Hi Mcheung1, so envy that you've got so many choices. What campus does your child in?
My son is in CWB campus and he got..........nothing up to now. Academic is not what I've concerned so far. But the courtesy and discipline of my son is far too low and totally out of immagination. They are too free and out of control - may be class by class. What can I say now? I can change nothing now. But a mom from St Catherine did told me that the school teach their child to make a bow and say good morning to the teacher since K2. And his son said the one of the P1 principal praised him for doing that (make a bow and say good morning).
I'm really disappointed of this KG. Of course they did nothing wrong as they prefer all the children go into Victoria's Primary school. But I can tell you that the result of the student of my son's class is...... very bad. May be we expect to much.
Don't you know that this school has been running IB for at least 3 years (i.e. at least, from the first day of my son in K1)? Its curriculum and style of teaching are much closer to international schools in which discipline is almost absent esp in pre-school grades..........
原帖由 qchoir 於 09-12-7 17:27 發表
Hi Mcheung1, so envy that you've got so many choices. What campus does your child in?
My son is in CWB campus and he got..........nothing up to now. Academic is not what I've concerned so far. But th ...
Just wonder, according to web site of Victoria, over 100 kids studied at VSA, so it still appears to be the most popular among parents of Victoria kinder so apart from the high school fee, what deter U to study there and opt for other DSS/ private instead?
these should be done with your child even if your are not studying victoria/international school, my child now study prenusary class(2 yr old) can also read a book together with me ah, so really depend on what the parent teach. My son is very obedience and polite, really more easy to be accept by KG as experienced in the interviews for KG. So really depend on what your child is I think, if he can't keep still, then my need traditional one, one he is too shy, may be victoria is good.
原帖由 mat媽 於 09-12-6 21:52 發表
My son is studying K2 in Victoria. My son reads one or two story books every week.
Moreover, Victoria encourages parents reading newspaper with kids.
victoria also accept my child, but my and my husband primary school or secondary school is just so so one.
原帖由 twinsstar 於 09-12-2 12:35 發表
some schools that I enrolled (e.g. SC, Munsang) also need to fill in the names of the primary and secondary schools that the parents attended Guess some schools will use this as selection criteria (pa ...
I can't agree more with you foggyao. Support from parents is just as important as the school. I specially buy the concept of inquiry-based learning. My kid was encouraged to ask questions and explore in school. Besides, my was also taught how to use different tools like dictionary and computer to find the answers by himself. Now my kid is not in primary school, I am glad to see that he is still a knowledge-seeker. He has a strong desire to know everything and he would try to look for the answers by himself first before he asks me. Of course, I may not have all the answers.If I have time, I would teach him how to search for the answer say from the internet. If not, I would encourage him to derive his own answer with the limited knowledge.
As for the English standard, I just feel exactly the same as foggyao. My kid is now studying in an English traditional school. In terms of academic, I can't see he has any problem in the transition.
From my experience, most teachers (English / Cantonese / Mandarin) in VK are good.
I foresee people inquiring mind and creativity are most demended 20 years later. Look at 20 years ago, we didn't even have emails, internet and etc. and now almost all people need those skills. Only inquiring mind and creativity can keep life long learning and keep your kids competitive. The spoon-feed education is totally outdated. "High mark, low IQ" is not what our kids can have in order to compete under teh globalisation trend.
原帖由 sheepiedad 於 09-12-13 02:06 發表
I can't agree more with you foggyao. Support from parents is just as important as the school. I specially buy the concept of inquiry-based learning. My kid was encouraged to ask questions and explore ...