有冇聽過呢間學校 -- Nord Anglie International School

Jane1983

我住個度有這間IS的學生，件藍色校服有易認，有同個家長講兩句，佢無track record，我始終不是用家，吾敢講好吾好...但正如果個家長講，係IS，又算吾太難入，所以都ok。

入咗IS條路，小朋友讀得好，可以轉校去心儀的IS，成功的例子不少。

thomastaxi

原帖由 Loreal 於 14-09-17 發表
I met one Teacher, I know him as friend.
Honestly... He gave me the feeling is.... Not Very Experien ...

I guess it wouldnt be easy to find good teachers in the local school either.

jolalee

Jane1983 發表於 14-9-17 21:18
入咗IS條路，小朋友讀得好，可以轉校去心儀的IS，成功的例子不少。

香港現在越來越多是本地人讀IS, 跟早前多數expats讀、多家長中途轉職離開香港的情況有所不同，所以我推斷將來中途轉心儀學校的機會是會越來越難，尤其是入Y7secondary。而且到時仲要同讀緊傳統名LS的學生一起爭；因為學校谷，他們除英文外其他科目程度通常比IS學生高 (英文書寫程度可能還差不多)，所以要轉心儀IS，一係孩子本身資質高、一係從小谷 (但若果從小谷便defeat了入IS的原意)。Nord Anglia 以「牌子」來說應該不錯，但如果入去的心態是「第時有其他校收便快走」，那麼大家彼此的歸屬感便會很低。

Jane1983

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以後應該會更難，但過去幾年睇，識好幾個讀父母覺得襯佢小朋友吾起的，都成功轉走（吾等於學校吾好）。
有些IS，幼稚園、小學，真係走好多，歸屬感這樣嘢，真係說不清楚。

紅紅

原帖由 Jane1983 於 14-09-18 發表
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以後應該會更難，但過去幾年睇，識好幾個讀父母覺得襯佢小朋友吾起的，都成功轉走（ ...

小孩子大多對學校有歸屬感，但不少父母是消費者心態，騎牛揾馬。

jolalee

Jane1983 發表於 14-9-18 07:27
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以後應該會更難，但過去幾年睇，識好幾個讀父母覺得襯佢小朋友吾起的，都成功轉走（ ...

"父母覺得[間IS]襯佢小朋友吾起" 哈哈笑死我！
我看到KCIS, YCIS 等都多人走，但希望Nord Anglia不會啦。(雖然我只是旁觀者)

GabGabGab

點解YCIS 走好多人呢？ 又多數走左去邊？

bebemuimui

原帖由 jolalee 於 14-09-18 發表
"父母覺得[間IS]襯佢小朋友吾起" 哈哈笑死我！
我看到KCIS, YCIS 等都多人走，但希望Nord Anglia不會啦。( ...

I guess some went to esf because the tuition fee was cheaper. But now esf is expected to increase the fee by 20 per cents starting 2015, I guess it won't be attractive to many parents anymore.

Also there are a couple of new is with spectacular facilities. There are more options available definitely.

jolalee

YCIS' early childhood education and primary section has always been doing a great job, churning out great students. From what i heard, some YCIS kids end up in CIS (and i am sure some to ESF etc). Due to the 'lost', YCIS secondary has a large in take of kids from other IS, but usually kids who did not do well in their original schools.

This could change in the future, however, since YCIS has been accepting a great deal of donation from rich mainland parents, therefore they might be able to hire better teachers in the future. As to the management of their secondary section however, i have no idea. Good teachers would only stay if the school has good management....

keepcalm

到目前感覺良好。暫唔覺有老師只係作旅遊玩票性質。而有老師們是夫婦一起的。一齊漂洋過海來教,我想他們更有歸屬感。

munich

原帖由 Jane1983 於 14-09-18 發表
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以後應該會更難，但過去幾年睇，識好幾個讀父母覺得襯佢小朋友吾起的，都成功轉走（ ...

好奇一問，點樣「襯唔起小朋友」？咩學校先「襯得起」？

keepcalm

唔讀係有好多理由的。金錢和距離都係一個好理由。好多家長都係騎牛揾馬架啦。

elock

Hi, sounds like your kid is now studying in NAIS.
How do you like it so far?

keepcalm

感覺很好。好free.小朋友又很開心。全部英語溝通。大人冇得懒。你可去佢地網頁铂一下。

elock

My kid is studying there too.
Is your kid transferred from local school or international school?

keepcalm

from local school only

20062001

jolalee 發表於 14-9-19 07:29
YCIS' early childhood education and primary section has always been doing a great job, churning out  ...

I think YCIS will be better in the future because in secondary, all the principals are foreign. My cousin is studying there, she said there are lots of new foreign students this year.but i still don't like that YCIS is very 商業化.

jolalee

20062001 發表於 14-9-20 20:37
I think YCIS will be better in the future because in secondary, all the principals are foreign. My c ...

The Director & School Supervisor for the entire school is Chinese but i wouldn't hold that against her. She's done a great job in hiring great people for the ECE & primary section. The "co"-principal (although it's just one person) looks Arab... How long has he been in YCIS? Is he new? Is that why you believe it will be better in the future, due to a change of management?

Which grade is your cousin in? Are the foreign students from other IS in HK or from abroad? (and i suppose when she said 'foreign', she meant non-Asians?) School would not excel simply because there are foreign students in it though... Some of the IS with top IB scores  in HK are full of Chinese...

20062001

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my cousin said: all the new foreign students this year are from abroad, they from America, Australia, India, Japan, Philippine. They are all new to HK. There are lots of western students in Y.7, my cousin is studying Y.8, she said there are lots of Korean students. In YC the lower grade the most foreign students, when my son was studying in Kowloon tong, I always see that there're some foreign students from YC primary, ECE. About the principle, the principle that look like Arabs, he is from the UK, He has been in YCIS since 2011.

jolalee

So the secondary principal is 3 years new. That's good. Perhaps there's hope for the secondary section then. I have a friend who works there, who told me the secondary kids are pretty jaded, but that's a while back. Lemme ask him how is the school now after the new principal has settled in :)
My son's school principal (for the Lower school- KG & primary) looks to be ethnically Indian but with a full Auzzie accent. Although he's the only ethnic 'minority' in a sea of Caucasians in upper management there, I'd say he's one of the best primary principal I know. He is hands-on, genuine and plays the guitar for the kids on their way to the library. Even my 3.5 year old son smiled and commented that he's funny (although from his teacher he knew the principal is 'the boss', LOL). Sometimes a person's ethnic background does play a part in how they run things, for better & for worse, but it is not THE determining factor of how good the person is at his career.

Wishing the best for YCIS secondary for those parents with kids there.