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Bearbearlight

Thanks for starting the thread as I got similar queries too. It seems that few parents of Kingston kids are on EK though. Looking forward to hearing from Kingston parents!

winnie194

Are you asking about its kindergarten ?

If so, I can tell you all the kids love this school. Most of them speak fluent Mandarin and English.

Avis_chu

我女女現在在kingston 讀playgroup, 好開心, 老師都最少在kingston 教了四年, 返學時見到大哥哥同姐姐都會係講國語同英文, 好有規舉會叫人同對人笑和say hi

iloveskp

請問你囡囡現在幾歲，讀play group? 是否要入學時比發展費？

Bearbearlight

要不要學寫中文字？

964000

It's a good school, the only bad thing is the debenture which is compulsory even at playgroup.

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原帖由 momo_cheung 於 15-09-25 發表
Thanks for your reply. May i know why/ what sector do you think it is good? every school has their p ...

It's balanced in every aspect ( kinder section ), including languages, caring staffs, facilities. And it is not a bad primary back up. However most people will look for other schools at y1 and even k1 so it is really up to you to decide if the 100k debenture at pg and another 100 k at y1 really worth it or not. I got and offer at the time but I turn it down at the end.

winnie194

Our family can only speak English and Cantonese. But surprisingly, our daughter loves Mandarin and can speak fluently with native accent. She teaches daddy Mandarin words every night. And she sometimes get mad as daddy can not copy her pronunciation perfectly.
Kingston provides a very good bilingual environment and all the staff are professional. The kids are smart , happy, well-mannered, and willing to learn.

One of the thing I most appreciate is that it respect the children's opinions. So all the kids are willing to speak out what they know or what they think. They sometimes give the wrong or silly answers. But the teachers will never say they are wrong.

Bearbearlight

Thanks Winnie! Does your daughter speak Cantonese too? Do you intend to let her stay with Kingston as she progresses?

Avis_chu

my daughter study playgroup, I paid the debenture once I register, which is 100k. This debenture ensure you can study kindergarten after. I think this is worth it as Kingston is really good choice for kindergarten and primary school.
They did not allow anybody to speak cantonese in campus, even the parents or grandma. the teacher will friendly remind the parents to speak english or mandarin.
the lesson is 2.5 hours. the group size is 16 students. The first ten minutes is free play in indoor playground, after that a music teacher will sing songs will kids and he will play guitar, this is about 15 minutes, and then around 10 minutes free play and take attendant.
the student will divide into two groups, the elder group and the younger group, they will go English class or Mandarin Class separately. Around 15 minutes sing songs, and then is activities, the teacher will divide students into two groups and one is free play and other is doing activities, this is ensure the teacher can know each students ability. and then switch.
After finish English or mandarin class, they will supply tea, which is biscuit or cakes. then student switch to learn other language. In the last 15 minutes they will go to outdoor playground to have fun.

Kingston is ensure one native english teacher (Foreigner, my daughters teacher come form Scotland ) and one native mandarin speaker. Teacher can remember all the students name in one month, which is appreciated.

Personally, I think 100K debenture is not expensive compare with other international school or even local school, like St. Steven girls or Hallow. MY first target is ESF before, I think everyone knows that kindergarten of ESF is extremely hard to get in, if you want to ensure the interview in primary school, which need to pay 500K. so that I think this is worth.
I hope I can answer all your questions.

Kingston Need to write Chinese. 是要寫中文的, even this is easy one.

by the way, I heard from other parents, Kingston is good at language but not in math.

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原帖由 momo_cheung 於 15-09-29 發表
So you left after playground or kindergarten? where did your kid go for primary?

No I didn't take the offer for playgroup. I know one kid from kingston kinder who go to HKIS and one to RC afterwards.

21Ckid

momo_cheung 發表於 15-9-24 13:49
Any comment on Kingston, especially i want to know...
1. the style of learning? learning through pla ...

1. It is play based learning. From K1 (3 year old class) onwards, the school adopts IB PYP.

2. YC focuses on mother tongue (cantonese) and its standard of english is quite behind the other 2. Victoria, depending on campus, but i heard the one in causeway bay is much better (and far harder to get in). English in Kingston should be enough for you to get through the interview of most other IS. But since very few parents are native english speakers, i would imagine the kids' english would not be comparable to those from say woodlands.

3. Some parents speak to their kids in english outside school, some in cantonese and some in mandarin (about 20% of parents are native pth speakers i guess). So it depends, when the kids get around, they tend to speak among themselves more in english than in cantonese. Because most Hk parents focus more on english, the kids are usually far better in english than mandarin though the schooling time is 50/50.

4. No idea at this young age yet. Certainly play based learning instead of mouth feeding.

5. Parents of Kingston are mostly local (more local than say anfield, esf , not even to say woodlands), though some have foreign passports, and quite a lot (i guess at least 1/3) will ultimately go back to LS system at different stages. The $100k would then be a bit wasted. Also, since location of the secondary school is not good, many parents will leave at various stages to through train schools, and would not move on to its own primary school.

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