St. Cat. (國際幼稚園)無愛心

WYmom

As far as I have experienced, there must be some very caring teachers and some very "cool" teachers in every school, be it kindergarten or primary.  

Campus of SC and KV are old.  On the other hand, both have very systematic way of teaching, as they have been run for so many years.  In fact, in SC, they have one NET and one Chinese teacher together only for K1, for K2 and K3, the NET only teaches the class for 20 to 30 mins. everyday.  So many parents will take the kids to English tutor class after school.

KV is famous for Chinese, Maths and discipline training.  Parents don't need to participate a lot in the school activities.  SC however involves the parents a lot.  So each kinder has its pros and cons.

After considering all the factors, I gave up offers of both SC and KV.

Gooddaddy

WYmom 寫道:
As far as I have experienced, there must be some very caring teachers and some very "cool" teachers in every school, be it kindergarten or primary.  

Campus of SC and KV are old.  On the other hand, both have very systematic way of teaching, as they have been run for so many years.  In fact, in SC, they have one NET and one Chinese teacher together only for K1, for K2 and K3, the NET only teaches the class for 20 to 30 mins. everyday.  So many parents will take the kids to English tutor class after school.

KV is famous for Chinese, Maths and discipline training.  Parents don't need to participate a lot in the school activities.  SC however involves the parents a lot.  So each kinder has its pros and cons.

After considering all the factors, I gave up offers of both SC and KV.

"NET only teaches 20 to 30 mins a day"..  I wonder whether this can make a night and day difference from other kindies such as KV.   No wonder so many parents switch to other kindies after their kids finishing K1 at SC.

I'm also considering not taking the offer from KV and SC after reading so much mixed views from BK.  I think I'm going to let my daughter to stay in the kinder she is now attending.  At least I know she is now having a great tiime in there.  So, why should I change to something which I'm not sure about.  Anyway, that's just my personal view.  Not asking for a fight here.   

liwoodma

我有個朋友個仔今年在SC讀k1, 佢讀埋呢個學期下學期退學, 佢話英文唔係佢想像中咁多...所以轉了個仔去讀國際學校...

Momotat

其實我覺得KV同SC可以辦學咁多年而維持到名氣同收生額, 總有佢地既理由.....我相信佢地都係好好既學校, 家長普遍都好滿意. 一個推薦給一個; 現在出生率低而佢地每年可以收六百幾名學生, 以幼稚園來說, 真的不易!

但每個小朋友有不同的性格, 特質, 家長亦有不同的期望, 而不同類型既學校就是滿足我地唔同既需要.....這間學校適合你既小朋友, 令你很滿意, 但可能對我的小朋友並不合適, 亦因而令我失望.....所以揀選學校, 聽取意見很重要, 但好與不好真的視乎你自己既觀點與角度, 以及你小朋友的特性...

所以我個人覺得爭論一間學校'好'還是'不好'是沒有意思的... 我們應該分析這所學校的特式, 跟著想想自己心目中想給予子女的'好'學校是怎樣的, 再想想是否和這所學校的特色相乎... 正如katyfok所說, 最清楚子女需要的應該是我們做父母的, 並不是人人都說這所學校好就選, 不好就不選....

上星期我同時收到兩間學校收生信, 我也內心掙扎了好幾天.... 後來想通了, 我應該客觀地去分析學校, 再主觀地去為我自己的仔仔去選擇.....我相信我自己給予仔仔的培育是最重要, 學校是一個輔助的軟件, 相輔相成, 子女和家長才能在一個愉快而有效率既環境下學習....幼稚園才是一個開始, 學習是一段漫長的路, 我們要認清自己的方向才不會迷失, 人云亦云只會令自己行錯路而達不到自己選擇的目的地....

jeremyphlam

其實用老師好唔好笑容，條樓梯窄唔窄及鐵制玩具等去揀學校都係幾創意的方法。

如果將來有能力開幼稚園，我一定

jeremyphlam

katyfok 寫道:

P.S. I don't think 講粗口 = Bad person or Bad parents!
( sorry... )

完全同意！講粗口只係同個人質素有關

WYmom

Momotat,

Agree very much with you.  It is really important to analyse if the school really matches your kid's character and your own expectation.  It is easier for parents to get more info. now due to so much exchange of info. on internet.  In the past, people just blindly follow the majority.

In the past there are not so many choices, but now we have many more good kinders to choose.  More competition in schools is good for consumers.

fat

我諗住比亞仔讀sc，就唔洗課餘返英文班wor

WYmom 寫道:

Campus of SC and KV are old.  On the other hand, both have very systematic way of teaching, as they have been run for so many years.  In fact, in SC, they have one NET and one Chinese teacher together only for K1, for K2 and K3, the NET only teaches the class for 20 to 30 mins. everyday.  So many parents will take the kids to English tutor class after school.

After considering all the factors, I gave up offers of both SC and KV.

猴子爸

如果你想亞仔stay competitive的话，我会劝你最好不要这样想。我听到不同渠道的意见，话sc最想家长跟他们配合教小朋友，就是说家长私底下也要带他们学别（或加强）的东西，特别是K2，K3，成绩是要见人（小学）的。
我的亲戚，差不多星期一到五，每天早上都安排了学习班，他的小朋友现在读international school,英文一点问题都没有。

fat 寫道:
我諗住比亞仔讀sc，就唔洗課餘返英文班wor

jeremyphlam

fat 寫道:
我諗住比亞仔讀sc，就唔洗課餘返英文班wor

如果你咁諗我諗你會好失望，我仔仔讀緊的英文playgroup學校就有唔少St. Cat小朋友！原因係覺得St. Cat英文水評唔夠。     

annienorman

S.C雖然有NET,但不是全天候教導小朋友! 因為K1是雙班主任制,但K2-K3就只有一個中文班主任,每天英文堂30mins only!所以唔好諗住讀S.C.就可以英文"luck luck"聲   

princessally

katyfok 寫道:
good interview= good school?
everyone 's experience is different... so...........

good campus = good school?
everyone's opinion is different.... so......

I don't know... as for me, both interview at KV and SC turned out great. Teachers from both schools seemed patient and enthusiastic. Both interview lasted more than 15 mins and allow my girl to " warm up" ... I was kinda impressed.

Both campus looks decents... becuase I cannot make decision base on how they looked during open day.

Have you heard about Dog kennel theory? Well, Dog Kennel is dog boarding house.... it's about telling people never to judge a dog kennel during open day becuase for sure, it will look fabulous.. nice and clean. But if a kennel allows you to visit when you just show up ( without calling ahead)... then, that's the kennel you must choose...becuase they 're clean round the clock and they're confidence enough to let you see anytime.

so... having a chance to see what the kindergarten looks like is great.. but I just think it's more of a Dog Kennel theory!

my point is... Only the one you truely feel comfortable will become GOOD KINDERGARTEN becuase there's trust between you and the school.
No one knows your son/ girl more than you... and NO one  love your son/girl more than you... so whatever you choose for him/her must be the best.

So which one is Best? .... Hummmm... JUST TRUST YOUR GUT FEELING!!!!

P.S. I don't think 講粗口 = Bad person or Bad parents!
( sorry... )

Totally agree   

jeremyphlam

annienorman 寫道:
S.C雖然有NET,但不是全天候教導小朋友! 因為K1是雙班主任制,但K2-K3就只有一個中文班主任,每天英文堂30mins only!所以唔好諗住讀S.C.就可以英文"luck luck"聲   

                

katyfok

ykfin 寫道:
Hello,

I've gone through all, looks very funny.

"講粗口 = Bad person or Bad parents!"????  Hahahaha....I don't think all of you never 講粗口???  Never 講粗口...is it really a good person or parents??

You guys spend so many time to discuss about the kinders, the main purpose is to find a good place for your kids and plan for their primary school.

If both KV & SC are not a good kinders, how come there are more than 2000-3000 applicants per year??  Both, of course have their own teaching preference.

Please let us know more about how good they are instead of challenging the others...thanks :)

sorry... off the track a little... I was saying

"I DON'T think 講粗口 = Bad person or Bad parents!"

Not the other way around...

Sorry.. just to clear things up a little bit!

canadababy

其實很多St.  Cat小朋友參加英文playgroup不一定是St. Cat英文水評唔夠。可能是學校或家長對小朋友的英文水平要求高。如St. Cat要求K1小朋友的家長每天在家也要與小朋友利用15分鐘英文交談，有些家長可能沒時間做或本身英文水平也很低，所以只好自行參加英文playgroup以作補賞。如我的例子，小女在讀St. Cat前已識很多簡單英文單字，但英文交談則很弱(雖已有上英文playgroup,但並非菲傭帶,所以很小机會用英語交談),只停留在數句英文，如What is your name? My Name is XXX等。但上學2個多月已明白很多英文句子,特別在聽，已明白很多英文問题或指今，在回答則邊有待改善，但也能簡單地正確回答。小女亦很願意去學習英語，主要希望能多如NET老師交談。目前在家每天15分鐘的英文交談已不成問題，但我亦希望她多學點課外戶動，同時亦可多聽正確的英語發音,所以给她報了一些英文的唱遊班，可邊玩邊學唱歌和英文。這點不是St.Cat的英文水平不好，只是我要求高。很多幼稚園K1只停留在ABC, 英文單字，或數句簡單英文日常用語，這点St.Cat對小朋友的要求遠遠高於這点，亦因為此点，St.Cat可能正如李局長口中的不合格私立幼稚園。有一次在朋友的聚會上，我與小女用英語交談了數句，我的朋友馬上說其讀K2的兒子英語交談水評也不如小女(是真心話，並非客套說話)。所以我對St.Cat的英文水評很有信心。不過對水評的定議大家也不同,正如李局長就覺St Cat不合格。

jeremyphlam

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canadababy 寫道:
其實很多St.  Cat小朋友參加英文playgroup不一定是St. Cat英文水評唔夠。可能是學校或家長對小朋友的英文水平要求高。如St. Cat要求K1小朋友的家長每天在家也要與小朋友利用15分鐘英文交談，有些家長可能沒時間做或本身英文水平也很低，所以只好自行參加英文playgroup以作補賞。如我的例子，小女在讀St. Cat前已識很多簡單英文單字，但英文交談則很弱(雖已有上英文playgroup,但並非菲傭帶,所以很小机會用英語交談),只停留在數句英文，如What is your name? My Name is XXX等。但上學2個多月已明白很多英文句子,特別在聽，已明白很多英文問题或指今，在回答則邊有待改善，但也能簡單地正確回答。小女亦很願意去學習英語，主要希望能多如NET老師交談。目前在家每天15分鐘的英文交談已不成問題，但我亦希望她多學點課外戶動，同時亦可多聽正確的英語發音,所以给她報了一些英文的唱遊班，可邊玩邊學唱歌和英文。這點不是St.Cat的英文水平不好，只是我要求高。很多幼稚園K1只停留在ABC, 英文單字，或數句簡單英文日常用語，這

Gooddaddy

I wonder how many parents know how to make their children to express themselves in different ways, for instance: what do you say to your children when you pick them up from kindies.  Here are few examples:

P: "Hi sweetie, how's your day?"
P: "Hey sweet heart, did you have a great time today?"
P: " Hey honey, tell me what have you learned today"
P: "Hey, how's school today?"
P:"you look wonderful today, what have you been doing at school?"
P:" was it fun today?"
P:"Have you missed me honey?"
P:" Give me a hug, sonny"

As you can see, whether your children can pick up the language depends how well you can communicate with them in a number of different ways.