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ChingChingFather

你所說的
就是我擔心的
但不是比BB早些接觸英文
好點嗎

ChingChingFather 寫道:

But I think if your home is English speaking mainly, it's better to choose Int'l class. Otherwise, mulit-lingual would make kid confusion.   

Best Regards,

monmantong

Actually i don't think there is language confusion.
for infant & babies, they can absorb different kind
of languages at the same time, for example, for Singaporean,
they learn English, Malay, Mandarian at the same time, they can speak
all when they are small.
Like my son, i speak both to him, and he can understand both, & can
speak both, but not too much.
you can imagaine when you are small, your grandma may speak " chiu
chow " to you, and you can understand both.

mamalily

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ChingChingFather 寫道:
Hi mamalily,
Bingo! My daughter is Jr Paulinian. She takes private van, costs HK$1550. She wakes up at 6:30am for 7:10am van. School hour starts at 8:30am.

Best Regards,
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Dear ChingChingFather,

Thanks for your reply.  It seems that the travelling time is quite long.  Anyway, I'm still thinking...I guess I'll take my kid to the school personally or just apply for pm session if she studies at the HK side.

Does your daughter enjoy studying at SPK?  Will you let her study at the primary section after finishing K3 or apply to other schools?

Although St. Paul's Convent is quite demanding (may be not now), I did enjoy it very much as I was given chances to 發揮自己所長.  And some of the teachers there were very good indeed and I made lots of good friends there.  A really unforgettable experience.


Best regards,
Lily

mamalily

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ChingChingFather 寫道:
Dear mamalily,
I think I will let my daughter to study in primary section. But I will apply the "lucky draw" also.  

Could you please advise the "demanding"? Do you mean in academy? discipline? performance? $$$?

Best Regards,
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Dear ChingChing Father,

Hi! Since I've graduated from the school for more than ten years, perhaps, I am a bit "out-of-date".  When I talked about "demanding", I meant  "academically".  The school stressed the English level of the students.  For Form 1 non-SPS students, they're required to take English lessons in small groups and had to take lots of remedial classes and do much homework in order to meet their standard.  As for other subjects except Chinese Language and Chinese History, all teachers used all English when teaching the classes and would not change the language even if the whole class did not understand.  I remember some of my form 1 and 2 classmates, around 5 to 6, were kicked out from the school because of their poor English, even if they did quite well in other subjects.
I personally think that the school more preferred outgoing and outspoken students.  They encouraged, but not pushed, to join activties like debates and drama.  
It was a bit difficult for me as I studied at Precious Blood which was a Chinese school.  Of course, if your daughter's English is quite good and gets accustomed to "all-English" teaching, it'll be okay.
As for "discipline", St. Paul's is definitely not a "strict" one, the sisters and teachers there gave students much freedom and would give them allowance if the students did not go too far.
And "$$", the school seldom demanded donations from the parents and they did not require students to attend much extra-curricular activities, so not much money to be spent!
Although the campus of St. Paul's is not "too large", the facilities are quite good.  We had our own swimming pool and the garden with lots of beautiful flowers and plants, white benches and swings...
I think most of the other "famous" schools are probably the same.

Best regards,
Lily

monmantong

Yan Yan,

so what are your target kindergartens? Pui Ching?
Mansung?? let's share

monmantong

For both kindergartens, they are mainly in chinese language teaching,
so if you don't mind them, they are good kindergartens as i know.

mamalily

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ChingChingFather 寫道:
Dear mamalily,
Many thanks for your info! I also note that SPCS is all in English teaching, except Chinese Lang and Chinese History. That's why SPCS does mainly accept which primary students every year. I think if a kid starts studying in which kindergarten, she will catch up English easier than others.





Dear ChingChing Father,

Yeah, that's why more than 4 whole classes of students came from St. Paul's Primary School while we only had six classes for each Form.   But St. Paul's Secondary School in Happy Valley, as far as I know, does accept more non-SP students.


Best regards,
Lily