無foreign passport 真係好難入到 IS？入到都係因為買了debenture

Jenjanjan

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Mine went to a local PN and then switch to International sch K1. Many people do that. The key is you need to ensure they understand instructions in English for K1 interview for IS. They need to be able to respond to English. I think Oral is less important at the age of 2 or 3 as not many kids at that age can speak full sentence (from what I observe)

ginny_colin_mum

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May I know which IS did you choose?

Fre12

ginny_colin_mum 發表於 18-12-14 14:34
因為好多IS都係3歲先開始讀，咁你地會唔會同小朋友先報local嘅n班先？我大果個新係太遲先決定報IS,所以都好 ...

Yes... if u confirm to send ur kids to IS
Try to find PN that the main language is Eng. (my girl‘s school only hv 20mins Cantonese/mandarin session every day, the rest is Eng)

PS Unless u hv somebody speaking English to ur kids at home.

Jenjanjan

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My son is in ICS now and he's very happy at school :)

ginny_colin_mum

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Thanks for your advice. I will try to put him in that kind of school

ginny_colin_mum

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There’s another IS called ICA. Is it different from your school?

Jenjanjan

ginny_colin_mum 發表於 18-12-14 15:34
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There’s another IS called ICA. Is it different from your school?

ICS is international Christian school

cassy_w

我覺得要先做點 research, 睇下有咩學校收多點 local passport 的學生, 新的學校好多時都有限制, 有的只收 15%, 那些競爭比較大, 如果間學校又唔係大, 斑數唔多, 每班人數又唔多, 機會就比較細

safeway

ginny_colin_mum 發表於 18-12-14 15:34
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There’s another IS called ICA. Is it different from your school?

They are totally 2 different schools.
ICA - Island Christian Academy which is on HK Island
ICS - International Christian School which is in Shek Mun

s7824

swarovski2011 發表於 18-12-14 09:47
一間是從nursery 開始（應該仲有位的），一間是從reception 開始的

The one starts from reception should have higher chance as more vacancies.

My son has foreign passport but got turned down by 2 IS and 1 wait list, we applied 3 IS only, so foreign passport doesn’t mean absolute advantage.

swarovski2011

s7824 發表於 18-12-14 21:48
The one starts from reception should have higher chance as more vacancies.

My son has foreign pass ...

Sorry to hear that

shadeslayer

It means very little for a random passport applying to a random IS, even if the passport is non-local.  For example a German passport applying to a Singapore IS.

A matching foreign passport probably means a bit more, eg a Singaporean passport applying to SIS.  In the form of higher priority.  

codeblue

To quite many IS, the priority given to foreign passport holders will only be taken in account after your child passed their assessment of language abilities. This priority is usually lower than capital note holders, staffs' offspring and sibling of existing students ...etc. Some IS don't even bother nationality as they might have already got a good ratio of foreigner in school.

little_sparrow

My son attended local bilingual PN and then switched to a through train IS from nursery (K1). I just have local passport.

poonseelai

debenture也有分，有買了有優先面試機會，有收了你才買，或每月付額外levy。其實你期望怎樣教育？主流以外？中文水平？student mix? 教署分類的IS可收的local student 少好多， private international school 課程自主，但少於70% local students, 各有好處，近年亦多了私校提供非主流課程，要花時間看清楚

jone219

今年我同我朋友都為小朋友報左 ics, 我囡無外國passport, 朋友個囡有,
我比我朋友早2星期交form,

我朋友個囡已經一早10月頭 in 左, 收埋 reject letter,
但我個囡連 interview invitation 都無,
所以我認為有 passport 一定有啲 priority,
尤其相對於 n無人仕

poonseelai

jone219 發表於 18-12-15 13:55
今年我同我朋友都為小朋友報左 ics, 我囡無外國passport, 朋友個囡有,
我比我朋友早2星期交form,

咁IS原係為非本地人孩子而設，只係本地人越來越多想選擇非主流學校，变成多人爭

dem0cracy

poonseelai 發表於 18-12-15 14:22
咁IS原係為非本地人孩子而設，只係本地人越來越多想選擇非主流學校，变成多人爭
...

但ICS是Private independent school不是IS，根據EDB的原意PIS 是服務本地人的…

jone219

poonseelai 發表於 18-12-15 14:22
咁IS原係為非本地人孩子而設，只係本地人越來越多想選擇非主流學校，变成多人爭
...

Yes yes, 所以樓主問係咪難啲入到，我覺得係難啲，連 interview 機會都無點入 (emoji)(emoji)(emoji)
但都唔係一定唔得，at least 最後我個囡都有 IS offer, 而我認為最主要原因係「好彩」(emoji)

jone219

dem0cracy 發表於 18-12-15 14:35
但ICS是Private independent school不是IS，根據EDB的原意PIS 是服務本地人的…

如果係咁，我就真係唔知點解，因為我朋友係知道我報 ICS 先知道有呢間學校。而我地都同樣唔係基督教，唯一最唔同就係一個香港一個外國 passport