Harrow vs ISF 點揀？ 苦惱中

sesamebabe

小朋友同時收到Harrow K2 offer 同ISF foundation year offer.
兩間學校都好，唔知點選擇.....
Location wise，由屋企揸車去兩間學校需時差不多。
小朋友仲細，之後未知會去邊度讀書。

讀Harrow，英文好，做大B，但好少中文，近乎零。
讀ISF，中文好，做細B，但又怕英文唔夠好。

soha2018

gavroche915 發表於 20-7-2 14:29
發覺很多時選擇 IS 呢條路既家長都有樓主你呢個煩惱。其實會否嘗試放開一 d ，從個大方向去選擇，對家長同 ...

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莫失莫忘

mtam22 發表於 20-12-29 12:52
Comparing ISF and Harrow is not exactly apples to apples.
My 2 cents worth, considering what ISF st ...

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mtam22

Comparing ISF and Harrow is not exactly apples to apples.
My 2 cents worth, considering what ISF stands for and its unique teaching philosophy, parents should only consider ISF to VSA. Both place emphasis on mandarin so if you see your kids future as in the greater china area, ISF and VSA provides that level of language support with ISF a bit over the top in terms of mandarin focus.

Many parents want to push ISF's Chinese curriculum to Shanghai/Beijing local schools standard and the school is steadily moving towards (if not already at) that level. Hence if parents are not in a position to offer that level of mandarin support for the kids at home or if reciting Chinese poems is not "your thing", you shouldn't consider ISF. Even maths is being taught in Chinese at ISF. By the time they reach secondary school, the emphasis reverts to English with 70% of classes being taught in English. It's also around this time some kids head overseas as that's quite a solid foundation of Chinese they have at that stage.

As for English,  ISF is not the strongest on English support during primary school years but you will find that most ISF kids are almost native level English speakers probably because for a lot of them that's the spoken language at home. Of the 180 or so ISF foundation year places, ISF takes in a lot of students from Victoria. Around a quarter of that non-ISF kinde intake is from Victoria.  So if the kid don't speak mandarin on English at home as a first language, they'll find it very tough at ISF.
As mentioned before by other posters, ISF shouldn't be looked upon as an international school as it is not. Homework is  less harsh than local schools but parents are expected to  be involved. Many students have tutors in tow just like local schools.  Harrow and VSA being much more IS project style based.

Hope that helps.

tingtingting

ISF is now giving more support to students who want to apply to top UK uni. I guess it is the only school in HK that is able to produce organ scholars who could apply to and get offers from both Cambridge AND Oxford.

tingtingting

Most ISF students target US Universities. Have a look of ISF’s admissions to Ivy, you will be impressed.

LLLT

Harrow每年大概有4-5個學生入Oxbridge。Year11會有一部分學生去英國讀Boarding school。同時也有一些能力高的IS 或LS學生入讀Harrow的A Level。近年成績和入大學情況穩定。

反而ISF就每年上落很大，很難比意見。

siuta

Emmamama17 發表於 20-12-24 07:56
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睇成績，睇中文，一定係ISF。Harrow成績一般。注重環境優美，和西式教育，Harrow ...

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Kitgarrison 發表於 20-12-18 00:45
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請問點解由IB School轉 Harrow?Harrow 行AL，想知道IB同AL課程有咩分別？

Just quote from Samuel Chan

“其實不同學制, 加拿大，澳洲，美國，各有好處。至於對於將來出國讀書，最重要英語水平保持高水準，有良好溝通能力，禮貌，品行。學校最大的challenge是如何保持學生對學習的興趣，能夠做到，就是好學校。”

Emmamama17

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睇成績，睇中文，一定係ISF。Harrow成績一般。注重環境優美，和西式教育，Harrow。

louloulemon

gavroche915 發表於 20-7-2 14:29
發覺很多時選擇 IS 呢條路既家長都有樓主你呢個煩惱。其實會否嘗試放開一 d ，從個大方向去選擇，對家長同 ...

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小寶貝兒

Kitgarrison 發表於 20-12-18 00:45
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請問點解由IB School轉 Harrow?Harrow 行AL，想知道IB同AL課程有咩分別？

其實果陣冇刻意一定轉AL，只係考慮中學時想揀IB或AL，咁第一間會揀間近啲，又考到就入左了。
以小學課程來講，教學方式相差不大，IB會自由啲，AL會比較有框架啲，但大家都係用project basic, 我諗大概到中學先會開始有比較大分別。
因為我女係考插班Y5，我自己覺得都幾難，因為有用電腦做試卷（英文，數學，邏輯等等）又要作文，最後再同校長面試，不過佢又唔係只揀完美完成既學生，我女話試卷佢都有啲唔識冇做到。
K2應該都係玩中觀察小朋友，同埋睇下佢哋英文口語程度，我記得Harrow網站有寫會考啲咩，可以上去參考下，雖然佢冇例子，我都係睇佢寫既然後去準備咋。

Kitgarrison

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請問點解由IB School轉 Harrow?Harrow 行AL，想知道IB同AL課程有咩分別？
因為我幫小朋友報緊國際學校，研究緊啲兩種課程嘅分別！
另外我仔報咗Harrow 22年K2，想了解一下，面試過程難嗎？

感謝🙏🏻解答

b3410

964000 發表於 20-10-22 08:27
我覺得ISF作風更似local，佢website已寫明homework is an integral part of school life, 亦有列明每天建 ...

G5 90 min 功課 的確有些多。

964000

deco99 發表於 20-10-6 23:14
好奇一問：isf同cky邊間似LS多d？

我覺得ISF作風更似local，佢website已寫明homework is an integral part of school life, 亦有列明每天建議做功課時間，FY (等於IS Y1)已經每晚40min, Grade 1及以上每晚60min, 不過我相信都好過傳統LS, 因為LS每日四五樣功課都已經叫好少。

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Youweird

boyzzzz 發表於 20-10-9 16:29
題外話一問

請問Harrow 是不是如果冇NR/debenture 就好細機會入度？

No, if you are in their pool, you will have the chance no matter you have debentures or n/r or not

boyzzzz

deco99 發表於 20-10-6 23:14
好奇一問：isf同cky邊間似LS多d？

記得有網頁提過CKY 嘅學生100% local

boyzzzz

題外話一問

請問Harrow 是不是如果冇NR/debenture 就好細機會入度？

deco99

964000 發表於 20-7-2 18:47
如果中文是你最重要考慮，就揀ISF,
否則我會揀Harrow. ISF似local school多過IS

好奇一問：isf同cky邊間似LS多d？

spjspj

最後選左邊間？