anyone received ESF K1 interview?

pppwong

原帖由 AJW2010 於 14-12-16 發表
My little one is December baby, and can only speak single words.  The teacher adked us to talk to th ...

Hi, may I know if we would be disadvantaged if only one parent is able to attend the interview? Will the teachers talk to both mum and dad during the process? Thanks

AJW2010

原帖由 pppwong 於 15-01-16 發表
Hi, may I know if we would be disadvantaged if only one parent is able to attend the interview? Will ...

I do not think so, but i cannot be sure as i am not the grading teacher.

I saw a father brought the helper along, and just let the helper to play with the child.  I did not hear any bad comments from the grading teacher when two teachers were exchanging opinions after the interview.  I guess they just want to see whether the child can survive in the English environment.

FattyDaddy

AJW2010 發表於 15-1-16 16:03
I saw a father brought the helper along, and just let the helper to play with the child ...

The way they did it in previous years was one parent would play with the child and the other would sit through a presentation given by the principal, so it is pretty obvious which is the important part. The father should have accompanied the child while the helper sat through the presentation. If only one parent could attend, give the presentation a miss.

pppwong

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 15-01-16 發表
The way they did it in previous years was one parent would play with the child and the other would s ...

Oh, both part seems really important to me. Don't know what to do without husband around!

FattyDaddy

pppwong 發表於 15-1-16 16:54
Oh, both part seems really important to me. Don't know what to do without husband around!

Of course it would be best if both parents could go, but if circumstances only allow one to go, then that parent should accompany the child during play while the helper / grandparent / friend attend the presentation, or even skip the presentation altogether since they don't bother to note who is or isn't at the presentation.

木子兔媽媽

I don't think only one parent will affect the result in my own experience

AJW2010

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 15-01-16 發表
The way they did it in previous years was one parent would play with the child and the other would s ...

Really, there was no presentation in TY playdate

Rachel710

We got the play visit too!! Does anyone know the parent need to talk to the teacher? I am thinking should my husband do this part or myself!!

FattyDaddy

AJW2010 發表於 15-1-16 18:22
Really, there was no presentation in TY playdate

If you have already attended a play visit back in December, that means your child has some kind of priority, i.e. staff, sibling, or alumni priority, so may be they don't think they need to give a presentation to this group of parents because these parents should already know about the school.

mr123

there werent any presentation even last year...

FattyDaddy

Haha, it seems many couldn't quite get the hint that the presentation (whether given or not) is not the important part

Rachel710

Fatty daddy, can u share how's the interview like last year??? Do we Hv to talk to the principle or teacher??

FattyDaddy

Rachel710 發表於 15-1-16 22:55
Fatty daddy, can u share how's the interview like last year??? Do we Hv to talk to the principle or  ...

The interview involved 5 to 6 child/parent pairs and 2 teachers, basically they just asked the parents to play with their child and the teachers would observe and also go round to chat with each pair, just the usual social conversation, no probing questions. Towards the end they would ask the children to join in a group sing and dance and that was it, the whole thing lasted about half an hour.

If the child could chat with the teacher fluently in English that would be excellent, but most 2 year olds aren't very talkative or responsive so it is important that the parent should talk more and show that the child could understand English and react accordingly.

The Principal was not involved other than giving a presentation, and it seems that this part is sometimes skipped depending on circumstances. In any case, there was not much in the presentation which could not be learned from the school's website.

Rachel710

Thanks fatty daddy!!! U really gave us a big help!! Hope I will hv a good news to share Wz u too! Thx!

AJW2010

原帖由 mr123 於 15-01-16 發表
there werent any presentation even last year...

There was no presentation in TY 2 years ago when i had no priority either.  Maybe things are changed now.

Susu922

Just finished the Hillside play visit.  Was there a presentation??

I brought our helper since my husband can't make it.  Both the helper and me were allowed to enter the classroom.  

4 teachers + approxiamtely 10 kids each group, 7 groups in total.

Free play outside (15 minutes) --> entering classroom --> Free play in classroom (15 minutes) ---> circle time (dancing 5 minutes + story time 10 minutes + watching a cartoon vedio for 2 minutes) ---> bye bye song

Teachers would walk around to chat with each family (mainly the kid in my case). No specific question for the parents.

Teachers are very good and patient.  

p.s. Surprisingly, we met quite a few old frds and my son's playmates at the interview. A nice reunion:)

FattyDaddy

Susu922 發表於 15-1-23 13:58
Just finished the Hillside play visit.  Was there a presentation??

I brought our helper since my husband can't make it.  Both the helper and me were allowed to enter the classroom. ...

Evidently, the exact format differs from school to school and from time to time.

However the main theme seems to be the same, i.e. they want to assess how the child interacts with parent, teacher, and other children over usual play activities.

little-pig-pig

Anyone is aware how many classrooms have been opened for interview for WKS campus?

Saboc

My daughter kept her mouth shut during the play visit.  Hopeless

little-pig-pig

Are u in WKS campus?