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| cocobean225 | 2006-06-09 09:52 |
| BBIX, Nope I mean I want to put him in some sort of bilingual kindergarten first then decide whether he should pursue ESF primary. PM me and we can share more. |
| cocobean225 | 2006-06-09 18:31 |
| momalice, May I know which nursery or playgroup did your son attend before going to Abacus? Was there any interview with the kid before they offer your son a school placement? |
| momalice | 2006-06-10 01:11 |
| Hi Cocobean, My son did not attend any nursery, he only attend the "Littleton" Discovery Playgroup in TKO for about 1/2 year when he was 2. (because the playgroup was closed) There is no interview for both parents and kids. You just need to hand in the application form. Hope the above information is useful. ;-) |
| cocobean225 | 2006-06-10 09:19 |
| Dear momalice, I'm very much surprised that Abacus doesn't require any interview to select applicants. Well maybe the application is not competitive at all. This is indeed a very good news to me, as I'm always worry about the interview performance, if there's not going to be any interview, I'll definitely be less stressed out. Since Abacus doesn't have nursery, my son can only apply in Oct 2007. Still a long way to go. How long has your son been attending Abacus? is he in K1 or K2 now? Can he speak native-level English? |
| momalice | 2006-06-10 10:01 |
| Hi cocobean, I think all the ESF kindergartens did not require interview for applicants, no matter how many kids apply. I heard the Sheung Wan one got a very long waiting list... My son is studying in K1 now and he can communicate in both Chinese & English. And the teachers said he can communicate very well with the teachers and all the other kids in school. |
| cocobean225 | 2006-06-10 11:57 |
| momalice, thanks for your prompt reply. Do you know if Abacus also have a long waiting list? Is there any school bus arrangement for your son? According to the information on the school website, kids are not assigned any homework at all. Is this true? How can you assess whether he has learnt something new then? |
| momalice | 2006-06-10 16:56 |
| cocobean, As far as I know, all the ESF kindergartens and primary schools do not have any homework... (All the other ESF moms, please correct me if I'm wrong). For me, I will try to ask my son what he did in school, what songs he sang, what stories they are reading based on the information from the newsletter or diary (School will tell the parents what's the theme of the month, what they are doing in school eg. Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese New Year etc). At first, to be honest, he cannot say much. But he will show us new things from time to time, like last week, he told us about tadpole, how it look likes and can change into frog... That's what he newly learnt from school. My son took school bus (not run by school). I think the routes are mainly for Tseung Kwan O and Sai Kung, may be Clear Water Bay too. School will give you the contact number once you are enrolled. Concerning the waiting list.... I have no ideas, sorry can't help you on that. |
| cocobean225 | 2006-06-11 18:24 |
| momalice, I actually made a site visit to Abacus today. It was actually quite small. The appearance of the school is more like a village-school than ESF. :-o But anyhow, most important thing is its operation under ESF. I guess this is the ultimate relief to us. When your son first attending Abacus, how fluent is his english? does the school care about the english level of their new students? |
| WYmom | 2006-06-11 20:09 |
| momalice, ESF primary schools do have homework, just not so much as in local schools. |
| momalice | 2006-06-11 22:20 |
| Thanks a lot, WYmom. But they don't have have examinations, do they? :-? Quote: WYmom 寫道: momalice, ESF primary schools do have homework, just not so much as in local schools. |
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