Kornhill Int'l Nursery N1

ptsamm

zenith

Sorry for drop in. I'm now gethering information of pg. Found that you guys got lots of idea about the kinder / primary school.

I should learn more from you experience mom.

zenith

ptsamm,

My "experience & knowledge" also come from BK moms.... welcome for sharing......

hoeve

Thanks for sharing
I'll go to have a look

zenith 寫道:
Hi all,

I received a promotion flyer from Kornhill Kinder telling that they're going to have an open day on Sept 11.  Details are as follows:

Date: Sept 11 (Sun)
Time: 9 am - 12 pm / 1 pm - 4 pm

fyi, they also have a "play class" (playgroup) for kids from 1.5 to 2.5 years old.

Play Class (1.5 - 2.5 years old)
School fee: HK$1,280 (8 lessons)
Time: 10:30 am - 12 pm on Saturdays

I'm quite interested in the play class, and I'll pay a visit there in open day to learn more of it.

ptsamm

I will go for the open day as well.

Hoeve, when will you go? may be we will meet

hoeve

Hi ptsamm,
I'll go at about 2:30 pm with my hubby and my little girl. Did you go in the morning or afternoon?

ptsamm 寫道:
I will go for the open day as well.

Hoeve, when will you go? may be we will meet

ptsamm

Hoeve,

3 of us will be go togather as well. I'm not sure when will we go yet as it really depends on my girl.   . My perference is 10:30am. But it is my girl's    time.

ptsamm

I'm sorry. As I'm checking the Kinder in Kornhill area and found that there is no Kornhill International registered in Government. Are we talking this school?

康怡中英文幼稚園
KORNHILL ANGLO-CHINESE KINDERGARTEN
地址: 香港康怡康盛街１６號
Address: 16 HONG SHING STREET KORNHILL HK

zenith

This kinder has 3 sections namely Anglo-Chinese, Int'l and Japanese.  u may find out more in its website:

Kornhill

ptsamm 寫道:
I'm sorry. As I'm checking the Kinder in Kornhill area and found that there is no Kornhill International registered in Government. Are we talking this school?

康怡中英文幼稚園
KORNHILL ANGLO-CHINESE KINDERGARTEN
地址: 香港康怡康盛街１６號
Address: 16 HONG SHING STREET KORNHILL HK

ptsamm

zenith

thank you :

ptsamm

I went to the open day and found that the environment is quite good I talked to the Head Mistress who is very nice. There is a Philipino (seems like) stood next to the Head Mistress (havn't noticed whether she is Ms Cheung or not).

zenith  and hoeve
Did you go? How did you find the nursary class (playgroup) in this kinder? have you made the decision yet? do you compare it with Victoria?

hoeve

hi, ptsamm,
I've go too, my BB was very happy!
Yes, the environment is good but the school fee is quite expensive! I'll enroll it but it is not my first choice. I didn't go to Victoria, did you? Do u know when will be the open day of Victoria?

ptsamm 寫道:
I went to the open day and found that the environment is quite good I talked to the Head Mistress who is very nice. There is a Philipino (seems like) stood next to the Head Mistress (havn't noticed whether she is Ms Cheung or not).

zenith  and hoeve
Did you go? How did you find the nursary class (playgroup) in this kinder? have you made the decision yet? do you compare it with Victoria?

ptsamm

hoeve,

I havn't heard about any open day in Victoria.
I did visit the Victoria (Kornhill). You can make appointment with them. It will be arranged in every Wednesday 4:15-4:30pm (just after their class).

The environment is quite good. clean but small compared with Kornhill Int'l. They have no fixed classroom. All are function room.

Regarding to the school fee, I think Kornhill Int'l is cheaper than Victoria.

zenith

ptsamm,

I also visited the school with my family yesterday.  The campus is pretty nice, spacious and clean, and I love the "playground" in the centre of the campus very much.  The amah and teachers also seem quite nice.  Comparatively speaking, its environment is better than Victoria, as it has fixed classrooms whereas the rooms in Victoria are partitioned, that means students from different classes (e.g. playgroup or PN) always pass through the others for particular activities, and is thus disturbing.  

I'll put Kornhill Int'l Nursery as my first priority for its environment and size of class (I believe it'll be smaller than in Victoria PN), of course it's much cheaper lah!  But still, I'll enroll Victoria at the same time.   

hoeve

Hi ptsamm,
Thanks, I'll call Victoria for a visit.
Yes, the environment of Kornhill is quite nice. However I still prefer a bilingual kinder. I've asked teacher in Kornhill that they will have NO Chinese in international class. They have a Chinese-speaking teacher (no Mandarin). I perfer a class with both English and Mandarin and there is not much choice!!

ptsamm 寫道:
hoeve,

I havn't heard about any open day in Victoria.
I did visit the Victoria (Kornhill). You can make appointment with them. It will be arranged in every Wednesday 4:15-4:30pm (just after their class).

The environment is quite good. clean but small compared with Kornhill Int'l. They have no fixed classroom. All are function room.

Regarding to the school fee, I think Kornhill Int'l is cheaper than Victoria.

rubyyy

May I add something about the languages:

Although the N1 is solely English; however, if you really go to K1 in 2007, you can choose bilingual session (everyday 45 mins teaching in Mandarin), that's the most attracting me to let my daugther to take.  

ptsamm

hoeve

regarding to the lanuage, you better chk again with 2 kinders, if i haven't get it wrong,

victoria
pg -- Cantonese/English (for sure)
PN (2 yr)--Cantonese/English (not sure)
Nusary,K1,K2 -Mandarin/English (for sure)

Kornhill
pg -- English assist by Japanese/Cantonese (for sure)
Nusary (2yr) -- English/Cantonese (not sure)
K1 (Int'l) -- English
K2,K3 (Int'l) -- English with Chinese class (Mandarin)

ptsamm

zenith,
something interesting to draw your attention

prenusary in victoria is started class in Sept/Oct each year, bb born in 2004 can get the application form in the coming Oct (forgot the date) with the birth cert, photos, etc.

Nusary in Kornhill can be started anytime when your bb become 2 years old. They didn't tell me whether it is full or not but suggested we better apply for the seat earlier

zenith

ptsamm,

After checking with the teachers of Victoria and Kornhill, the app. dates of their PN/Nursery for 2006-7 are as follows:

Victoria: From Sept 15, 2005
Kornhill (confirmed with the headmistress): From Nov 1, 2005

zenith

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hoeve

Hi ptsamm,
Yes, Victoria in Kornhill have only Cantonese/English class, so I've enroll the one in 海峰園. Oh, I don't know that Kornhill pg use English assist by Japanese/Cantonese ! it seem quite good. I want to join the English + Japanese class. Thanks for information. I'll go to check out whether they accept chinese to enroll for Eng+Jap class.
Which KINDERs will u enroll? I think I'll enroll for 3 kinders, hopefully my girl can get into one.

ptsamm 寫道:
hoeve

regarding to the lanuage, you better chk again with 2 kinders, if i haven't get it wrong,

victoria
pg -- Cantonese/English (for sure)
PN (2 yr)--Cantonese/English (not sure)
Nusary,K1,K2 -Mandarin/English (for sure)

Kornhill
pg -- English assist by Japanese/Cantonese (for sure)
Nusary (2yr) -- English/Cantonese (not sure)
K1 (Int'l) -- English
K2,K3 (Int'l) -- English with Chinese class (Mandarin)