I think this is not exclusive to KV. Graduates from other kinders also have the same standard and performance. There is only a low single digit percentage of students who cannot follow the syllabus in P1 in most English primary schools. They all come from different kinders. Besides, there is no conclusive evidence that KV graduates perfroms better than other kinders.
The syllabus of most traditional HK type kinders are almost the same. BUT, KV is very strong at moulding the kids as P1 / P2 students in their kinder study. This explains why most traditional primary schools prefer kids from KV than others - easy pick up and less teaching problem. Do they really outperform others - I do not think there is an answer to this.
I agree that the talent and abilities of most 6-year old kids are more or less the same. The fact is, however, KV is really good at training their students to get used to the early primary (P.1 - P.2) syllabus and learning environment. That's why most KV graduates are able to perform well when they enter the primary schools. My daughter has little problem to adapt to the English primary school environment and I think this is important to the her and the 3-year training in KV really helps to smoothen the transition period. And more importantly, KV is able to achieve this without killing the kids' interest of learning, and that's the biggest potency of KV in my opinion.
原帖由 monkeydad 於 09-7-15 10:00 發表
happypenguin,
I think this is not exclusive to KV. Graduates from other kinders also have the same standard and performance. There is only a low single digit percentage of students who cannot follo ...
I am a KV graduate and my daughter has just completed K3 from Kentville as well.
Frankly speaking, many parents will comment Kentville is too harsh and pushy for kids, and their English is not as good as othe kindergarten, but I do feel KV helps kids to build a very strong and rigid academic foundation.
If you prepare your kid to study in international primary school, then probably KV is a bit too harsh. But, if you will eventually let your kid to go to those top traditional schools, then KV will have done a good job for you already, and U need not to worry his/her capability!
Even the syllabus of KV is more difficult than the others, I still find my daughter and her schoolmates study happily seems like no pressure at all!
Probably its the way how teachers teach the kids such that all of them can pickup easily. I still found many of them are creative and proactive.
I know that St Francis Assisi's (the one in Shamsuipo) like to take KV's students, since they are strong in academics. And some gals going to DGJS, Maryknoll, GoodHope as well........
原帖由 charwes 於 09-7-15 13:07 發表
I agree that the talent and abilities of most 6-year old kids are more or less the same. The fact is, however, KV is really good at training their students to get used to the early primary (P.1 - P.2) ...
I wonder every success of KV graduates not only rely on their kinder,but also their family educations (eg moral) and extra classes (eg languages+drama+speech+drawing+piano...).