ICS Parents

YauMum

Dear TigerB,

K in ZJubilee Garden 7/F; Elementary & Secondary in Shek Mun Station adj to City One

YauMum

原帖由 TigerB 於 09-3-31 18:02 發表
I was reading the ICS website, can ICS parents tell me how many campus are there? The website said there is one in Shatin, one in Fo Tan, and one in Kowloon... is the Kowloon campus still exist?

Suzanne503

我覺得ICS係–間十分嚴謹學校, 老師對學生太高要求,學術和記律都一樣要求高, 我個仔讀緊PG1,如果你達到學校要求就好唔係家長有一定壓力,而且ICS搬了新校舍想攪得出名Ｄ,又時睇你好唔好彩,個年班主任係乜人.

hoeve

Hi Suzanne503,
My girl is studying in R1. would you mind to elablorate more about the homework, requirement from school.... so that I may know before going into elementary. Thanks

原帖由 Suzanne503 於 09-4-12 21:51 發表
我覺得ICS係–間十分嚴謹學校, 老師對學生太高要求,學術和記律都一樣要求高, 我個仔讀緊PG1,如果你達到學校要求就好唔係家長有一定壓力,而且ICS搬了新校舍想攪得出名Ｄ,又時睇你好唔好彩,個年班主任係乜人. ...

Suzanne503

My son is studying Pre-grade 1,  now he isn't spend much time to doing his homework.  Usually he do his classwork daily in school.  But the school is require high discipline to listen and obey. I think boys are usually more active girls. So you don' t have to worry about this matter.
Why do you chose ICS?  I would like to ask any comment of other IS school?  Which like 啟生,挪威 or KCIS?

原帖由 hoeve 於 09-4-14 21:36 發表
Hi Suzanne503,
My girl is studying in R1. would you mind to elablorate more about the homework, requirement from school.... so that I may know before going into elementary. Thanks

hoeve

Hi Suzanne503,
Oh I see, ICS is very emphasis on discipline and obey even in kindergarten. It's true that the quality of a teacher will make a really big difference. However, this is what we as parents can't control. Thanks God, the class teacher of my girl is really an excellent one.
When my girl was 1 year old, I just want to find a nursery / kinder that can help her language skills (Mandarin and English). She did go to KCIS last year. At that time, I didn't plan to let her continue to study in IS during primary and secondary stage. I change my mind until I heard from my husband's friends that have children studying in ICS. All of them have really positive comments on ICS and give us some real stories that really impress me.  So my girl is now in ICS. I didn't know much people have children go to IS so I can't compare.

原帖由 Suzanne503 於 09-4-15 11:17 發表
My son is studying Pre-grade 1,  now he isn't spend much time to doing his homework.  Usually he do his classwork daily in school.  But the school is require high discipline to listen and obey. I thin ...

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buu0605

I'm convinced that ICS is a good school.  However, how to keep up kids' Chinese language ability?  I'm considering that for my sons.  See if any parents can share.  Thanks.

原帖由 hoeve 於 09-4-16 21:44 發表
Hi Suzanne503,
Oh I see, ICS is very emphasis on discipline and obey even in kindergarten. It's true that the quality of a teacher will make a really big difference. However, this is what we as parent ...

tommyzoe

正生書院校長陳兆焯培育出來的親兒又如何?

He is one of ICS Parents. I feel so good to share with you all!

Please click below.

http://happypama.mingpao.com/cfm/relation3.cfm?File=20090712/spea/oka1.txt

iristony625

Thanks for sharing.  Totally agreed that IS education provides liberal, independent and happy learning environment to children.  Exam/homework orientated education will push you to be away from learning.  Nightmare to those experienced with HK education.  This is why I & my husband choose IS path for my son since his birth without hesitation.

Iris

原帖由 tommyzoe 於 09-7-16 16:14 發表
正生書院校長陳兆焯培育出來的親兒又如何?

He is one of ICS Parents. I feel so good to share with you all!

Please click below.

http://happypama.mingpao.com/cfm/relation3.cfm?File=20090712/spea/oka1 ...

lamheng

Any school bus service from Ma On Shan to Fo Tan school compus?

tommyzoe

You may contact Jackson Bus Service.

siubosiumao

I am a new ICS (kindergarten) parent. Can an existing ICS parent explain to me the following?

Here is my understanding:
In the past years, secondary section starts at 7:50am, primary and kindergarten sections start at 8:30am. Jackson school bus serves primary and kindergarten section only.

This year, they have changed the starting time for primary section to 8:10am and kindergarten section to 8:20am and I have heard that the school has commissioned Jackson bus service to serve the secondary section as well.

As a result, here is what is happening to my 3 year old in R1. We live about 25 mins drive from ICS. However, she needs to be ready for school bus pick up at 6:45am in order to arrive at Shek Mun at 7:40am for the secondary section.
She will then get on another bus to go to Fo Tan and the bus will arrive BEFORE 8:00am. However, I called up kindergarten and they said they would NOT open until 8:10am and therefore, 10+ 3-4 years old kids would need to be waiting outside the door until they open. Overall, while school doesn't start until 8:20am, she needs to be ready for pickup at 6:45am.

Can someone explain to me the following:
1. Why are we having 3 or 4 years old to accommodate schedules of 15 or 16 years old?  Isn't is easier for secondary school kids to take care of themselves instead of having 3 or 4 years old waiting on the street?

2. Whats the rationale for the changing of start time?

3. Is it possible that ICS requests Jackson to operate bus service for secondary separately from primary and kindergarten since the start time is so far apart?

Would be great if some existing ICS can shed some light on this. I am really struggling to understand. Thanks.

原帖由 tommyzoe 於 09-8-8 01:33 發表
You may contact Jackson Bus Service.

hoeve

我記得學校說的理由係：方便同時有數個ICS小朋友（幼稚園同埋中學）的家長送子女，早D亦無咁塞車。我個人覺得OK，其實都係爭少少，不過我明白如果住得遠真係會辛苦囉，要調較過起身時間。

lamheng

Thank you for reply.

I:( n fact, I've contacted mr. Tong 3 months ago. However, they told me that there is no school bus service for us in Ma On Shan. I don't know why.

lamheng

1. It is dangerous for a little boy/ girl waiting outside of school!

2. Is it a good arrangement of the school bus service?

3.Is it too early (8:20)? Many kindergarden starts at 9:00AM. What happen to ICS Kindergarden? Is it too early for the little boys and girls?

siubosiumao

That's interesting. I talked to Jackson at lengths lately and he said the Ma On Shan is a very popular area with lots of students and he has a lot of clients there.... strange.

原帖由 lamheng 於 09-8-8 22:12 發表
Thank you for reply.

I:( n fact, I've contacted mr. Tong 3 months ago. However, they told me that there is no school bus service for us in Ma On Shan. I don't know why.

siubosiumao

Thanks for the explanation. I can understand that if I have two kids in different sections. But how many parents are in that category? And for those in that category, how many of them with kids in kindergarten? I would be very upset if I have one in secondary school and one in kindergarten and now I need to wake up my kindergartener much earlier to accommodate the earlier schedule for my secondary school kid. It just doesn't make sense.

I can't see how school starts at 8:20am and the kid would need to wait at 6:45am for a 3 years old. Its not 爭少少. Plus, I live in a big complex area with more than 20+ ICS kids (10 mins round around the complex, 20 kids) and that was part of a reason why ICS is a good option for us since we were anticipating that the school bus ride would be short since there are so many kids in this complex alone.

My concern is not just about how early it is, or 調較過起身時間, not at all. My concern is that the school did NOT consider how changing the start time and commissioning the school bus service to serve all sections at the same time would impact the 3 years old so much. Plus, the kindergarten did NOT make any special arrangements to really take care of the kids or consider open the campus earlier to accommodate the kids so they could at least wait inside the school. How hard is that really?

I am not concerned about starting school earlier. I am just very concerned that my 3 year old kid needs to be on the road for more than 1.5 hours before school starts, and all the potential risks that comes with it since it is obvious that she would be arriving at the school much earlier than it starts and would need to wait for the school to open every single day including days with inclement weather. It just doesn't make sense.

原帖由 hoeve 於 09-8-8 19:53 發表
我記得學校說的理由係：方便同時有數個ICS小朋友（幼稚園同埋中學）的家長送子女，早D亦無咁塞車。我個人覺得OK，其實都係爭少少，不過我明白如果住得遠真係會辛苦囉，要調較過起身時間。 ...

hoeve

我明你點解咁嬲了，校車安排得咁差！上年我唔見有同學要在門口等的，實在太離普呢！你會再同老師，校長，及家長代表反影下嗎？希望有解決辦法啦！

原帖由 siubosiumao 於 09-8-9 00:20 發表
Thanks for the explanation. I can understand that if I have two kids in different sections. But how many parents are in that category? And for those in that category, how many of them with kids in kin ...

lamheng

If someone want to arrange school bus route in Ma On Shan area for their kindergarden kid, please pm and we arrange by ourselves if there is enough students.

Otherwise  I need to take my child by taxi or car.

bearlee

Ooooo.... I just come across this thread.

My boy will also start his schooling on Thursday and we were just notified that the schedule of school bus is rediculous.  We live in Tai Po but my kid was required to wait at a meeting point (3 mins away from home) at 6:30 am!!!

It's headache for my hubby and me!  And we may just take the returning service.