International Montessori school? has any comments on it, Help?

Terrychancs

International Montessor school is located at ap lei chau. my daughter will join this Sept? any comments on it, seems not much people chosing this school.

At the same time, Yew chung accepts us for 2 yrs old program.

So, now thinking which one is better. if IMS, i need to move from tsing yi to Ap lei chau, a big headaches, can someone helps????

Happy小米

原帖由 Terrychancs 於 09-5-21 19:04 發表
International Montessor school is located at ap lei chau. my daughter will join this Sept? any comments on it, seems not much people chosing this school.

At the same time, Yew chung accepts us for 2  ...

lee面好少comment的, 另外,一你可去"家庭教育"果边看一看.

Yau_Cheung

Please check pm.

原帖由 Terrychancs 於 09-5-21 19:04 發表
International Montessor school is located at ap lei chau. my daughter will join this Sept? any comments on it, seems not much people chosing this school.

At the same time, Yew chung accepts us for 2  ...

sara09

yew chung and IMS are too different kinds of school.
It depends which kind of education you want for your child.
if you want montessori way, then you can consider IMS, ICMS, CDB, ..etc. The classes are of mix ages and in a montessori way, i.e. children "work" in the classroom.

There are some more disscussion on this forum:
http://www.geobaby.com/forum/forum21.html

For me, I am still considering what kind of education I should choose for my daughter.
She is now attending the toddler class in IMS (wan chai campus). I don't whether I will continue in the coming Oct, as she could enter nusery in Oct (two years old at that time).

Terrychancs

Dear all,

Thanks for your comments. In fact, confirmed IMS as i want my daughter train on montessori method.

Sara, can you share about the experiece of the toddler class, good or not, as i applied the IMS summer course in coming July.

Why don't join the 2 years old nursery program?

Please give me some ideas as i already decided to move my living place. thanks

Hi, Yau cheung,

Please let me know what is "check pm". thanks

Yau_Cheung

I gave you a personal message.  Please click the button on the top.  你見唔見到最頂的"私人訊息"呢?

原帖由 Terrychancs 於 09-6-1 22:28 發表
Dear all,

Thanks for your comments. In fact, confirmed IMS as i want my daughter train on montessori method.

Sara, can you share about the experiece of the toddler class, good or not, as i applied  ...

[ 本帖最後由 Yau_Cheung 於 09-6-2 12:57 編輯 ]

sara09

My girl has just joined the IMS toddler class for about 1.5 months.
At the first few weeks, she did cry when my helper didn't go with her together in the classroom.
Teachers prefer childern to be alone in the classroom.

But now, she won't cry anymore and she seems to enjoy the time in the classroom. I don't know what she was doing in the classroom but sometimes when I watched  her through the little windows, she always was holding a toy car in her hand as she likes car very very much.

I don't know whether to continue or not as the IMS has changed the time scedule. It has pm session for the toddler.

sara09

I think it takes time to observe the school  whether it is good or not.

Terrychancs

Dear Sara,

Thanks for your sharing. so, what is ICMS, CDB?

do you think that once join IMS till K3, she needs to go for international school. I am still not yet decide, as need to apply K1 for her this yr. So, i will go for local and international, and see which is suitable for her. any sharing - so headaches!!

Dear Yau cheung,

thanks for your clarify. but, i can't find any message when i click the box, maybe i wrongly clicked. kindly advice..

Terrychancs

Also, there are much topics regarding Montessori, thanks happy little rice (sorry don't know how to type chinese) thanks

Terrychancs

Dear  Yau Cheung,  i saw your comments on IMS,said is the worst school. Can you tell me what happens, so scared!! as i am planning my daughter study in IMS.

sara09

icms 港島兒童蒙特梳利學校
http://icms.edu.hk/index_e.php

Terrychancs

Thanks, just went through the web, it is very new and fee is cheaper than IMS. Is it a good school.

bakusensei

原帖由 Terrychancs 於 09-6-3 19:01 發表
Thanks, just went through the web, it is very new and fee is cheaper than IMS. Is it a good school.

For ICMS, you may wish to go to 家庭教育 to ask parents there as some of them may ve first hand experience.

Happy小米

原帖由 Terrychancs 於 09-6-3 19:01 發表
Thanks, just went through the web, it is very new and fee is cheaper than IMS. Is it a good school.

Terrychancs,

My son attends the casa class am in this School (ICMS).

It is a small school, teacher : student ratio is high, (1 AMI teacher and 1 Eng. teacher with 16 max students of mix ages). English is used in class.  The teachers are caring and nice.  My gut feeling is they are not money-oriented.

Shortcoming is Chinese learning is limited, every week has 3 x 1/2 hr Putongua classes, no practice in Chinese writing.  Also it is new and no track record.

You can get 3 hrs work cycle and then play in indoor playground after school, around 30 min. with language teachers' attendance.

twinsmummy

原帖由 Yau_Cheung 於 09-6-1 22:37 發表
I gave you a personal message.  Please click the button on the top.  你見唔見到最頂的"私人訊息"呢?

Yau Cheung, would you mind also sharing with me any positive/ negative view of IMS? We are thinking about putting the girls there in the Wanchai campus for the Toddler program.  The admin staff is really less than desirable but we're willing to overlook that as long as the program is good and the girls can learn well.   We also got a spot at ICMS but we were leaning towards IMS until I saw this forum.  Yikes!

twinsmummy

原帖由 Happy小米 於 09-6-4 13:33 發表



Terrychancs,

My son attends the casa class am in this School (ICMS).

It is a small school, teacher : student ratio is high, (1 AMI teacher and 1 Eng. teacher with 16 max students of mix ages). En ...

Hi Happy Rice, I was told the teachers at ICMS are not English Native speakers.  Is that true?  If so, how are their English?  We really like the facility there, much nicer than IMS, but like others, we're worried about the lack of track record.  Also heard that the teacher: student ratio is a bit high.  Is your child learning well there?

Yau_Cheung

hi twinsmummy,

Please check pm.

原帖由 twinsmummy 於 09-6-15 17:56 發表


Yau Cheung, would you mind also sharing with me any positive/ negative view of IMS? We are thinking about putting the girls there in the Wanchai campus for the Toddler program.  The admin staff is r ...

Happy小米

原帖由 twinsmummy 於 09-6-15 17:59 發表




Hi Happy Rice, I was told the teachers at ICMS are not English Native speakers.  Is that true?  If so, how are their English?  We really like the facility there, much nicer than IMS, but like othe ...

我仔果班casa應該係native, 有啲係canadian chinese, 可能令人以為唔係native?

最近仲請左幾个金髮老師tim, 好似話一班會加到3个老師, 不過我都係同老師castual咁問, 你想知清楚最好打去問一下.

佢咪話鐘意返學law, 最近有个好young既男老師(language teacher)黎左, 佢就成日提起老師果名.

老師好細心, 有幾次佢面上有皮外傷, 老師都會打黎問下咩事.

可能我个仔比較难搞(好dad, 好容易哭又不太同其他小朋友玩), montessori老師都冇話佢不好, 仲話佢係其實係聰明, 覺得佢會觀察小朋友law.

希望佢返耐啲會獨立的, (我也在家配合)

hollymama

Yau_Cheung,

Could u also pm me your comment on IMS? as I just got accepted from them and need to pay for the reservation fee.  My bb also got an offer from Yew Chung in Jan10 and actually I also paid for 1 month school fee... but to me, YCIS is too far as we are living in HK side.