現K2的小朋友媽咪12~13年升小一, 一齊交流下!!

lovelytwins

大家好!
我孖仔都係讀緊k2,最近都看小學資料.暫時有兩三間心儀私小同直資.
大家有冇幫小朋友報d興趣班裝備下?
我地就只學畫畫同游水(是小朋友自己揀的),不想有太多.佔據太多時間,想有多d家庭時間.
有時又諗自己係咪太唔現實呢?唔要佢地學多d野又點同人爭.好矛盾!

ziyi

我是已經上了岸的家長
基本上我沒有為小朋友報什麼去裝備面試小學
但事實上在考完小學後反而報了5天的課 - 鋼琴.數學,英文,畫畫,跆拳道,加上參加學校的舞道隊
原因卻是她上年暑假在家裡hea,整天在看電視,沒有辦法下,唯有叫她自己選東西學

但以過來人說,有一些小學是最好操英文,否則.....
而其他東西卻未必需要

好似ICQM,我囡囡考之前都沒有學,但都收

原帖由 lovelytwins 於 11-4-20 10:52 發表
大家好!
我孖仔都係讀緊k2,最近都看小學資料.暫時有兩三間心儀私小同直資.
大家有冇幫小朋友報d興趣班裝備下?
我地就只學畫畫同游水(是小朋友自己揀的),不想有太多.佔據太多時間,想有多d家庭時間.
有時又諗自己係咪 ...

iantsang

You are correct.

原帖由 Christi 於 11-4-20 00:27 發表
唔好意思,搭咀一問:
依家讀K2(即係2006出世?)係報2012/2013小一,咁,我囡現讀PN(2008年4月出世)係咪報2014/2015小一? 唔知有冇計錯數?
thanks.

iantsang

My daughter is also in K2.  I agree with ziyi daddy that if I would apply for other private/ DSS later this year, the training which should be necessary will be English and some PTH.

For other ECA, it wouldn't be helping much for the applications/ interviews.  You probably should had started much earlier so the children had some achievements to put into portfolio (whether this is useful is another story), or just handle this naturally and arrange for interest purposes.

原帖由 lovelytwins 於 11-4-20 10:52 發表
大家好!
我孖仔都係讀緊k2,最近都看小學資料.暫時有兩三間心儀私小同直資.
大家有冇幫小朋友報d興趣班裝備下?
我地就只學畫畫同游水(是小朋友自己揀的),不想有太多.佔據太多時間,想有多d家庭時間.
有時又諗自己係咪 ...

Christi

thanks ian.

yantabo

is it getting some cert(e.g LCM,Trinity,Cambridge.....) or champ of competition(e.g speech /music festival....)will have higher chance of acceptance by private/DSS?

twinsstar1

May I know which schools stress English a lot and that they use mainly English for interview? Is it that most schools use Cantonese during interviews?

What about YW, DBS, CKY?

I'm puzzled as I don't know what is consider as up-to-standard English level...

[ 本帖最後由 twinsstar1 於 11-4-24 23:54 編輯 ]

LittleTeddyBear

我都好煩呀, 仔仔本身間幼稚園有小學, 但又唔guarantee一定收佢讀小一, 間幼稚園又唔係係屋企個校網, 但又有20分, 點算???會consider去試下英華

wing

我細女幼稚園都有小學, 亦都唔一定收番幼生, 仲要亞女咩分都無, 加上又無上興趣班, 真係堪稱"百無" , 都唔知可以點

yan321

我都係K2喇，但幼稚園係九龍城，自己住沙田，對自己校網的學校無資料，點揀

thomasha

YW - Cantonese is used in all of its interviews.

DBSPD - you can choose either Cantonese, Mandarin or English upon application.  Choosing languages other than Cantonese is said not to give any advantage.  

(Important note: please make sure you check the interview notification from the school carefully upon receipt.  Last year the school made a mistake for quite a lot of applicants, changing their interview medium from Cantonese to Mandarin and causing a lot of frustration.)

CKY - not sure as we did not apply for it.

原帖由 twinsstar1 於 11-4-24 23:52 發表
May I know which schools stress English a lot and that they use mainly English for interview? Is it that most schools use Cantonese during interviews?

What about YW, DBS, CKY?

I'm puzzled as I don't ...

thomasha

I am not a K2 child parent or a mother, may I share my experience too?

A bit confused:

幼稚園有小學, 但又唔guarantee一定收佢讀小一
vs.
有20分

If it is a government-aided primary school, it surely has no discretion in giving places to its kindergarten, because it has to follow EDB's allocation mechanism.

If it is a DSS/private primary school, the 20 marks do not exist.

I suppose you mean you have in mind a primary school that your child is entitled to 20 marks and the primary school which has the kindergarten your child is studying does not guarantee giving your child a space.  

My suggestion is:

1. Apply for both the primary school that has the kindergarten and the government/-aided school that your child has 20 marks.

2. Pick some DSS or private schools as back-ups.  The number of schools to apply depends on how likely your child can be accepted by one of the above 2 schools.

3. If your child fails in all of the above schools, take part in the central allocation (lucky draw) stage and see if you are lucky enough to be accepted by a desired school.

4. You can still knock the doors of desired schools after the announcement of the lucky draw results.

原帖由 LittleTeddyBear 於 11-4-28 18:25 發表
我都好煩呀, 仔仔本身間幼稚園有小學, 但又唔guarantee一定收佢讀小一, 間幼稚園又唔係係屋企個校網, 但又有20分, 點算???會consider去試下英華

thomasha

Please check the primary school profiles:

http://www.chsc.hk/primary/tc/home.htm

You may also buy one of the books published for primary school applications - they have a bit more information on the schools.  As far as I know, Sing Tao, Ming Pao and Apple Daily publish such books and can be exchanged with coupons in the newspaper.

原帖由 yan321 於 11-4-30 14:30 發表
我都係K2喇，但幼稚園係九龍城，自己住沙田，對自己校網的學校無資料，點揀mouth:" />

thomasha

I am a father and my son went through this process last year, so I can share some experience.

1. Extra-curricular activities should not be taken just because of P1 interviews.  They are for your child's development and you should choose activities based on your child's interests and needs.  A well-balanced combination is a good starting point to consider.

2. We let my son take part in academic (English, Chinese and Maths), sports (swimming, football, table tennis) and arts/music activities at various times, because he likes learning and going to classes.  He also has some stage performance experience and took part in some speech and musical competitions to train up his self-confidence and develop his mindset towards them. I'd like to stress that my son did not take part in all of these activities at the same time, but over a period of 1-2 years and at different intervals.

原帖由 lovelytwins 於 11-4-20 10:52 發表
大家好!
我孖仔都係讀緊k2,最近都看小學資料.暫時有兩三間心儀私小同直資.
大家有冇幫小朋友報d興趣班裝備下?
我地就只學畫畫同游水(是小朋友自己揀的),不想有太多.佔據太多時間,想有多d家庭時間.
有時又諗自己係咪 ...

thomasha

2473 applicants => 150 places

Out of these places, 30 places are reserved for alumni's children and siblings (~120 applicants), so:

~2350 outsiders => 120 places, almost 20:1

原帖由 yiptszman10 於 11-4-19 23:34 發表
英華是否好難考入...................

thomasha

A small minority does not require application fee, such as St Paul's Co-ed.

St Stephen's (Stanley) charged $250 or $300 last year.

原帖由 qoo_pooh 於 11-4-14 10:00 發表
私小及直資小學會收報名費, 暫時見到最貴要200元

thomasha

The most important thing is interview performance, unless your child has very outstanding performance in some aspect.

I believe if your child's performance in an interview is very outstanding, you may not even need to submit a portfolio - after all, all children will be given the chance for 1st interview.

Just remember, quantity does not count.

原帖由 yantabo 於 11-4-23 01:54 發表
is it getting some cert(e.g LCM,Trinity,Cambridge.....) or champ of competition(e.g speech /music festival....)will have higher chance of acceptance by private/DSS?

thomasha

St Paul's Co-ed:

1st int - 1st half of Oct
2nd int - 2nd half of Oct to early Nov

"Related" and Christian candidates are interviewed first in both cases.

原帖由 mrnosey 於 11-4-14 02:20 發表
想問問大家知唔知D 熱門小學大約咩月份要面試呢, 例如DGS, ST PAUL CO-EDU 等等. THANKS.

Christi

thanks Mr. Thomasha for sharing.我諗你係用咗唔少時間覆咗咁多.