講到根德園係洪水猛獸？

mycathy

我睇左哩個TOPIC好耐, 原本IN完有D失望, 覺得一定會入唔到, 因為當時環境好吵, 我囡囡講野細聲, 即使佢做到, 答到, 唱到, 但老師好似有D視若無睹咁。
但我真係好想好想囡囡可以被根德園錄取。

見到Gicobaby講既野, 我真係精神為之一振, 因為臨走交表既老師問左我囡囡幾條問題, 而我囡囡都勁合作, 果陣我開心返d, 依家有返dd咁多信心。

我同icecrm一樣, 囡囡係超細女, 仲要係無人細過佢果隻12月31日出世, 所以好擔心學校會對佢有所保留, 覺得應該未"得"。依家甚至後悔揀左只考慮上午添。

真係好緊張。

IceCrm

HuiTung,

I still remember you very much. Because I read all your messages of last year around this month, you care about your son so much. You physically went to Kentville to observe the kids, teachers and asked the parents there and observe how the kids went to the school buses. I very much what a detail-minded parent you are. I believe you researched a lot before you make a decision for your kid and this year I will do THE SAME!!

I hope my kid would be lucky as your son.. and now my heart-beat is increasing everyday!

Thank you for your support and 打氣！！

Dear all mums,

多謝!! 多謝!! 多謝!! Thank you very much for all your support!!  If my kid got accepted, I will tell you very 'LOUDLY' here. Because I will be too happy!

alisoncheung

請問各位已經有囝囡讀緊跟德的家長們, 人人話跟德功課多, 究竟有幾多?又話多測驗考試究竟又有幾多及幾頻密?

我都唔想人雲亦雲, 其實我個囝在SC Interview 時表現不太理想,個老師好cool, 又冇逗小朋友, 只管發問, 一般Interview 完畢老師會給小朋友糖或餅, 我知其他小朋友都有, 但見我的鬼婆好cool,走時連餅仔都冇塊俾我個囝, 我覺得佢一定唔鍾意我個囝,我之後都好唔開心, 我覺得就算做戲都要做全套, 佢咁是什麼意思呢?  更令我想起之前在bk見過話讀sc想轉校的文章就想如果囝囝俾In佢個鬼婆教會點呢?  所以我都唔覺得sc真係咁好.  而家考慮如果根德收佢,唔知功課係唔係傳言咁多呢?有人話一日七樣家課,仲有測驗同考試,嘩!嚇死人咩!  但k1家長又話佢d囝囡讀得好開心, 究竟有幾開心呀!

所以想請名位過來人指教指教.
  

IceCrm

alisoncehung,

For the interview of SC, I experienced totally the same as yours. The teachers (native english speaker but asian, not a foreigner) just merely interviewed my kid and didn't give her anything by the end of the interview. The teachers seemed not interested in my kid and my answer at all. I was very very sad for the whole day after the interview. Then the next day I went kentville's interview. Although my kid did better in SC's interview, but I don't know why I prefer Kentville very much as my 1st choice. Now, I just keep my fingers crossed and wait for the letter. I hope your son will be accepted by both SC and Kentville so that you can choose the best for him.

Alanhoky

the topic recalled my sad experience.

I'd like to share with you also.

Last year we did several interviews with Rosaline and Kent was one of them.  

The interview environment/method was the worst among the 5.  

The attitude of the interviewer was to be blamed most.  Rosaline couldn't speak Cantonese at that time,  thus made no response to the interviewer.  My wife explained the fact to the interviewer and requested her to speak English to my daughter.  The interviewer rejected my wife's suggestion with a 'black' face.  That frustrated us very much.  However, the same case happened in York, but York's interviewer quickly switched to English channel and continued the interview in a happy & interactive manner!

Someone may suggest that it is because York is highly commerciallized, thus is willing to offer best customer services.  But what about St. Rose?  I couldn't accompany Rosaline during the interview but  I could observe it in a distance.  I found that the interviewer was willing to speak to my daughter in English.  They chatted happily!

Finally, only York admitted Rosaline.  It was probably due to the inferior quality of my daughter/ourselves.  However, I had to appreciate that St. Rose could offer a better interviewing environment/experience though both schools rejected Rosaline.

I suppose Kent is a good school due to its long history and good word of mouth.  Besides, I can always meet quite a number of Kent Kids at the school bus stations daily in the morning. I find that all of them are tender & smart.  I trust their behaviour are far more acceptable to the general public than that of Rosalline.  

However, I believe some reformation has to be introduced in order to let the school to stay in pace with the advance of the society. Such as:-

1. to improve the interviewing environment
2. to increase its transparency to parents
3. to update its teaching methods - to introduce more 'active learning' approaches

Just simple sharing.  No offence.

chuchuma

Alanhoky,

I think my son was more lucky than Rosaline.  We attended the interview with Kent las Sunday.

Right after the interviewer started the interview in Cantonese, she noticed that I translated her question to my son in English and my son gave them the right answer.  She then immediately changed her channel to English and thereafter they have had a happy chatting.  

I think it's depends on the interviewer's attitude and may be what we said it is due to  "people chemistry".

Alanhoky

chuchuma 寫道:
Alanhoky,

I think my son was more lucky than Rosaline.  We attended the interview with Kent las Sunday.

Right after the interviewer started the interview in Cantonese, she noticed that I translated her question to my son in English and my son gave them the right answer.  She then immediately changed her channel to English and thereafter they have had a happy chatting.  

I think it's depends on the interviewer's attitude and may be what we said it is due to  "people chemistry".

Chuchuma,
So, your experience was different.  
I understand that the behaviour of the parents also count.
We two were stupid last year.  We didn't know we could help the kid in answering questions.  We were even worse in asking the interviewer to switch channel.  You were so smart that you made the translation by yourself inducing the interviewer to follow you.  This can review to the interviewer that you can help to develop the kid.  They like it most.  Our behviour tended to frustrated the interviewer because we inclined to relie on them!
Good luck to you!

mabel_leung

Hi 各位媽咪

我宜家個心情同IceCrm完全一樣．雖然仲有２個星期先知結果．但係我個心已經日日仆仆跳，仲慘過當年自己會考．

其實我心情都好矛盾，成日都比我ｄ親戚朋友嘈，叫我唔好比咁大壓力個囝，問我係咪想迫死佢？？    搞到我都好煩．　傳統教學定活動教學呢？　係咪真係會好辛苦呢？　我相信根德係有自己一套手法去教小朋友，見大家ｄ小朋友都咁開心就知．

Interview 個日，啊囝表現尚可，但係我答

queenie.lo

Dear all,

我只以過來人身份講, 我囡囡上年in 根德,佢表現都唔係好好, in完我都好唔開心(好想哭), 覺得間學校的環境唔好, 老師唔係好多笑容, 心諗唔收重好, 唔洗諗。但後來, 竟然收咗! 我幾經掙扎先去交留位費, 交完後又掙扎咗九個月, 最後先決定比囡囡讀根德 (我冇考sc, 因根德一路都係我第一志願), 但由九月開學到現在, 我可以好肯定咁講,我的決定是冇錯, 囡囡返得好開心, 學咗好多野, 英文的發音好準確, 意想不到的是老師都幾細心。

Joy_E

Dear all mami:

以前囝囝細個時, 聽到人地既小朋友讀根德, 我心唸我一定唔會比囝囝讀, 要讀就讀活動教學.....直至真係要開始要同囝囝搵學校同自己亦剛讀完幼師課程, 去了幾間不同性質既學校實習~~~亦係搵學校既過程中搜集咗好多學校的資料....等

其實一個小朋友返學係學校學野既時間真係不多, 話三鐘~~但去下洗手間, 食下野, 做下大肌肉活動, 等下放學....等, 真正學野最多得個1個鐘左右, 就算要佢真係用心去學下野一點都不過份, 而最重視還是係屋企點教~~

而根德只不過小做了點門面野, 這正好比多點時間miss去專心做教學既野, 因為如果太多活動去攪miss真係好累, 我識有些朋友正是這樣, 晚晚做到死, 返學時真係好謝gar~~

根德學生多當然有不同既反應.....可能真係有小朋友覺得讀得莘苦都唔出其, 但在我識既朋友既囝囝囡囡(有讀緊同已畢業)都讀得開心同o.k.

話唔好既學校.....大把....話活動教學既....又有幾多係真真正正做得到(因又要配合上小學), 而我亦見過表面個個以為好好既學校, 內裏都係不外如是....

至於環境~~最重要係乾淨, 有冇咩吊飾我覺得不太重要....而根德課室(我囝囝個個)都幾好, 枱枱櫈櫈都唔係舊, 地下都好乾淨, 空氣亦叫流通

而我囝囝今年剛K1讀得好開心, 我叫佢返以前nursery個間佢都唔掣tim.....

當然，同得阿囝係成十間學校中都係選讀根德，真係唸咗好耐，係我同hb眼中當然係最好la....

gobbytse

Hi all,

好奇怪，我一d都唔覺得佢哋無笑容喎，佢哋的流程似Bank多d，等小D，一路有移動，老師好趕我就唔覺，場地嘈就真係幾嘈。

大家經常擔心功課多，可能都係第一任家長吧！ 認為小朋友一定討厭做功課，其實好個別law，我大仔就唔討厭la。 大人被自己過往的經驗影嚮，以為功課=辛苦=唔開心   佢哋好鍾意學野架，見到D字似識非識，就會不停發問！

又唔明，一開始就知間學校係傳統學校，到頭來又話人哋傳統

brown

對想入根德園的家長，根德絕唔難入，我及我10多位朋友的以往經驗，有細女/仔 (12月)，有喊，有全場interview無講過一句野，當然有d都好smart，結果我及我10多位朋友在第1輪，第2輪，第3輪及至開學時全部收晒 (有d係第1輪連waiting list都無)，中間只要寄封reqest seat letter，因根德一間校舍已收10多20班，所以吸納量好大，唔似得培正等真係睇小朋友表演及班數小。心儀根德的家長第1輪唔得，唔洗擔心，加封reqest seat letter，入倒的機會係超大!

small-hsi-ma

我都想我個囝入，但係佢那天表現一般，該做的有些係提示下完成。
因為今日收到屋邨幼稚園的信，係唔收! 但囝囝那天表現的好好。
唔知有無根德的家長係這樣的情形 即係根德收，但屋邨的幼稚園唔收的?

露比

小B維維
見到相裏的大大壽司.你是不是在鈿鈿姐姐那裡學畫畫.
我地係返星期日上午吳景熹. 你是不是Ivan?

ivybibi

mabel_leung,
你仲記唔記得我?樂樂咁叻一定得的，唔洗擔心!學校總有人覺得好有人覺得唔好，其實只有父母先了解囝囡的性格，知道咩學校係適合的，唔洗理旁人的說話。

COMET

我也是今年K1的家長,個仔現在讀K1, 他很開心上學。當初憂慮他由幼兒院轉去人稱很嚴, 課程很艱深的根德園會不適應。其實講得根德園很嚴很深那些人,他們都沒有囝囝囡囡讀根德, 祇是聽人說。心想嚴, 課程艱深也不是壞事, 反而引起興趣想了解根德多些。往年在BK也留意家長的留言及對話, 也做了些資料搜集及比較。最後還是選了根德為唯一首選。坦白說由填表, 交表, 面試及收通知, 根德都比我一個很專業的感覺。囝囝讀了兩個多月, 他每天很開心上學,每天接他放學時, 他都是掛著微笑。也不見得課程艱深, 每天都沒有工課做, 間唔中假期做半張A4填顏色。 和他一起看書時, 反而了解到他學了很多知識。另外每當小兒每次唱"A LITTLE BALL, A BIGGER BALL...." 那首歌時, 而能自動更改ball 為cat/ dog/aeroplane/ elephant 時那份創意及想像力。很難想像別人常導根德是一間十分存統學校, 扼殺小朋友的創意那番話是可信的. 這是其中一個實例子和大家分亨。老師很有經驗和好細心, 例如當我向老師了解兒子的上學情況時, 她能有條不紊地道出兒子的上堂時的表現及他的性格特質，也能夠具體說出小兒執顏色筆的手不夠力   

很欣賞根德那套辨學的理念和堅持，老師能專心在小孩的教育上，相信祗有嘗試過這杯茶才能深感領會, 我同老公好開心無揀錯學校
    

KiwiMum

~講到根德園係洪水猛獸~呢句"似曾相識"喎!     (我咁o岩上星期o向K3 chatroom 提過) 年年呢個時候都有風風雨雨o既!   

我都想同大家分享:
囡囡曾在校內畫過一幅畫, 主題係飛機場, 我個女就畫左好多類似深水炸彈o既物體, 佢話 d飛機停低左, 對翼就會收埋, 老師"給"左個印仔俾佢.   

COMET 寫道:
......很難想像別人常導根德是一間十分存統學校, 扼殺小朋友的創意那番話是可信的. 這是其中一個實例子和大家分亨。老師很有經驗和好細心, 例如當我向老師了解兒子的上學情況時, 她能有條不紊地道出兒子的上堂時的表現及他的性格特質，也能夠具體說出小兒執顏色筆的手不夠力   

很欣賞根德那套辨學的理念和堅持，老師能專心在小孩的教育上，相信祗有嘗試過這杯茶才能深感領會, 我同老公好開心無揀錯學校
    

TiffanysDaddy

根德園是好學校。女兒二年前入根德時我還擔心她會不會太辛苦，要寫很多字等等。但二年來我女兒都很喜歡上學並學到了很多。

Thank you 根德園