Re: any kids studying or studied in ESF (sai kung) kinder? thks!

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BBIX | 2006-06-07 13:59
cocobean, but which kindergarten can teach english and chinese? I want my son can manage both. and do u have any idea think kinder in kln tong is better or lam tin one? by the way, hv u ever heard Starter kinder? do u know it's good or not?? thks again!
momalice | 2006-06-07 14:27
momalice | 2006-06-07 14:28
Abacus do have Mandarin session everyday for 10-15 minutes. Teaher teaches Mandarin songs and explain the meaning to the kids in English. My son loves those songs and always sing at home.

There are about 20-30 kids in one class with 2 teaching assistants and 1 teacher. As my son went to school by school bus, I didn't have a lot of direct contact with the teachers. Every kids have a diary for communication between school & parents. School will issue newsletter regularly too.

Hope the above infomation is useful.

;-)
cocobean225 | 2006-06-07 23:47
cocobean225 | 2006-06-07 23:48
BBIX,

A lot of bilingual kindergarten both stress on English and Chinese/Mandarin. To name a few, Victoria, KM, HKPS, CCKG etc. I think it's very hard to say which brand of Think International kindergarten is better, they follow the same curriculum anyways.
I'm not too familiar with Starter so I might not be of any help to offer advice on this.

May I know why do you want your son to do primary in ESF?
BBIX | 2006-06-08 03:31
cocobean, I want to put him to esf primary cos we live in sai kung and we need to find the international sch. for him, and it's just only one in clear water bay, so that's why I choose ESF.
cocobean225 | 2006-06-08 10:34
momalice,

do you know the portion of Chinese kids in the class or mainly are caucasion kids?

I believe 10-15 minutes in Mandarin is not enough for basic Chinese knowledge. Graduates from this kindergarten probably can't go back to local schools afterwards right?

20-30 kids in one class is actually quite alot. Before I always had the mis-perception that this is a very small and not-so-popular school and with only 5-10 kids in a class.

Do you also plan to send your kid to ESF primary that's why you chose this ESF kindergarten?
momalice | 2006-06-08 11:51
I don't know the exact ratio of Chinese kids in the school, but as I see, it's about 1/3 to half of the kids are Chinese.

For the class size, my son has 22 kids in class, they always play in 2-3 small groups (about 7-10 kids per group) during the day.

We haven't make up our mind if my son will go to ESF Primary or not. In the meantime, we will teach my son both Mandarin/ Chinese at home. Furthermore, all the kids will leave ESF Kinder when they are 5, so if you want your kid to join the local Primary school, you may need to join the other kinder for K3 before he/she can enter the local primary school.


;-)
cocobean225 | 2006-06-08 16:36
BBIX,

Location is not really my concern. As for your case, if you've already made up your mind that you want to send your son to Clear Water Bay ESF, you can just simply let him attend Abacus. Hassle-free for you.
However, I'm still in a dilemma because I'm still not sure whether should let him directly try ESF or other local schools. I want him to be proficient in English and also Chinese!
BBIX | 2006-06-09 00:32
well.... yup, u 're right, maybe it's better to send him to abacus straight away, otherwise, I 'm going tohave a big head. but, my other concern is also about his chinese, cos we 're staying in hk, I think chinese is quite important for him, at least can speak fluent chinese, and read chinese, even he can't write chinese. and for future, mandarin is also important after english, even now Ican say, so that's y i want to put him in sort of preschool or nursery to learn chinese or mandarin and english b4 kinder, at least he could pick up some languages. so u confirm to put him in local school? :-?
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