Transition from traditional to international school

88

Anything we should pay attention to ? My daughter just received an offer from ESF and she will start her new school life in coming Aug for year 8, she is now studying in an traditional primary school, is that difficult? Please advise

oooray

原帖由 88 於 16-04-21 發表
Anything we should pay attention to ? My daughter just received an offer from ESF and she will start ...

i guess the most challenging issue is how to make new friends in a new environment

Park88

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I think she will be very happy thereafter! Many kids from local to international really can't believe there is "real happy school" in this world! No need to worry too much! My nephew is the same case too, he changed from local to IS, he likes IS so so much and he asked his parents why so late to put him there! He is Year 8 too!

964000

原帖由 88 於 16-04-21 發表
Anything we should pay attention to ? My daughter just received an offer from ESF and she will start ...

Hi may I ask why do you decide to switch to IS? Just curious.

88

原帖由 964000 於 16-04-21 發表
Hi may I ask why do you decide to switch to IS? Just curious.

After 6 years in local school, both my daughter and me been put so much effort and pressure on studying, even she's band 1A in local system, i found she lost initiative and curious to explore new things, and I believe youngster life should hv more free and fun time , instead of studying and studying ! I did a bit research on DSE syllabus , honest, can't agree that's the way to develop an all round person to deal with future challenges. So we decided to hv a change now.

BTW,  this is only my personal opinion, others may not agree

964000

原帖由 88 於 16-04-21 發表
After 6 years in local school, both my daughter and me been put so much effort and pressure on study ...

I totally agree with you, congrats. I think you won't regret for it, but just a bit pity you miss the kindergarten and primary part which is really so much fun. Well bit it's never too late.

88

原帖由 oooray 於 16-04-21 發表
i guess the most challenging issue is how to make new friends in a new environment

Yes, a bit worry on that, as most student should already get along with others and circled in year 7.

Activehealth

88 發表於 16-4-21 19:24
Yes, a bit worry on that, as most student should already get along with others and circled in year 7 ...

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964000

原帖由 Activehealth 於 16-04-21 發表
本帖最後由 Activehealth 於 16-4-21 20:11 編輯

"The English is good enough to get in but not good enough for hanging out" , yes that's true, and applied to most of us being brought up in local schools too.

88

原帖由 Activehealth 於 16-04-21 發表
本帖最後由 Activehealth 於 16-4-21 20:11 編輯

Thanks activehealth

I'm quite confident to her English, she was interviewed by vice principal and he asked if she'd been brought up overseas as her english is quite native. On the other hand , her Chinese is not as fluent as English

She studied Japanese in primary school but she decided to take French now, do you know how advance for year 8 French ?

Activehealth

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88

Dunno why my reply didn't show as well

Seems like they have learned quite a bit on the 3rd language, do you think we could ask school for the material and try to catch up in summer holiday?

88

Activehealth , could you repost your reply ? The EK system seems locking it again....

Activehealth

88 發表於 16-4-22 11:26
Activehealth , could you repost your reply ? The EK system seems locking it again....

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lui

原帖由 88 於 16-04-21 發表
Anything we should pay attention to ? My daughter just received an offer from ESF and she will start ...

No worry at all. Gal is easily hang out with other gals at ESF. Many of them are just as friendly.

88

Does ESF using simplified Chinese ? Do they apply the same approach as in primary school, that with both simplified and traditional Chinese printed book ? Is traditional Chinese accepted ?

Activehealth

88 發表於 16-4-22 19:22
Does ESF using simplified Chinese ? Do they apply the same approach as in primary school, that with  ...

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OpheliaMama

Agreed with you 88 so much!
My daughter got a chance to do assessment for admission to Island School very soon.  May I know what kind of assessment will be? Is the chance to get acceptance is high?

Is your daughter happy with the new school life? Difficult to adapt?

Million thanks!

88

Hi opheliamama, happy to know you are interested in IS school also. My daughter went through an 2+hours assessment including English, maths and Chinese. We didn't start yet as discussed with my daughter, she would prefer to hv graduation from current primary school then start a new life in Aug, and glad that the school allow us to even we was applied for year 7 to start immediately. She is looking forward to it and was so excited when the v principal showed her around the school. Looking forward to hearing your good news

OpheliaMama

Hi 88,

Thank you so much for your sharing!

We will get prepared and hope my daughter will do her best in the assessment! We are longing for getting into this school!