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本帖最後由 jolalee 於 14-6-27 04:39 編輯
回覆 VVhuilee 的帖子
I am looking for a school as you said with 30-40% ethnic Chinese, IB or UK curriculum, a good balance of both Chinese & English, a through train school. I know Kellet and NA is not very ideal in terms of their Chinese programme, but I have applied anyway just in case (better apply than regret later).
In your opinion and research, which school would fit my needs?
VSA? CIS? SIS?
Kingston is a good starting point although they have many ethnic Chinese in it. Definitely a great school to fall back on! It is wise to apply to Kellet and HKA as well; always have options. If you are looking for UK curriculum, also consider Harrow & GSIS, although you need to apply from birth.
As to "through train schools with 30-40% ethnic Chinese and a good balance of both Chinese & English" (IB or UK curriculum), that is kind of a hard combination depending on your definition of "good balance of Chinese & English". Schools with better Chinese of course has more Chinese students in it. The ones you mentioned: VSA, CIS & SIS naturally all have strong Chinese populations in them (just click on their school photos and you'll see). You may add ISF to the list as well. In terms of work load, I'd say that SIS & ISF has lots of homework even at an early age, but VSA & CIS should be moderately okay. (Parents who knows about VSA please correct me if i'm wrong)
For through-train schools with 30-40% ethnic Chinese (therefore 60-70% non-chinese) with relatively decent Chinese programs, I believe CDNIS & HKIS would fit the bill. Both schools use traditional Chinese characters for advanced level and simplified Chinese for 'expat level' (for the lack of a better term). That's how they can keep both sides happy. CDNIS currently has 30% ethnic Chinese in the lower grades but more Chinese in the upper grades, and their Chinese program is known to be academically strong (not necessarily means that the kids are fluent Mando speakers, just that they have good grades in Chinese as a subject). HKIS parents claims that their level of Chinese rivals CIS, but this info is a bit dated (at least 5-6 years ago) and CIS has upped their game even more since then. This means HKIS' Chinese is decent enough as well anyhow compared with other IS with high expat population (which usually uses Simplified Chinese). Do note that HKIS families, from what i heard, live in HOUSES... So socially we are talking about the super upper crust here. I don't know the exact % of ethnic Chinese population in HKIS (as well as schools like GSIS, Harrows & ESF) since most ethnic Chinese there have foreign passports. Anyhow they are not as extreme as DBIS & Kellet in terms of expat population and CIS, SIS, ISF, VSA in terms of ethnic Chinese population.
ESF is definitely a good idea to apply, but do note that in general kids there dislike Chinese, and i am not sure how strong peer influence would play. I know a few success stories here with ESF students having a good command of Chinese, under great efforts given by wise parenting. I am not sure if this is a trend that just applies to ESF (due to its history of application requirement being non-canto speakers, hence even the Chinese parents don't speak to their kids in Chinese, at least during early childhood), or that most IS kids dislike Chinese. All in all, parenting style does make a great difference.
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