Any Kid has interviewed by Kowloon Baptist Church Kindergarden

quinawai

My son will interview KBCK on 2008-01-28 AM.  Any mother can share the experiense regarding the interview and when will know the result?  

NatMom

We attended the interview last year.  The principal gave us some basic info of the school.  Then a teacher asked us why we choose KBCK and  which stream we were going to put the child for the primary stage.  She reminded us that after going to this school for 2 years, it's difficult to go back to local stream.  

They didn't ask much question on the kid, but the teacher would play with him/her and asked her to do something.  The purpose is to know whether he/she can understand English.
  
For this year, I'm not sure.  Hope this could help.

原文章由 quinawai 於 08-1-24 17:29 發表
My son will interview KBCK on 2008-01-28 AM.  Any mother can share the experiense regarding the interview and when will know the result?  

quinawai

Thanks Natmon.  How long will get the result if my child is admissible by the school?

matthewdad

My son has the interview this morning. It is similar to last year as described by NatMom. Ms Wood offered verbal acceptance for my son but the official acceptance letter will be sent out by ned of February after all the kids has been interviewed. Good Luck !!!

原文章由 quinawai 於 08-1-24 22:33 發表
Thanks Natmon.  How long will get the result if my child is admissible by the school?

joshbelle

My son also attended the interview last week and got verbal acceptance right after the interview.  I'm still considering whether to put him in KBCK or not.  'Coz I heard that most of the graduates of KBCK this year couldn't secure a place in ESF primary schools.  But I want my boy to study in ESF primary school.

Sandrine

Really surprised to read what you heard.  Who did you hear it from?  Contrary to what you said, my daughter's classmates got accepted by ESF last year without any problem, except the very few who chose RCHK, ICS or continued with K3 for local primary.

原文章由 joshbelle 於 08-1-29 12:39 發表
My son also attended the interview last week and got verbal acceptance right after the interview.  I'm still considering whether to put him in KBCK or not.  'Coz I heard that most of the graduates of  ...

joshbelle

I heard it from a friend whose son is now studying in K1 in KBCK.  So I'm kinda worried, though I like this school a lot.

StayWithMe

Dear parents,

May I know the school bus service for KBCK students? My daughter got verbal acceptance too.

Thanks

Sandrine

I'm not sure about this year's situation but last year, the kids in my daughter's class were accepted ok.  I wouldn't say everyone was accepted but there were only 6 or 7 kids in the class that I haven't spoken to (so I don't know which school they eventually go to).  The rest were accepted if they had chosen ESF.

原文章由 joshbelle 於 08-1-29 14:25 發表
I heard it from a friend whose son is now studying in K1 in KBCK.  So I'm kinda worried, though I like this school a lot.

[ 本文章最後由 Sandrine 於 08-1-30 09:02 編輯 ]

joshbelle

Thanks so much for sharing. :loveliness:  My boy got several offers, namely KBCK, Think, ESF (Tsing Yi), Anfield and Creative Primary cum KG.  I have to think about it seriously.

原文章由 Sandrine 於 08-1-30 09:01 發表
I'm not sure about this year's situation but last year, the kids in my daughter's class were accepted ok.  I wouldn't say everyone was accepted but there were only 6 or 7 kids in the class that I have ...

NatMom

Hi Sandrine,

I'm also considering to apply ESF for my daughter next year.  I was told that the competition to get into Shatin Junior is so severe.  Is that true?  How about Becon Hill?

By the way, can you give some comments on these 2 schools?  Just don't know how to choose! (Currently we are living near to Becon Hill, but if Shation Junior is better, we would move to that area)

Thank you so much in advance!

Natmom

原文章由 Sandrine 於 08-1-30 09:01 發表
I'm not sure about this year's situation but last year, the kids in my daughter's class were accepted ok.  I wouldn't say everyone was accepted but there were only 6 or 7 kids in the class that I have ...

NatMom

StyWithMe,

You may check with the admin officer, Miss Jenny.  My daughter takes a private bus that is referred by the school.

原文章由 StayWithMe 於 08-1-29 15:48 發表
Dear parents,

May I know the school bus service for KBCK students? My daughter got verbal acceptance too.

Thanks

StayWithMe

NatMom,
Thanks so much for your reply. May I know that how's your comments on KBCK. Regarding to the school web site, some pictures were taken in a outdoor playground. Is KBCK has their own or that's just a public one? How's your daughter's school life?
Thanks once again,
StayWithMe

原文章由 NatMom 於 08-1-30 13:07 發表
StyWithMe,

You may check with the admin officer, Miss Jenny.  My daughter takes a private bus that is referred by the school.

Sandrine

Joshbelle,

KBCK only maintains informal contact with ESF schools and its children doesn’t have priority over those of other schools.
However, KBCK kids would still get interviewed early and ESF schools would send their staff to the KBCK classrooms to observe the kids who have applied for ESF schools before the formal interview.
Many KBCK kids already have siblings going to ESF schools.
Many others are non-Chinese and so their priorities are higher.
But I also know children without any priority got accepted.
This is what happened last year.


Choosing a school really depends on your expectations and your planning for primary.
To us, KBCK is a great school.
It allows children to learn through play, with lots of singing, dancing and arts & craft.
No homework, no writing at all but there’s show and tell every day for children to bring to school something that relates to the theme that they’re learning. There’s time for free play every day for the kids to learn to play with one another (Different toys are placed on the tables every day).
There’re dress up corner, kitchen corner, library corner, sandbox, etc.
There’s also one library & PE class a week (PE is done on the public playground beside the school).
Children are introduced to the alphabets & basic phonics in K2.
There’re 2 concerts a year for the children to perform on stage in the chapel.
Teachers are loving and caring, although many of them were new to the school (some turnover earlier).
Children learn bible stories and the love of God.
Parents are welcome to the classroom and so you too can get involved in your kid’s learning.
Other than school fees, there’re no other fees at all. Even the school bag and the concert VCDs and photos were free. I believe the school has received a lot of support from the Kowloon International Baptist Church.


I must say that I’m happy with KBCK.
I’ve also heard good comments about Anfield where kids can learn Putonghua as well (KBCK only uses English) but it’s a lot more pricey.
But of course, if your target school is ESF school, ESF kindergarten should be a safer choice.
So it all depends.

原文章由 joshbelle 於 08-1-30 12:22 發表
Thanks so much for sharing. :loveliness:  My boy got several offers, namely KBCK, Think, ESF (Tsing Yi), Anfield and Creative Primary cum KG.  I have to think about it seriously.

Sandrine

Natmom,

I’m sorry that I can’t offer you comments on the comparison between SJS and BHS.
While I know parents with kids studying there, I don’t have enough info to give a fair comparison.
You might want to visit the websites of these schools to get a feel first.

原文章由 NatMom 於 08-1-30 13:05 發表
Hi Sandrine,

I'm also considering to apply ESF for my daughter next year.  I was told that the competition to get into Shatin Junior is so severe.  Is that true?  How about Becon Hill?

By the way, c ...

Sandrine

Staywithme,

KBCK doesn’t have its own playground.
Children have PE in the public playground beside the school.

原文章由 StayWithMe 於 08-1-30 19:29 發表
NatMom,
Thanks so much for your reply. May I know that how's your comments on KBCK. Regarding to the school web site, some pictures were taken in a outdoor playground. Is KBCK has their own or that's  ...

joshbelle

Dear Sandrine,

Thanks a bunch for your detailled advice.  Yeah, I also like KBCK very much for its "teaching through play" and its Christain values.  My major reservation is it doesn't have Chinese teaching and the teachers' turnover rate.  I may be too greedy, I want my children to be fluent in English (so I plan to put them in ESF schools) but I also want them to know Chinese.  I'm sure that my boy will love KBCK as he's now studying in the pre-programme in Anfield (but Anfield is too expensive), he's more adapted to international schooling.  So I'm thinking whether we can find some structured Chinese/Mandarin course for him if we finally decide to let him study in KBCK.

On the other hand, as THINK has Chinese teaching and we have friends recommending this school, we are also considering this school.

Choosing a suitable school for our children is a very difficult task!

原文章由 Sandrine 於 08-1-31 11:03 發表
Joshbelle,

KBCK only maintains informal contact with ESF schools and its children doesn’t have priority over those of other schools.
However, KBCK kids would still get interviewed early and ESF sch ...

matthewdad

I am also interested on structured Chinese/Mandarin course.

原文章由 joshbelle 於 08-2-1 17:08 發表
Dear Sandrine,

Thanks a bunch for your detailled advice.  Yeah, I also like KBCK very much for its "teaching through play" and its Christain values.  My major reservation is it doesn't have Chinese t ...

NatMom

StayWithMe,

You're welcome.

To be frank, during the first 2 months, my daughter felt quite uncomfortable with the school life.  Whenever I asked her "what did you do at school today?" She would answer "nothing, just walk around". Just like what Sandrine descriped, KBCK has free play time, and my daughter didn't know how to "PLAY" freely -- cause it's very different from her previous nursery school (they schedule everything). And sometimes she would say some kids were naughty and hit her.

Luckily, my girl started getting used to it when she establish friendship with her classmates. In fact, most of the kids are well behaved and the teachers are quite concern with the class discipline. Now she would say "today I play XXX with XXX". And no more hitting occur after I taught her to protect herself.

I think KBCK is a great school, they let kid to learn bit by bit everthing day. They definitely won't have a tight schedule, but they have a theme on different months. After that theme has completed, the kid will bring their "masterpiece" home, some of them are quite amazing. The other acheivement of my daughter so far is the standard of English - since I seldom speak English to her right now, she can still keep her standard pretty good, and getting better and better. She could use correct grammer and phrase to express herself. I am really impressed.

All in all, I love this school very much.

原文章由 StayWithMe 於 08-1-30 19:29 發表
NatMom,
Thanks so much for your reply. May I know that how's your comments on KBCK. Regarding to the school web site, some pictures were taken in a outdoor playground. Is KBCK has their own or that's  ...

NatMom

Sandrine,

Thanks a lot anyway.

原文章由 Sandrine 於 08-1-31 11:09 發表
Natmom,

I’m sorry that I can’t offer you comments on the comparison between SJS and BHS.
While I know parents with kids studying there, I don’t have enough info to give a fair comparison.
You mig ...