Singapore international school (SIS) vs ISF Academy

shadeslayer

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poonseelai  well, some parents do care whe   發表於 半小時前

Xxxxx

ISF primary start with 30% English P1 to 70% English when they finish primary. Achieving native standard is really difficult just by looking at this proportion of time.

type409

There is no point to discuss whether ISF students can speak native English. We are supposing to "compare" SIS and ISF here.
ISF students if not native speak with so called "international accent". But I'm quite sure SIS speak Singaporean accent as what I have heard in the Starbucks at One Island South. I have afternoon tea there once to twice a week.

fatcni

Very 谷。
It is my thinking after visiting the school for more than 3 times, talking to current students, and went there for interview three times.
This school is new, position itself as local private school taking IB just less than 5 years ago. IB scores improved a lot to average 39.x . How to get such high average scores in SYC a short time?!
Talked to current students. They not really like the way to study chinese (but I believe there are no other way but memorising things). I am not criticising the school but it is just the way school does.
There are 20 graduates took IB but I years later there would be 180 students moving up. Can the school still hit the record?!
ISF is positioning itself as strong in chinese, and taking IB. It is sth IS can't offer. I heard that students need to take extra English course outside in order to chase up the english standard (lower primary). If Chinese is your concern, ISF may be gd for u. But I doubt paying such high school fee but study like a local school. Sorry, maybe I am mistaken.

HKTHK

回覆 fatcni 的帖子

I don't see how ISF could repeat the performance of 39.2. It is both a matter of increasing class size and also being realistic. HK has many high performing schools and even amongst this group, this is too good a result to be sustainable. I personally would much prefer a school with a lower score but be more well rounded. Management is spending a lot of time and resources on ECA and only time will tell whether those can develop and mature over time.
PS  Tutoring to improve English in lower primary is stupid. Parents should learn more about bilingual immersion and how it works

112200

I am afraid those are Singaporean you met in the coffee shop. To me I know several hk kids and teenager study in sis. Their english is just normal native but they can speak in singlish when joke w me. They said even Singaporean classmate will joke w them like that . Btw their pth is quite good in average and they are quite willing and adopt to the way of teaching. Their learning atmosphere is quite good and positive.  Aalthough teachers didn't apply any pressure  , they do try their best to be top ranked. They said all classmates do the same , it's a norm to make themselves do better . That all I can share.

HIHinsurance

這是ISF 2013年IB 成績分佈

多學生選MATHS STUDIES 與英文LANG B  


而SIS  , 則不能選英文LANG B


要考超深的英文卷

另外數學不能選淺好多的STUDIES

只能選SL /HL MATHS






SIS 英文算不錯 , 不少人IB 英文 6分

上年來左個英國IB 改卷老師, 教得不錯

SIS 　同學之間，　溝通講英文，　無新加坡口音的！！！

同學之間講英文的國際學校已無多少間，　要珍惜

壓力是大，　老師嚴。

你讀讀下，　你會見住同學一個又一個跳去德瑞

新加坡國際學校考的是ＩＧＣＳＥ　ＣＩＥ　

一般比較難

不是考ＤＯＵＢＬＥ　ＡＷＡＲＤＳ　ＳＣＩＥＮＣＥ

考ＴＲＩＰＬＥ　ＡＷＡＲＤＳ(科學 要三選二或三 )，　有附加數

所以教的，　考的，　都比較深，　這方面要留意

一般考得好的ＳＩＳ　學生

會跳去德瑞，　再轉去英國名校，　或李寶椿

上屇year 13 多人入醫學院 SIS

964000

原帖由 HIHinsurance 於 15-02-14 發表
本帖最後由 HIHinsurance 於 15-2-14 16:40 編輯

SIS係IS中讀書壓力大同谷的，要有心理準備，我朋友個仔中學晚晚讀到十二點一點先瞓。

HIHinsurance

964000 發表於 15-2-14 16:42
SIS係IS中讀書壓力大同谷的，要有心理準備，我朋友個仔中學晚晚讀到十二點一點先瞓。



  ...

佢地細人一年 讀IB









CASCO 系列出的書, 做 maths TEXTBOOKS , 用到year 11

本書好深,  似我們以前香港會考程度


教到咁難，　想早訓都不行

Jane1983

SIS的小朋友，認識好多香港家庭的，都說很好的英語。口音這問題，不同學術能力和操行難考究，一開口就知龍與鳳，毋需爭拗。
香港家長，無可能會接受非正統英語，佢咁難考，又吾平，仍然咁多人報，有其原因。

NoahArk

I have no connection with either SIS or ISF but have worked in SG for some years. I will never let my kids go through Singaporean education as there is a formula for ensuring that the kids are totally unaware of (or don't care) how boring they are. Hopelessly uninspiring. And the Singaporean parents I know actually believe that they are more "advanced" in prescribing textbooks that are one or two years ahead. I will never let my kids mingle with kids of such parents. I pledge my words. Totalitarianism, that's, that's all.

ikerberg

HIHinsurance 發表於 15-2-14 16:26
這是ISF 2013年IB 成績分佈

多學生選MATHS STUDIES 與英文LANG B  

Thank you very much for your information!

Very useful!

964000

原帖由 NoahArk 於 15-02-14 發表
I have no connection with either SIS or ISF but have worked in SG for some years. I will never let m ...

SG is well known to be more 谷 than HK

cilla_pp

When you say Singaporean education, do you mean local schools only or international schools in SG as well?

123kachi

Result of ISF 2014 is much better than 2013. Only small number of students took English B and Math Studies (3 out of 20) in 2014.

shadeslayer

原帖由 cilla_pp 於 15-02-14 發表
When you say Singaporean education, do you mean local schools only or international schools in SG as ...

Singaporean cannot go to international schools in SGP.

minirat

原帖由 NoahArk 於 15-02-14 發表
I have no connection with either SIS or ISF but have worked in SG for some years. I will never let m ...

I am from Singapore.  It is true that education in Singapore local schools are getting very tense with rigorous curriculum, but I am not sure whether this ties in with SIS in HK.

Jane1983

同新加坡點比吾敢講，但同幾間local名小比，真係輕鬆到不得了，至少初小係。平常好多時無功課，有亦一樣起，两樣止。長假亦無特别多功課，只是提小朋友要多看書。

測驗比較多，叫bite sized，算係check住小朋友學習進度。

shadeslayer

原帖由 minirat 於 15-02-21 發表
本帖最後由 minirat 於 15-2-21 12:37 編輯

SIS has funding from the Singapore Government and it makes sense that one of its missions is to provide education to Singapore nationals in HK who will have to go back to Singapore at some point. The curriculum and style cannot be million miles apart.

himmamme

Jane1983 發表於 15-2-21 10:55
同新加坡點比吾敢講，但同幾間local名小比，真係輕鬆到不得了，至少初小係。平常好多時無功課，有亦一樣起 ...

学生的reading habit很好，校風淳樸，学生謙恭有礼。我朋友說中文大致比本地小學低一年左右，唔知是不是呢？

friendlyguy

回覆 shadeslayer 的帖子

Style? I don’t know. But at least there is no streaming system in P4, no need to take Malay, Tamil or a Non-Tamil Indian Language, no Primary school leaving examination (PSLE) in P6, and no Gifted Education Programme in SIS.

Curriculum? I guess they are similar from PY to S2. But can I ask what is the distance between

1). Singapore-Cambridge GCE-O level, and the IGCSE examinations and the International Certificate of Education (ICE) developed by the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE).

2. AL level and IB