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作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-19 17:27     標題: AIS EC1

有冇用家可以話我知AIS EC1一共有幾多班? 一班有幾多學生?
作者: 钧熹    時間: 21-10-20 14:43

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一个上午班,一个下午班。大概20,一般都唔满
作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-20 15:04

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點解開得咁少班?
係咪EC2會有2班? 只係PM同AM同時返whole day所以2班?

作者: William328    時間: 21-10-20 15:31

Hi all My son got into the EC1 AM class for next year.

Could anyone give me an insight into why their classes were not fully enrolled most of the time? Was it because of a lack of interest in their school or they were picky in choosing their students?


Thanks.

作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-20 15:39

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hi! i also got EC1 AM offer, will you pay the reservation fee?
i have the same thought as you. i guess only 2 classes in total is because not much people apply the school?

作者: William328    時間: 21-10-21 09:54

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Hi Yes We did pay to secure our placement.
Are you gonna take your offer?

作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-21 10:00

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I will have a brief tour on 1 Nov first but probably same as you, will pay for a backup.
作者: ycycwing    時間: 21-10-21 12:13

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Hi. I also got an offer for my child for EC1 and I’m considering put down the deposit first. May I know how you schedule a school tour?
作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-21 12:18

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they mentioned in the email.
*If you would like to come in person for payment, registration, purchase uniform or brief tour, please book your appointment through XXXXXXXXXXX

actually my deadline is early next week, but now can postpone to my brief tour date.

u have AM or PM offer?

作者: ycycwing    時間: 21-10-21 12:28

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Totally missed that line lol
We got am offer

作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-21 14:44

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another other school u apply?
作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-21 14:45

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another other school u apply?
作者: h0146406    時間: 21-10-22 00:12

William328 發表於 21-10-20 15:31
Hi all My son got into the EC1 AM class for next year.

Could anyone give me an insight into why th ...
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作者: junyina    時間: 21-10-22 02:01

Falcon媽媽 發表於 21-10-20 15:39
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hi! i also got EC1 AM offer, will you pay the reservation fee?

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Hi Falcon Mama, I am an existing AIS G2 parent. We joined in G1Jr (equivalent to local sch K3/ ESF year 1). Lucky to have a taste of AIS school life for 0.5year (fall sem of Gr1 Jr.), then 1.5 year of Zoom plus on & off school life (from Gr. 1 Spring Sem to entire G1), then 2 months of full day G2 school life so far. I am happy to share these experience if u are interested, please feel free to PM me.

Having only two EC1 classes is not the result of demand & supply. Normally IS doesn’t open up / reduce classes based on number of applicants, every year AIS has two EC1 classes, so as other IS too. Every year, schools have their fixed number of classes in each grade. While on the other hand, “not full” is the result of demand & supply. Some IS also have only two K1 classes but it’s full in the beginning of an academic year plus a waiting list lining up.

Have to chat if u wanna know more abt AIS. I have decided to transfer my daughter to another school by the way.


作者: panda_l    時間: 21-10-22 08:13

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Hello,  my girl got EC2 offer from AIS.   Would you mind sharing why transfer your kid to another school?  Is it due to personal reason or you have negative experience on the school?  Thanks in advance!
作者: 钧熹    時間: 21-10-22 08:14

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EC2有兩個全天班,G1j開始有三個班。有些學校k1也是只有兩個班,上午和下午。
作者: ycycwing    時間: 21-10-22 09:05

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Hi, I wanna know more about the school and the reason for you to transfer out of AIS. If you dont wanna speak in the post, may i ask you in private/pm? TIA
作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-22 09:17

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May I know where your child study in K1?
作者: 964000    時間: 21-10-22 09:20

junyina 發表於 21-10-22 02:01
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Why don’t you share your experience here, a lot of people are checking out AIS.

作者: panda_l    時間: 21-10-22 09:35

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She is studying at Think.
作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-22 09:37

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I think if they are negative exp / comments, she is not convenient to say it out here,
作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-10-22 09:38

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Just wonder why suddenly change of school?
作者: panda_l    時間: 21-10-22 10:50

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We are looking for through train international school.   Also,  she is not at Think (IB school) in kowloon tong but another campus so a bit different from int'l sch
作者: junyina    時間: 21-10-26 17:10

ycycwing 發表於 21-10-22 09:05
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Hi, I wanna know more about the school and the reason for you to transfer out o ...

Sorry to reply late as I have been busy these few days.

I would say there is no perfect school for all. It all depends on what an individual is looking for.

I value
1) student to teacher ratio
2) language immersion
3) different cultural exposure which can be done both by activities organise by school, parents AND student diversity
4) academic level on par with my kid’s development

Also would consider:
5) school fee
6) school location
7) school management - affects school wide organisation, hence classroom, then all the way down to student uniform attire and other minor issues. School rules and guidelines are there, but whether or not to execute is another issue
8) ECA offers by school

Every parents weigh the above factors differently. There are lots of happy parents at AIS. With no offence, they are what I described as “carefree” parents, fine with the school as long as their kids are happy and no need to bother them.

I personally looked for more when I decided to put my kid to an IS instead of local school. I have been disappointed towards AIS on 2,3,4,7& 8 and have been waiting for a chance to transfer my kid to another school.

The act of transfer isn’t triggered by a single incident but is the result of lots of consecutive issues that are not acceptable for me - could be fine for other existing parents / or potential parents tho.

I’ll try to share more here when I have time. In the meantime please feel free to PM me if u wanna know more abt AIS.





作者: lulukoko    時間: 21-10-26 18:02

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請問你小朋友現在 AIS 讀緊 high / middle / elementary school?
作者: junyina    時間: 21-10-26 19:13

lulukoko 發表於 21-10-26 18:02
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請問你小朋友現在 AIS 讀緊 high / middle / elementary school?

Elementary school

作者: sallym    時間: 21-10-29 10:33

junyina 發表於 21-10-26 17:10
Sorry to reply late as I have been busy these few days.

I would say there is no perfect school for ...
The initial expectation of the parents  translates to satisfaction level.
The academic levels and style of many IS in HK which local parents always have complaints on are indeed similar with the school overseas (of course not in the aspect of student mixture).

New IS in HK may evolve as more parents opt for schools in-between IS and LS recently.

It is not fair to describe other parents as "carefree" and don't want to be bothered.

And also note that because of COVID, most school activities have to be adjusted. This happened in all schools.

作者: junyina    時間: 21-10-30 03:28

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"The initial expectation of the parents translates to satisfaction level."   - second that.

That's why I said there's no perfect school that fits all. I was only explaining my own choice here because a few parents asked why I transferred my kid to another school.

It's also not fair for you to label me as a local parent who complains about IS academic level in general. I don't even know what the local system is offering at her age, but I am only comparing AIS's curriculum with my own kid's development.
I hope to find a school with classmates who are on par with my kids' level. My girl is in G2 now and is given G3 worksheets to do, while quite a number of classmates are still working on materials that she completed two years ago. The 3 year spread in the same class made me wonder how much she benefits from the daily school teaching - plus I know she does not find the G3 worksheet challenging at all. While I appreciate the teacher's act of catering her individual level, I would worry about "what's next?".  Does she always have to do worksheets of higher grades and be different from her classmates? When can they talk in the same language? Again, it's not the curriculum's fault, but it just does not fit my kid. It really depends on individual's level.

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Regarding the "carefree" parents that I mentioned, I was linking their attitudes towards the school's management. Examples are:
1) Kids having snacks on the playground floor while there are other kids running around very close by. Too close that my girl's water bottle was knocked down a few times. It was aluminum water bottle so I could tell.
2) Last year was a mixed of online and face-to-face school. For Elementary School, the first day after holiday was always being called as "OFF CAMPUS Learning" or "Asynchronous Day". It's said in the email:

Faculty On-Campus Work Day - Prepare for School Resumption.

Students Will Be Assigned Work to Complete at Home.

There will be no Zoom sessions for students today.

The so-called "work" was usually one piece of worksheet or a few YouTube links. While I understand that teachers needed to prepare for class, with or without COVID, shouldn't it be prepared AHEAD but not ON THE DAY when the school had already started? This happened a few times last year after long holidays.
3) At AIS, every Friday is called "Fun Friday". When my kid was in Grade 1 Jr, she said every Friday afternoon they were given cartoon videos to watch. I had no idea about the content and duration, but even if it was educational, I rather my kid was taught in a more well-planned classroom activity EVERY Friday.

Other parents seemed to have no problem with these examples. No one talked about it in the parents group. So I guess as long as kids are happy, the parents are fine too. There's no right or wrong here, just that the above are not acceptable for me.

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Regarding ECAs, with or without COVID, AIS did not communicate with lower elementary parents on when and what kind of ECAs would be made available for students. Ironically I can see from other IS website for the kinds of after school activities for their students, but I do not know AIS' situation even though I am a parent there. At the moment some IS are slowly resuming the after school activities for their students, AIS is too, just limited to Middle and High School. While I can understand that this is probably due to COVID limitation, but choices are out there.

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Furthermore, my girl told me this year the playground language was a mixed of Cantonese and English. This linked to the point (2) in my previous post.

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I prefer my kid to study in a more well-planned school with after school activities offered (so that I don't have to plan for logistics and she can mingle with schoolmates as well). These were MY expectation but AIS failed to meet. Some may not see it as a problem at all, so it's the right school for them and they stay. I quit.






作者: 番薯媽    時間: 21-11-1 07:01

Hi all, my kid got the offer of EC1 in coming year.  Would parents of EC1 interested in forming a wtsapp group for easy communication?

作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-11-1 11:19

番薯媽 發表於 21-11-1 07:01
Hi all, my kid got the offer of EC1 in coming year.  Would parents of EC1 interested in forming a wt ...

你會唔會比deposit?

作者: 番薯媽    時間: 21-11-1 13:49

Falcon媽媽 發表於 21-11-1 11:19
你會唔會比deposit?

已比

作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-11-1 15:34

番薯媽 發表於 21-11-1 13:49
已比

但我見你2019年已經問AIS資料?近排又問FIS?

作者: 番薯媽    時間: 21-11-1 18:50

Falcon媽媽 發表於 21-11-1 15:34
但我見你2019年已經問AIS資料?近排又問FIS?

我無問FIS 喎?2019係大仔,今年係細仔,有問題?

作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-11-1 18:53

番薯媽 發表於 21-11-1 18:50
我無問FIS 喎?2019係大仔,今年係細仔,有問題?

我見你有問FIS 校巴咋。 你大仔讀梗,開唔開心?

作者: 番薯媽    時間: 21-11-1 18:54

Falcon媽媽 發表於 21-11-1 18:53
我見你有問FIS 校巴咋。 你大仔讀梗,開唔開心?

FIS 最終都無offer。AIS 大仔讀得好開心,日日都enjoy 返學。

作者: Falcon媽媽    時間: 21-11-1 19:52

番薯媽 發表於 21-11-1 18:50
我無問FIS 喎?2019係大仔,今年係細仔,有問題?

我見你有問FIS 校巴咋。 你大仔讀梗,開唔開心?

作者: 钧熹    時間: 21-11-1 20:05

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我都認同學校係太少ECAs提供給小小朋友,可能場地有限掛。之前我都問過校長幾次,佢話因為Covid-19,我都冇嘢好講。另外YouTube,我覺得好難避免,其實其他學校都會有俾佢哋睇。相信好難有一間學校係滿分,不過至少都要揾一間最適合細路仔的。
作者: poutpoutfish    時間: 21-11-1 20:38

junyina 發表於 21-10-30 03:28
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"The initial expectation of the parents translates to satisfaction level."   - s ...

好多謝呢位家長分享作其他家長參考。每間學校都有不足有優點,有鍾意既家長同唔鍾意既家長,每位家長情況、要求、期望都會有啲唔同,最緊要係自己試完既感受。

我同認識既同學家長對學校整體都滿意。


作者: manmankiss    時間: 21-11-2 18:01

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我都有2022/23 EC1 AM offer a, 想問係咪有whatapp group 可以join? 如有, 可以pm嗎?
作者: 番薯媽    時間: 21-11-2 18:02

manmankiss 發表於 21-11-2 18:01
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我都有2022/23 EC1 AM offer a, 想問係咪有whatapp group 可以join? 如有, 可以pm ...

我同你一樣offer, 暫時未見有group,不如自己組一個?

作者: manmankiss    時間: 21-11-2 22:10

番薯媽 發表於 21-11-2 18:02
我同你一樣offer, 暫時未見有group,不如自己組一個?

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可以呀!




作者: William328    時間: 21-11-3 12:26

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Hi My son also got accepted to AIS next year for the EC1 class. My wife and I are also interested to join your Whatsapp Group too. I have pmed you. Thanks!
作者: 番薯媽    時間: 21-11-3 12:47

manmankiss 發表於 21-11-2 22:10
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可以呀!

Pm





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