新手媽媽想知有關 IS 資料

lky0305

大家好，我係新手媽媽，BB 宜家 6 個半月大，想第時送佢入 IS，但一啲野都唔識，想請教各位媽媽！因我一啲概念都無，連點揀 IS 都唔知。。好多問題希望大家唔好嫌我麻煩。。
1) 一般黎講應該點揀？
2) 邊幾間 IS 係屬於比較好？朋友話 CDNIS、HKIS、CIS 呢幾間幾好。
3) 點樣可以考入 IS？我想佢由幼稚園就開始讀。
4) 唔同 IS 既債券方法係咪都唔同？大約係幾錢？
5) 學費連埋開支大約幾錢一年？
6) 幼稚園、小學番學時間分別係幾點？如果住得太遠係咪會好辛苦？

annie40

先花時間上網，續一看完每間學校的Websites內容，再作討論。我們說的，可以是全錯。

KarenKang

1) 首先想想父母是否重視中文. 有些國際/IB學校中文比重較多.
2) 英文IB學校 CDNIS、HKIS、HARROW, GSIS, ESF etc; 重中文的IB學校有CIS, ISF, VICTORIA, SIS, YC etc
3) 讀一些比較international的幼稚園如VICTRIA, WOODLAND, TUTOR TIME etc.
4) 唔一定要買 IS債券, 有些要入左先買, 是學校要求的入學條件之一.
5) 一般都要10幾萬, 上學校網頁查下.
6) 返學時間間間唔同, 上學校網頁查下. 最好學校不要離家太遠. 小孩子要早睡早起, 精神D吸收好D.

lky0305

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係咪 website 內會睇到債券係點買法？

FennieMan

原帖由 lky0305 於 15-02-09 發表
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係咪 website 內會睇到債券係點買法？

每間學校嘅website 有齊所以資料，如學費，債券等，最好自己清楚要乜先？再睇下邊間學校比較適合。

KarenKang

阿仔無買債劵入了一間IB學校, 他的大部份同學都沒有買. 有一個同學3年前買了債券入了, 兩年後升了4倍. 即代表免費讀書, 是不錯的投資. 每個學生入了之後要買一種指定的債劵. 跟入學前那種不同, 但銀碼少很多. 間間學校都不同.

有買債劵的有多一次面試機會. 一般來說, 若A同學有債劵, B同學沒有. 若A跟B能力一樣, 學校會收A. 若B同學能力比A同學強, 學校會收B. 所以有債劵也不一定要收.
債劵很貴, 不能間間都買. 要選定心儀的才買. 所以要先選想讀哪間學校.
中文比重是很大的分野. 這要看各人不同的需要, 個個家庭背景不同. 我們比較重視中文, 且明白中文很難自己學得好, 所以選了間中文比重較多的學校.

jolalee

lky0305 發表於 15-2-9 14:02
大家好，我係新手媽媽，BB 宜家 6 個半月大，想第時送佢入 IS，但一啲野都唔識，想請教各位媽媽！因我一 ...

I am glad you are starting to do the research now instead of later. There's a few things you need to do right away:

1) Some schools' application begins from birth: GSIS, Kellett, DBIS, YCIS, Harrow etc. Find 1-2 that you find suitable for your family and register NOW. The rest of the research can wait ;)

2) Decide on the family language as soon as you can. If you are going for some English heavy IS, then at least one parent / caretaker (who should have near native level English; Filipino English is far from acceptable) should speak to the child solely in that language. Each person should stick to the language chosen; if he/she switches language all the time, that would confuse a young child. If neither parent has near native level English, than consider an English speaking tutor, or enroll in daily classes for the young child with minimum travel distance.  

3) Remember NOT to use any screens to teach language. Young children should have real human being as language mentors, and before the age of 2: ZERO screen time according to American Pediatric Association and 香港衛生處. TV, iphone, ipad, computer etc will only deter a child's social and linguistic developments, to say the least.

Once you understand what you are looking for, target about 5-6 schools, with different levels of entry difficulty. You need some backups and some schools you really dig into. Remember, application fee for each school can cost you $1000-2000 or more. Many schools starts from Reception (K2) but some starts from K1 or K3, so you have about 2-3 years to train and prepare your child. Enjoy your BB's childhood and have fun!!