Discovery College or ESF School

happy_mum

Just wonder if anyone have been offered an interview for P1 for either DC or any ESF school, without any connection (sibling etc...) to the school?

I have quite a few friends applied but only one have been invite for an interview and this is a sibling case as well.

piggyloo

my daughter got interview from Quarry Bay school, she got no connection.....not from ESF kindergarten (she's studying in SWCK) and she's cat 2

happy_mum

piggyloo,

good for you. i guess it is also depends on the individual school as well. hope your daughter will get in the school and btw, what does it mean by cat 2?

原帖由 piggyloo 於 08-11-25 22:42 發表
my daughter got interview from Quarry Bay school, she got no connection.....not from ESF kindergarten (she's studying in SWCK) and she's cat 2

Christmas

I'm sure its strongly depends on the location of the ESF school. Cat 2 means St. Catherine K2.....

原帖由 happy_mum 於 08-11-26 08:53 發表
piggyloo,

good for you. i guess it is also depends on the individual school as well. hope your daughter will get in the school and btw, what does it mean by cat 2?

Saturn

cat 2 would mean the category 2 of ESF's criteria of admissons.  Details as follows:

http://www.esf.edu.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=1039&langno=1


Category One

Children who speak English as a first or alternative language but do not speak Cantonese and/or read and write Chinese characters.

Category Two

Children who can access the local system but who also meet ESF's entrance requirements.

Within each category priority will be given to students who:

are siblings of children already attending an ESF school;
are attending an ESF Educational Services Ltd Kindergarten (for Year One only);
are former students returning from a period overseas;
have a parent who is a full-time employee of ESF;
are the children of former ESF students.

[ 本帖最後由 Saturn 於 08-11-26 09:23 編輯 ]

piggyloo

i think its cos we r in the HK island and as u also know the competition in hk island not as high as the KLN side or NT....(got several ESF school in HK side)....anyway where's ur zone? not in hk side?

happy_mum

Yes, I do believe that the area (location) makes a lot of difference. We are in Discovery Bay and the area is full of expat.

原帖由 piggyloo 於 08-11-26 11:47 發表
i think its cos we r in the HK island and as u also know the competition in hk island not as high as the KLN side or NT....(got several ESF school in HK side)....anyway where's ur zone? not in hk side ...

samelsaho

Dear Piggyloo,

我都係港島區，cat 2，但QBS冇offer interview比我囡囡，只係waiting ，同舊年囝囝情況一樣 ，唔明QBS offer interivew的準則 ？

502

But what type of kinder is your daughter going?
I'm sure they do prefer the real IS kinder!

原帖由 samelsaho 於 08-11-27 15:19 發表
Dear Piggyloo,

我都係港島區，cat 2，但QBS冇offer interview比我囡囡，只係waiting ，同舊年囝囝情況一樣 ，唔明QBS offer interivew的準則 ？

emmamay

原帖由 502 於 08-11-27 15:56 發表
But what type of kinder is your daughter going?
I'm sure they do prefer the real IS kinder!

My daughter will has the interview from Kennedy School, and she is studying in Woodlands School.

I think it helps a lot if the kid is studying in "real" int'l kindergarten.

But not sure will it help the kid to get into ESF school if my kid is under CAT 2. Even though the Woodlands school keeps on saying that their past record of students get into ESF school is very high.

happy_mum

Hi Samelsaho,

So where is your son going now? Are you still "waiting"?

原帖由 samelsaho 於 08-11-27 15:19 發表
Dear Piggyloo,

我都係港島區，cat 2，但QBS冇offer interview比我囡囡，只係waiting ，同舊年囝囝情況一樣 ，唔明QBS offer interivew的準則 ？

JojoB

原帖由 emmamay 於 08-11-27 16:59 發表

My daughter will has the interview from Kennedy School, and she is studying in Woodlands School.

I think it helps a lot if the kid is studying in "real" int'l kindergarten.

But not sure will it he ...

其實係咪一定要入ＥＳＦ　幼稚園　好Ｄ呢

SFmom

Hi emmamay,

My daughter is also at Woodland and granted an interview at Kennedy in Feb.  When's your daughter's interview?  Wonder how they group the kids for interview.

502

Students from ESF kinder will have a better chance, comparing to those not going to it, even from a real IS kinder.

原帖由 JojoB 於 08-11-27 17:02 發表


其實係咪一定要入ＥＳＦ　幼稚園　好Ｄ呢

piggyloo

i dont know QBS's standard on offer interview.....but my daughter's studying in small world christian kindergarten,,,,using kids from this kindergarten often got interview chance as they have good relationship with ESF.....i dont know if its the reason...

piggy

原帖由 samelsaho 於 08-11-27 15:19 發表
Dear Piggyloo,

我都係港島區，cat 2，但QBS冇offer interview比我囡囡，只係waiting ，同舊年囝囝情況一樣 ，唔明QBS offer interivew的準則 ？

samelsaho

hi 502 & Piggyloo,

囝囝和囡囡都是上午在Alison Letterland Int'l School(同學95%係西人及大部份升上QBS),下午就讀一間Bilingual kindergarten.

hi happy_mum,
yes, my son still in "waiting"  .現在又再歷史重現了

happy_mum

Hi Samelsaho,

Really sorry to hear that happens to both of your child. Would you consider other IS instead of ESF?

原帖由 samelsaho 於 08-11-28 00:54 發表
hi 502 & Piggyloo,

囝囝和囡囡都是上午在Alison Letterland Int'l School(同學95%係西人及大部份升上QBS),下午就讀一間Bilingual kindergarten.

hi happy_mum,
yes, my son still in "waiting"  .現在又再 ...

samelsaho

hi Happy_mum,

今年6月時報了KCIS，想插今年yr1，但要等yr1有位才會call我們去interview！

JojoB

原帖由 piggyloo 於 08-11-27 23:55 發表
i dont know QBS's standard on offer interview.....but my daughter's studying in small world christian kindergarten,,,,using kids from this kindergarten often got interview chance as they have good rel ...

請問　　若果當初 ESF收你囡囡

你會仍然揀 SWCK?

我聽人話SWCK小朋友讀得好開心

happy_mum

hi samelsaho,

Urm... so what is KCIS stands for, please?

Sounds like KCIS also makes you wait list on Yr1.

Would you consider another ESF school in other zone? I had a friend who's kid managed to get in the school out of their zone in the middle of the school term last year. I honestly do not know much about ESF's policy but I think there is no harm to try.

Good luck.

原帖由 samelsaho 於 08-11-28 19:45 發表
hi Happy_mum,

今年6月時報了KCIS，想插今年yr1，但要等yr1有位才會call我們去interview！