九龍塘小學是怎樣教中英數?

gigi2

Recalling my memory, those 3 questions were the classwork or homework etc in P.1 for the main purpose of stimulating their thinking skills.  For the examination, the questions will be straightforward in P.1 & P.2.  

巴士有座位90個, 車上現有43人, 連唔連司機?  The question should be asking about the passengers’ seats.

係唔係全部人都坐, 有冇人企? 好confuse!
The teacher explained the question in class.

牛丸麵和小棠的題目, "15分鐘內賣出" 和 "媽媽又給他331元" 都是多餘資料, 對小一生, 無甚好處, 只會更亂.
P.1 second term in February will start the multiplication tables but with part of them only ie..1 to 5 etc.  After the Easter holidays, all multiplications will be taught and students have to remember them.

These 2 questions are tricky indeed as my girl then understood that not all hints are useful but some hints will distort her right track of thinking.  Frankly, she likes multiplication more than addition and subtraction.  She is not a talented one even more she is a small girl who born in end of year.  At the beginning, she has found difficulty in understanding those questions.  I gave my patience and support to her, now she is much better with her maths in P.2 level.

以小一生來說, 只可偶而為之
That was happened what you said.

P1 上學期的數是學什麼
First are those cognitive concepts ie.left, right, front, back, big, small, narrow, wide, short & tall etc.  Mainly are addition, subtraction.  

English – 1 year advanced
Maths – half term advanced
Chinese- same level
G.S. – same level

KTS never promotes the advanced grades as a tool to attract parents, at least you will not find such promotion in its website or government website.  
Some of the gov’t schools are also teaching the level advanced but this only not reflect from their textbooks.  KTS is a private school without any subsidy from Gov’t.  The school therefore has the autonomy to select the smiliar groups of potential candidates to fit for their designed curriculum.

I am not the supporter of teaching with advanced grades but also not to object it.  I am not the parent who enroll my child into this school only based on its advanced grades than other schools.  Just based on I am confident that my girl is capable to handle her English subjects with 1 year advanced.  Moreover, I can’t see a big difference between P.1 and P.2 English textbooks.  In respect of Maths subject, this is also my most concern point to think about it.  However, I will consider the degree of my child’s attentive and comprehension ability.  After consideration, I will let her try (more important that she enjoys KTS school life) as she is a good attentive child.  She may not have the pretty good result of Maths at first but she will gradually get improvement later on. Currently, her maths is much better than at P.1 though this subject is still my major concern.

All in all, not only KTS but also from those reputable DSS or private schools, children can adapt more quickly for those who are good with attentive and comprehension ability.  Around my friends, I can see those who only strives for fames but enrol their children into some reputable schools and the final results can be disastrous to children.

cheungmp

cheungmp

gigi2,
Thank you very much for your information

LINUS

我唔會把重點放在程度深半個學期那裡, 而係老師點教呢? 同一課書在不同人手裡好唔同, 而老師教學質素又好在乎校長把關.  如果老師的確教得明班學生, 咁幾深都不是一個問題.  好老師一定有辨法.
如果根本全部學生都係拉牛上樹, 咁學校個banding 都唔會好得去邊.  

小小bb

我都有去上星期的開放日, 感覺都好好, 老師話現在KTS的功課比以前少了很多, 特別少了抄寫作業, 本人覺得最重要是小朋友找到適合的學校, 現時我都不知邊小兒是否適合讀KTS。
另外, 有好多朋友的小朋友讀喇沙, 他們都認為老師多數對功課答案和很少教書, 令做家長的很辛苦又要找補習, 所以不一定所有學生都能應付同級的教學內容。

wunma 寫道:
不要以為自己揀學生, 便能無往而不利. 小女當年也被取錄, 但面試考她數時, 是計不到答案的.

本人並不贊成數教高半級, 名校如喇沙, 也沒有這樣做, 反而會在應有的範圍內, 可以教得深入些, 題目多形式些, 轉多些彎也好, 但無需教快人一步, 這樣才能鞏固基礎.

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TWMa 寫道:
此外, 有個疑問:
據 KTS 提供的資料, 數是高半級, 有小朋友唸小學的家長應比我清楚 "正常" P1 上學期的數是學什麼, KTS 是私小, 自己揀學生, 即使一入學便教 P1 下學期的數, 應該稱不上 "激進", 有家長可說明一下嗎?

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TWMa

wunma:
不計自行收生的直資和私小, 以我所知, 不少名校雖然無言明課程高半級、一級, 但實際上, 工作紙、平時的練習或規定的讀物, 絕對不是 "正常" 程度.
自己揀學生雖然不能無往不利, 但程度絕對比較平均, 根據自己學生的程度教快一點點, 我想也無可厚非.

我不是因 KTS 有些科目教高半級一級而考慮選他, 相反, 對人人口中程度深的學校一向有戒心, 怕小孩被填鴨填壞了. 但當我知道相對於其他傳統教學學校, KTS 每學期中英默書只是各 6 次, "Dictation both for English and Chinese subjects are arranged sysemtically by KTS. At the beginning of each term, 2 timetables for both subjects will be distributed to parents. From the tables, you can find when will have those 6 dictations to be taken as well as the dates schedules for assessments of oral, essay writing (if appropriate) and listening. The tables will also include which chapters will be dictated. Starting from P.1 2nd term, unseen will be tested but only for words not articles or any sentence. So far, my P.2 kid is only dictated unseen about the sentences which are not long indeed. In addition, no dictation by memorizing the whole article from English or Chinese as teachers will read sentences or words loudly in class for dictation."
(引述自 gigi2 早前給我的回覆, 希望 gigi2 不要介意)
相信 KTS 不是什麼典型激進、催谷式學校.
不過, 什麼類型的學校適合自己的小朋友, 相信家長最清楚, 不用盲目追逐別人口中的名校.

G-Ma

我個人都不太贊成係初小就讀高半級或一級, 其實小朋友剛剛去到新環境點都需要D時間適應.  而且係呢個階段我認為打好根基更為重要, 培養佢地自學, 自信同學習興趣.

ChiChiPaPa

Garfield,

那些數學問題真的不容易。我囡囡讀二年級，都沒有這樣深的文字題。

當年替囡囡選擇小一，課程是其中一個考慮的因素。囡囡在幼稚園時，成績中等，所以我相信她不是甚麼gifted child。當時我做了很多資料搜集，在不同的私校中作比較和選擇。我知道宣小(APS)在初小沒有把課程教快，又希望女兒學些音樂，所以最後選了APS，而沒有選KTS。話說回來，如果孩子是個gifted child，那一個家長會不希望孩子讀深一點的課程，讓孩子的才能有所發揮。

前年，小一開學就知道有兩個改變，宣小打算在數學教快半年和用普通話教中文。可能因為有學生跟不上，學校最後只把數學教快四分之一個學年。我很明白私校之間存在競爭，如果大部分競爭對手都有較深的課程，宣小很難不跟隨，否則就不能吸引最好的學生報讀。相信KTS都有同樣的考慮。

雖然宣小課程不是加快太多，仍然比一般官津校深。上年，女兒很高興地告訴我，她們全班都可以升級，沒人留級。到小二開學，始終發覺有同學轉了校。一班四十人，一定有人排在最前，有人排在最後。最前和最後的都會去找更適合他們的學校。由於沒有直屬中學，這似乎是無可避免的。所以我覺得應該用平常心看待這些事情，最重要是留意孩子自己的感覺，而家長應學會欣賞自己的孩子，讓他們在愉快的環境下學習。是不是要比人家的學得快、學得多，在現階段，我覺得這並不重要。

看得出妳很關心妳的孩子，我相信妳一定能為孩子找到適合他的學習環境。

gigi2

gigi2

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WChan

ChiChiPaPa and Wunma,

兩位所言甚是.  初小階段, 是不是gifted child其實都是一樣, 同樣應該開開心心過他們的童年, 如果因為要讀高一級而搞到晚晚做功課做到11:00-12:00pm, 這樣可能對小朋友做成太大壓力, 慢慢失去學習興趣.

我有個表哥小學時常常考第尾, 中學係香港都讀得麻麻地, 中三佢父母送佢去咗New York, 到佢讀大學時佢係攞獎學金入名大學, 而家已經留係美國做工程師.  可能每個人都有一個開"hil"嘅時段, 佢自己都話唔知點解突然之間好似好知道點樣讀書.  所以各位家長亦無需要太緊張嘅, 按小朋友能力去選校, 名唔名校並不是最重要, 最緊要量力而為.

gigi2

Hi Chichipapa,

My choice was just opposite to yours.  I gave up APS because of the investment in music both in terms of time and money but piano playing was excluded.  I have 2 kids which I fully understand that I cannot make a good balance with such arrangement.  Actually, some of my friends even quite wondered why I have given up the offer as the banding % of APS is higher than KTS.  I consider that KTS is more suitable for her.


Anyway, parents should be the one who fully understand their children’s needs.  Personally, I will not care about whether he is a gifted child or not and is eligible to study a higher grade.  I just care about children are the gifts from God to parents and I will love them forever no matter they are foolish or gifted.


Wish our children enjoy their school life everyday!


[quote]----所以最後選了APS，而沒有選KTS。-----

garfield328

對不起，給大家引入這样大的回響，其實KTS是一所很好的小學，而當初我替孩子選擇它是因為校社漂亮，環境好，我並不知道課程，其實，學校的老師很好，只是有個別老師處理学生的方法，我不認同，這也是轉校的原因之一，總括來說，如果貴子弟是在較深的幼稚園畢業 (根XX OR SXXXX國際幼稚園 ) 課程應該不是一個問題，我給大家的三條數，只是普通數，是考試前的練習題，因每年則驗孝試，一星期前都會給學生練習紙作為重点練習，而那條巴士數，我的孩子要差不多半年後才明白 ( 90-43+16=63 )謝謝大家的討論和意見，每一件事物要自已去看，去碰，才會更清楚了解。

Ben2003

>個別老師處理学生的方法，我不認同。

容乜易又半年，下一年級又未必遇到那老師。

照你說，中、英 OK，數的文字體應用題暫時差少少，而家低年級者，應不是大問題，還有時間。   

轉校前請三思。 :wink:

Ben2003

另外，如果幼稚園是功課少的， 頭一、兩年可能要時間適應。(以我所見 my son 同級的同學情形。)

garfield328

應怎样說，大家都是KTS学生，我想你孩子應該是高年級吧！其實你應該比我更清楚，我孩子還小，現在不知道是什広回事，但長大些後我不希望他在学校再遇到難堪的事，數學只是未開HILL，遲些少應該問題不大，但最大問題是中文，他記不到中文字，而他又不是很喜歡現在的中文老師，以前的中文老師很好，可惜離校了！今次考試考得不好，学校給了我很大壓力，所以我沒有辦法不轉校

garfield328

我的孩子做事和寫字較慢，沒法在一小時內完成 9.P -10P考卷！

Ben2003

>記不到中文字

數學如果唔諗住取很高分，其實很易。

但係...中文字....記唔到就麻煩......

記不到中文字，什麼原因呢？.....你知道嗎？