Learning Habitat K3 (08-09)

ljsze

Lydia

How long was the interview ?  Do you have to wait for a long time before interview ?

Sept 24 2nd interview with principal.  Will everyone has the chance ?

LydiaWong

ljsze,
Everyone lined up in the playground and were led by parent volunteers to the hall. They're very on time, so make sure arrive on time. The whole interview lasted for ~1 hour and the parents picked the kids up in the hall again. Every kid will get a chance to meet the principal. Preston will have the 2nd interview on Friday and need to leave early for it.

[ 本帖最後由 LydiaWong 於 08-9-8 22:58 編輯 ]

晞晴媽咪

Hi all,

Sorry for my reply. Let's me give you all some information for Alliance Primary School, Kln Tong.

- Private & Christian primary school
- Large class size (~40 students)
- They have NET to teach Phonics
- Good in music and have "strong" Orchestra teams
- Teach Chinese in potunghua
- Teach Mathematics in Chinese
- Very few homeworks in P1 to P4...sorry that my elder girl is now P5 and I don't know if it will be more this year. Students are no need to do a lot of homework during long holiday.
- 2 tests + 2 exams every year
- No "精英班"
- The single-block campus is shared with kindergarten and primary school. Just my personal opinion, APS does not have a very big campus.
- According to the school information, only 1 P6 graduate cannot get into an English Secondary school this year (as of Aug, 08). i.e.: over 99% P6 students can have a seat in Eng. Sec. School.

If I have missed anything that you would like to know, please feel free to tell me....

晞晴媽咪　

ljsze

Hei Ching's mom

Thanks very much for sharing the info in details.

Lydia

One hour ?  Quite a long time for kids if they have nothing to do during the waiting time.

LydiaWong

ljsze,
It's around 45 min coz there're some time for travelling from hall to classroom and back. I saw the kids were reading books during the waiting time. I guess it's Ok coz Preston didn't mention much about waiting too long.

ljsze

Lydia

See.  The school was so nice that books were given to the kids for reading so they could have something to do.

LydiaWong

Dear moms,
I went to the SPCC briefing session yesterday. Soooooooooooo many people, i guess over 4000, at least. It's like people leaving after a concert. The fee also goes up a lot, $60000/yr.
It's so scary.

ljsze

Lydia

To be honest.  I don't like the school.  I know a lot of graduate from that school but I don't like their style.  Anyway, will you send application to this school ?

LydiaWong

ljsze,
I have good and bad impression about this school. Anyway, I'll still try just as experience if the interview is OK. I don't have much expectation about it and even Preston is lucky enough to get in, I still need second thought about this school. To me, this school is too 貴族 feel but the academic is really good.

bblaw

Congratulation!! Preston enter 2nd round interview.My sister is a parent volunteer. She said it is very terrible for 3 round interview.Good luck for everone

LydiaWong

bblaw,
Every kid who applied Ying Wah needs to attend 2 interviews in the 1st round. One time to meet the teacher and the 2nd time the principal. Anyway, that's for your support. Good luck to KaKa too. When's the coming interview?

BTW, when to apply APS?

ljsze

Lydia

Hei Ching's mom mentioned that we have to send mail to APS & get application letter.

Dear All

From the start of the school term, we have been receiving more and more materials which we have to work on with our kids.  Our workload as a facilitator is getting heavier.  Yet, I do think those materials will really help us & our kids to learn more.  What do you think ?

Enjoy the mid-autumn festival.

[ 本帖最後由 ljsze 於 08-9-12 21:44 編輯 ]

ljsze

Lydia

Were there more people attending DBS briefing vs SPCC ?  The briefing of DBS this morning caused traffic jam in Mongkok.

Davin were fine during the briefing.  Actually, he was interested to look at the presentation material from time to time.

LydiaWong

ljsze,
We're amazed that Davin could be so patient throughout the whole briefing session. Preston would have kept asking why take so long and complaining it's so boring.
Actually, the briefing session in SPCC was far more people than DBS (actually, I couldn't really see the back today, maybe there were many people at the back?). I guess coz there were 2 sessions and only boys parents would come compared to SPCC which are suitable for both sex.
What do you think about DBS?

ljsze

Lydia

Davin in fact likes visiting schools.

The info presented actually is not new to me.  Not taking its fame into consideration, the teaching concept of DBS is of course very good.  Not much homework but yet the kids are very good at writing & reading.  Yet, it's really really difficult to get into the school.  What do you think then ?

bblaw

Dear mons, any comment to St. Marqaret's?

ljsze

bblaw

I can't tell because I didn't go to the briefing.  At the time when I was a student, the reputation of 'St Margaret' was not good.

LydiaWong

bblaw,
I don't know much about St. Margaret, but is a school with multi-culture. It has small class size and has a good English enviroment.

bblaw

St. Margaret is English school. Students learn Spanish, French,and Japanese. But, I am worried about the image of the girl school before. The campus is too small.
This is very surprised. My friend said that her friend's son withdrawal CKY in p3 because it is not too good. That let me very surprised.

LydiaWong

bblaw,
Do you know why your friend quit CKY? I really want to know coz I'm quite interested in this school.

Do you know what happened to Ms. Chow today? Preston said she had something else to do and did not teach them today but she's at school. That's why there is no Chinese homework today. It's not good that the teacher is always absent from class and the kids are missing classes which means they're learning less. If this happens again, we may need to take some actions or reflect to the school.