CDNIS pre-reception Aug 06

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vinna | 2006-03-24 12:56
Is there any parents who have made up their decision? I am still struggling between St. paaul's Convent and CDNIS. Most probably, I will choose CDNIS as I will try CIS and GSIS a year later.

Please share your view.
Vinna :roll:
leehoma001 | 2006-03-24 14:33
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courtbas | 2006-03-24 15:27
HI Vinna,

GSIS/CDNIS/CIS and St. Paul's Convent are very different route. Why would you want to enroll your little one into St. Paul's Convent if your eventual goal is an international school ?

Just IMHO.

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vinna 寫道:
Is there any parents who have made up their decision? I am still struggling between St. paaul's Convent and CDNIS. Most probably, I will choose CDNIS as I will try CIS and GSIS a year later.

Please share your view.
Vinna :roll:
prettymommy | 2006-03-24 15:37
My daughter now studies at CDNIS prereception. She is very happy and enjoys going to school very much. The teachers are great and they are happy to discuss every child's special needs. GREAT SCHOOL! :-D
Amosmother | 2006-03-24 18:07
May I know the full name of CDNIS and its whereabout?
vinna | 2006-03-25 13:18
It is Canadian International School of Hong Kong. It is in Nam Long Shan Road, Abeerdeen.
vinna | 2006-03-25 13:24
As I was not sure that whether I will change my mind, I have made a reasonble number of appllications for my daugther whether international schoolor not.

We applied for St. Paul's Convent because we live in Tai Hang and the school is very near to our place and there are so many BK parents saying that it is a good school for girls.

In any case, I have now made up my mind to let her study in CDNIS. :-P
vinna | 2006-03-25 13:46
Dear Prettymom

It is so great to hear your comments on CDNIS. In fact, I know 3 children of diffeerent backgrounds who had spent 1 to 2 years in CDNIS (pre-reception/reception/ preparatory) and then were admitted to CIS eventually.

Mind to share whether your daugther is in a.m. or afternoon class? To me, the morning class is too early and the the time for the afternoon class is too odd. What is your experience?

Are they teaching Phonics at pre-reception? If yes, what do they use? Letterland or Jolly?

What do you think of the school's contribution to your daugther's improvement in reading and verbral skills in the past months?

Sorry for having posted so many questions to you.

Many thanks for sharing your experience.
Vinna ;-)
MayMayFan | 2006-03-25 19:01
Hi Prettymom & Vinna,

May I join in your discussion.. . cause my son is going to join the reception class of CDNIS this year also.

I am rather concerned about the chinese learning as well. To my understanding, they have mandarin class everyday and they are using the traditional chinese for teaching. Please correct me if I am wrong. However, I am not sure how long is the class everyday and when will Chinese learning becomes an optional subject. Grade 3 or 4?

I also learn that there will be a fundraising ball held in May at Grand Hyatt for which costs $1888 per head. I would like to know if most of the parents will go for that?

Last question - how is the PTA at CDNIS? Is parents' participation encouraged in CDNIS?

I am sorry for so many questions. Thanks for yr sharing in advance.
prettymommy | 2006-03-27 11:12
Dear mommies,

I'll try my best to answer your questions. My daughter goes to the pre-reception p.m. and I'm quite happy with the hours. As you say, the a.m. class starts fairly early (but in fact, all a.m. intl school class starts around 8am anyway). The p.m. prereception class starts at 11:45 and ends 2:30pm. I personally find it quite nice because my daughter can eat her lunch before going to school. After she returns from school, she then takes a quick nap and still have 2 hours before her dinner at 6pm.

They dont teach phonics in the prereception class.

They have 2 short sessions of Mandarin Class each week in prereception. I believed it is going to be 3 short sessions/week in reception, and the hours increase as the child move on. Dont expect your child to "know" Mandarin at this stage, it is just an introductory period for them to get used to the foreign language. I heard the course become quite difficult in the higher grades though.

Parent participation is very encouraged at CDNIS, sometimes I found it a bit too much given my busy work schedule ...

Yes, they do have a fund raising ball in May. I believed a lot of parents will participate, especially if their children may be performing in the ball.
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