啟基小學

Boris

0606 寫道:
請問知否這間學校的留位費幾多?

唔係好清楚。校長無提過現階段要交留位費，我諗可能因為正式 interview 還未開始卦。

chinghimma

Hi, Boris,

Thanks for the further information about the interview.  Have you applied other private schools or DSS for your daughter?

chinghimma

Boris

Thanks for the further information about the interview.  Have you applied other private schools or DSS for your daughter?

由於小女是細 B (11月尾出世)，我們擔心很多學校也不願意收細 B 或者最多將她放在 waiting list，加上細 B 在 interview 時一般比大 B 表現遜色，所以我們為她報了多間直資和私校，實行漁翁撒網，希望有一兩間成功。

已經/準備報的其實都是很大路、一般家長也會考慮的學校，包括陳守仁、聖方濟各、德望、宣道、九龍塘、蔡繼有、禮賢、德雅等等。不過，鑑於啟基校長已答應給予小女一個學位，以上部份已報了的學校我們不會去面試了，免得小女太辛苦或者我們要向上司請太多假。

0606

我這星期六, 會去interview, 可否share 些經驗給我？

Boris

0606 寫道:
我這星期六, 會去interview, 可否share 些經驗給我？

我相信星期六的interview與我之前與校長interview的形式會很不同。

正如之前有家長說，我之前attend那個是early interview，是校長看完所有申請人的資料後揀選出來參與的。雖然校長給了小女offer，但她仍然叮囑我們要盡量參加今個星期六的normal interview，相信其中一個原因是希望我們家長透過briefing去更加了解這間學校。

IJJK

Dear Boris,

It will be great if you can share with us when you know more about this Primary school. Btw, what are the secondary schools the graduates being promoted?

Of course, this Chan's creative kindergarten (I'm sorry I am not sure the Eng name and I don't have chinese character input now) has many good comments.

For me, I have heard of another Creative Primary school for some years, the parents whom I know are teaching in the universities and primary schools mentioned that is a good school to develop the potential of creativity of the children. But the tuition fee is nearly the most expensive in HK if not including international schools. They might consider International School if they are not very concerned about the academic level of Chinese.

I am not saying which primary school is better, but  just from my connection, I seldom to hear the news about it.

0606

Boris,

我星期六已經去了interview, 由於信上寫, 有一環節是會面見家長, 我還以為是校長會interview 我們夫婦, 原來是坐在Hall 裡, 我相信你都有去!

我想你們這批被校長首先獲面見, 你們的子女就已被選了出來, 而我們未被選中的, 就應該會是好依賴, 那天小朋友在學校的3個鐘頭的表現, 不過, 我的信心不大, 因那天面試的時間, 正是我的兒子午睡的時間, 如果interview時間短, 他都可以頂得住, 但當我於7時多在課室接他時, 他已經很呆滯, 我想老師都對佢印象不大好, 所以如果以他當天的表現, 我真是打定輸數!

Boris 寫道:

我相信星期六的interview與我之前與校長interview的形式會很不同。

正如之前有家長說，我之前attend那個是early interview，是校長看完所有申請人的資料後揀選出來參與的。雖然校長給了小女offer，但她仍然叮囑我們要盡量參加今個星期六的normal interview，相信其中一個原因是希望我們家長透過briefing去更加了解這間學校。

charliecc

Hi,

my girl now study in CCS as P3 student, for me, CCS is good for children whole development in every aspect. i m happy to see my girl getting a lot of improvment and growning up healthly.

Principle Mok is really a great person i ever seen. there is a lot of thing impressed me for the past 3 yrs that is unable to tell at once. for example, she will teach all the teacher to erase the bad things about every student fr the past yr and start the brand new yr for everyone before the sch day commence this year. she paid all her effort on raising our children. she is good model for the teachers, students, and parents.  my daughter loves her so much as well as the sch. She always say it will be wonderful if CCS hv their own secondary sch.

hope this isnt so...hard sell, but they are really fr the bottom of my heard.

hinyanma

Dear Charliecc,

I share with u on the positive comments of CCS as well as on the Principal.  I am really impressed by her energy and determination and enthusiasm in education.

CCS is one of my top priority and I am lucky since I have the pleasure to be shortlisted for the pre-interview interview held two weeks before but I am still struggling to choose between CCS and ICQM.  I would like to hear more on the comments of the teachers as I have seen on some materials on the web site that around 40% of the teachers have less than 4 yrs teaching experience.  On the other hand, besides around $4000/month school fee, how much in total for other expenses?  Thanks for your valuable information.

charliecc

Hi hinyanma,

honestly, the teachers in CCS are quite fresh, however, it may be the reason why they can execute effectively principle Mok's instructions, like her 5 hearts spirit, which i think is deeply inherent in their teaching approach.

there are 4 parent days every year, everytime when i talk with the teachers, i can tell they know my girl well, her strength & weakness,by their precise discription, and they will assign diff task in the classroom base on their characteristic in order to improve their weak area.

once my girl made a mistake n no one knows about it. and that night she told me the whole story as she said she feel guilty so much. my first response is show my appriciation on her honestly n encourage her to be honest to her teacher too. at that point, i was quite struggle, i m worry that it will create any labelling effect on my girl if she tell the truth. but  i know it is good chance to let my daughter to gain a correct human value. than i call the teacher n inform her first (without my girl's knowledge), the teacher showed very helpful (not blaming), n tell me what she will do next.... she will appriciate her honesty first, than tell what she did is wrong n dont do it again.....n she will call me back after dicussion with my girl. through the whole processes, under the warm, acceptance and forgiveness atmosphere in sch,i found my girl learned a lot fr the case, we the sch n family are only with one goal....to keep our children on a right track...to be a whole person.

on the side of teaching approach, i see my girl can absorb the knowledge easily. it is because they are happy in the class, teachers teaching in the class like playing drama on the stage. even in dictation, teacher act every interesting. ( that is what my girl show me, because we always play pretending, she is the teacher n i m the student). Even the chinese history, (my weakness) it is so amazing that my daughter can tell me what she learned in story telling style. that i think it must be the outcome of their teaching approach.

beside $3969 sch fee, there is misc. fee about 1200 something each term, the lunch cost $26/meal which i think is very nutritious meal with soup and fruite made by their own kitchen. plus the expenses of sch bus if required.

0606

我想問啟基的中學校網是那區? 是否仍然是深水渉區? 它的中學校網 亦是我今天選擇小學的因素之一!

hinyanma

I think the secondary school net CCS belongs is Sham Shui Po district.  However, the CCS principal said that each secondary school offers a certain no. of places unrestricted by the primary school location.  Even if you are not happy with the school net, you can get into the favourite secondary school by interview.

chinghimma

Hello Charliecc,

How about the activities in the afternoon?  Do you need to pay extra fee for the activities in the afternoon?

chinghimma

charliecc

Hi chinghimma,

most of the afternoon activities in sch time is free of chgr, what u need to pay is the materials fee for certain craft class which...like this year, $60 for 1st term.(that's the max among it).

moreover, there are over 40 kinds of optional activities held after sch, that we need to pay for it. as i know, the rate range fr $35-$100 per lesson.

chinghimma

Hello Charliecc,

Two more questions, did your child study in Creative Kindergarten?  Why did you choose this primary school for your child?

Chinghimma

klaw830

我個仔仔今年就讀P1.我見到佢真係好開心.但我時常有一個問號,就係在啟基能否學到流利英語及畢業後能否找到相同理念的中學.其實我巳入表蔡繼有P2.我覺得蔡繼有和啟基有相同理念但蔡繼有是以英語為主及一條龍.希望有啟基的家長可以給我一些意見.

Boris

0606 寫道:
Boris,

我星期六已經去了interview, 由於信上寫, 有一環節是會面見家長, 我還以為是校長會interview 我們夫婦, 原來是坐在Hall 裡, 我相信你都有去!

我也有去，坐在樓上balcony。

我想你們這批被校長首先獲面見, 你們的子女就已被選了出來, 而我們未被選中的, 就應該會是好依賴, 那天小朋友在學校的3個鐘頭的表現, 不過, 我的信心不大, 因那天面試的時間, 正是我的兒子午睡的時間, 如果interview時間短, 他都可以頂得住, 但當我於7時多在課室接他時, 他已經很呆滯, 我想老師都對佢印象不大好, 所以如果以他當天的表現, 我真是打定輸數!

我覺得當日"interview"的對象其實是家長，目的是推銷這所學校，希望更多人報讀。

老實說，要小朋友在課室等三個鐘，個個都會變得呆呆滯滯（我女兒也一樣）。由於briefing實在太長（八月十五也坐到又扁又痛，而且briefing內容已不斷重複），我和太太都提早離開禮堂去接小女了。我們提早去課室接她老師也可以讓她們早走，因此我覺得小朋友其實一做就 in 完，而老師只是擔任託管

我們接了女兒離開課室後，她的第一句便是：「點解見學校要由朝早見到夜晚？」

Jenny媽

Boris

We also attended the interview and briefing on Saturday.  But, I don't think it is too long for briefing section whereas our children were playing after interview.  Indeed, the key problem is it started too late, don't you remember it started from 4:30 p.m. officially.  To me, we only felt hungry, not tired.

hinyanma, charliecc

Thanks for your information and comment.  We also set CCS as first priority.  However, there is only 1 barrier for us to make up our mind.  It is what are the secondary schools the graduates being promoted?  From other discussion topic, I heard that most of them are promoted to 陳樹渠.  It is a 直資中中, not our optimal goal for our kids.  What do your think?  Please give us advices.  Thanks a lot.

charliecc

Hi chinghimma,

my girl studied at Creative Kindergarten in Kln Tong, the reason why we chose CCS? first, it's recommened by some of my friends...the existing parents, the psychology educator...
then, second, the actual feeling(which i think its quite subjective) when i attended the interview....I scored high mark on the attitude of the staffs and teachers...I appreciated the talk and the arrangement....it provide the chance to let me know more about the sch, which my girl can play in other room under natural enviornment so that the teacher can observe the behavior n response of the children in these few hrs. My girl said she was happy to talk to teacher n she love her. when we leaving, the teacher call out my girl's name from our back, then she come to bend down in front of my girl n say goodbye to her. And of course, I believe the vision n mission of the sch.

last but not least, we have to consider our own children's personality. I believe that there are many good sch no matter its the mainstream or new style, the only thing is that the sch suitable for the children or not.

hope it can help

charliecc

Dear klaw830,

I had the same concern on the speaking english also. that's why i keep provide some extra to my girl fr outside which is quite typical for the students in H.K.