Have anyone got an offer from ESF SW after informal visit

daisy17772

原帖由 hollymama 於 10-1-25 23:29 發表
Yes, we will accept the offer for PM class even I personally prefer AM class. But ESF is our first choice.
Btw, does anyone know they are in Cat 1 or Cat 2? 'cos the letter didnt indicate about the c ...

I didn't ask about this but by its selection criteria, it's logical to assume that we're in Cat 1.  Wedid indicate that English is our primary language at home.

dearkitty

i also attended the informal visit, but they didn't mention whether i am in cat. 1 or 2

原帖由 daisy17772 於 10-1-26 00:02 發表


I didn't ask about this but by its selection criteria, it's logical to assume that we're in Cat 1.  Wedid indicate that English is our primary language at home.

Space

Me too! I'm still thinking, as we living in Lantau. Afternoon session may not suitable for my girl. :(

dearkitty

any parents attended this week informal visit received the contracts?

肥騫

Not yet.

dearkitty

hello 肥騫

may i ask when did you attend the informal visit?

原帖由 肥騫 於 10-1-28 13:56 發表
Not yet.

肥騫

25th. How about you?

crystalpui

SORRY, 我英文唔太好
打中文
我想問下各位媽媽
ESF要唔要INTERVIEW?用英文定中文呀?
我打算遲D幫我BB報呢間
想要D資料準備下
謝謝

ygma

We just came back fromt the informal visit this afternoon. I feel very disappointed coz my boy did not perform well.  He speaks a lot home but he did not answer/talk to the teacher at school. He even screamed and lied on the floor when we took him away from the toys. I believe one of reasons is the visit took up his nap time and he was sleepy and not in the mood.  Anyway, it is what it is. :(

dearkitty

haha..me too ..also on the 25th

原帖由 肥騫 於 10-1-28 15:50 發表
25th. How about you?

dearkitty

hi ygma
my son also didn't speak much at all, except for answering his name, he didn't speak..

原帖由 ygma 於 10-1-28 16:08 發表
We just came back fromt the informal visit this afternoon. I feel very disappointed coz my boy did not perform well.  He speaks a lot home but he did not answer/talk to the teacher at school. He even  ...

hollymama

ygma & dearkitty,

Dont worry.. it was just informal visit for parents to understand about the school. I don't think the teacher did actually give any marks for kids' performance during the visit.

jujuxxx

Sorry to say you are wrong. ESF has changed their way in this year.

I went to the so called informal visit yesterday and i found they were checking the ability of each child one by one.

Good luck.

daisy17772

原帖由 jujuxxx 於 10-1-29 00:06 發表
Sorry to say you are wrong. ESF has changed their way in this year.

I went to the so called informal visit yesterday and i found they were checking the ability of each child one by one.

Good luck. ...

Yes the teacher did try to talk to each child one by one, but the questions were sssssssssso simple,:  good afternoon,  what's your name, nice to meet you, did you enjoy the fishing....  to see how the child respond and their social style.  I really couldn't see they could test the child in terms of ability, but rather I guess they wanted to see how the child interacted in an English environment.  e.g. There was a Korean family whose kid kept talking to his mum in Korean, then the teacher spent some time to ask this mum what's the language used at home.  To me, the teacher didn't even ask me a single question, it was me who initiated some casual talks with her.  I think as long as your child could response to simple questions and greetings in English is adequate.  If you could take the initiative to talk to the teacher more, then it showed that your child should have exposed to English environment.   Just my 2 cents.

[ 本帖最後由 daisy17772 於 10-1-29 01:10 編輯 ]

jujuxxx

Perhaps you were in SW while i was in TY.  

My child needed to sing+giving some toys to play and asking the name of each toy etc...

daisy17772

原帖由 jujuxxx 於 10-1-29 01:15 發表
Perhaps you were in SW while i was in TY.  

My child needed to sing+giving some toys to play and asking the name of each toy etc...

IC.  SW has less fierce competition.  They doubled the kinder school size this year after they move to Hillside in Feb.

dearkitty

hi hollymama

i received the contract yesterday, i have got PM sesssion too..wonder whether our children will be in the same class..

原帖由 hollymama 於 10-1-25 23:29 發表
Yes, we will accept the offer for PM class even I personally prefer AM class. But ESF is our first choice.
Btw, does anyone know they are in Cat 1 or Cat 2? 'cos the letter didnt indicate about the c ...

dearkitty

hi daisy17772

may i ask did you attend the informal visit on the 25th, coz there is a korean family in my group of visit too...

原帖由 daisy17772 於 10-1-29 01:01 發表


Yes the teacher did try to talk to each child one by one, but the questions were sssssssssso simple,:  good afternoon,  what's your name, nice to meet you, did you enjoy the fishing....  to see how  ...

strayteddy

My kid attended the play visit at TY kinder.  Teachers only observed how the kids interact in an English environment.  They did chat with the kids but that didn't constitute test of abilities of any kind.  My kid observed rather than participated in the singing and dancing.  He was offered a place anyway.

肥騫

I received the contract too.