YMCA International Primary School

BH0301

My son born in 2007 , yes they do accept kids of year 1 at 2008.. they said is for those kids who will apply intl secondary school later ... yes most of the students are from Tung Chung (include my son ) my son got on the bus at 0755 and return home at 1600( school ends 1520) , they hve after school activities every Wed (now is soccer) and the principal said will arrange more different kind of activities if more students joined the school . My son mostly speaks English and on academic side , be honest you need to accept that they do not hve much or even no homework but i can feel the improvement on my son , more discipline , hve more general knowledge , able to write some short stories , love to read books and most importantly to me he said he loves and enjoy his school life ...

BH0301

The teachers are good as maybe is small size class that they can spend more time with your child and u can tell from their parents teachers talk that they really know your child .I heard from the principal that they are going to renovate the building ,depends on what u are looking for , to me is a good school though it is new and now the school is small ...

beamom

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BH0301Thanks so much for your advice, I am not expect many homework from school,actually, my son is now in an international school and have no homework too, we enjoy a lot, hehe,however, I want to find a school that has secondary school, that's why I considerthe YMCA but it is too new, so, not much information and no reference can referto… but it is good to meet you here, thanks a lot.  

However, Iam not living close to school and school bus service not cover my home area aswell, so, I still thinking about the travel arrangement but I am sure we cansort it out.

BTW, is the primary school has Y1-Y6 like local school?

What about the YCMA secondary school in Tung Chung, as youare living in Tung Chung area, do you have any comment on this school or theirschool?  I am quite concern school's 校風 (especially there is many foreigner students) Did the primaryschool principal mentioned anything about the path that their primary graduatestudents go to the YCMA secondary school in the future?  Thanks and sorry to bother you again.

BH0301

The primary school hve y1-6 same as local school , the secondary school is quite good as most of the students i met in Tung Chung are ok.. we are also target on this secondary school ...though the principal did not promise anything on the through train to go into the secondary school .. but I hope at least we can hve some priority when we apply ...:)

BH0301

I had been upset for the whole year for my son s  application of primary school and i had been struggled also as he need to switch from the original school to this newly set up school and at the same time another international school confirmed him from waiting list ..and I am lucky  as my son told me he likes this school, the teachers and the prinicpal ..and enjoy his school.life ....

I heard that the school will organize more school bus route in the new school year

Hope the information helps as we are mothers and we all want to provide the best to our children ...

beamom

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BH0301 I am so lucky to met you here, thank you very much for you advice, yes, it is a very difficult choice to make, we like our current school but just can't see anything future plan, so, we really need to find something better; as you said, parents aimed to give the best for kids! Thanks again and enjoy your day!

BH0301

You are welcome hope you can find a suitable school for your kids ..

mickey.pug

看過YMCA小學網頁和聖公會林護記念中學綱頁，原來小學校長是有料的學者。她是前 SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School的校長(聖公會林護記念中學)，Band 1 英文中學，她把香港學科引入國際學校，

gatochat

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Did you accept the offer?
My son has been offered a place too and I'm still a bit unsure......

I did not attend the interview as I had to work that day....

chubibi

Yes, I accepted the offer and paid $5000 deposit already.
You did not attend the interview but they offer yr son a place??

ababymami

mickey.校ug 發表於14-17 12:44
看過YMCA小學網頁和聖公會林護記念中學綱頁，原來小學校長是有料的學者。她是前 SKH Lam Woo Memorial Seco ...

據悉該校不是國際學校，另外，傳統名中學校長出任校長對該校的發展有甚麼好處，請分享。

shirleen

原帖由 chubibi 於 14-01-20 發表
Yes, I accepted the offer and paid $5000 deposit already.
You did not attend the interview but they  ...

請問此校會吾會跟升中派位有程分制？

mickey.pug

YMCA小學真的不是一間國際學校，是國際與本地的cross over，有點似CKY，但YMCA小學的英文會很强，因YMCA從幼稚園開始已堅守英語，但現在是開荒牛的時期，要對YMCA和校長有信心才可以。
升中派位不計分,要考直資中學或YMCA中學，其他國際學校都可以。

shirleen

原帖由 mickey.pug 於 14-01-21 發表
本帖最後由 mickey.pug 於 14-1-21 11:38 編輯

YMCA小學真的不是一間國際學校，是國際與本地的cross ove ...

Thx, 你只是用家嗎？我問过學校，他們说没有測驗考試，小朋友會變得lazy嗎？

QQ1125

My son attended the interview last Saturday and got the email today telling us she was offered a place for Y1 next year. I will  accept this offer. My son born  in Nov 2009.

小書89000

shirleen, i think you dont know a lot of international school or private school. mostly, different school have their different teaching method. it depends on what kind of school the parents like. learn with activities is more difficult too. children also can learn through activities.

shirleen

means once I go to this school, it is difficult to go back to local school cos local school nornally will assign homework for children

gatochat

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I meant I did not went to the interview with my son.  
My husband took my son to interview as I had to work that day.  

gatochat

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so is mine!  I went to visit the school again today and it's very likely we will take the offer!  Maybe our children will be classmate in a few months' time!

chubibi

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oic...silly me, haha!  Good to see that you accepted the offer.  My daughter has almost finished the interviews offered by other International schools. We're now waiting for the results. If there is no more offer, it's likely that she will attend this school.