Esf TY K2 offer

Yan3

I've just got telephone call that my son has got such offer ( we did interview last yr and was put on waiting list) . He is now studying in local kindergarten. I understood that it's not guaranteed he could hv priority on Esf primary school admission, so is it still worthy to take the offer? Thanks!!

fundad

Only have priority for interview, but the lowest priority among others.  Besides, if application rate is high that year, may even have no chance to be interviewed.

Yan3

Thanks fundad, so if there's really no priority for primary school, it's not really worthy to take this k2 offer, right?

yyevita

If you do not have 3 terms before interview, you have no priority at all, if you take 3 terms before interview, though it is not guarantee, you actually have priority, and the chances of no offer is really thin.  So no worth taking this offer, unless you like the English enviroment, and ok with other IS.

bnppip

which ESF primary do TY grads usually go?

luckyveronique

原帖由 yyevita 於 16-03-07 發表
If you do not have 3 terms before interview, you have no priority at all, if you take 3 terms before ...

Yes but I suppose there are 3 terms in one academic year for all esf schools

luckyveronique

原帖由 yyevita 於 16-03-07 發表
If you do not have 3 terms before interview, you have no priority at all, if you take 3 terms before ...

Oh if before interview, the kids must attend an esf kinder from K1 2nd term

chumiguan

My daughter is in K2 TY. She has a few classmates who only joined in K2 (last Aug), also has interview from ESF schools (KJS, BHS and SJS).

fundad

原帖由 chumiguan 於 16-03-07 發表
My daughter is in K2 TY. She has a few classmates who only joined in K2 (last Aug), also has intervi ...

But how many of the classmates don't can the interview offer from ESF?

yyevita

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I think they were transfer from Tung Chung so they have priority, not normal for everyone

2cloud

原帖由 chumiguan 於 16-03-07 發表
My daughter is in K2 TY. She has a few classmates who only joined in K2 (last Aug), also has intervi ...

Do these latest joining kids got P1 offer?
I saw from another post that kindie student was put on waitlist after interview.

nintendo

If you target ESF primary, then you should take the offer.
The reason is simple: if you are not in an ESF kindie, you have nothing in your hand.

Yan3

Thanks! I'm interested in ESF primary, But I was told that I don't have the priority; I'm struggling cuz I don't want my kid to change school and adapt to new environment every yr ( he was in different schools already from PN to K1).

hb12699

If you are interested in ESF primary school, i think that's a good chance. If you worry that adapt a new environment is an issue, I the ESF kinder to ESF primary is well established for this connection rather than other kinder change to ESF primary.

chumiguan

回覆：yyevita 的帖子

No, I was told by their parents they were from other kindies. I remember one is from Victoria. The others, I forgot.

chumiguan

回覆 fundad 的帖子

I didn't ask the teacher. And in the group, not all parents responded. For those responded, there are around 4-5 kids who applied SJS didn't have interview, but all have RC/DC interviews, and they all success.

yyevita

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Ofcourse they are from other kindy, I mean they were enrolled by Tung chung for K2, but because of the delay they transfered to TY, and they have been promised to take the priority.  Otherwise, it is declared clearly on the website, less than three terms no priority.

chumiguan

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I am not sure in other interview groups. But for my daugher's group, there are a few kids joining in K2 only, and they also got KJS offers.

There is a classmate who has been studying since K1 but couldn't pass the interview. The Principal told his mother that KJS and DC both commented that his English language is not meeting standard. I am not surprised, as the parents plus the care takers (grandparents) only speak to the kid in Putonghua at home only.

chumiguan

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Oh! Perhaps you are right! Most of the new students live in Tung Chung except one. So they applied to Tung Chung ESF so they have the priority.

There is only 1 new student living in Kowloon, and got KJS offer. Perhaps they pay for NR, I never know.

chumiguan

回覆 Yan3 的帖子

I think you should go for it if you are interested in ESF primary.  Only if you are targeting SJS only, then you really have to think about it, as SJS is far too oversubsribed, not only TY, even WKS students do not have interviews.