ESF south island school vs CDNIS secondary school

JarJarBin

my boy is CDNIS student and will be in secondary school next year. With considering budget, I apply ESF as well. But my friend told me that i cannot have government sponsor in school year 15/16 and the school is also not as good as cdnis because SIS is very relax.  Can anyone give me an advise ? thx

lui

原帖由 JarJarBin 於 14-11-30 發表
my boy is CDNIS student and will be in secondary school next year. With considering budget, I apply  ...

You can check on web it states clearly when there would be no subsidy. I remembered the last year is 15/16.

sschiu

Only Year 1 students entering in 2016-17 will not be subsidised since this is the year that the subvention will start to phase out. All other year groups will not be affected no matter the students are newly admitted or not. You can check with ESF admissions. They will explain to you.

Leisurefan

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South Island is not relaxed at all!

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SIS is not a relaxed school. Having said that, there are students who are in the easier pathways I think may have less homework. My kid is in year 8 now and has homework everyday, assessments almost every month, when they finish a unit. People in his class are competitive and getting good results in assessments.

samsam123321

請問sis 跟cdnis 學生人數有咩分別？

samsam123321

學業成績有什麼分別？

JarJarBin

原帖由 sschiu 於 14-11-30 發表
Only Year 1 students entering in 2016-17 will not be subsidised since this is the year that the subv ...

thanks for your info, I called the admin office and the staff also can't tell if a new student in y7 will have government subsidies or not, i am really surprised about his feedback, he said that a lot of details is not yet confirmed.  On the other hand , my son has been learning traditional Chinese, not simplified one. so he complains about going to esf. Anyone has this experience to share ?

tay

my friend's son transferred to SIS and he was learning traditional chinese before SIS as well and he didn't have any problems adapting.  You can still write your work in traditional chinese.  what exactly is your son concerned about?

JarJarBin

thanks for your information , i will tell my son. i understand that he doesn't want to change school so a lot complains from him. hope that he can enjoy government subsidies starting from school year 15/16 and got accepted by esf.

jolalee

I feel for your son. It is not healthy for a child to have constant changes but it is understandably unavoidable at times. I too agree that Chinese should not be an issue as ESF's curriculum should be a bit easier, and going from traditional to simplified is not as difficult as the other way around. I am sure too that your son will come up with another 'concern' soon, as he is not technically unprepared but emotionally unwilling. It is better to work on that asap.

I know a wonderful lady who in her youth intentionally failed an entrance exam for a prestigious high school (which her parents enrolled for her) simply because she loves her existing school too much. (She turned out well graduating from her existing school though, and have become a well known and influential lady in the society.)

JarJarBin

thanks for your reply, i understand that my son doesn't want to change, i will talk to him again if he got accepted, he also need to learn how to face change and difficult time, too many things that we can't control by ourselves,

annie40

兩間學校也很好，如果是財政考慮，可以轉SiS, 中學是新階段，很多新生，留原校亦未必跟原來的老友走在一起。

為免孩子太抗拒，可解釋如果一年后仍然想回CDIS，那時再作安排，通常唔想走的是孩子。記得考IGCSE 13A的的譚詠麟兒子，就是SIS的學生，相信他們的教學有其一套吧！

annie40

是13A star

JarJarBin

原帖由 annie40 於 15-01-21 發表
兩間學校也很好，如果是財政考慮，可以轉SiS, 中學是新階段，很多新生，留原校亦未必跟原來的老友走在一起 ...

謝謝你的意見，跟他說下一年可考慮回cdnis也是好主意，但現在只是on waiting list 5至10名之內，本來sis問我island school去唔去，但我見2017年學校重建，要暫時去大圍或沙田借政府舊校舍返4年学，我住港島東，宊在太遠，都是留在waiting list,