Because his son also attended both LH & SC for month but finally she found that her son was very happy when returning back from LH and said to her that he did not like SC. My friend also very like the principal and teacher in LH and she said the teachers in SC not so kind because they really need to take care so many students and the buildings is so old, so she dropped SC and only go to LH now.
原帖由 babyjoshua 於 10-12-2 21:52 發表
Connieleo, I want to know why your friend thinks she has made the right decision.
By the way, does anyone know how many hours of Mandarin lessons are conducted each week at SC (we have chosen Eng-C ...
Yes, my son is studying SC K3 Eng/Can and I found that he could not talk PTH after K1 and the PTH teacher also told me that he did not want to talk at class. So I let him to join PTH course immediately at K2. My other friend is that his son is studying in SC K2 Eng/Can, his Eng teacher also told him that his son is not willing to talk in class, then she immediately let his son to join some Eng class. Actually, I found so many parents in SC should pay extra money to let the children to join so many courses. So if I am in your case, I will let your son to study in LH.
If I am you, I will choose LH co's SC's PTH class in Eng/Can stream is so limited. My son is studying K3 SC now, I should let him to study PTH outside starting in K2 co's I found him cannot talk a word in PTH after K1.
I don't think my son does not like PTH co's he can speak a lots after I let him to learn outside. It's only SC has so little time to teach PTH if you study in E/C class.
原帖由 Pertra 於 10-12-4 11:43 發表
Connieleo,
Did you talk to the PTH teacher about your son's situation ?
He didn't like PTH or didn't like the teacher ??
Went to LH's school picnic today and I think I have a stronger motivation to stay at LH (rather than going to SC). There are a few reasons behind it:
a) I spoke to my son's NET and she confirmed that the weighting between Chinese and English will be 50/50 throughtout K1-K3. Wheresa from what I understand from my SC friend, the NET will not be there the whole time in K2/3.
b) I actually told this NET we are struggling between LH and SC. She then mentioned a few interesting things (well it's up to us to digest and decide whether to believe or not la):
i) There have been students who left LH, went to SC but wanted to return to LH. However, LH would not have the extra seats to re-take these kids .....
ii) She re-assured me that typical K3 students at LH would really be able to think in English and switch between English / Chinese easily. She gave me an example that K3 kids will talk to other classmates in English when the English teacher was there. On the other hand, when the Chinese teacher is there, kids would talk in Chinese amongst themselves. She also said that she has met some ex-LH students who have gone to SC and she felt that their English communication skill seemed to have deteriorated a bit.
c) She mentioned that SC P.1 placement results in the recent years seem to be not as good as before. (This is consistent with other comments I saw in BK forum)
d) I told her that I am concerned about my boy's ability in adjusting to a new environment. She agreed with my view and she felt that my boy will probably take a long time to adapt to new school.
Two other things to share....
1. I spoke to a friend who knows a LH K3 student. That girl has applied for 10 good schools and got offers from 9 of them. Only failed DGS. I think that's very impressive!
2. At the picnic today, I could really observe how my boy interacts with his teachers and how teachers interact with my boy. I was just so so so so surprised to see my boy loves the teachers so much. No matter where teachers went today, my boy will run after them and follow and just stood very close to the teachers and smile with them. (You can imagine it's like a kid going to Disneyland and wants to always follow Mickey Mouse & Minnie. Just like a 追星族 ). All his teachers are really so nice and I can feel they have passion and love the children. I will go to Victoria school picnic next week.... I can compare further afterwards.
Also, LH will continue to have about 28-29 students in K1-3. I think it would make the learning environment more effective vs big classes at SC.
Hi babyjoshua, what you described below is very impressive! I'm also thinking to let my boy going to LH, may I know which campus is your boy studying?
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quote]原帖由 babyjoshua 於 10-12-5 00:47 發表
Went to LH's school picnic today and I think I have a stronger motivation to stay at LH (rather than going to SC). There are a few reasons behind it:
a) I spoke to my son's NET and she confirmed th ... [/quote]