馬頭涌(舊校)vs協和(下午校)

goodmum

我好開心, 馬頭涌(舊校)同協和(下午校)都收咗我個仔插班, 但我又心大心細, 又唔知撿邊間, 唔該幇吓我, 如果o係你, 你會撿邊間?

youma

Both are good and demanding.

Is your son admitted to the elite class 精英班 for both schools? If not for either one, I think you are better to second thought that school.

simoomhot

你個仔好叻呀，我同事個仔亦考到馬頭涌(舊校)及華德上下午校插班，同事選了馬頭涌(舊校)。

goodmum

Dear Simoomhot:
      Thank you! Actually I choosed 馬頭涌 first, but some of my friends advised me that 協和 has its connect secondary school(協和中學) and gives more concentration on course studies than 馬頭涌, but I know 馬頭涌 is better in 中學派位 and seems more famous than 協和 (I am not so sure about this). So I have to make sure I made the correct decision because I do not want to arrange another school for my son in the following primary school years, it is too tire. So so so....... thanks for all your kindness, help me out, please!             

goodmum

Dear youma:
      I do not know which class he is going to, what do you mean about "second thought"? Can you please tell me?  And do you know which grade they start to have 精英班? Thank you!
    

mountainyear

兩間都是好學校。

不過我同意youma 的 viewpoints. 因為大部份官津校的派位祇是一般，就是如名校油天，馬頭涌或沙田呂明才也不會有超過70%的Band 1 或英中的比率。派得好的是讀精英班的。

如$$$不是間題，我建議你寫信插入一些有接近派90% Band 1/英中的 私小如 聖方濟，九龍塘小學或九龍塘宣小，讀這些私小就算全班考尾幾都派Band 1 中學。尤其新小拔下月中放榜，此等優質私小將會有大量插班位(I guess)。

goodmum

Dear mountainyear:
       thank you very much, but after read yours, 我心情既時亂嗮, 因為我已經放棄了禮賢小學同埋正打算放棄7月3号九龍塘小學和九龍塘宣小的插班試(同一日), 如果o係甘樣, 我咪應該同個仔繼續考? 快点幫吓我啦!
          

youma

goodmum,

著名中學會較著重考生是否精英班, 但讀精英班會較辛苦.
馬頭涌(舊校) 和 協和(下午校) 都是由小四開始分精英班.
協和小學(上下午校)跟協和中學沒有聯繫., 但與銘賢中學聯繫.

馬頭涌(舊校) has 3 associated government secondary schools (Elizabeth, Homantin and Jockey Club) but small percentages are provided by each.

I suggest you to ask the schools and other parents whose kids are studying there for more details (校風, 程度, 派位)about the 2 schools.
  

goodmum

Thanks youma!

mountainyear

Goodmum,

Please see my previous comments in BK between KTS & APS. Personally, I like KTS more than APS as APS places too much emphasis on music no matter you like it or not.


引文：
我有多朋友包括我侄仔及女都讀APS，而讀KTS祇得一個，所以我對APS認識較多，希望以下資料幫到你作抉擇:

升中派位
KTS: 87% 英中; 70% band 1
APS:91% 英中; 84% band 1
但APS派住傳統名較多,114人有超過50人.但APS絕少有學生派往華仁.但KTS則有.

課程
KTS 程度較深,書單用高一級,小三己授二位乘二位,還教少許英數.
APS 程度較淺,小一讀一,但小一中要作文.

但讀APS要留意,中英數祇佔總分60%, 音樂,PE,美勞,普通話各佔一科要計分.而APS高年級有很多英文Reading scheme story books,老師是不教,但要做worksheets.

另外,音樂科如不參加學校樂團會扣10分,不參加school fest 又扣10分,音樂科全級一齊上,一人要學一樂器,但學piano 不計.考音樂有如考ABRSM, 有樂理,獨奏,合奏等.但學樂樂器不是規定在學校學.

而KTS則跟足教署指引計分.

而兩間學校功課不多,平均祇有4至5樣.

課外活動
二間學校星期一至六放學都有課外活動.都可安排保姆車接送.

學校特色
我弟弟常說APS是一間音樂學校,APS今年school fest 取得超過400個優良獎狀,35 champions, 39 1st runner-up and 60 2nd runner-up.
而朋友說KTS體肓較強.

老師
兩間學校老師很有愛心很盡責,我的親戚朋友個個對學校非常滿意.

我想KTS較注重術科,而APS較注重非術科,如小朋友藝術方面天份不高,或家長不願投放大量金錢在音樂方面,在APS很難成為top student.

goodmum

Dear mountainyear:
        好多謝你, 啲information好有用!我唔知原來piano唔計音樂分o架!

goodmum

有無人知道馬頭涌(舊校)的中學派位情况啊?     

mountainyear

From www.mtcgps.edu.hk, only following information is available:

二零零二至二零零三年度升中派位結果(首三個志願百分比)
獲派第一志願的人數 102
獲派第一志願百分比 58.29%
獲派首三個志願的人數 145
獲派首三個志願百分比 82.86%

*全級人數共175人

goodmum

我仲末决定撿邊間, the 10th is the deadline I set for myself, otherwise I register for the two schools is not fair for others. So, please help me out, give me some hint! Thanks!!!!
                        

simoomhot

Dear goodmum :

這倆間都是好多人心儀學校，要選擇那一間都是十分困難，如要我選，我會選"協和"，因我貪佢是半日制，校舍大(三座)，而且交通方便，因我屋企有小巴到。又多補習社，課外活動中心。除了這樣，我曾看這校在聖誕節期間在新世紀廣場表現節目，令我留下深刻印象。