YMCA International Primary School

nelnelyeung

原帖由 love_kari 於 13-12-06 發表
請問有冇呈分？如果讀完小學唔揀返中學，係咪考直資，私校或IS 中學？



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Indeed. This is what I concern abt. After 6 yrs of non local education. Going bk to local secondary will not be easy for the child to adapt. Not sure if it is easy to get into IS secondary.

nelnelyeung

原帖由 love_kari 於 13-12-06 發表
請問有冇呈分？如果讀完小學唔揀返中學，係咪考直資，私校或IS 中學？



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And no, 冇呈分according to the briefing.

nelnelyeung

原帖由 love_kari 於 13-12-06 發表
請問有冇呈分？如果讀完小學唔揀返中學，係咪考直資，私校或IS 中學？



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And no, 冇呈分according to the briefing.

chubibi

I sent the application form on Tue this week and I received the email today telling me to attend the interview on Dec 14.  A little rush but certainly I will go. Anyone knows how will the interview be conducted? Group or individual?

hayhay2007

我囝囝是2007年出世,本來考國際,申請五間,五間都唔收,只可讀LOCAL SCHOOL,讀了三個月,因為囝囝一句中文都不懂,寫字就不需多說,但奇怪,囝囝雖然聽不懂,但每天都樂於返學,又無什麼是異常行為出現,但實在趕不上別人,加上每星期的默書,令我一家十分吃力,我深知,就算LOCAL SCHOOL 包容囝囝,他情況怎升班,他數學測試有六十分,扣了四十分,全是文字題,我又怕因此拖遲他的進度,我們決定轉校,我跟你們一樣,擔心SWCS不行IB, 又無什麼國際認可的TEST,中學又不知去向,到時左又不是右又不是,經過兩公婆和其他人的意見,不用想得太多,到時才算吧,可能他們會再舉辦中學! 都是六年後的事。

hayhay2007

我去過香港出名的國際學校 " IN", 感覺跟這間好不同,我相信我的直覺,這家好有家的感覺,對每個小朋友都像自己的。其他我去過香港國際,漢基,英基,弘立,加拿大,蒙特等等。都像一間上市公司似的,你以為有$就入到,人家還有$過自己。

總結: 我只想囝囝的學習生活是用開心快樂去學習,其實在玩耍的同時都可學到嘢,本地學校要小朋友坐定,安靜,寫好字,默書,不準舛這樣及那樣, 事事都範范左小朋友的發展,每個小朋友都是一個個體,每一個都是獨一無二,怎可用一種教學的方法,巳過時了。

elock

As I know, YMCA has secondary school.  If I remember correctly, it is in Lantau Island.  There used to be an advertisement in the YMCA seasonal booklet.

nelnelyeung

原帖由 elock 於 13-12-10 發表
As I know, YMCA has secondary school.  If I remember correctly, it is in Lantau Island.  There used  ...

Yes they have. Primary Sch students have "priority" to get in according to the principle of the primary Sch, but wasnt discussed further in the briefing.

chubibi

My daughter attended the interview last Saturday and got the email today telling us she was offered a place for Y1 next year. They made the decision within two days. It seemed that the competition was not that keen. Anyone got an offer too?

gatochat

I didn't go to the interview as it was too rushed.  They said they will include my son in the next interview.  I am very interested in this school too as fees are more reasonable.  

How did you fee about the school?  Were the teachers nice at the interview?

DreamKid

其實以我所了解，YMCA 既宗旨係有教無類。佢地幼稚園收生都不太 interview。 所謂的 interview 都只不過係比小朋友見下老師、學校。 Ms Susan 講過就算小朋友入K1 時一句英文都唔識，佢地都會教到小朋友 fluent 英文。Ms Susan 話佢地既責任係 bring the best out of the child。 我相信佢既小學都係抱著同一信念。

victoryu19

Sounds nice.  

SaBB

原帖由 DreamKid 於 13-12-18 發表
其實以我所了解，YMCA 既宗旨係有教無類。佢地幼稚園收生都不太 interview。 所謂的 interview 都只不過係 ...

但這小學不是有教無類，要求小孩有一定程度既英文，八月尾我申請了，interview 後有位邿吾收，上個月再親自去 聽個talk, 申請下年九月入學， 見到校長聽到我小朋友讀中文學校就只係乎衍我兩句話放我小孩入waiting list ，話再通知我小孩再interview 先睇下點，但到而家咩消息都無，失望。PS, 小孩英文不是fluent ，但同同工人姐姐溝通無問題,去interview 同呢個校長講英文也OK, 可能係睇吾起我同先生太平民呢啦。幼稚園就好好，之前send E-mail 去申請插班竟然由校長親自reply 兼幫我問分校有無位，好nice，重邀請我去visit 參觀下。

chubibi

Teachers and staff are nice. The school is new and the playgroung is big. However, the teaching tools and the setting in the classroom are too simple.  As for the interview, only 1 teacher  conducted the group interview.  Parents waited outside and filled in a survey form. My daughter told me she played Lego, drew a picture and listened to story in the classroom.

BH0301

我小朋友响度讀緊，佢幾開心，好鍾意番學，可能冇乜功課，(响學校做)班主任鼓勵學生番屋企係要玩！課外知識，規矩識多咗！

gatochat

BH0301 發表於 13-12-18 21:54
我小朋友响度讀緊，佢幾開心，好鍾意番學，可能冇乜功課，(响學校做)班主任鼓勵學生番屋企係要玩！課外知識 ...

Hi BH0301, how  is the curriculum? I know it's based on the UK system but not much?  and how much Chinese are taught? Many Thanks

BH0301

yes its UK based cirriculum , up to now they hve only two books , one Chinese and one Maths , school fee is hkd5000 plus school bus hkd1600 ( I live in tung chung) , hkd25 per meal ordered from YMCA .. to me its nice as my boy really enjoy his school life .. they hve students from Japan , hong kong  and some mix ...maybe its a new school and not much students , they are able to spend more time on each child ...

BH0301

oh the Chinese teacher is native mandarin speaker , speaks English and mandarin and a bit Cantonese , she teaches Mandarin before ..not much Chinese  ... but my boy can speak Mandarin more fluent now ...

nelnelyeung

原帖由 SaBB 於 13-12-18 發表
但這小學不是有教無類，要求小孩有一定程度既英文，八月尾我申請了，interview 後有位邿吾收，上個月再親自 ...

Would u mind telling which local Sch ur child is attending pls? Or pm if preferred?

beamom

回覆 BH0301 的帖子

BH0301 I've got an offer from school for my boy, I am still thinking if I should let him go.  I know that the school has only one class now and not sure how many classes they will have in next next, however, I see the school's playground is quite small and not sure if it is spacious for kids especially at junior primary stage; what about after school activities?  
I joined their briefing in Nov and the teacher said they will arrange different after school activities periodically, is that right?  What did they arrange for kids?  
In terms of learning, do you think your kids learn a lot after join that school? In terms of academic and self discipline or social skill… Do you think their English improve a lot?  
Do you think teacher & principal there really love and care kids? You mentioned that there are diff nationality students, do you know if most of them are from Tung Chung? How long it takes to/return? I know school starts at 8:45am, what time it ends?

Sorry, I have many questions, hope you don't mind.  One last question, would you mind to tell if you kid born in 2007 or 2008?  Because the teacher said they accept youngest kids at 4yr8month… I am thinking if their Yr1 student has same age as other local school?  Or, actually, the school is like other international school which let kids start Y1 one year early than local school = that means international school's Y1 student is only local K3 kindergarten's student age… Please let me hear from you.  Thanks a lot.