CDNIS v VSA - 國際學校

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AU111007 發表於 17-4-25 01:15
Any comments on these two schools ? How to choose between these two schools?

Depends on what you want. Just to compare 2 of them:-

VSA: Strong Chinese, Maths is using Singapore methods, not an international school, culture less diversity

CDNIS: good at arts, sports, more all rounded, more culture diversity, Chinese programme is ok but not as strong, hear their maths is weak though, got some negative news on the school

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AU111007 發表於 17-4-25 01:15
Any comments on these two schools ? How to choose between these two schools?

Also class size, VSA is 30 and CDNIS is 25.

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Jmachi 發表於 17-4-25 09:40
Depends on what you want. Just to compare 2 of them:-

VSA: Strong Chinese, Maths is using Singapor ...

What's cdnis negative news about?

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本帖最後由 elmostoney 於 17-4-25 19:22 編輯

小學來講, 維記壓力會大點, CDNIS會輕鬆點. 維記會分補底同勁個批出來, 另外教. CDNIS 會補下底, 但除了中文就唔會點額外分班. 維記學生間競爭感較大, CDNIS就隨意D. 如果係小學階段追求學術卓越, 我覺得揀VSA會啱D. 維記係想做全港的top school, 係四五年前一個家長會時孔美棋講的, 佢地會投入資源, 但亦都帶返想應壓力.

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Thank you all for sharing the information.
What are the negative news about CDNIS?

How about comparing the discipline/ behaviour of the students?

And future university placement?

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AU111007 發表於 17-4-25 20:08
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Thank you all for sharing the information.

The negative news was on the board fired a number of teachers, the principal. details can search on scmp news (back in 2014, 2015)

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Jmachi 發表於 17-4-25 20:30
The negative news was on the board fired a number of teachers, the principal. details can search on ...

校長唔係岩岩又換左新咩？仲有negative news?

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Choochootrain 發表於 17-4-25 21:07
校長唔係岩岩又換左新咩？仲有negative news?

I'm only referring to the old news. but some ppl might take this into consideration

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VSA雖然是30人一班但是是雙班主任制的.

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My friends have kids in Cdnis, they said the incident is over and they don't feel any negative impact in terms of daily school life and learnings, they are happy with the school so far.

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本帖最後由 Buggyjai 於 17-4-26 17:49 編輯

VSA PYP is around 24-26 kids per class and must be less than 30. - head of school said

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Thank you all
Heard that CDNIS is quite loose in terms of teaching students' discipline? Is it true? How about VSA?

Just wondering if in general the students in CDNIS/ VSA behave well ...

Are the teachers caring?

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本帖最後由 elmostoney 於 17-4-26 21:34 編輯

Depends on how you define discipline.  I think it is in line with most IS in this department.

肯定不會叫你立正, 坐正, 上堂不準傾計 (老師講課除外), 罸企呢D.  唔交功課老師都會照肺,  no bullying 呢D野會留意.

其實邊間學校都睇老師, 個個遇著都不同.  我所見所聞覺得老師是幾好的.

well behaved與否, 實有人not well behaved的, 好多學校去到6至8年班, D細路要證明自己大個仔 (男仔多D呢D情況), 會開始講下粗口,但去到9年班, 定左, 唔洗再扮大個, 又會少左人講.  呢樣我同另一間在EK超多人討論的中學生傾過呢個問題, 佢都好有同感, 佢話最煩就係D Y7Y8, 成日想扮大個.  我個女搭校車, 都有返來講D同車同學, 真係初中D男仔最rowdy, 大D又冇野.
其實物野叫well behaved? 朋友上門補英文寫作, 佢聽返學生講，某學術很強的西人ＩＳ，高小已有ｂｕｌｌｙｉｎｇ，中學甚至有naked female student和男仔攬埋一舊, 呢間學校比人覺得算strict的, 但學生物人都有, 所以我又覺得不能以編蓋全. 又不能一件半件事就覺得學校唔disciplined.

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Thank you all for sharing the information.

CDNIS university placement is much better. Just take a look at their website, it's all public. The bilingual program at VSA is great and I've heard that the academics are quite strong but for some reason, their university placement isn't great. Maybe lack of guidance, not sure.

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家長問校風，好難回答，因為每個人的要求唔同，有d係以傳統教會女校為標準，咁真係唔係咁樣。兩間都識好幾個小朋友讀緊，都係正常小朋友表現，唔覺有明顯問題。

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Jane1983 發表於 17-4-27 09:55
家長問校風，好難回答，因為每個人的要求唔同，有d係以傳統教會女校為標準，咁真係唔係咁樣。兩間都識好幾 ...

我有睇過好多次，在 BK EK 有家長呻，讀本地傳統女校的女兒拍拖，又好夜唔返屋企。
其實仔女行為，父母責任最大。

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係，朋輩有影響，但家庭最主要。

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AU111007 發表於 17-4-25 01:15
Any comments on these two schools ? How to choose between these two schools?

VSA is basically a local school but following IB system, most kids can speak good English but playground language is primarily Cantonese (my child's observation in one of the school events where they had to visit VSA)
CDNIS is an IS

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本帖最後由 poonseelai 於 17-4-28 08:48 編輯

兩間都是IB achool (PYP, MYP and DP), 分別在CDNIS 是IS 而VSA 是PIS，按教署要求 IS不少於七成是non-local 而 PIS 最少七成是local. 運作上VSA同一間IS無分別，因此已成為council of international school 成員。VSA不禁止學生用母語 (香港是廣東話)，這是跟IB理念相同。如家長相對重視中文，VSA提供較佳環境，小學中英並用，而不是將中文分成一科去教。如論歷史，當然,CDNIS悠久D，VSA始終較新。