如果Canadian International School vs ISF, 大家會點㨂？

Book0221

如果Canadian International School vs ISF, 大家會點㨂？
想中英文都好, 邊間好？

thirdculture

We chose ISF over CDNIS for our son, at the kindergarten level. So far, we’re very happy with our choice. ISF Preschool is very play based but with a strong Chinese immersion program. We don’t speak mandarin at home but my son can converse quite fluently after 1.5 years.

Both are good schools. It really depends on family background and needs. We are a very western family and speak English at home with many non-Chinese friends. What we wanted was for our child to learn Chinese taught in a more ‘western’ style (ie not rote learning), with the time and ability to participate in extracurricular activities.

markBB

Starts from grade 7 (upper school) it’s a different world. Lots assignments everyday which allows continuous improvement, which is the beauty of IB program.  

Jmachi

markBB 發表於 19-6-19 13:43
Same decision as yours. But difference is our kid was grade 7 at the time of switching. The academic ...

So when will it start to be more academic? My son is in Prep now and heard from parents who kids are in G4, they are still very play based. Haha... but is good that they can enjoy school in primary.

markBB

DLKY 發表於 19-6-19 12:50
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I was having the same dilemma and eventually I chose CDNIS.  It's only our per ...

Same decision as yours. But difference is our kid was grade 7 at the time of switching. The academic performance is in fact similar at the upper school level.

DLKY

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I was having the same dilemma and eventually I chose CDNIS.  It's only our personal preference as both are great school.  Agree with the comments posted by other parents in this thread.  It really depends on what you want.  CDNIS has a wider student mix and is definitely a happy school.  A lot of after school activities to choose from and teachers are generally caring and nice.  ISF is a private independent school and in view of its focus on Chinese, it has more students with local/ mainland background.  Academically more robust.  The students and parents I know there also speak quite highly of the school.  

gfkwong

Cdnis d小朋友好開心，不過好難入。考到先算啦，

annie133

Choochootrain 發表於 19-6-18 09:27
我小朋友嘅舊同學一個去左isf一個去左Cdnis, 好明顯isf嘅偏向local school 性格，但學術明顯比Cdnis 高，中 ...

係呀，我都覺得揀學校更要考慮學校㨂文化同想培養那種小朋友性格，不應只看語言

Choochootrain

我小朋友嘅舊同學一個去左isf一個去左Cdnis, 好明顯isf嘅偏向local school 性格，但學術明顯比Cdnis 高，中文數學比Cdnis 強，而Cdnis 嘅真係鬼仔性格，樂天，冇乜所謂，但聽聞中文都比想像中強，可能local family background 啦，isf家長話真係好多國內超有錢人讀，因為好明顯睇到係有錢人，cdnis就超開心返學，家庭背景？who care...

Jane1983

SISian 發表於 19-6-16 14:20
唔好意思，暫時真係未見過你講嗰個情況，大部份就算富二代大陸人（我估）都好努力讀書，可能我個女 ...

無所謂，都係觀察所得。反正唔係我的群組

SISian

Jane1983 發表於 19-6-16 14:01
一般情况係，尤其多勞多得的小階段。正如朋友話，窮又聰明的大陸學生，基本上係好難够佢黎，因為佢地的dri ...

唔好意思，暫時真係未見過你講嗰個情況，大部份就算富二代大陸人（我估）都好努力讀書，可能我個女未去到高中，所以未發現你講嗰個情況有待觀察

Jane1983

SISian 發表於 19-6-16 12:39
老實講，要學術水平高，亞洲人（或者大陸人）多嘅國際學校，水平應該普遍高於白人多嘅學校，因為始終亞洲 ...

一般情况係，尤其多勞多得的小階段。正如朋友話，窮又聰明的大陸學生，基本上係好難够佢黎，因為佢地的drive係好大。但去到富二、三代，即使係小富，亦有缺乏動力的問題，書亦唔一定讀得好好。

gfkwong

剛去過SIS school tour. 有星護照比例係一半，py1大概共120位，即有60位留比冇護照。
ISF我問過用家7歲前差不多全中文，小學是自定課程。
CDNIS 我非常喜歡，不過好難入，報左未必有得In.

annie133

SISian 發表於 19-6-16 12:39
老實講，要學術水平高，亞洲人（或者大陸人）多嘅國際學校，水平應該普遍高於白人多嘅學校，因為始終亞洲 ...

其實我見香港大部分IS, 去到愈高年班都係愈來愈多亞洲人，低年班才外國人多，唔怪得成績普遍都幾好。咁小時可以接觸下不同文化，大個就谷下成績，都幾好

SISian

Jane1983 發表於 19-6-15 09:16
唔好話大家係網上萍水相逢，即使係朋友，我覺得好亦唔等于你覺得好。好簡單，如果你好在意會唔會太洋化，唔 ...

老實講，要學術水平高，亞洲人（或者大陸人）多嘅國際學校，水平應該普遍高於白人多嘅學校，因為始終亞洲人父母要求學術的確比較嚴格

mister

論中英文學術方面發展來說，isf會比較強 （單說幼稚園及小學階段）。isf的中文比重多很多， 所以亦佔了學生的大部份時間， 相對來說其他方面的發展亦會犧牲了， 這是難以避免的。
Cdnis近年的中文程度亦加強了不少， 在國際學校中算是比較重視中文的。但升上中學後， 亦不見cdnis比isf的學術上會遜色。 當然，isf的 IB bilingual diploma的比例自然是比cdnis高。

Cdnis 由幼稚園開始已是IB, 而isf是中學才是IB. 那要看家長的選擇了。

annie133

gfkwong 發表於 19-6-15 13:03
會不會念SIS?

我都幾鐘意SIS，不過聽聞不易考，除非有星護照

sxd

淨係用cis同isf比較，要求中英文都好一定係揀isf。sis行簡體字，中文習得會輕鬆唔少，但其它學術都唔簡單。

gfkwong

會不會念SIS?

Jane1983

唔好話大家係網上萍水相逢，即使係朋友，我覺得好亦唔等于你覺得好。好簡單，如果你好在意會唔會太洋化，唔鍾意中文，你揀前者要家庭落力補番缺口。如果你好似部份香港人話“ 好憎大陸人”，咁揀後者就玩自己了。