? change to another kent for k2

siuhau

My daughter is now studying in a local kind in kln
Tong but now I am considering to let her to study
in another kent for k2 because there are NET in
that school.If so , I will not spend much in extra
english courses. The only reason that I love the existing local kind. is the high academic level and I
don't need to spend much time to study with her.
I am still thinking about that but the deadline is coming.Any comments ?

monmantong

siuhau,

if your reason for changing school is solely " for having the Net in the school ", I  think the reason is not enough. Because changing school may have big impact to your kid.

Before you make decision to let your kid study in the exsiting school, you should have understand that it does not have Net, right? so you may find some extra English courses for her in order to make it more balance in her academic level, or advancing her oral, listening;

But of course selecting a kindergaten, is not only focus on academic part, because it is not the very important thing for earlier education, the school's direction, teaching approach , teacher quality are more important parts..

Also, if you find you have other more supporting reasons to leave, you could consider moving it provided that the new kindergarten is good, and you should do more research and ensure the new one should meet your requirement.
Of course, now a lot of kindergartens have NET, which are useful for kids to have chance to speak, and listen.

siuhau

monmantong,
Thank you for your comments. I have to made an
important decision since I know that will have a great impact on my daughter. She is happy about her school life and I am satisfied with the learning progress. As I had metioned before , NET is the main point. It is because I find that the pace of english learning is a bit slow as it is compared with pre-nursery stage.(She studied in international class as
she was 2 ). Extra english courses are being arranged but the effect is not as good as previous.
I did some research regarding the target kindergaten
thro' BK. But.......as you know that this is a controversial topic.Some parent may say it is good and some may not. I did visit the kinder. before but
how much can you know from that kinder. from an half hour visit ?Another problem which I worry about
is whether her english standard will affect interview
performance for private school(primary). As I know
that these school may prefer higher english standard although interview media will be Cantonese. If I live in
district 41.,then I will choose 'mark 6 lottery.'And I will never change kinder for my daughter. Sorry for
so many "lo so"

monmantong

siuhau,
你的顧慮是可理解的,尤其而家大部分父母是有知識的一代,
小朋友未返K1,大多識哂26 个英文字母, 更有些屋企有英
語教材, 根本佢地上到k1 , 對書本字 eg. apple , red, orange 已有認識, 返埋pn class, 有 native 教 英文, 上
native playgroup, 家有bun bun, 英文更不是陌生.
所以如你existing kindergarten 沒有native, 更用傳统死記英文教, 即中transfer to English.. 咁比同有日日有native教的小朋友比, 是差 d.
因Language 是互動,自然environment 學, 多listen, 多講.

CHTmami

siuhau,

Is there any better reason to make you change?  For me, I find my boy can accept a certain degree of traditional teaching but at the same time, he wants some fun in the learning process.  So, I've found a kindy that can fulfill my boy's learning needs.  Therefore, you need to consider your girl's learning style.  Is she able to sit steadily and listen?  Does she need motivation to learn?

Personally, I think this is quite a silly thinking that you didn't have to care about your girl's kindy life if you lived in Net 41.     Moreover, I don't believe that speaking good English in an interveiw is the winning key.  It also involves the characters of the interviewee like whether s/he is 主動 & cheerful.

Try to spend more quality English time such as chatting, reading and playing game with your girl is the best way to booster her standard.  

siuhau

CHTmami,
Thank you for sharing. I am a working mom .I always try my best to play and chat with my girl.Sometimes I feel exhausted to play with her especially I come back from work. Sometimes I can only see her sleeping face if I came back at 10pm.
Luckily , she can learn well from her tradtional approached kinder. and sit down steadily to do her homework. Do you agree that most parents , but not all , would like their children to learn more ?
ECA is time consuming and kids feel tired too. Therefore , we hope we can maximize the positive
results by using the available resources.(including
money and time).Saturday is a horrible day because of the full ECA scheduled.If there is NET in Kinder, then english course can be deleted from the timetable. However , everything will have cons and pros. Kid's emotion is the main concern.Besides, standard of kinder. for connecting primary is also considered.As I konw , the standard of the 2nd Kinder which I choose for k2 is a bit lower than the
existing one.(exept english level).It is quite difficult to choose.

monmantong

siuhau,

when you say that the standard of the target school
is lower than existing one, is it the new one using very active approach?

siuhau

monmantong,
Actually , it is a new founded kinder in KLN side but well- known kinder. in HK side. I think you may know
the name of the school. It involves the active participation from parents and children.

monmantong

siuhau,
so I know what it is..

shoezoo

siuhau,

To my personal opinion, teaching Chinese is more difficult than teaching English.  If you give up the good Chinese teaching at school, then you'll have to pay double afford to teach them by yourself at home.  Does it worth?

Are you using English playgroup or group tutorial rather than personal NET tutorial?  I found that group playing is not good enough.  Personal NET tutorial should be more effective.

In this year, I experienced that school that involves a lot of parental participation is actually time consuming.  If you're a working mom and can't join the activities everytime, then you'll make your kid disappointed.

siuhau

shoezoo,
My daughter has been attending english playgroup and has a private NET.For my experience , english playgroup is more suitable for my girl.She cannot sit
steadily while she is at home. Now, her NET is in the living room with her.She runs all around and I find that her teacher is quite bore. Caution ! Some of the
NET are just English speaking but totally fail in teaching kids as they don't have any experience and
qualification in tutoring. My daughter cry a lot with him. He just sit steadily in the sofa , hold his head
with his hand and play my daughter's Madonall' toy.
This guy is horrible! I think he just get the tuition fee
in advace and make you fee angry and fried him!Then , he runs away with the tuition fee.So , be careful . I have never seen such teacher .

CHTmami

siuhau,

I agree that you change the school but not your target one, which is very commercial to me.

Pls check pm.

siuhau

CHTmami,
Pls check pm.