ESF TY vs St Cat

jnt4ever

Knowing that one is IS whereas another is local school, it’s difficult to compare. We are aiming at future IS Primary, but think that it would be good to learn some basic Chinese in her childhood.

ESF: good English background but poor Chinese learning. Only classroom observation for ESF Primary entry so relatively easier to get offer
St Cat: better Chinese learning but heard that English is only fair. Need formal interview for ESF primary application which English standard may not be sufficient for success   

picamama

sweetbaby9999 發表於 19-3-15 10:59
I think for a 3 years old kids , this is better to choose one school and after school
Choose one sp ...

You can try gymnastic training

Avocadosushu

Saboc 發表於 19-3-14 22:31
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If you have this mindset, better to focus in local school. Early years in Intl ...

caanot agree more!

sallym

Saboc 發表於 19-3-14 22:31
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If you have this mindset, better to focus in local school. Early years in Intl ...

I completely agree.

sweetbaby9999

SusanTam 發表於 19-3-15 10:43
Thank you so much for all the suggestions. I'm also worried that my kid will bored at home in the pm ...

I think for a 3 years old kids , this is better to choose one school and after school
Choose one sport to focused , my daughters start doing rhythmic gymnastics at 4 since then she develops a very strong mindset and strong body , not recommend for such young kids too much in academic , When they grow older , develop their interest in Chinese cultural and language  

SusanTam

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. I'm also worried that my kid will bored at home in the pm time, and my helper also need to look after another new born baby. But guess it's too harsh for a 3 yrs old boy goes to two diff. schools everyday, I may just let him to study in ESF , and then attend other activity groups few times a week which is better .

mandy_ng207

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Just my personal sharing:
As a working parent I really don’t have time to arrange home-based learning for my kid after his AM session in an IS kindy. In the end, I send him to tuition classes 3 days a week (two of them are extended programs from the school) since K2. The money sums up to be two-thirds of a local kindy’s price. So if there is a happy kindy really close to home and you can join at the age of 4 (when nap is not necessary), not a bad choice for a single kid who may just get bored at home in the afternoon. For me, I’ll quit once I got offer from IS or if I think the homework is too demanding

picamama

Saboc 發表於 19-3-14 22:31
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If you have this mindset, better to focus in local school. Early years in Intl ...

I know a few kids with this arrangement (ESF+ SC/Vic/KV) they all finally just end up in ESF.

Saboc

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If you have this mindset, better to focus in local school. Early years in Intl school esp kindergarten would disappoint you in terms of "effectiveness" especially you would have direct comparison with the local one.
Anyway, I notice parents with such arrangements might fit better in local school

macchalover

jnt4ever 發表於 19-1-28 13:20
Knowing that one is IS whereas another is local school, it’s difficult to compare. We are aiming at ...

I was just in a similar situation, but for me, it was ESF vs Vic.

After a long struggle, I finally chose ESF and gave up Victoria.

貝珠

mandy_ng207 發表於 19-3-14 12:14

You mean 1 local 1 IS ? May I know why ?
U had make decision to choose IS, why do you want to put ur son in local school ? Just for Chinese ? Sometimes 1+1 may not equal to 2.

SusanTam

lovesunny 發表於 19-3-14 11:36
My son went both as I don’t know how to choose. Keep the spot to enter ESF junior later and learne ...

I am also struggling if I can arrange like yours. May I know if u drive him to schools , and prepare everything and eat in the car?? I am not sure which campus are you in, guess that it takes at least 30 mins to Kln Tong St. cat. right??

SusanTam

JLLmama 發表於 19-3-9 07:08
We experienced the same situation last year, we got offers from both esf and sc too and we were str ...

I am actually facing the same problem now . I was thinking I can manage to arrange him to study both , but guess it's too tough for a 3 yrs old kid to running around two diff. locations which are not close to each other, and without the nap time I trust that my son could be so tired and unwilling to concentrate in school. I am happy to know that teachers in ESF is good , may I know which campus are your kid in now? I am still struggling whether ESF in syllabus is too easy...
And may i know anyone had the experience your kid finally swap into LS after 2 yrs of IS kinder? How did they manage and adapt to the new syllabus?

mandy_ng207

貝珠

lovesunny 發表於 19-3-14 11:36
My son went both as I don’t know how to choose. Keep the spot to enter ESF junior later and learne ...

OMG. Hope you will make up ur mind soon and don’t keep him in 2 schools a day

lovesunny

jnt4ever 發表於 19-1-28 13:20
Knowing that one is IS whereas another is local school, it’s difficult to compare. We are aiming at ...

My son went both as I don’t know how to choose. Keep the spot to enter ESF junior later and learned more Chinese at SC. My kid was fine as he did not mind to go to one more school to play. Crazy pick-up schedule for parents though.

JLLmama

jnt4ever 發表於 19-1-28 13:20
Knowing that one is IS whereas another is local school, it’s difficult to compare. We are aiming at ...

We experienced the same situation last year, we got offers from both esf and sc too and we were struggling which one should we take. We picked esf finally and we are very happy with the school now. A very lovely and warm school community with caring and experienced teachers and staff, my son loves the school very much. Chinese is not a big concern to us coz we target to send him to overseas for university anyway. Given he lives in HK  for coming years and speaks Cantonese to his grandparents, I trust that his Chinese would be up to standard.

ZackMama

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讀多過一年esf 幼稚園嘅係小學嘅admission priority佢上面嗰句係esf 幼稚園嘅 admission priority

luckyveronique

宜家ESF幼稚園生根本唔曬去番小學interview，都是小學老師來幼稚園觀察小朋友。憑呢點，梗係ESF幼稚園著數好多喇

tcbobo

hatlady 發表於 19-1-28 18:14
點解兄弟姊妹入幼稚園係好？求賜教(emoji)(emoji)

對冇priority 入小一的人好
對ESF幼稚園的生意好，現在大部分小一新生有siblings priority可以讀非ESF幼稚園（甚至唔讀幼稚園），如果他們冇咗priority 要逼住讀ESF幼稚園了。同埋要讀哂兩年才有priority，kinder就常滿了