ESF Application of K1

Falcon媽媽

我想問下ESF 係non-selective school. 咁即係任何人都可以apply完電腦抽random number, 定係佢地都會screen過下d application form, filter下先?
Thanks.

wg_ann

pass左assessment就係以random number 決定取錄次序

hilary_tang

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Play visits will be offered to those with priority first (staff, siblings, alumni etc). Then remaining play visits will be offered by random number as not all will be seen. Foreign passports also have priority. Other than these, I dont think they have any other form of screening application forms.

Falcon媽媽

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So apart from priority, those who get invited for play visit were only based on random number?They don't even screen the applications before they do the lucky draw?

難聽D講, 阿豬阿狗but have good random number can be get invited? but those who are elite will be rejected with bad random number?

gavroche915

Falcon媽媽 發表於 20-9-1 10:24
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So apart from priority, those who get invited for play visit were only base ...

Please define "阿豬阿狗" and "elite" and advise how one can determine the so called "elite" from the "阿豬阿狗" based on the application?

hilary_tang

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That's correct as they are non-selective as you have mentioned. There is no such thing as elite or not.

nganchi176

(emoji) esf emphasizes Non Selective. so this is not the rule u agree, maybe u should not apply?

hilary_tang

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Oh and also wanted to add, those with an unlucky random number are not rejected, just waitlisted until a spot becomes available.

jylo666

May I ask if I have UK passport, but both my wife and my son do not have that, can my son still get into the priority list?

sabsab122

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no, schools only look at your child's passport, not yours.

gfkwong

Falcon媽媽 發表於 20-9-1 10:24
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So apart from priority, those who get invited for play visit were only base ...

就算有得interview, 都唔係一定得，Non-selective 都要識英語溝通。
其他學校唔用random number, 點為之 Elite ？如果完全冇priority, 無得in 係唔出奇。

Falcon媽媽

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Because local kindergartens or maybe some of the int'l kindergartens will interview all candidates and pick the child who they thought were suitable. (E.g. Well behaved, active or from the schools that they like to offer)
So I don't know the procedures of the interview from ESF. I wonder is that only pass their English level is already ok.

Falcon媽媽

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I didn't say I disagree of this rule. Just wondering and wanna know more about it. I cannot ask anything here?

nganchi176

jylo666 發表於 20-9-1 12:43
May I ask if I have UK passport, but both my wife and my son do not have that, can my son still get  ...

No, the kid must have it to be under the priority list.

hilary_tang

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Yes, if you have a play visit, then understanding and use of English are all they are looking for. That's why many say passing the play visit is not the hard part, the hardest part is getting a play visit offer in the first place.

yankiyan

Falcon媽媽 發表於 20-9-1 14:33
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Because local kindergartens or maybe some of the int'l kindergartens will i ...

For ESF, it all depends on luck useless you have priority,

Falcon媽媽

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totally understand.
it seems very hard to get into this school unless you have to pray to god everyday. hoping to have a good random number.

nganchi176

yankiyan 發表於 20-9-1 14:47
For ESF, it all depends on luck useless you have priority,

Agree! esp through train started from this year!!

yankiyan

hilary_tang 發表於 20-9-1 14:46
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Yes, if you have a play visit, then understanding and use of English are all ...

May I ask for ESF application, do we need to spend lots of time to answer the open-ended questions?(why do you choose ESF and how can you to be more involved in the community)
Since that for other local kinders, most of the parents ans those questions with few pages..
If ESF doesn't filter any applicants based on the application form, does it mean that we don't need to spend lots of time on it?

hilary_tang

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Definitely not pages hahaha. I'm not sure what other parents did but I only wrote maybe 3-4 lines to answer those questions.