yew Chung ITLP or anfield playgroup?

Atecila

my 1.5 year old son has an offer from yew Chung for iTLP but I would also like to enrol him for anfield. I believe in play based learning but am also looking for more English exposure. Wondering if any parents can share their comments on the two schools? Thanks!!!

964000

If you really target IS, I would recommend Anfield because of the better English environment. But if you target YC primary and secondary, then of course YC.

Atecila

964000 發表於 17-5-20 10:40
If you really target IS, I would recommend Anfield because of the better English environment. But if ...

Thanks for the reply!! Actually I do not target at Ycis primary or secondary as such  (seems some bad comments on their secondary). However I am looking for IS preferably with some Chinese programme and U.K. Curriculum if possible.

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Atecila 發表於 17-5-20 10:43
Thanks for the reply!! Actually I do not target at Ycis primary or secondary as such  (seems some b ...

Assumed you are from local HK family, maybe Anfield playgroup then nursery will optimised your chance to attempt other through train  IS k1 application, coz the interviews are all conducted in English mainly,. Or victoria /think are good choice for bilingual environment too.

Jane1983

YC係初期多中文少英文，讓幼兒以母語吸收知識。如果你唔係一心直上，以YC幼兒班的英文exposure去考其他IS，應該無特別優勢。

Anfield的英文語境應該係幾好，讀住去考其他IS會幫到，但中文是否合乎你需要，就要自己衡量。

Atecila

964000 發表於 17-5-20 13:52
Assumed you are from local HK family, maybe Anfield playgroup then nursery will optimised your chan ...

Many thanks!! Yes we are a local family- hope my little one can be bilingual having good command of both English and Chinese. Hoping to send him to U.K. Or US for further studies in year 10 or so. Comparing YCIS and Victoria primary - which school has better English standard ? Seems both have good Chinese.

Atecila

Jane1983 發表於 17-5-20 14:31
YC係初期多中文少英文，讓幼兒以母語吸收知識。如果你唔係一心直上，以YC幼兒班的英文exposure去考其他IS， ...

Does it mean going to YCIS kindy will only equip children for YCIS primary but children there may not be competitive enough for other ISs or bilingual  schools like ISF, CIS or Victoria ?

sagesage

我小朋友1歲已經返Anfield playgroup,因為九龍塘2歲係first step,得半日，無全日，所以讀左耀中2歲全日班，到3歲又轉回Anfield k1 full day class,K 2亦留在Anfield,佢哋好鍾意返學，鍾意所有老師！我亦好滿意Anfield!而耀中係母語廣東話為主！變左英文少左！如果你主要一半中文(國語)，一半英文，我會Kingston同Anfield.

Jane1983

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唔可以一概而論競爭力，因為都好睇小朋友資質和家庭栽培。如果你一心bilingual school，咁YC其實都係果個路線。

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Atecila 發表於 17-5-20 17:38
Does it mean going to YCIS kindy will only equip children for YCIS primary but children there may n ...

Yiu Chung's early yearsis based on Cantonese with English and mandarin (it's good if you believe in having solid mother tongue is foundation to learning other languages), so you can imagine the kids' exposure to English will be less, of course with time they will catch up. But if you also only speak Cantonese at home, then the English exposure may not be enough for competitive schools year1 assessment, because your competitors are 100% English or at least 50% English in schools. Of course their are some kids who can pick up all languages quickly can still fare well but I am talking about general cases about optimising the chance.

964000

For me if I target ESF, HKIS, CndIS, GSIS, FIS, ICS etc iI will pick Anfield. (Maybe just an isolated incident I have seen a YC kid failing ESF Y1 assessment, but so far the few kids I knew from Anfield all passed it)
If I target CIS, ISF, SIS etc I will choose Victoria, think or Kingston. ( I have seen an Anfield K2 kid got CIS offer but his mother is a native mandarin speaker. Another kid got GSIS and many competitive IS offers, except CIS, likely because he could not speak much mandarin)

不喜勿插，凡事有例外，以上提及所有學校都是好學校。

Atecila

sagesage 發表於 17-5-20 19:08
我小朋友1歲已經返Anfield playgroup,因為九龍塘2歲係first step,得半日，無全日，所以讀左耀中2歲全日班， ...

Thanks for the sharing! 甘你覺得anfield 個programme 係咪好過yew Chung? Actually I am looking for some play based programme (at least for under 2 year old stage). Other than language, is the programme at anfield play based too?

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Atecila 發表於 17-5-22 00:00
Thanks for the sharing! 甘你覺得anfield 個programme 係咪好過yew Chung? Actually I am looking for so ...

Anfield playgroup is : story time, circle time, free play time, art work, musics time etc it must be play based for 1.5 year old. Actually if you cannot make up your mind you can try each for a period of time ? Anfield PG you can just registered for one day (sat), 2d or 3 d per week. To me all international schools playgroups are pretty similar.

Atecila

964000 發表於 17-5-20 20:38
For me if I target ESF, HKIS, CndIS, GSIS, FIS, ICS etc iI will pick Anfield. (Maybe just an isolate ...

Thanks for the good suggestions! Actually I am looking for IS with strong Chinese programme (if there is one.. haha); otherwise bilingual primary schools. I value good command of English and a sufficient level of Chinese (for reading newspapers and write short paragraphs after p6). So top choice would be CIS (understood though it's near impossible to get in) , then Perhaps CDNIS, Victoria or ISF, Kingston . May also consider anfield, ESF but I need to research further on their Chinese level.

Atecila

964000 發表於 17-5-22 07:34
Anfield playgroup is : story time, circle time, free play time, art work, musics time etc it must b ...

Thanks again! Yes I think maybe I will try both if the schedules fit to get a feel before deciding. Re play based, YCIS is child initiated free play (with total freedom having the child decide what to do/learn) - so I guess it will fit my son's character. I guess anfield may be a bit more structured play.

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Atecila 發表於 17-5-22 12:55
Thanks for the good suggestions! Actually I am looking for IS with strong Chinese programme (if the ...

Yes, I understand what you are thinking now, at that time that's exactly what I thought too, but at the end I ended up in an IS with little Chinese. I called it destiny, things just don't go as I planned haha.

Atecila

964000 發表於 17-5-22 17:26
Yes, I understand what you are thinking now, at that time that's exactly what I thought too, but at ...

Oh - seems we have similar thoughts in terms of schooling then! Thanks for reminding that fate does dictate despite any sort of planning. Do you mind sharing with me your past efforts in terms of looking for an appropriate school for your little one? If so I will PM you. Thankssssss

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Atecila 發表於 17-5-22 19:38
Oh - seems we have similar thoughts in terms of schooling then! Thanks for reminding that fate does ...

Yes no Problem

mrs_snormal

樓主，964000，你地好，我嘅諗法同你地都好似呀！
我囡囡而家16個月，都煩惱緊搵學校。

樓主你仔仔有YCIS offer，請問interview難嗎？可否分享下大概咩模式同問咩？我囡囡有返開playgroup，但好似咩都未好識咁，有時都有啲擔心＞_＜
本身我都有考慮YCIS，但聽各位咁講，有少少擔心英文程度會爭少少。雖然上到YCIS primary同secondary都未嘗係壞事。

另外，請問如果anfield的話，唔同campus 會唔會有唔同？會唔會Kln Tong係最好？因為我住黃埔嗰頭，anfield whampoa直頭喺屋企樓下咁滯，但我又見whampoa campus好似好細，同其他campus差好遠。

964000

mrs_snormal 發表於 17-5-30 23:05
樓主，964000，你地好，我嘅諗法同你地都好似呀！
我囡囡而家16個月，都煩惱緊搵學校。

如果你住whampoa, whampoa Anfield 真係好方便，我覺得又不值得去九龍塘。但如果住中間例如何文田，我會揀KLT campus。另外KLT campus 的nursery 只收大B（1-5月出世）也要留意。讀Anfield k1 比我會揀全日，自理會好好多，如果whampoa你送飯也方便