ESF Hillside 2019 K1

karacoke

Hi everyone.  The results are going to be out by early March, or possibly earlier.
PleaSe do share news here.  

melobi12

Don’t think the results will be out any earlier than early March, possibly mid-March as mentioned by the VP.

It’s going to be (at least) two looooong weeks for the parents

karacoke

Ya..probably mid March and  early March if they are fast.. I am thinking they might have to speed up the paper work so they could catch up with the whole process.. well.. let’s wait.  Feeling anxious about this. Haha.
Btw, the VP said they were interviewing 400 kids, including those with priorities.   I wonder why they didn’t interview those remaining.. I recall there should be 650+ applications.

melobi12

karacoke 發表於 19-2-25 16:22
Ya..probably mid March and  early March if they are fast.. I am thinking they might have to speed up ...

I heard that past years’ practice was to interview “enough of applicants” (so the actual number of students they could take + buffer for some who would turn down the offer + some who would not pass the assessment), so not every one would be invited to the play visit.

And some applicants might have declined the play visit invitation in the first place.

karacoke

Ooooh right.. that makes sense. So we are now down to 400 for 170 vacancies.  The numbers aren’t too bad then.  

karacoke

I’ve been refreshing my email whole afternoon like insane. Haha.  So desperate for the result.

melobi12

karacoke 發表於 19-2-25 16:56
Ooooh right.. that makes sense. So we are now down to 400 for 170 vacancies.  The numbers aren’t to ...

The letter says “400+” so it could be 499 (emoji)(emoji) (though I believe the number should be closer to 400 otherwise they would have said “near 500” or “450+” etc.)

fingers crossed (emoji)(emoji)

btw my LO did not say A WORD to the teachers

karacoke

My daughter did manage to answer a few questions briefly.  She was very shy.  But the teacher was very caring and considerate.  She was trying to get my daughter to talk for 30 mins.  She was hanging with us at the Lego’s spot for all that time.  I did help a lot, though my daughter didn’t really talked back, I think she did demonstrate her understanding to all that we said by giving the right responses..   I guess the teachers are well experienced to assess their abilities.

aurora0326

Hillside parent here.


The teachers at Hillside are very kind and friendly. They will mainly see if the kid and the parent can understand and communicate in the English medium during the play visit. Dont worry too much if your kid was behaving a little bit shy, as long as the parent was trying to guide the kid positively and proactively in English.

All applications will then be dealt with strictly in the order of the random number. Fingers crossed for everyone!

For your info, last year we got the offer on 1st March.

karacoke

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Thanks for the info.   Crossing all my fingers here. Lol

kaniyan

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Hi sorry to jump in here. I'm interested to know about your kid's experience. Is the class size about 30, with 2 teachers/ assistants?

Thanks!!

aurora0326

kaniyan 發表於 19-2-27 10:14
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Hi sorry to jump in here. I'm interested to know about your kid's experience ...

We have 25 kids in our class, 3 teachers (One teacher and two educational assistants) and one Chinese teacher coming to class once a week.

Hope it will help.

kaniyan

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Thanks a lot!

Bean2013

Pm offer. (emoji)

karacoke

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Omg.  That’s quick.  Your play visit was on 23/2 also?

karacoke

Bean2013 發表於 19-2-27 15:42
Pm offer. (emoji)

Seems like you are the first.. haven’t heard anyone else receiving offer yet.. do u mind sharing what sort of priorities you have? it’s only been three days since the play visit.. assuming they don’t work on sundays..

Bean2013

karacoke 發表於 19-2-27 18:27
Seems like you are the first.. haven’t heard anyone else receiving offer yet.. do u mind sharing wh ...

Interview in January.  Sibling studying at ESF primary.

karacoke

Bean2013 發表於 19-2-27 18:55
Interview in January.  Sibling studying at ESF primary.

Oooh I see.  I didn’t know there was any interview in January.  I thought 23/2 was supposed to be the only one.  Wow.. congratz.  Both kids in already, years of worries free.  I have a younger kid also so I really hope the elder one could get in, giving the priority to the younger one next year.

Bean2013

karacoke 發表於 19-2-27 19:07
Oooh I see.  I didn’t know there was any interview in January.  I thought 23/2 was supposed to be t ...

You are right. Heard that there are so many rounds of interviews.

karacoke

Bean2013 發表於 19-2-27 19:10
You are right. Heard that there are so many rounds of interviews.

Really? How many rounds were there? I thought we were all processed on 23/2.  the email I received from the school stated that there’s only one date for play visit this year.   During the play visit on 23/2, the VP also said so... if I didn’t hear her wrong.