赤柱聖士提反書院附屬小學

ssspwong

Hi,

I agreed that the amount of workload in SSCPS is appropriate. My son usually spends less than one hour for homework and revision. The types of homework are of wide variety. Not just copying tasks. It is effective in consolidating students’ knowledge acquired in school.

As a working mother, I prefer to have more quality time with my son on chatting, doing exercises, reading and watching DVDs, etc. instead of doing excessive assignments. I know that in some schools, even lower-form students are required to do a lot of projects which are actually done by their parents, who have to search, to sort and to summarize a lot of materials from the Internet.

I always think how wonderful it would be if my son can develop good language foundation and analytical ability effortlessly in school. These two attributes are valuable competitive advantages for him to secure a place in any reputable secondary school in the future. (Indeed, to us, SSC is already a good through-trained secondary school and it would be more desirable when it switches to DSS years later.)

For tertiary education, there is definitely no need for us to worry about. SSCPS’ students with good language training will have great flexibility in choosing study in HK, overseas or in Mainland China.  

Therefore, let our children to enjoy their childhood.

123mom

Hi ETK,

Thanks for your sharing and information.  Personally, I prefer my son having a happy school life , being a confidence person and of course  fair to good academic result, so  赤柱聖士提反書院附屬小學 is my frist choice.   Some parent will concern about the P6
boarding programme, but I am quite appreciate the school can offer the boarding programme for students when they're 11 or 12 year's old, because I think it's a good timing for child to learn independent, problem solving, self learning......ect. which is what ssspwong mentioned before " all round education".
( I hope I did'nt misunderstand ssspwong's meaning)

Wing(婷婷媽咪),junior-fan

Thanks for your blessing and hope our kins could get a seat.

Good luck

Wing(婷婷媽咪)

ETK, ssspwong,
比你地講到我好緊張, 想快d知得唔得呀, 不過我真係怕希望越大失望越大, 我囡囡唔係特別叻, 所以我唔敢期望囉, 同埋每間學校既收生準則都唔同, 真係冇得諗     

ssspwong

Hi, ETK
Your interpretation about my meaning on 'all-round education' is correct.

Hi, Wing(婷婷媽咪)
Sorry that my postings had made you so nervious. I had had the same feelings before.

Nevertheless, don't worry. I am looking forward to hearing your good news.

Wing(婷婷媽咪)

ssspwong,
唔好咁講呀, 其實我好多謝你地比咁多info.我, 令我更鍾意間學校, 越黎越希望囡囡可以入到     

Junior-Fan

ssspwong 寫道:
Hi,

....I always think how wonderful it would be if my son can develop good language foundation and analytical ability effortlessly in school. These two attributes are valuable competitive advantages for him...........

This is exactly what I want my son to be....(however, I am not able to write it out with my poor english!)

ETK

Very best of luck for the result, But do not worry too much about it.  One of my girl's classmates only got accepted two weeks before the school term started. And I know SSCPS would keep calling students from the waiting list when someone give up the place.  I understand how you feel, I was the same last year.  Good luck!

xiaomama

Dear ssspwong,

I can see that you are a big fan of St. Stephen.  My kid is now in grade two.  No doubt the school has provided a good language environment for the students, but we parents have also to cooperate with the school.  Second-graders are required to read an English book every day.  So you better spend more time reading with your kid from now on in order to make him/her a proficient reader.  Teachers will not punish students if they can't read a book every day, but I encourge my kid to do so every day.  My kid enjoys reading very much.  He likes reading Magic Tree House series and all kinds of books about ghost.

ssspwong

Dear xiaomama
Thank you for your advice. My son also enjoys reading. Unfortunately I myself could not spend too much time with him on reading so he needs to do reading by himself sometimes.

ssspwong

Hi,
Another thread "施永青女兒功課太多......" posted recently in BK had precisely expressed what I thought. Fortunately, my son enjoys reading and he thinks reading is a kind of entertainment not just a duty.

Wing(婷婷媽咪)

ssspwong,
我想問下你囝囝鍾意睇書係咪天生既呢? 我見到有d小朋友真係可以睇書睇好耐, 我囡囡都鍾意睇書, 不過真係唔耐, 我諗30mins都可以既, 但係如果玩同睇書, 佢一定揀去玩    我個囡肯睇書就真係培養, 而唔係天生鍾意, 因為佢好細個我已經要佢每朝睇書, 咁佢淨係識睇圖畫唔識睇字, 佢睇完, 工人就講比佢知, 夜晚瞓前就我or daddy又再同佢睇書, 而家慢慢佢自己都有攞書出黎睇, 不過睇1-2本就去玩lu, 我覺得好過冇啦, 我見有d小朋友可以坐幾個小時睇書, 會唔會大個d會好d既呢? 我好想培養到佢係真係鍾意睇書, 因為我覺得小朋友鍾意睇書佢就會自動自覺溫書, 唔洗大人日叫夜叫

ssspwong

Hi, Wing(婷婷媽咪)

My son enjoys reading but he doesn't spend much time on reading everyday (In average, far less than 1 hour). He is a fast reader and can recognize English and Chinese words easily. We rarely push him to read. On the other hand he always urges us to read with him if he gets an interesting book of not his level. He also likes watching TV/films and playing on-line games, from which he learns new words and knowledge. I think many children have similar attributes.  

To us, as long as he can catch up with others in school, it is OK for us.

By the way, one thing I forgot to say. Whenever our kids ask us questions, try our best to answer them. It may be a good method to keep their curiosity and motive to learn.

bbvip

Wing(婷婷媽咪),

do you mean your daughter is studying in st paul's kindergarten (SPK) or St paul's nursery (spn) in causeway?

Hope that your daughter can go into her dreamschool.

Wing(婷婷媽咪) 寫道:
cancan8012, ssspwong, junior-fan,
我同囡囡都好鍾意間學校, 其實囡囡而家讀緊st.paul佢都好鍾意架, 但係佢去完st.stephen後, 佢簡直鍾意到不得了, 所以佢好留心去interview, 我個囡平時坐唔定架, 好快佢就心散, 我記得佢interview完仲自己走去同老師講, 我而家去衫比細佬, 真係唔怕醜, 我每日都祈禱同天父講我將呢件事交左比佢, 希望佢幫我囡囡揀間合適佢既學校, 所以我都唔諗太多, 盡左力就算啦

maybaby

all

你地小朋友係邊間幼稚園畢業呀！我報左康傑出年k1，而又想入赤柱聖士提反書院附屬小學，會唔會成功呢？？   

Wing(婷婷媽咪)

ssspwong,
多謝你既分享, 你講得好岩呀, 其實我一直都實行緊, 因為我好想令到小朋友喜歡睇書, 又怕自己用錯方法, 所以真係要指教下.

bbvip,
係呀, 我囡囡而家係St.Paul Kinder.讀k.3, 但係我鍾意st. stephen既教學模式多d, 我希望小朋友係童年時可以enjoy到佢既school life, 所以想揀d輕鬆d既學校讀, 唔洗咁辛苦

maybaby,
唔洗太擔心邊間學校讀幼稚園跟住考上某一間既小學, 我個人覺得分別唔係太大, 因為考小學係睇返小朋友係interview時既表現, 同佢讀邊間幼稚園無關, 好似我囡囡考柴灣港大同學會, 佢有幾個同班同學一齊考, 都入唔到2nd round, 所以學校係唔關事, 係要睇間小學想要邊類型既小朋友同埋interview時表現

ssspwong

Hi, Wing(婷婷媽咪)

It has been very nice to chat with you on-line. I think 婷婷 is a very lucky girl because she got a wonderful and thoughtful mom.

I, indeed, is a lazy mom with no thorough plan for my son in mind. You had given me a lot of insights on this issue. Do I ever push my son to do something he may not like? Hmmmm...

Yes! That is practising piano! He plays piano for less than 15 minutes everyday after I repeatedly urge him to do so! Perhaps he is like me,without any musical sense.  

My son sometimes will tell me some interesting things read from books. I will listen eagerly no matter how tired I am. Then I will thank him. He seems very happy and satisfied. Do you think this method would help?

Bye.

123mom

ssspwong, Wing(婷婷媽咪),

My son like reading books but also lazy to practising piano, max. take 15-20 mins everyday,  any suggestions to improve.

By the way, my son told me that during the interview, he did answer 2 questions after story time, but during individual interview the teacher just talk to him in cantonese (very simple questions).  Any hints about this?  

Wing(婷婷媽咪)

ssspwong,
我只係希望佢由細習慣左一個模式, 例如每日溫習睇書, 等當測驗默書考試大家都唔洗咁痛苦, 所以我成日好擔心用錯方法, 好彩都算行左條岩既路.

123mom,
我個囡呢, 唔叫都唔自願練琴, 除非我行埋個琴到彈啦, 彈彈下佢忍唔住就過黎一齊彈    我係佢讀nursary時我就走去學琴, 學到3級到佢學, 咁我就冇學啦, 所以而家佢一坐上個琴, 我睇住佢, 佢冇45mins都唔走得, 唔係我迫佢, 係我改下呢樣, 改下果樣都已經45mins啦, 佢自己都唔知練左咁耐架    有時佢彈彈下我又同佢一齊彈, 玩下, 咁佢就好自然ok架啦. 有時冇大人陪佢地好快就冇癮, 一定要我地陪住佢先得, 仲有我要求我個囡每日都要練30mins, 呢30mins係佢自己練, 我唔係屋企架, 佢自己較鐘練夠30mins就停, 跟住我放工返到屋企, 佢再彈返比我聽, 就咁每日30+45mins,所以老師話佢進步都幾快, 佢學左半年左右已經彈左3套書啦.

ssspwong

Hi, Wing(婷婷媽咪) and123mom
Wing's method on 'piano practise' is good . Maybe I need to spend more time with my son on practising piano.
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For 123mom's second question on 'interview', sorry that I have no idea on this. Perhaps, other parents can share their views.  

123mom

Wing(婷婷媽咪), ssspwong,

Thanks for sharing and suggestions.  Maybe boys (maybe only my son) are less patience on repeat and repeat doing same thing everyday.  So I think  I also need to spend more time on practise piano and I hope my son can do that