Any comment about CWBS

crystalhung37

My daughter is studying in a small IS.
I want to switch him to the ESF school.
I live in Kln side and the address is belonged to the catchment of CWBS.
My friend said it is more easier to get in CWBS than other ESF school and it has more foreigners students. Is it true?

How about this school is good?
Pl give me some advice. Thanks!

happy-kid

I don't think it is easy to get in CWBS unless you are in Cat 1.  Most of the students there are foreigners.

The school is good, however, what I don't like is there are 30 kids in each class, seems too much.

yeung2212

Hi Happy-kid

I check the ESF web site, the capacity of each class is 28-30. I think it is too many also.

Do you know the academic performance of CWBS.
Is it easy to get into Shatin College?



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[ 本帖最後由 yeung2212 於 09-11-14 23:37 編輯 ]

happy-kid

Once you being accepted into primary school, it will be a through-train to secondary school.  However, which secondary school is all depend on your school catchment.

yeung2212

Hi Crystalhung37

Why do you change the school?

Which school is your child studying?

Pianokc

I would never send my kids to CWBS.  My students from there are smart kids, but their focus are NEVER academic. The parents let them play tennis, golf, swim, hockey, playdates... all the time. Hardly any homework, can't sit still, and the ones from Abacus are the worse. I have set a rule, if a parent calls me for lessons, if they tell me their kid is in Abacus or CWBS, I will not accept them.

I have friends who have kids in there, they do not depend on the school to provide ANY academic discipline or set high standards.... instead, they send their kids to after school activities like speech, drama, Putonghua lessons, and piano, and art.

The kids from this school likes to read and do alot of sports.

This is just MY personal opinion.

shaughnessy

What is CWBS?

cocobean225

Clear Water Bay School

原帖由 shaughnessy 於 09-11-18 09:20 發表
What is CWBS?

Cara2006

原帖由 Pianokc 於 09-11-15 00:05 發表
I would never send my kids to CWBS.  My students from there are smart kids, but their focus are NEVER academic. The parents let them play tennis, golf, swim, hockey, playdates... all the time. Hardly  ...

What you described is typical with ESF kids.
No academic skills. No homework. Parents have to send kids to lots of tutors, INCLUDING ENGLISH. The reason is that the kids are really not learning much. Some ESF parents here are so proud of their English standard, but unfortunately, it is not a secret that many ESF students have to attend after school English classes. Most of them are good at reading, but they are limited to reading for fun and leisure. Most cannot really comprehend the actual content of the book. Many more are really bad at writing. If oral English is all you want and need, I have no doubt ESF is good. But if you want your child to be good are reading and writing too, good luck.
My choice of international schools would be ICS, Singapore IS, HKIS, etc. ESF is at the bottom of the list.

[ 本帖最後由 Cara2006 於 09-11-18 12:14 編輯 ]

WYmom

Cara2006 has used to bad mouth or attack ESF schools and students for many years without any personal experience, supporting facts or data.  So no need to trust any of her comment.  She knows nothing about ESF kids.

ESF students normally take after school Chinese classes, not English classes.  Most of them are developed to be all-rounded in music, sports and academic.

For those who are interested in whichever school, it is better for you to visit the school, do more research from its past records and the students/ parents of the school.   Don't just take comments from unknown people here who are completely irrelevant.

[ 本帖最後由 WYmom 於 09-11-18 13:07 編輯 ]

popolung

My daughter was in Abacus and then now in CWBS. Good school and I am proud of both of them. If you don't like ESF better go find some other school, but not come here and badmouth ESF. I feel regret that some parents still think they want their kids to learn good English but come with tons of homework. Better go to local school then. I like my daughter's way of life that now she has enough time to play and sleep after school. Now everyday she sleeps at 9pm. I guess your kids in local school need to sleep at 11pm.... diff lifestyle, don't be jealous.

[ 本帖最後由 popolung 於 09-11-18 13:19 編輯 ]

almom

Whether a school is good has nothing to do with workload.

There are lots of very advanced after school English writing classes particularly tailor made for international schools. I know that a lot of international schools students, particularly those in the upper secondary school go to those classes. No big deal.

[ 本帖最後由 almom 於 09-11-18 13:21 編輯 ]

oooray

原帖由 popolung 於 09-11-18 13:13 發表
My daughter was in Abacus and then now in CWBS. Good school and I am proud of both of them. If you don't like ESF better go find some other school, but not come here and badmouth ESF. I feel regret th ...

sometimes my children sleep at 8pm.

WYmom

原帖由 Reximom 於 09-11-18 14:25 發表


Agree on what you said, but your advices also apply to those parents used to bad mouth local schools. They like to stereotype local schools, but actually they know nothing about the full range of lo ...

Reximom,

This topic is in no way related to local schools sterotyping.  No matter who you want to talk to or attack, please use your own words rather than always copying others' words, if you respect yourself.

tingtingting

On the question of sleep, here is an article that I think all parents should read: http://nymag.com/news/features/38951/

Some quotes from the articles:
"A few scientists theorize that sleep problems during formative years can cause permanent changes in a child’s brain structure: damage that one can’t sleep off like a hangover."

"The performance gap caused by an hour’s difference in sleep was bigger than the normal gap between a fourth-grader and a sixth-grader. Which is another way of saying that a slightly sleepy sixth-grader will perform in class like a mere fourth-grader. “A loss of one hour of sleep is equivalent to [the loss of] two years of cognitive maturation and development,”"

"Teens who received A’s averaged about fifteen more minutes sleep than the B students, who in turn averaged eleven more minutes than the C’s, and the C’s had ten more minutes than the D’s."

popolung

原帖由 oooray 於 09-11-18 13:33 發表

sometimes my children sleep at 8pm.

She started to sleep at 8pm or 8:30pm, now I try to let her sleep at 9 pm or 930pm so she has a bit more time to read more stories and play some games before sleep!