Singapore International School

mrsho

All the SIS students have to take French as their third language.  May I know do the parents need to send them to a private or group French lesson after school?  Do they really "Speak" French?  What is their level after 6 years study?
Thanks a lot.

Ivylove

Hi ladies,I guess most of us are looking forward to meet the new principle in person !
My boy was in Nanyang primary when he was with
the "ship" programme.Nanyany is a serious school !
As for Learning French in school,I find that they are not too serious about it,to be honest !
My boy learn french ever since he's in HK with SIS.
After all these years,he can communicate a little but
not too fluent in speaking or written English unless
the student himself is an Angmo !

panala

Ivylove,

"After all these years,he can communicate a little but
not too fluent in speaking or written English" - you mean English or French? Just want to clarify. Thx.

Ivylove 寫道:
Hi ladies,I guess most of us are looking forward to meet the new principle in person !
My boy was in Nanyang primary when he was with
the "ship" programme.Nanyany is a serious school !
As for Learning French in school,I find that they are not too serious about it,to be honest !
My boy learn french ever since he's in HK with SIS.
After all these years,he can communicate a little but
not too fluent in speaking or written English unless
the student himself is an Angmo !

yyyy

女女明天便會跟學校去法國旅行, 今早問她法文如何? 可以溝通嗎? 她笑得好甜, 並說會帶同法文單字薄去! 我也回笑她, 查得來都蚊訓啦! 相信用法文溝通有一定的難度, 講些單字應該無問題! 所以提議佢買些法文CD回來進修下!

mrsho 寫道:
All the SIS students have to take French as their third language.  May I know do the parents need to send them to a private or group French lesson after school?  Do they really "Speak" French?  What is their level after 6 years study?
Thanks a lot.

mrsho

Ivylove & yyyy,
Thanks for the reply.  This afternoon just went to SIS for a tour.  Ms. Helena explained very detailly.  The school campus is very impressive.  yyyy, as your daughter is studying at the higher grade so I would like to clarify one thing.  I am planning to let my daughter to study in a local secondary school, do you think it is possible?  Do you have any data about how many percentage of HK students went back to local secondary school after the primary with SIS?  Thanks.

mrsho

There are a lot of after school activities.  Do we need to pay for it?  From which age does the course offer?

yyyy

當一個小朋友在一個地方八年, 愛上了這間學校, 最後要他離開,會不開心;
當一個小朋友的同學仔(或大部分)都繼續升讀原校,只有他要轉校,會不開心;
當一個小朋友適應了這間學校,要他再適應另一間學校,如果他不想,會不開心;

以前沒有中學, 有一部分小朋友轉去讀local school都是正常,最後適應都應沒有問題;但如果不過一定要轉,還是選擇不用重新適應好.

我以前都有妳這樣的想法, 但當妳的小朋友對妳說他不想,妳便不會勉強他了,所以當妳踏出了第一步,還是堅持下去比較好d.

mrsho 寫道:
Ivylove & yyyy,
Thanks for the reply.  This afternoon just went to SIS for a tour.  Ms. Helena explained very detailly.  The school campus is very impressive.  yyyy, as your daughter is studying at the higher grade so I would like to clarify one thing.  I am planning to let my daughter to study in a local secondary school, do you think it is possible?  Do you have any data about how many percentage of HK students went back to local secondary school after the primary with SIS?  Thanks.

yyyy

有一些要, 大部分都不用! 我未比過錢上CCA,但我知中樂要比錢!

mrsho

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yyyy 寫道:
當一個小朋友在一個地方八年, 愛上了這間學校, 最後要他離開,會不開心;
當一個小朋友的同學仔(或大部分)都繼續升讀原校,只有他要轉校,會不開心;
當一個小朋友適應了這間學校,要他再適應另一間學校,如果他不想,會不開心;

Fully agree with you.  I think at the end I will still let her stay there.  Then what about U?  Any possibility to enter the U in HK?

ngtw

do u know which curriculum that SIS secondary will take ? will they consider IB ?

echu

Ivylove,

Can you give me the contact number of the tutorial class via PM?

Thanks,

echu

yyyy

I heard that they will be the same as S' now, ie. 4+2. Anyone knows more about S' secondary curriculum?

IB looks quite good:

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IB國際文憑是將眾多國家的最佳的部分融為一體。可以說，IB教育思想的精髓就是文化融合，培養學生的批判性思维和創新精神，也因而受到許多國家政府的支持。

IB强調，除了要重視學生的智力發展和學業水平外，更要重視培養學生對世界事務的認識。

IB綜合平衡的課程設置與高標準的學業衡量水平與世界名牌大學無縫接軌。其全部課程内容由六個学科組成（母語、外語、數學、個人與社會、實驗科學、藝術與選修），並注重各學科之間的關係。3項核心特色課程：拓展論文（EE）；知識理論（TOK）；創造、活動與服務（CAS）。学生可根據自身條件、興趣或與將要選擇的大學專業課程相結合，從每一組科目中至少選讀一門，以保证學習的廣泛性和平衡性。

學生獲得IB文憑反可直接入讀大學一年级，無需再讀大學預科或語言学校，節約至少一年的時間，而且高等级的學科在許多大學中還可以折算為相應的大學學分，從而使IB學学生可以免修相關的大學課程，提前完成大學學業。

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ngtw 寫道:
do u know which curriculum that SIS secondary will take ? will they consider IB ?

swan88

At this moment, for secondary, they will not consider IB.. not too sure abt the pre-university (i.e. year 11(secondary 5)  and year 12 (secondary 6))

Alot of the other IS are considering IB and I think this is the direction to go. But for the school to change to IB - it will involve alot of COST, esp in getting the qualified teachers to teach IB or re-training the current pools of teachers ! And also in Singapore, most secondary schools in SIN are not running IB only a few priviledged schools are doing IB at the higher level.

yyyy

想問下如果不是IB,中學畢業後有沒有機會申請到外國一些出名的大學呢? 好似美國睇IB比較多, 會唔會英國仍然睇GCE?

swan88 寫道:
At this moment, for secondary, they will not consider IB.. not too sure abt the pre-university (i.e. year 11(secondary 5)  and year 12 (secondary 6))

Alot of the other IS are considering IB and I think this is the direction to go. But for the school to change to IB - it will involve alot of COST, esp in getting the qualified teachers to teach IB or re-training the current pools of teachers ! And also in Singapore, most secondary schools in SIN are not running IB only a few priviledged schools are doing IB at the higher level.

Ivylove

Dear echu,
My son is already having tutions in this centre,2 times a week for maths,science and english creative
writting.He loves that place,every time he is there,he
always wants to stay longer even after lessons.
The centre is at leighton road,capital commercial building run by singaporean.The same singapore teacher teaching maths and science.An australia born chinese teaches english,a very pretty lady.
Their tel no.34282671.
Let me know if I can help more.

Ivylove.

bbJP

Hi! Do u think SIS will consider to teach traditional Chinese in lower form. Some parents said that if the children learn simplified Chinese, he/she can hardly write traditional Chinese, and the parents have to put a lot of efforts behind if they want their children to learn traditional Chinese. And even the children can read, they can hardly write due to less prastise at school work.But if they learn traditional Chinese first, it's easy for them to learn both.

Do u think the school will consider this matter?

tipper

Hi bbjp ,

DEFINITELY NOT - in teaching traditional chinese. In Singapore, all schools learn simplified chinese.

tipper

Hi YYYY,

I think IB or GCE - should be able to find good Uni if your results are good.. so no worry.

tipper

Dear Ivylove,

How much is the tuition fees for Math, Science and English ? Is this private or group tuitiion ?

thanks

Ivylove

Hi all,I don't think SIS will teach traditional chinese as
all singaporean learn simplify chinese back home and
furthermore it looks like simplify chinese is taking over traditional chinese because it is only HK and Taiwan still using trad chinese.
The tutorial centre that my son going has courses for
trad chinese and simplify chinese,if I'm not wrong,it is
a kind of VS thing,they said it is designed for those who are learning either type of chinese and wants to
learn the other type now.As for their fees,I think it is
affordable for lots of us.It is $250 for english,$230 for chinese,$250 for science but for maths,they have different rates,P1-2 $200,P3-4 $250,P5-6 $280 for an hour.I still think if anyone is interested
should go to have a look for youself,like I said everyone has different needs,it may be great for me
may not be the same for you.They provide small group tution not more than 4 or 5 kids in a group
which I'm happy with it because I want my son to
mix with other kids to learn to be a better team player and not to reley too much on 1 to 1 private
tution.I think when my boy had shown improvement
on what he is learning,I will adjust his time table to let him learn the trad and simplify chinese to strengthen his chinese skill.Bye now,good luck,mothers !