HK Preschool - Royal Ascot

MayAnne

Hi everyone,

Thank you YCT for organising the BBQ. We all had a great time You know, when we left the bus at Tai Wai station, Pui Pui cried because none of her friends came down the bus with us. She saw them through the bus windows and cried. She was so cute. It just goes to show that despite NOT wanting to go to school DAILY, she does enjoy being with her friends.

The contact list with everybody's details are almost completed now. We only need details from two mummies: May123 and ChunYuMommy.
May 123 & ChunYuMommy, can you please send me a private message withe the following details:-
- Daddy's name
- Mummy's name
- Child's name + birthdate
- Mobile number
- Home Number
- Email address
I will email everyone this list in the afternoon.

PS: Joey, thank you for being so quick with the photos. I'll be able to email you everyone's email addresses including mine this afternoon Will wait a few more hours to see if we can a response from May123 and ChunYuMommy. Hee hee. I have to upload mine in the weekend - hubby has to help. I'm pretty bad with these things

Regarding tea this Friday, I'll see if I can join. If work's not too busy, I'll take a few hours off. Hee hee.


PS: Yeah, fingers crossed at next meeting, hope we'll see Yan Yan and Chun Yu!

GaGaMummy

Hi all, there is a birthday party in school again on the coming Friday. Who wants to have tea?

1. joeykcwu
2. YCT (有親function一定奉陪, 點可以少得我呢?  )
3. GaGaMummy
4. GaGaDaddy

GaGaMummy

joys 寫道:
Gagamummy,

我又要睇帶Manman來睇bb呀!

Of course welcome

MayAnne

Hi all, there is a birthday party in school again on the coming Friday. Who wants to have tea?

1. joeykcwu
2. YCT (有親function一定奉陪, 點可以少得我呢? )
3. GaGaMummy
4. GaGaDaddy
5. MayAnne (maybe - if work not too busy, hee hee)

ChunYuMommy

Hi All,

想問吓M裡頭, 可唔可以睇番自己寄出的的PM. Thanks!

ChunYuMommy

joys 寫道:
YCT,

真係十分多謝您們一家的熱情款待呀!
我們好開心啊!
尤其您家的swing, ManMan好鍾意啊!
hee..heee...不過她玩得忘型而vee vee啊!
真不好意思, 您的庶水又好好味, 我飲了好多杯呀!
之後又要您們clean up, 真係辛苦哂啊!
不過, 都無mug時間傾吓計, 因為要睇住隻囡,
在巴士途中己睡著了啊!

吔有Swing玩呀, 咁好玩呀! ChunYu未玩過. 有机會都過去打下Swing, 順道同你食吓邊度附近最好食的嘢.  :

ChunYuMommy

Hi MayAnne,

I've already pm to you.

MayAnne

Hi All,

Just wanted to let you guys know that I cannot access my hotmail account. The hotmail server is too busy. They are usually better in the morning....

I'll have a look at all emails tomorrow and will keep you guys updated.

Take care for now

MayAnne

Hi everyone,

I need your advice regarding local/international stream for K1.

I don't know if it's too early to tell because Pui Pui is only 2 years old but I've noticed that when she plays with my friends' children (all English speaking), she tends to be very sociable and very active..... but then when she's with Cantonese speaking children, she tends to be less active and plays quietly by herself. They all play by themselves at this age but at least alongside each other. Yesterday, the kids play inside and Pui Pui was out at the balcony playing Yan Yu's pushchair.

There was one time when she played ring-a-ring-a-roses with the kids and I said to her, "Go join them" and she said, "Wait Mummy".. because the other kids were playing... and when she was invited to play, she was so happy.

I wonder sometimes if language is a barrier for her... although she speaks more in Chinese now, I wonder if she feels like an outsider. Whereas when she's with my English friends and their children, she's always wanting to do stuff with them.

My british friend let her son go to a local kindergarden and her son was always very quiet and shy. When she swapped him to international, he became very confident and happy and wanted to go to school daily.  He's half Chinese and half British so I guess her emphasis on Chinese isn't as great as mine.

Pui Pui will be going to Sydney for her secondary school onwards where she will get zero Chinese. My Chinese friends' children in Sydney of course have absolutely NO chinese....

My question is, should she stay local or go international stream? I really want her to learn Chinese at least until primary level where she can read the papers and order food.... but I hope she doesn't feel "different" to others especially language-wise.

What do you think?

金毛B媽

多謝晒 Yan Yu mami & daddy

要你做咁多野, 又要整野食, 又要執屋     d 野食真係好好味     多謝晒你地呀, 下次你地可以黎我屋企玩啦, 不過就唔可以 BBQ, 我係住中間個層

我阿金仔真係怕羞, 唔肯同人玩, 所以你地咁開心既相, 都無金仔份, 都唔知幾時佢先會一齊玩呀

MayAnne

Thank you ChunYuMommy, I will send another updated list to everyone tomorrow

GaGaMummy

Hi MayAnne,
According to my knowledge, both the local and international stream of HKPS offer Chinese lessons.  Moreover, they offer the same Chinese syllabus.  The major difference is that the international classes teach in Putonghua while the local ones teach in Cantonese.  So if you just want Pui Pui to learn Chinese in order to acquire some basic communication skills such as to read newspaper or order food......  I think both stream can satisfy you.  

But do you think Pui Pui needs to learn Cantonese? If your social circle has Cantonese speaking friends, especially kids, then putting her in the local stream can definitely help her better communicate with such friends.  But if you think speaking in Putonghua is enough, the international stream will offer better Putonghua speaking environment.  

Joey,
As an experienced parent of the HKPS, any other opinion / advice?

ChunYuMommy

Hi May Anne,

I think the local or international class you choose is really based on what language you talk frequently to Pui Pui daily. If you use Cantonese and English alternatively at home, it sure should be the local class in K1. If you want her to learn Portonghua, it would be International class. But you said Pui Pui will go to Sydney when it comes to Primary level, I'm afraid that she will totally blank out on the Chinese language. So, the best way is to keep talking in Chinese with her in Sydney or put her to the class that studies Portonghua that is very popular in foreign countries now.   

ChunYuMommy

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MayAnne 寫道:
Hi all, there is a birthday party in school again on the coming Friday. Who wants to have tea?

1. joeykcwu
2. YCT (有親function一定奉陪, 點可以少得我呢? )
3. GaGaMummy
4. GaGaDaddy
5. MayAnne (maybe - if work not too busy, hee hee)
6. ChunYuMommy