Kingston----KIS

DeDeDe

好似見好少JM講Kingston,大家有乜feed back? Thanks

sleepingsiubobo

My son is studying there and we are very happy with the school. The class size is small and almost all the teachers and staff members in the school can name your child. Mandarin and English are 50/50.

PinkBunnyMama

Do the children speak in English or Mandarin among themselves (during breaks or games time)?
Thanks!

momo_cheung

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21Ckid

PinkBunnyMama 發表於 15-4-22 08:06
Do the children speak in English or Mandarin among themselves (during breaks or games time)?
Thanks ...

Most children speak english much better than mandarin although this is a bilingual school with 50/50 Eng/Man.
I guess that's because most parents put more emphasis on english outside school. My kid is still only in 2 year old class, but from what i observe from 3 year old and 4 year old class, many speaks very fluent English some with very nice accent.

Garfield_cats

I have waited for around 5 months.

imconfusing

原帖由 Garfield_cats 於 15-04-28 發表
I have waited for around 5 months.

I have applied Kingston too. I handed in a few months ago for n class. I heard chance is slim if kid does not start from pg

Garfield_cats

Yes, the reason is most kids from Pg will directly promote to n class and so unless there are ppl leaving, there are almost no places for n class new joiners.  I applied for PG and was lucky to get in.

964000

原帖由 imconfusing 於 15-04-28 發表
I have applied Kingston too. I handed in a few months ago for n class. I heard chance is slim if kid ...

Not many people will join at Nursery because you still need to buy the non refundable 100k debentures even studying for just 3 years.

21Ckid

imconfusing 發表於 15-4-28 22:05
I have applied Kingston too. I handed in a few months ago for n class. I heard chance is slim if kid ...

Not many people leave at the 2 year class, perhaps less than 10%.

However, a lot more will leave after PN and will not progress to K1 , some to through train IS like CDNIS, Harrow, some to ESF kinder, some to local stream. My guess is at least 1/3.

Also, i notice  that starting from PG class joining in 2014, a disproportionate percentage of students are big boys or girls born from Nov to Feb (cut off for Kingston is Oct 31), and i guess most of the smaller ones (born in June to Oct) enter via siblings priority. So, there has been quite a change in this unspoken school policy recently.

If yours is not a big boy or girl, chance is almost nil.

Avis_chu

I would like to know more details about the school, as I will go to interview for playgroup tomorrow. The staff said my daughter will get N and K1 if she pass interview in tomorrow. I am hesitated because I need to pay 100000 for levy, do you think is it worth? hows the teacher quality?

21Ckid

Avis_chu 發表於 15-5-20 17:01
I would like to know more details about the school, as I will go to interview for playgroup tomorrow ...

The school is quite good, and so is its primary school. It is a small school in which the headmaster and staff knows the name of pretty much all students. Student to teacher ratio is good 8:1.

Of course, beside this, the other main attraction is the through train primary school (and secondary school if you don't mind the distance) which gives you a back up plan if you aim for other international primary school. So it really depends on how much you weigh the $100k against this back up plan (plus another $100k to be paid shortly after commenement of K2 for primary school entry, or probably a higher sum a few years down the road).

Avis_chu

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Thank you so much! I interviewed playgroup this morning in kingston. The teachers are nice and helpful, they can call the kids name, this is impressed. Can you tell me more adv. about kingston, as the 100K is expensive for four years.

21Ckid

Avis_chu 發表於 15-5-21 15:07
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Thank you so much! I interviewed playgroup this morning in kingston. The teacher ...

What do you want to know? I know there are students moving in from TT, Anfield and YC (but seldom the reverse) so i presume it is either because of the primary back up or they consider kingston better. Never been to other schools and so cannoit compare.

But if $100k is a big concern to you, you may consider staying in TT and try your luck at esf kinder later.

DeDeDe

Hi~~How old is your kid?

Avis_chu

My daughter is 15 months right now, I prefer she study in ESF in the future, but everyone know that ESF is not easy. I would like to know more about Kingston, as I think kingston will be the backup

Jumboshrimp

原帖由 Avis_chu 於 15-05-21 發表
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Thank you so much! I interviewed playgroup this morning in kingston. The teacher ...

Hi may I know if u apply pg ? Or nursery?
I applied Kingston for n class for my son who's 10 months old. They called and ask if I'm interested in pg . I turned down the offer as I got no one to bring him to pg . And indeed the 100k is really a lot for me, not sure if it's worth it or not

Anyway I will see if they call me for n class interview in the future....

I got friends whose kids are from Kingston . They said its a good school. But they need to worry about the high school section. It's at Sa tou kok, which is very far away from the center of HK.
Most of the students at Kingston will try to apply other IS for kinder . I guess it's usually not the first choice of many parents.

hubbyhubby

I heard there will be a secondary school under Kingston in Tai Po in the near future

Jane1983

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Kingston is one of the feeder schools of ICHK in New Territories.