Anyone admitted to Kindergarten of KCIS 2012-13?

dubyboy

Copy from KCIS News, I think their Chinese standard is very high, even a foreigner also won chinese speech.  

Yet another good result from the Speech Festival, Chinese speech.

Our congratulations to Tom Bradley, P5N. who has won third place in the Chinese speaking competition at the Hong Kong Speech Festival. Yet another good result.  And many of our students have been awarded a merit certificate for their performances.  Our congrats to them as well!

Mrs Daniel

Date : 12 December 2011 Posted From : KCIS

Littleho

KCIS Chinese program is equivalent to local school. Students in KCIS are required to do a lot of Chinese dictations, reading reports. That's one of the reasons why I put my kids in the school.

原帖由 dubyboy 於 11-12-15 11:46 發表
Copy from KCIS News, I think their Chinese standard is very high, even a foreigner also won chinese speech.  
Yet another good result from the Speech Festival, Chinese speech. http://www.school-portal ...

mister

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Littleho

According to the KCS group newsletter, KCIS academic achievements have also improved a lot in 2011 with 19% in A* grade and 25% in A grade. Many students took Chinese and Maths a year earlier than normal. This set of results is very good. I guess that almost all of these students did not study in KCIS since P1. If more KCIS primary students stay, the results will be significantly much better.

joey.yip02

Can anyone kindly tell me if KCIS is easier for HK local kids to get in? I know that ESF has a clear distinction in nationalities or home languages as Cat 1 and 2. Is this the case at KCIS as well?

Littleho

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KCIS looks only at the English skills of the candidates, not the nationalities. That said, the percentage of locals (hk nationals) must be lower than certain level in accordance with its school license .

joey.yip02

Thank you, Littleho.  But  'candicates' you mean are children? or parents? I just wonder, an interview to such small kids can involve very simple English such as colours and shapes (as you showed the interview contents earlier in this thread) which even local nurseries teach. Or their main concern goes to the previous/current kinder?

Arcana

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Being accepted by KCIS is not easier than ESF.

I experienced both and got admission offers.

During ESF kinder’s interview, kids are required to response to simple question verbally or physically.  When ESF kinder invites you to join the play visit, it means spot is available for you and you are likely to be accepted if none of unexpected happens during the play visit.  It’s a lottery without solid test but categorization discriminates Cantonese speaking children only.

KCIS requests more nowadays.  Not all interviewees could get offer.  I think KCIS places importance on the ability of using English and the personality of child and parents.  Though KCIS doesn’t lift the barrier for Cantonese speaking children, it doesn’t mean local kids still have better opportunities if kids are not up to par.

In my daughter’s class (K/KCIS), there are local kids are able to speak fluent English with nice accent and Cantonese and Mandarin as well.  I quite admire them for their linguistic ability.  That’s what KCIS is looking for.

Littleho

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If you worry that KCIS program is relaxed, you should rather worry that one cannot cope with the progra. KCIS is one of top three international schools with most homeworks and projects . The other two are GSIS and CIS . Students who have gone through KCIS primary have very good standard. Admission offices of top notch international schools know KCIS well

Littleho

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Sorry for the typo . The other two schools with high workloads are GSIS and SIS

joey.yip02

Appreciate such details, Arcana and Littleho.

I even more got to like KCIS after reading your comments!  I just gave up applying for ESF since my son understands three languages including Cantonese at this moment.

I will go to apply for KCIS right after this holiday!

mister

From the secondary school website:


KCCIS HAVE ACHIEVED A PERFECT RESULT IN THE
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA EXAMINATIONS
 
Kiangsu-Chekiang College’s International Section is now pleased to announce that all of our Year 13 students, studying the I.B.O. Diploma Programme, have been awarded a Diploma.
The school is not only celebrating a 100% pass rate, but also the news that 75% of our students have been awarded the prestigious Bilingual Diploma.
The school attributes this success to our principle of developing a caring, supportive environment, which allows students to achieve beyond expectations.
Small class sizes, and a skilled teaching staff have enabled students to fulfil their potential, and become sought after candidates for local and international universities.
 
Breakdown of results
2009
2010
2011
+ / -
Number of Students in Year 13
9
11
17
+6
Number of Certificate Candidates
0
1
1
-
Number of Diploma Candidates
9
10
16
+6
Number of Diplomas gained
7
9
16
+7
World average of Diploma pass rate
78%
78%
78%
 
KCCIS average
77.7%
90%
100%
 
KCCIS/World average pass rates comparison
- 0.3%
+ 12%
+22%
 
Average points gained for Diploma
31
32
33
+1
Highest points awarded
37
40
40
-
Average grade obtained per subject
4.93
5.06
5.30
 
Number of Bilingual Diplomas gained
5 (71%)
4 (44%)
12 (75%)
 
Total number of examinations taken
72
84
100
+16
Percentage scoring over 40
0%
10%
6.6%
 
Percentage scoring 35 or over
11%
20%
40%
 
Percentage scoring 30 or over
55%
60%
79%
 
 
 
Jane Daniel
 
Head Teacher
 

crystalpui

老公帶亞女今日去左kcis interview
in得好認真, 家長都in得好detail
5個簡一個
機會應該唔大
不過老公過唔鍾意kcis,
感覺上冇swck咁好(因為swck唔係好問家長)

mister

They told you they will select one out of all 5 candidates today?

crystalpui

no

係5個入面簡1個
應仲有幾日去in
我有朋友19號in
老公話, 問得幾detail

iamworkingmama

sorry crystalpui,

咁即係點樣揀5個, 再揀1個呀? 定抑或佢係話1/5機會?

crystalpui

1/5機會

littleroundface

i am planing to apply K2, is that mean less chance?

littleroundface

or no chance?

Littleho

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Last year, 4 students from Kindergarten Class (ie K1) left KCIS. Due to overwhelming demand, the school added 8 more slots (2 additional slots per class). Hence, the available spaces last year were 12. I do not know the situation for this year nor next year. I have discussed with other KCIS parents. They said the admission KCIS primary is now getting very hard. If I were you, I would apply for more schools as backup. CIS and SIS starts admitting students from K2 onwards.