請問有冇外地回流家長既小朋友和我小朋友既情況一樣呢? 要請教你們很多東西~~

WaWaMom

Amy,

HK primary schools:
http://embhsc.hkedcity.net/primary/

Hope it helps.

AKLAMY

WaWaMom,
Thanks for your website. 我已經知道呢個website 很久, 但以前一直都開唔到, 可能太多人用, 今朝開到, 睇左d 資料, 請問有冇方法睇所屬區的學校呢? 我可能會住31 區..點樣知道31 區有邊d 學校呢? Thanks...

HEE

Dear Amy,

Sorry for late reply!!  I searched the web before I came back.

I applied for one ESF and St Margaret.   他成功考到兩間學校, 但他爸爸反對入ESF, 我只有去St Margaret.

WaWaMom

More info:

http://www.emb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_4405/nc%20facilities%2004(final).pdf

cowboymama

Amy,

/請問有冇方法睇所屬區的學校呢? 我可能會住31 區..點樣知道31 區有邊d 學校呢?/

31 區應是油尖旺區,你可click到油尖旺區的學校,然後看那些學校是校網31便是了,如循道學校。

Cowboymama

AKLAMY

Thanks WaWama and cowboymama,

            

我知道報讀津校只可報一間, 咁請問私校和直資係咪可以報好多間, 他們的報名費用大約多少錢呢? 每間都有唔同的報名時段, 方法 (e.g. 要/不用profile, 直接搵校長/ 填application form 便可...etc) 嗎?

Jocelyn

Hi, Amy,

Are u planning to come back to Hong Kong with your chidlren.

I think u don't have to worry about "居港權", when we brought Alison back here couple years ago, it only took us couple weeks to settle down the case.

In Hong Kong, as 思佳媽咪 said, 香港的K3課程相當深, but I think K2 is not simple either. Alison is just in a local in K2 now, I just realised that her school just started to teach kids addition (combination up to 2). For English, she is writing a full sentense such as Happy new year, and It is my toy. and writing "raining day" in Chinese, on the top of this, she has general studies.

I personal feel that if you want to send Zac to local Chinese primary school, you have to do something to enrich his Chinese standard, otherwise, he may not able to catch it with other kids.

Amy, u may leave me you number, so that I can give you a call, it is much easier to explain the whole primary scholl allocation situation to you over the phone than writing.

AKLAMY

Hi Jocelyn,
Glad to hear from you again. Thanks for giving me point of views regarding to this topic.

Yes, we are planning to take them to HK for their primary education. I am actively searching information at some schools.

Realistically, we are more likely to send Zac to private or 直資 school since his Chinese is "absolutely not up to the standard" ....Also, he won't have that much pressure in social area at school. Then, he will enjoy life very much. Zac is a very outgoing and outspoken person that he makes friends very easily and enjoy being with other kids very much.

We have moved twice in the past 3 years and he attended 3 different kinders, he could make friends within one or two days. So, social skills (or social life) is the least issue I worry about him, but the Chinese issue.....

Anyway...I have to go now...Pls PM or email me your phone number, then I can call you up...Thanks..

BTW, Your links below are very interesting...Alison has attended quite a lot of activities in HK...I bet she enjoys life there very much...Good on you.

WaWaMom

If you kid is pretty active and outgoing, he may not be able to adapt the traditional school. As mentioned, most local schools' teachers prefer disciplined students who are much easy to manage in class. It may discourage a kid's motivation to learn if he doesn't enjoy too much of his school life which has been applied to my friends' kids. It is pretty common to find that HK parents likes famous traditional schools as it may have some advantages for High school allocation. That's the reason I ask how long you are going to stay in HK.

If you take a DSS, then your son will not be eligible to apply other subsidized schools. For private one, it depends on each school's practice. Some would ask you to sign a contract to give up central allocation for subsidized schools. For tuition fee, better check with each school.

For"居港權", once you apply, you will be giving a proof with a file number and you can apply school using the given proof.

Good luck!

heiB

Hi Amy
我有朋友上年中也是傱外地回流香港.佢小朋友回港時,唔識講中文,95%講英文.只是識寫一些簡單中文,如日,月,田,中.但係唔知中文點讀,只是識用英文讀個字出來.如見日字,佢讀sun.我朋友回香港後,安排佢小朋友入讀一所附近的本地主流幼稚園讀K3下學期.佢小朋友是讀下午班的,因下午班人數少,老師容易照顧.起初佢小朋友在學校讀得好唔開心,因為完全唔知老師講什麼.感到自已好失敗,經我朋友同學校老師鼓勵,佢的中文有了進步.但係佢仔仔真是下了好大的努力.例如要花多點時間學寫同認中文字,因似終K3的中文對我朋友的仔仔是較深的.好多時要媽咪解俾佢聽.
佢媽媽為了小朋友可以學好中文,同佢揀了一所在屋企附近的津貼小學讀,現在已讀了半年小一,已可以同小朋友用全中文溝通了.至於中文的閱讀能力,當然不及其它同學,但佢媽咪說是在進步中,由學期初的不合格,到現在的合格.數學同英文程度完全無問題.
希望以上的回流個案可以給你多些資料.

AKLAMY

WaWaMom , Thanks for your reply.

You said ---> // If you kid is pretty active and outgoing, he may not be able to adapt the traditional school. As mentioned, most local schools' teachers prefer disciplined students who are much easy to manage in class. It may discourage a kid's motivation to learn if he doesn't enjoy too much of his school life which has been applied to my friends' kids. It is pretty common to find that HK parents likes famous traditional schools as it may have some advantages for High school allocation. That's the reason I ask how long you are going to stay in HK.//

我諗outgoing kids 和 disciplined kids 不是相對的(not the opposite), 因為outgoing (or proactive) is related to personality issue while "disciplined" is related to behavioural issue. outgoing kids 也可以是disciplined kids.
加上學校是學習disciplines 的地方, 校規嚴既學校我是喜歡的!

** (proactive Vs reactive) while (disciplined Vs not disciplined) **

You said ---> " If you take a DSS, then your son will not be eligible to apply other subsidized schools."

請問DSS 是指直資嗎? 那subsidized 是指津校嗎?  是否兩類不可以同時報讀?

You said ---> "For"居港權", once you apply, you will be giving a proof with a file number and you can apply school using the given proof. "

Thanks so much for telling. I definitely will remember this procedure....thanks..

AKLAMY

heiB,
Thanks for your sharing. It is very encouraging. 我也想同我小朋友報讀中文班, 但要5 或 5 歲半先收, 因為老師話通常小朋友唔會坐定定2-3 hrs... 所以我都係自己用flash cards 為教具. 我也非常感激幾位BK 媽媽PM 我, 他們教我點樣教小朋友中文, 所以我都會試下他們suggested 既方法...

thanks for your encouraging story..
You have a good week

tsmum

*Amy*,

//我也非常感激幾位BK 媽媽PM 我, 他們教我點樣教小朋友中文, 所以我都會試下他們suggested 既方法...//

我囡囡五歲，９月前回港讀小學，面對同你一樣的問題，　可否ｐｍ我幾位BK 媽媽教你點樣教小朋友中文, 我都想中英文試下他們suggested 既方法教囡囡．

WaWaMom

->DSS 是指直資嗎?
Yes
-> 那subsidized 是指津校嗎?
Yes

--> 我諗outgoing kids 和 disciplined kids 不是相對的(not the opposite), 因為outgoing (or proactive) is related to personality issue while "disciplined" is related to behavioural issue. outgoing kids 也可以是disciplined kids.
加上學校是學習disciplines 的地方, 校規嚴既學校我是喜歡的!

Agree. Active doesn’t mean not disciplined. However, local school may have different interpretation.

When my daughter studied at Int'l kg, teachers admired that she is helpful and eager to learn. After switching to local kg, teachers complained that she is TOO active. I did ask them whether she was discipline or not and the answer it ‘Yes’ as she followed teachers instruction 99% of the times. The question rose, then, what do they mean by TOO active? The explanation given was she likes to get involve the class activities too much?! Wow!

From that time, I realized why nowadays HK has more and more DSS or private schools which give up the traditional teaching approach and are still welcome by many parents.

Some of my friends' kids (mostly  had been studied overseas) experienced “Schooling Shock” for the first couple years.  As a rule of thumb, give sufficient time for your kids to prepare mentally before returning.

Good luck and hope your kid would be accepted by a desired school!

lochan

"Some of my friends' kids (mostly had been studied overseas) experienced “Schooling Shock” for the first couple years. As a rule of thumb, give sufficient time for your kids to prepare mentally before returning."

The point is do you really want to take the shock and give in to something that you don't agree on?

AKLAMY

WaWaMom 寫道:
When my daughter studied at Int'l kg, teachers admired that she is helpful and eager to learn. After switching to local kg, teachers complained that she is TOO active. I did ask them whether she was discipline or not and the answer it ‘Yes’ as she followed teachers instruction 99% of the times. The question rose, then, what do they mean by TOO active? The explanation given was she likes to get involve the class activities too much?! Wow!....

Good luck and hope your kid would be accepted by a desired school!

Really? Hope that your girl is enjoying her studies at the present school. And thanks for your kind thoughts.


tsmum,
我會forward 你的request 給那幾位送我PMs 的媽媽, 讓他們自行PM 你好了...因為我不想未經他們同意便把他們的資料發放出去, 讓他們作決定吧! I am sorry for the inconvenience.

BTW, 很高興認識你, 希望我們可以互給資料, 希望對HK 的教育和其他方面多點認識, 唔使到時"lei 咁 hair" 啦~~

請問你現在已係HK 嗎? 諗住選那一類小學呢? 你有多少個小朋友呢?

你們在家用的language 是 英文嗎? 你小朋友會唔會講中文 , 寫中文?

你有冇伸請 津校呢? (因為好似係上個月既時間伸請)?

Look forward to sharing more with you.

tsmum

＊ａｍｙ＊，
�我會forward 你的request 給那幾位送我PMs 的媽媽, 讓他們自行PM 你好了�
ｏ．ｋ．

�請問你現在已係HK 嗎? 諗住選那一類小學呢? 你有多少個小朋友呢?�
在澳洲呀，８月返ｈｋ．　中英并重的（最好英數）的小學．正在收集資料．　有二個小朋友，遲下三個．

�你們在家用的language 是 英文嗎? 你小朋友會唔會講中文 , 寫中文?�
以前係英文為主，有時亦會廣東話混雜．而家打算返去ｈｋ．在家只說廣東話，不準說英文，反正在學校有英文．大女五歲，識廣東話，但成日前後調轉（ｅ．ｇ．　我返來，變成：返來我）我教咁佢寫和讀簡單中文．有請老師回家教國語（我懂國語，但免囡囡亂，我專心教她廣當東話閱讀和書寫以及中文數學），雖然不是日日教，但進步幾快，今日可以抄寫：＜＜快樂＞＞兩個為字．但叫佢默書，只識＜＜大，日，口，田＞＞，所以如果她中文進步快的話，我想她讀中英文小學，如果返ｈｋ她中文還是好差，會去英文為主的學校．細仔三歲半，只懂英文，佢仲細，反正是讀幼稚園，學什麼都快．只要家姐入到好學校，細佬就好辦事．所以我只為家姐選校頭痛．

Jocelyn

Dear Amy,

By reading heiB's message, I suddently come across a case about 小朋友回流 and study in Hong Kong.

One of my sister's friend married to an European about 1+ years ago, She came back to Hong Kong with a boy couple years because of family reason.

Actually, her son actually didn't really speak any Cantonese and English as he spoke the European language. The boy was about 6.5 at that time, she put him in a local school and started P1 instead of P2. He was not so good in the first two years, any he picked all ENglish and Chinese in couple years. I heard  that he is very good at both English and Chinese now. this case is quite good example.

Anyway, I left my phone in your PM.

heiB

tsum
我已覆了你的ｐｍ．但我唔知send不send倒．如收不到，請告知．

tsmum

heiB,
我冇收到．真係唔好意思，浪費左你的時間和心機回覆，但我又收唔到．有時間可否再ｓｅｎｄ一次呢? thank you.