Chatroom for St. Teresa's School Parents

toffeeli

Honney,

I always think that children can get the maximum benefit and progress much better if they are being brought up by non-working mum. You must have spent a lot of effort and time in teaching your child as she is progressing so well.

toffeeli

toffeeli

Chior & Longman,

The teachers are native english speakers. Class size less than 12. The classes would be held in various ESF school  sites (you may check them out from the website). There are four terms each years (they also organise short course during holidays like Christmas and Summer) with different theme each term like pirates, all about me etc.. The theme of this coming term is "Award Winning Books".

During class, the children would have story studies, reading, writing, speaking & listenig etc.. If you are interested, I may PM the topics covered in the last school term of my son for your reference

I choose the Beacon Hill School site and the time is 9:30 am to 12:30 pm every Sat. The fee for this term is $4200.

I am satisfied with the style of teaching in ESF though I know some parents prefer phonics class. My son enjoys the class. Afterall, he loves reading and would communicate in english with others without hesitation (he is not shy at all and is willing to make up words/sentence to express his ideas even though he may not know the vocab).

Have your children currently participated in any other english course? Perhaps you may also share your experience for further discussion.

toffeeli

kamen

My girl attend the letterland phonic class. I found it was much more interesting than other phonic class. She enjoys the class very much. I bought some of the letterland story book and she also liked to read.

Jennifer

kamen,

Would you mind to let me know the detailed information about the phonic course?

kamen

Jennifer,
You can visit the website www.letterland.com.
我覺得letterland用Ｄ有趣的故事人物去教字母的發音，都幾吸引Ｄ比較細的小朋友。

Honney

Toffeeli,

係呀，我成日教出唱歌，A-Z,etc...　所以佢好未夠兩歲都識好多架啦，我想佢早ｄ學左，返學冇咁辛苦．．同埋成日聽日講小朋友越細教越易學到呀

Chior

Toffeeli,
I have been using english with my son at home since he was 2.  When he turns 3, I bring him to First Steps for english tuition because I would like him to have native english speakers exposure as well.  He is pretty good to communicate with others in english and not shy to use it at all.  The class is maximum 4 children per class for 1 hour per week.  They will interview your child first to see what level of english the child is in and match with other kids of the same level.  The lessons include speaking, listening, phonics, and reading.  Once in a while there will be simple writing exercises.  The primary kids will have more writing exercises.  The lesson is $280 per hour and usually there are either 3 or 4 lessons per month.  It is so good to have a chatroom for us to exchange information :)
Chior

toffeeli

Chior,

Where is First Step? A class of 4 sounds good.

toffeeli

enthalpy

To: Longman

I think what you have done is destroying the school now.  It is unsophisticated to release our internal syllabus here.  No one including yourself can benefit from it, on the contrary, it made some bad side effects to the school.  I have two kids in the primary section, it is so sad to us that the primary school will be closed despite it doesn't affect us.  As we all know that "style" of this school is humble and subtle, they never mentioned or disclose to the public that some celebrities were graduated from this school.  Firstly, it is not fair to those who are still studying in the kindergarten without foreseeing the internal syllabus.  Besides, the competition among kindergartens is very keen now, I think what you have done is to create a channel to let "competitors" creating strategy so as to fighting for more applicants. Think about it deliberately, you urge the school to being vanished as soon as possible.  Please stop it ,it is just your own vanity but is harmful to other aspects.

kamen

    

Longman

對不起各位家長，我不是有心destroying STS 的，原意只是想概括講下STS 的課程內容好讓一些家長作參考。可能我無認真細心地想清楚這會對學校及其他的家長作出影響，以後我會盡量小心！   

Chior:

一班四個小朋友聽落真係好吸引，我都好想知 First Step 係邊呀？

toffeeli

enthalpy,

Nice to meet a Primary Section parent here.  

I can feel that parents here do love STS and sincerely wish that she could continue her mission in education (I would think it is actually a lost to the children if it vanish). I also feel sad that the Primary Section has to close down.

I think Longman's intention is simply to offer help to other parents. Anyway she has already deleted her previous message. I do sincerely hope that you may as well delete your message to avoid any uneasiness. I will as well delete my message here later.


Regards,
toffeeli

Longman

hi all:

做乜咁靜局？ honneey 有無新製成品再post 上來比我們睇睇呀？真係睇見都流口水

前晚凌晨帶著疲倦的身驅下班回家當看到某些家長的post 心裡確實很難過。難過的並不是看見尖銳的詞峰而是我這個行為可能destroying STS。
其實我也不知道後果可能會像文章中說的這麼重，因某些正在考慮入STS的新家長對此校的課程想作參考，我基於好心才post 上來。可能我這民婦真的無深思熟慮才令到某些家長不悅，心裡真的不好受。
回心一想記得當初為女兒投考此校並不是為著它們課程而報讀而是喜歡此校平實、不自誇，我就是喜歡該校的辦學方向。細心再想當日我post 課程內容於public真的與此校的宗旨背道而馳；有違反了這平實學校的宗旨。
我的家庭是十分平庸的，當日為女兒投考的時候，一些親戚朋友時常說我浪費時間，他們說:"以我們的住址怎可報讀九龍塘區的幼稚園，真的浪費時間" 當時我抱著即管一試的心態，慶幸女兒亦被STS取錄。其後某天我與一位老師說笑："以我填寫的地址，我還以為你們不會取錄我女兒？"當時老師回答的一句令我感動了直至此時此刻我仍清楚記得。她說:我們學校收生從不理會家住何處？只要學校收得的學生就是好學生，即使入校前並不是好學生；入校後都會變成一位好學生。" 它們的老師個個都抱著這個心態真的令我感動了。
這所學校真的很自謙，縱使它們的學生有驕人的成績它們從不向外發表；從不自誇。我從來仍無看見學校外像其他學校般橫掛橫額標榜著自己學生怎麼怎麼成績。

在這個chatroom 的所有STS 家長同樣地愛護自己的子女；同樣地愛護這所學校。大家以後共勉之！

tt2001

enthalpy 寫道:
To: Longman

I think what you have done is destroying the school now.  ...... I think what you have done is to create a channel to let "competitors" creating strategy so as to fighting for more applicants......

            

Longman

好多謝曾PM我的各位家長，多謝你們各個的鼓勵！其實從這個網頁裡我真的認識了很多朋友，很奇妙的，縱使大家素未謀面但大家會與大家作出分享和鼓勵！

相信各STS的家長愛護此校並非貪其課程內容，而是欣賞它們的教學方式和每位老師無私的付出。

前兩天，女兒很乖於是我說買一包她喜歡的糖果作獎賞。她向我說道:「媽咪，你知唔知有海嘯？海嘯令到好多小朋友無左屋企、無左爹地、媽咪。老師說我地的一粒糖就可幫助他們買一個麵包。媽咪，不如唔好買糖，比他們麵包喇！」我聽到後心裡真的好感動。感動的並不是學校所教的知識而是我女兒有著一顆"施予"之心，在我心中，這顆心往往勝過學校裡所學過的學術成果。

toffeeli

Tomorrow will be the last day of the term assessment. How are your kids going on so far?

In fact I haven't had time to prepare for the assessment with my son in these two weeks. Feeling a bit guilty! First week I was sick. Early this week my husband had a operation and I had to stay in the hospital with him most of the time .

toffeeli

Longman,

You are really charming especially your humbleness and kindness do make me feel that you are extraordinary (not a simple 民婦).

As you said we never met and yet it is lovely to talk to you here and knowing that there is  a parent like you in STS.

BTW, this summer my son would finish the kindergarten and leave STS. I'm sure my son and I will miss the school and I will also miss all parents here in this Chatroom (Am I thinking too far ? But it is just a few months ahead)

kamen

Longman,
Yes, you are so extraordinary!

toffeeli

Hi kamen,

Pass by and note that you are still on-line in this late hour. Just to say Hi to you.

How are you and your daughter?

toffeeli

kamen

Hi toffeeli,
嘻！嘻！我係一個唔願早瞓嘅人。
看完大家的文章，所有不愉快全掃而空。

我個女係assessment期間當然很開心，因為唔需要做功課和星期五又有生日會。