Anybody rec'd ESF 2013/14 KI letter?

菠蘿媽媽

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 12-12-07 發表
Cat 1 or 2 is not determined by the nationality of the child but by the language they speak, for exa ...

That means my gal is very lucky, coz we are Cat 2

FattyDaddy

菠蘿媽媽 發表於 12-12-7 20:09
That means my gal is very lucky, coz we are Cat 2

Yes you can say luck is on your side, because the school don't invite all applicants to play visits and those who are invited have a high chance of being admitted.

During the play visit you'll be asked to play with your daughter, if you could show them that your daughter could understand and respond to your spoken English and interact with you then they should be satisfied.

菠蘿媽媽

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 12-12-08 發表
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Thx FattyDaddy, maybe TYcampus take more Cat 2… will see!

liulokyi

I've received a letter from wks and invite us a play visit in Jan.

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May I know you are Cat 1 or 2?

heloooB

Received letter from Hillside, play visit in Jan

toto66

Are you cat 1 or 2? Do you hv sibling priority?

HelloKittyBB

May I know the content of your letter? Is it a invitation letter for a visit with a guarantee place?

Are u in cat 1? Anyways, congrats!!

heloooB

toto66 發表於 12-12-11 13:47
Are you cat 1 or 2? Do you hv sibling priority?

Cat 2, but have priority!

heloooB

HelloKittyBB 發表於 12-12-11 14:43
May I know the content of your letter? Is it a invitation letter for a visit with a guarantee place? ...

Thanks!It did not guarantee my child a place, it mentioned how many people applied and how many places they are offering this year.
Also they mentioned they'll start offering places to successful applicants in early Feb. Hope this helps!

HelloKittyBB

Thanks for your info. You are having sibling priority?

Mom2One

For ESF Hillside, there are apparently 770 applicants applying for just under 180 places. All interviews for Hillside will take place in one day - Jan 18.  (This is a new practice, as in prior years, they used to stagger the play visits throughout January.)  So it should be more efficient from the school perspective.  

But because of this arrangement, the school is closed for the day so no students will be there, which is a pity as it means interviewing parents will not have a chance to see the current students interacting in open play.

FattyDaddy

Mom2One 發表於 12-12-12 09:26
interviewing parents will not have a chance to see the current students interacting in open play ...

Previously they conducted the "play visits" on normal school days but after class, so there were no chance to see the current students either. The only way to see the school running under "normal conditions" is to go on a parent tour.

770 applicants for 180 places isn't as bad as it sounds, about one in four applicants will be successful. Many famous local kindergartens receive a few thousand applicants each year and the success rate is more like one in ten or even less.

do123alex

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 12-12-12 發表
Previously they conducted the "play visits" on normal school days but after class, so there were no  ...

The success rate for those without priority is much lower if we discount those with siblings priority, which I guess is not small in number.

Mom2One

Really? Back when we went to Hillside for the play visit (2 years ago), we did the visit during school hours and we mingled with the regular students during the open play period. Maybe they changed the practice last year...

FattyDaddy

Mom2One 發表於 12-12-12 10:45
Really? Back when we went to Hillside for the play visit (2 years ago), we did the visit during scho ...

You are probably right, may be they are changing the practice.

I guess their aim is to have as little impact on their regular classes as possible, so they shifted to after hours last year and to a day off this year, which makes sense too, one full day off is less disruptive than having hordes of new children and parents coming in and out over many days.

rollingcat

Mom2One 發表於 12-12-12 09:26
For ESF Hillside, there are apparently 770 applicants applying for just under 180 places. All interv ...

Really???? I don't think so because my son will go to play visit tomorrow and the letter mentioned the result will release at early January!!!!!
But the letter didn't mention how much of applicants and how many seat they are offer!!!!

heloooB

rollingcat 發表於 12-12-12 18:48
Really???? I don't think so because my son will go to play visit tomorrow and the letter mentioned t ...

Are you applying for Hillside? I think Mom2One is right here because I have the same information in my letter as what Mom2One said.Which cat are you in?

heloooB

HelloKittyBB 發表於 12-12-11 15:51
Thanks for your info. You are having sibling priority?

No sibling priority, parent is former ESF student

rollingcat

heloooB 發表於 12-12-12 20:19
Are you applying for Hillside? I think Mom2One is right here because I have the same information in  ...

Yes, I'm talking about Hillside