ESF Kindergarten

kiwi_kiwi

My son is in Cat. 1. May be because my hubby is a non-Chinese.
I am also very eager to know the result asw ell   Let's keep in touch.

hibiscus

For ESF WKS, they will send out acceptance letter by this Fri, according to its receptionist just now. My daughter is in Cat One and applied for 2010 K1, wondering is there any children here in same circumstances?

avamum

原帖由 hibiscus 於 09-12-7 14:55 發表
For ESF WKS, they will send out acceptance letter by this Fri, according to its receptionist just now. My daughter is in Cat One and applied for 2010 K1, wondering is there any children here in same c ...

we are same.

bear2

原帖由 kiwi_kiwi 於 09-12-7 10:40 發表
My son is in Cat. 1. May be because my hubby is a non-Chinese.
I am also very eager to know the result asw ell   Let's keep in touch.

Oh then you'll have better chance to get a seat!  I want to call & ask abacus about my status but better hold off as they expressly asked the parents not to call...  

dearkitty

SW ESF will post the letter this week? Oh..i am getting nervous now..

good luck everyone

原帖由 reneeleung 於 09-12-9 15:22 發表
Hi,

  I have called SW ESF. They will post the offer letter this week.

Good luck everyone.

Renee

oooray

原帖由 dearkitty 於 09-12-10 09:27 發表
SW ESF will post the letter this week? Oh..i am getting nervous now..

good luck everyone

no need to get nervous.
1. Quite a number of parents not accepting ESF kinder offer after the school tour;
There will be 2nd, 3rd,....rounds.
2. SW will be moving to Hillside, more places.

linachoy

Why "Quite a number of parents not accepting ESF kinder offer after the school tour"?

Would you please explain more?

dearkitty

yes...why not accepting the offer..any particular reasons?

原帖由 oooray 於 09-12-10 09:48 發表

no need to get nervous.
1. Quite a number of parents not accepting ESF kinder offer after the school tour;
There will be 2nd, 3rd,....rounds.
2. SW will be moving to Hillside, more places.

oooray

原帖由 dearkitty 於 09-12-10 10:12 發表
yes...why not accepting the offer..any particular reasons?

I could not exactly know what other parents thought. From my experiences attending school tours (2 times), not all parents felt comfortable with ESF kinder philosophy;
1. Open Class-room;
2. Learn thro' play;
3. No 100% guarantee for ESF P1 place;
4. Less academic (of course, due to point 2)
5. No intensive Putonghua programme...
(thousands reasons omitted)
They were the questions that many parents did concern and some of them will decide to give up when they have a better option fulfilling their needs.

puifun

My son applied TY ESF. Just received the letter fr play visit. It's said that "Contracts will be issued on the next day of the play visit to successful applicants".  

My daughter also studied TY ESF before. I remember that they've sent the offer letter to her before, not like now (Need pass the play visit). May be they change the admission procedure.

Did any parents have experience about the play visit?   Have any children didn't got a seat after play visit?

[ 本帖最後由 puifun 於 09-12-10 17:27 編輯 ]

oooray

原帖由 puifun 於 09-12-10 13:24 發表
My son applied TY ESF. Just received the letter fr play visit. It's said that "Contracts will be issued on the next day of the play visit to successful applicants".  

My daughter also studied TY ESF  ...

Sounds interesting. No such arrangement last year. (Sent u a letter of school visit and asked you to sign the contract within 1/2 weeks).
New management(principal) New style?
Are they going to pre-screen the K1 applicants thro' the play visit???

Julian_mama

and wonder what are they going to assess?  english level?

linachoy

When will be the play visit?

Does it mean that even you attend the play visit but you may not get the offer?

So it should not be a play visit but a screening

puifun

Play visit day on 18 Jan

The letter said
Your child will be invited to take part in informal play activities with a small group of children of the same age.  It will be conducted by experienced teaching staff and the whole process should take no longer than 30 minutes......
Following the play visit we may be in a position to offer your child a place in K1 for August 2010. Contracts will be issued on the next day of the play visit to SUCCESSFUL applicants.  
Should we have any concerns about your child's needs and ability to access our curriculum, we may ask you to return for a further visit and meeting with the Principal.

That means has assessment.

[ 本帖最後由 puifun 於 09-12-10 17:06 編輯 ]

linachoy

Thanks, puifun!

Anybody apply for WKS ESF and received the letter?

Is it the same for the other ESFs as TY ESF?

bb_mummy

i m applying the one in wks, my letter stated that:
"visits are being conduted throughout jan and we will inform you of the outcome of the visit by letter or email before the 2nd week in feb. contracts will be issued at this point to successful applicants...."

that means i need to wait almost 1 mth after the play day before i get the result!!

linachoy

Hi, bb_mummy,

Does the letter mentioned those things just as those in TY?  (informal activities, 30min, ......)?

I applied for WKS also but I don't know whether I have received the letter because I am still in my office.

bb_mummy

hi linachoy,

yes, it mentioned the same thing:

"informal 'play' activities with a small group of children of the same age...."

dont understand why other esf kinder can get the result right after the next day of the 'informal visit' while wks need to wait for a mth!!

linachoy

In fact, other ESFs do have more applicants than WKS (WKS has 2XX, Abacus has 4XX from the previous posts)  Why WKS needs to screen the applicants throughout Jan but TY only need one day and release the results in the next day?