Any recommendation of good secondary school in Australia

帖子列表  登錄   
Devlin媽媽 | 2007-07-23 08:05
Quote:原文章由 virgokaren 於 07-7-23 03:08 發表
Devlin媽媽 :

The following are the name list which accept overseas
students. Do u know if they are good?

Alexandra Hills SHS
Balmoral SHS
Brisbane SHS
Cleveland District SHS
Cori ...


virgokaren,

Private or public school ... it's a personal choice. There are good public schools and there are terrible private schools. My husband is an Aussie and he believes in the public school system and so we will be sending our son to a public school (though he's only 19 months now :-) ).

Generally speaking, if it is a good suburb, the public school there will be a good one. I don't mean it guarantees good academic results but 校風同學習環境 will be better.

Brisbane SH is VERY GOOD
Kelvin Grove, Kenmore and The Gap are good suburbs
Mt. Gravatt, Sunnybank and Rochedale are the southern suburbs where there are a lot of Chinese living there. If you prefer your daughter to mingle with more English speaking school friends, then stay away from these 3.

I'm afraid I don't know anything about the schools in the other regions.
virgokaren | 2007-07-25 02:20
Devlin媽媽 :

Your information is very helpful, I can put those schools
on my list. Thanks! :-)

BTW, Are there many Hong Kong Chinese living in
Brisbane ? And Do u think Brisbane is a good place for
overseas students? (I mean the weather, living and study
envoirnment, etc.)

Thanks again.:handshake
Devlin媽媽 | 2007-07-25 08:51
virgokaren,

Yes, there are quite a lot of HK Chinese living in Brisbane (though not as much as in Sydney and Melbourne).

Some people will say that schools are academically better in New South Wales and Victoria. Frankly, I don't know enough to agree or disagree with this statement.

So education standards aside, personally, I think Queensland, or Brisbane in particular, is an ideal place for study. Brisbane's lifestyle is layback and simple and is not as cosmopolitan as Sydney and Melbourne, and hence, less attractions to distract the kid.

My niece is now studying in University of Queensland and one of the reasons why my brother chose Brisbane instead of Sydney was because a good friend of his, who has lived in Sydney for over 10 years, told him that a lot of overseas students like to spend their free time in the casinos.

Safety wise, Brisbane is quite good. People here are generally friendlier and more helpful too.

Weather wise, it's pretty nice all year round and that's why we're called the Sunshine State. The weather is not as extreme as in Sydney and Melbourne.
virgokaren | 2007-07-26 12:10
Devlin媽媽 :

Thanks a lot ! your information really helpful.

Your boy is very handsome and smart,
How old is he?
Does he speak Cantonese?
Devlin媽媽 | 2007-07-26 12:55
virgokaren,

Thanks ... Devlin just turned 19 months, no longer my little baby :cry: I speak to him in Cantonese. He doesn't seem to have any problem understanding Cantonese and English but, like all bilingual babies, he's a bit slow in learning to speak, still babbles a lot.
virgokaren | 2007-07-26 16:26
Quote:原文章由 Devlin媽媽 於 07-7-26 12:55 發表
virgokaren,
Thanks ... Devlin just turned 19 months, no longer my little baby :cry: I speak to him in Cantonese. He doesn't seem to have any problem understanding Cantonese and English but, ...


My nephew is the same age of your son,
His father is a Spanish
He can understand Cantonese very well
but still cannot speak Cantonese or Spanish
he will soon go to nursary in Spain
hope he'll learn to speak at school later

Very cutie boy at this age~~~~:-)
lamsuetwai | 2007-08-13 11:48
Quote:原文章由 Devlin媽媽 於 07-7-26 12:55 發表
virgokaren,

Thanks ... Devlin just turned 19 months, no longer my little baby :cry: I speak to him in Cantonese. He doesn't seem to have any problem understanding Cantonese and English but, ...


Devlin媽媽

as my son is studying at IS at HK and we plan to let him to study at Australia later on.

I would like to ask about the immgration system. As some of my friends told us if we apply to immgrate to Austrialia, even we got the permit only (that means we did not finishes the requested stay period) Our son/girl can go to Australia study at public school and paid the local school fee instead of overseas student's school fee. Is that true?

i'm doubt of it.
Devlin媽媽 | 2007-08-14 10:49
lamsuetwai,

I'm afraid I'm unable to answer your question about not fulfulling your residency requirements. If you want to pursue this avenue, may you should check with the agents.

Cheers,


Quote:原文章由 lamsuetwai 於 07-8-13 11:48 發表


Devlin媽媽

as my son is studying at IS at HK and we plan to let him to study at Australia later on.

I would like to ask about the immgration system. As some of my friends told us if we ...
ana_hk | 2007-08-15 10:42
lamsuetwai,

after you and your family member got PR, your childs can study in public school by paying local school fee, not a overseas student fee. How old is your son? You may need to study with them if your son still little because most public school without boarding house.
2/2
首頁 | 前頁
.
Powered by Baby Kingdom
立即打開