耀中國際班vs 主流班

恩恩媽咪

耀中國際班只有全日，主流班只有半日，我本想俾囡囡讀主流全日，現在點選擇好? 另外，有冇家長的小朋友讀完耀中，讀本地傳統小學?

conniedodo

主流班都有全日的

恩恩媽咪

主流班全日只有K3

conniedodo

妳會唔會考慮俾小朋友在ｋ１，ｋ２讀國際班，而ｋ３返回主流班，我囡囡當時都係咁．
銜接上完全冇問題，囡囡的同學都有升讀ｌｏｃａｌ　
ｓｃｈｏｏｌ．

Jokey2828

Me too. My child will also go to a local school.

conniedodo 寫道:
妳會唔會考慮俾小朋友在ｋ１，ｋ２讀國際班，而ｋ３返回主流班，我囡囡當時都係咁．
銜接上完全冇問題，囡囡的同學都有升讀 local school.

wewangwang

Hi Jokey,

remember you said your child studied in YC and changed to ESF. Why local school now?

恩恩媽咪

Jokey2828 & conniedodo,

Thanks a lot.  Would you mind telling me which local schools? Or which type of schools (traditional/ creative)? And do the kids feel difficult in local schools? Sorry, I ask so much but I'm really eager to know.

Jokey2828

Hi wewangwang,

We thought that a local school would work better for her.

wewangwang 寫道:
Hi Jokey,

remember you said your child studied in YC and changed to ESF. Why local school now?

wewangwang

Hi Jokey,

Can you share what is the main reason why you switch you daughter to a local school. If you don't mind can you pm to me which school your girl will study

Jokey2828

恩恩媽咪 and wewangwang,

I shall elaborate in detail when I come back to Hong Kong. I am on vacation in the meantime.

conniedodo

我個女以前雖然俾佢在ｋ３時轉去主流班，亦有幾間私小收她．但我最後都係俾佢讀返耀中小學，因為我覺得囡囡會讀得開心ｄ　ｌｏｒ．

恩恩媽咪 寫道:
Jokey2828 & conniedodo,

Thanks a lot.  Would you mind telling me which local schools? Or which type of schools (traditional/ creative)? And do the kids feel difficult in local schools? Sorry, I ask so much but I'm really eager to know.

Jokey2828

The international and local education systems have their own good and bad sides, and no one can say for sure which one is better than the other. It is by luck that my child had an option between the two. Honestly, the decision was by no means easy to make. I do hope that my choice was right.

Before I made up my mind on this important issue that had life-long significance on my child, I had considered the following:

(1)        What is an ideal learning environment for a child?
(2)        What do I want my child to learn at school?
(3)        Given her ability, personality and learning style, what learning environment suits her the best?

I think all parents hate spoon-feeding schools that overload students with tons of homework and never-ending tests or exams. We would like to see our children enjoy their school life. Nowadays, many DSS and private schools are driving towards this direction.

I understand that in a local school, it is difficult to achieve the "happy learning" objective because being a Band One or a Band Two student is a matter of going to either heaven or hell. To maintain a competitive edge over other students in the same grade, it is essential for them to maintain good school reports, win prizes in open competitions and obtain certificates in open examinations. To avoid this unpleasant learning environment, I found a perfect answer though - a through-train school.

Happy leaning is not tantamount to happy WITHOUT leaning. My ideal school is one that provides a liberal yet disciplined learning environment where children are free to explore and develop their potential to the full. Under the peer influence and teachers' guidance, they seek self-improvement and grow up to be confident, responsible members of society with independent thinking and a global perspective.

With the growing importance of Chinese in the new millennium, the learning of Chinese is indispensable. A tri-lingual bi-literate school is preferable. A heartful appreciation of Chinese culture and values is important too.

An international school works best for those curious, inquisitive children with high initiative. For passive children, a local school should be better. For an objective opinion on this, I gave my child a professional EQ test. Dr. said that she would adapt equally well in an international or a local school.

A decision was finally made. I turned down the offer for a place in ESF. Instead I asked the school to keep my child on the waiting list so that she would not lose her chance of admission in future. She then proceeded to K3 and applied for local schools. I then matched all the choices available to her against the above 3 questions before a selection was finally made.

WYmom

Jockey2828,

Mind telling us which local school you have chosen finally?  

Jokey2828

Is there such an ideal local or international school? Please enlighten me.

(1)        What is an ideal learning environment for a child?
(2)        What do I want my child to learn at school?
(3)        Given her ability, personality and learning style, what learning environment suits her the best?

I think all parents hate spoon-feeding schools that overload students with tons of homework and never-ending tests or exams. We would like to see our children enjoy their school life.

Happy leaning is not tantamount to happy WITHOUT leaning. My ideal school is one that provides a liberal yet disciplined learning environment where children are free to explore and develop their potential to the full. Under the peer influence and teachers' guidance, they seek self-improvement and grow up to be confident, responsible members of society with independent thinking and a global perspective.

With the growing importance of Chinese in the new millennium, the learning of Chinese is indispensable. A tri-lingual bi-literate school is preferable. A heartful appreciation of Chinese culture and values is important too.

An international school works best for those curious, inquisitive children with high initiative. For passive children, a local school should be better.

WYmom

Jokey2828 寫道:
Is there such an ideal local or international school? Please enlighten me.

[quote]

(1)        What is an ideal learning environment for a child?
(2)        What do I want my child to learn at school?
(3)        Given her ability, personality and learning style, what learning environment suits her the best?

I think all parents hate spoon-feeding schools that overload students with tons of homework and never-ending tests or exams. We would like to see our children enjoy their school life.

Happy leaning is not tantamount to happy WITHOUT leaning. My ideal school is one that provides a liberal yet disciplined learning environment where children are free to explore and develop their potential to the full. Under the peer influence and teachers' guidance, they seek self-improvement and grow up to be confident, responsible members of society with independent thinking and a global perspective.

With the growing importance of Chinese in the new millennium, the learning of Chinese is indispensable. A tri-lingual bi-literate school is preferable. A heartful appreciation of Chinese culture and values is important too.

An international school works best for those curious, inquisitive children with high initiative. For passive children, a local school should be better.

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A few new DSS or private schools use new approach similar to your thoughts above, which I am not sure if it really works.  They are in-between local and international schools, such as Logos, Pui Kiu, Yat Sun, PLK CKY, Victoria, etc.  What is your view on these schools? Have you chosen one of these?

In fact, Yew Chung is a pioneer of these, it is an international school for local kids, who learn both Chinese and English, and learn under a happy environment.  Do you think the result of Yew Chung's students is satisfactory?

Jokey2828

Hi WYmon,

Question: A few new DSS or private schools use new approach similar to your thoughts above, which I am not sure if it really works. They are in-between local and international schools, such as Logos, Pui Kiu, Yat Sun, PLK CKY, Victoria, etc. What is your view on these schools? Have you chosen one of these?

Answer:

Logos – I do not want to be a guinea pig.
Yat Sun – I know too little about this school.
PLK CKY – I am not sure of its standard.
Victoria – I would prefer Yew Chung to Victoria.

Question: In fact, Yew Chung is a pioneer of these, it is an international school for local kids, who learn both Chinese and English, and learn under a happy environment. Do you think the result of Yew Chung's students is satisfactory?

Answer: You know my child is from Yew Chung. In my opinion, it is definitely a good school, in particular it offers IB diploma course and is on a through-train to Barclay University. Yet as I heard from my friends who send their children to YC, the students' performance varies a lot. And given the high school fee it charges, may be there are some better choices.

wewangwang

Hi Jokey,

Can you introduce more about the EQ test. Can you pm to me who is the doctor and how much does it charge.

Is Y.C on a through-train to Barclay University. I never heard of it.

Jokey2828

Hi wewangwang,

I heard from Yew Chung 2 years ago that the School was affiliated with (I think it should be) Warwick University (sorry for the mistake), and would accept all Yew Chung students. This news was reported in newspaper at that time.

I just tried to find out this piece of information from Yew Chung's website, but was unable to find this. Was there a change of affiliation? Can other YC parents confirm this or correct me?

hoeve

Hi, WYmom,
May I know what is Yat Sun? Any web site about this school?

WYmom 寫道:
A few new DSS or private schools use new approach similar to your thoughts above, which I am not sure if it really works.  They are in-between local and international schools, such as Logos, Pui Kiu, Yat Sun, PLK CKY, Victoria, etc.  What is your view on these schools? Have you chosen one of these?

In fact, Yew Chung is a pioneer of these, it is an international school for local kids, who learn both Chinese and English, and learn under a happy environment.  Do you think the result of Yew Chung's students is satisfactory?

WYmom

hoeve,

Yat Sun is the new name of Phoenix in Ma On Shan, which will be opened by Sept 06.  You can visit this website:
http://pis.esf.edu.hk/introduction.htm