Brisbane - Pacific Pines State High School

KassieMaMa

請問大家知不知道這間中學好不好呀? 小女想明年1月去讀Year 8, 但不知可以否?

請個在Brisbane的區是否好還是不好?

請大家給我意見, 十分感謝您們?

smartyou

Hi Kassie Mama

I afraid this one is not very good one in Brisbane.Please visit the link I provide for you as reference. The info base on 2013

http://bettereducation.com.au/Results/QCE_OP.aspx?yr=2013

smartyou

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Brisbane 公私立學校有約 331 間，此學校排299.

KassieMaMa

因小女將會住的host family會在Pacific Pines, 這樣大家是否有其他學校可推薦給我們?

我現在非常的徬徨!

smartyou

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請問 host family 是您的親友？如否，您可先選校後找 host family

smartyou

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According to my search , there is no other secondary school  in Pacific Pines.

Search results for Pacific Pines,QLD,4211Results 1-4 of 4School nameSchool typeSector

Jubilee Primary School

Primary

Non-government

Pacific Pines State High School

Secondary

Government

Pacific Pines State School

Primary

Government

Park Lake State School

Primary

Government

KassieMaMa

因有個Aunt住在那區可幫忙照顧她, 那請問附近有其他好學校嗎? 因她是公民, 所以想她入公立中學, 因私立中學實在很貴, 我們也不能負擔得起!

謝謝您的幫忙!

nikkikilau

For my understanding is if the student is not aus PR/ citizen, they could only study in selected state school. Pacific pines state high school is not on that list. Check this list: https://www.eqi.com.au/apps/find-a-school-default.html

nikkikilau

Pacific Pines state high school is not a good school as well. You can choose Helensvale state high school instead (5-10 mins away from Pacific pines). Benowa state high/ Merrimac state high/ Varsity College are both very good reputation schools but they are a bit far from pacific pines.

KassieMaMa

謝謝您的意見!

但是否不住在同區都可以申請的?

elmkc

KassieMaMa 發表於 14-9-18 16:44
謝謝您的意見!

但是否不住在同區都可以申請的?

I have checked the school. It is really not very good. It's very young and established in 2000. It offers students to learn Japanese as the other language, so I suppose they don't have a lot of Asian students. Usually students need to learn Chinese if the school has more Asian (especially Chinese) students. As your daughter is very young, it is still okay if the school is just walking distance from where she lives. At year 8, students are still very young, and she can make good friendship at this age. She may choose another school after one to two year studying there if she doesn't like the school. She can apply for schools in other catchment areas. If she has good school reports, she will be considered by other good schools.

However, if you want to find a better school which is not close to where she lives, then you must find someone to drive her to school and back home (5 to 10 minutes driving distance is already far away). As she is new there, it's extremely dangerous for her to take the bus alone. We have got relatives living in Gold Coast, and have gone there many times before. It's not like Brisbane that there are buses mainly with Chinese and Asian passengers. In Australia, children and young girls (especially Asian look) are always the target by bad people. Also, Pacific Pines is a very quiet place. You can have a look of it in Google map. I really don't recommend she is walking alone to and from the bus stop (unless it is not far away from home and the school).

annew1128

elmkc 發表於 14-9-19 02:50
I have checked the school. It is really not very good. It's very young and established in 2000. It  ...

請問Brisbane的治安怎樣？我女兒來緊在Brisbane讀foundation，有什麼需要注意的嗎？

KassieMaMa

那請問在Brisbane有好的寄宿中學嗎? 可否告訴我, 謝謝!

elmkc

annew1128 發表於 14-9-19 09:16
請問Brisbane的治安怎樣？我女兒來緊在Brisbane讀foundation，有什麼需要注意的嗎？ ...

I would say that Brisbane is safer than Sydney and Melbourne. However, in Australia, one should not go out alone at night (when the sun goes down), especially girls and children. When your daughter is new there, the best is to learn more about the place she lives and keep going home earlier. Don't even walk alone in the morning or afternoon as most of the streets are very quiet. Even in main roads, there would not be many pedestrians. Many kidnappers are driving their cars the whole day, looking for their preys.

You may let me know where your daughter will live and study. If I know the place, I will tell you more.

smartyou

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有很多寄宿女校和寄宿男女校。雖然你女兒有身分，但只有學費便宜過海外生，住宿費是大家都一樣的。你要預一年學校加住宿費約 澳紙 3.5 至 6 萬不等

annew1128

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謝謝你的advise！好像很恐怖，自己上學的話好像很危險！
她在IES就讀，地址是：Landmark Place, Level 1, 495 Boundary Street, SPRING HILL, Brisbane.
請問附近安全嗎？
她會住homestay，還未知道地址。

elmkc

annew1128 發表於 14-9-22 09:09
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謝謝你的advise！好像很恐怖，自己上學的話好像很危險！

Thanks for your trust in what I have said. Sorry that I don't know IES. Perhaps others can give you more information about it. However, in Google map, I see that it is located very near CBD. Or, you can even say it is in the CBD. As said, it is really not safe to walk alone at night everywhere including CBD (not only in Australia, but in other countries). In Brisbane's busy areas like CBD, shops are usually closed in the evening. So at night, the streets will be very quiet. In Brisbane's CBD, the shops will close late on Friday. So, perhaps Friday night will be safer compared to other days in a week. Other than busy areas, the streets are very quiet at any time, so they are not safe.

I see that there is a small hospital nearby which has emergency. That sounds quite good as it means that sometimes there will be policemen in the hospital. A place may be safer if there is a police station or policemen around. But, that doesn't mean you can go home at night. Also, as IES is in CBD, morning (after the shops open) and afternoon will be safer as there are many shops and people around the place.

Moreover, you need to know whether your daughter needs to attend evening classes. Then, it'd be better that she has classmates living near her home so that they can go home at night together. Anyway, the most important is that when going home, don't talk to any strangers. Don't try to answer any questions they ask. Just say "sorry I don't understand" and walk away. Dail a call (or pretend to dail a call) to let the stranger know someone is talking to you on the mobile phone. If you see someone or a group of people in front of you on the street, you may walk to the other side of the street so that you don't need to walk passing them. It is really dangerous if you need to walk passing someone on a quiet street, especially at night.

annew1128

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謝謝你的回复！很有用！

小女的學校晚間沒有課，homestay也規定了時間回去，所以應該不會夜晚在街上。

不過，早上去乘巴士的話會有危險嗎？

你所說的壞人，是澳洲當地人嗎？他們捉人有什麼目的？是要拿贖金嗎？

elmkc

annew1128 發表於 14-9-23 09:28
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謝謝你的回复！很有用！

Those bad people are usually paedophile or criminals with child and sex abuse (there are many sex criminals in Australia). Blackmail is just a small number. Recently, the terrorists in Australia even said that they would find any ordinary people to kill. The bad people drive the whole day to find preys. They don't need to work as Australia has a very good welfare system.

It's difficult to say whether it is safe to go to school by bus in the morning. It really depends on where she lives and how long it will take to go to the bus stop. If you know her homestay address, you can then check from Google map the distance between her homestay and the bus stop (to the school and back from school will be two different bus stops). You can even use the Google map to check whether the surrounding of the homestay address is safe.

annew1128

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Thanks so much for your reminding!