago.  For this year, seems that it is $11k, refundable after your kid study for at least two months.

sms1982

原帖由 bigheadchiu 於 16-01-29 發表
Actually, you will need to apply, accept and pay all the levy and deposits for Vic first, since BH o ...

Is the Victoria levy refundable ? And how much ? I am not aware at all

bigheadchiu

Actually, you will need to apply, accept and pay all the levy and deposits for Vic first, since BH offer comes very late and there is no guarantee.

CloudyWan

Also wanna know... thanks~

Twinklecar

Does BH start interview already?  I thought it's going to be March.  Please correct me if I am wrong.

心急媽媽xxx

原帖由 minna321@ 於 16-01-11 發表
There are different family background in Braemar hill. If the school decides to accept your child th ...

I wonder if some were admitted to top tier primary due to 'some other reasons?'

minna321@

Also some of the kids left after K1 for CIS and some left after K2 for ISF. But the majority stayed until K3 and proceed to top tier local schools. BH provides good training in English, Cantonese and Mandarin for your kids. Parents are closely knitted in our own community and you will see both parents bringing their kids to school almost every day.

minna321@

Majority of the BH parents are local HKers with a few foreign husbands. BH has a well structured program and there is no homework in K1 apart from reading English and Chinese flash cards which have already been taught at school. I would say that pressure comes from parents to their children rather than BH putting pressure to them.  BH kids are generally bright and confident as they have show and tell in PN and they need to stand on stage to lead the other students in their morning exercise since K1.

phoebewong123

原帖由 sms1982 於 16-01-12 發表
For now I am not sure what I aim for . I like the idea of Victoria because it gives me few years buf ...

You don't like int'l sch free style but you also worry the workload in local school. So it will be more like the struggle between what style of primary sch and it seems BH is still a good choice to switch to int'l sch , although no backup from vsa
But I do believe you will still be able to find a better int'l sch like sis or cis if you want with your family background
Vic also needs to have Chinese hw to follow up
K1 maybe not much
But it doesn't mean you can just be relax in learning Chinese given that Vic is not pushy or give lots of drilling exercise to you

sms1982

原帖由 minna321@ 於 16-01-11 發表
There are different family background in Braemar hill. If the school decides to accept your child th ...

We are Chinese and Brits family , any more insight you could share with me ? Thanks in advance