1) DGJS 係每年 super 多人考, so competition super keen 既小學....佢係私小, 中學已轉 DSS 與 DGJS 結龍...so far 九龍區 (我諗你會有興趣知), 就係得佢同 St Mary 已落實結龍, 但 St Mary 係津小, so 要等搞珠...
2) 據不同資料顯示, 考得入 DGJS 個d 都真係有d "背景", 我咁講唔係 only 指家底呢個問題, 事實係有d小朋友冇家底都收, 但我會睇 if 真係咁...個小朋友一定有其過人之處 (e.g. 醒目, 表達能力高, etc)
3) 有d 家長曾講過 DGJS 鍾意收 full time mom , 貪咁即係代表阿媽會教女讀書, i.e. 幫學校唔少...但當然都有 exceptional case, 信不信就由你...但 DGJS 亦有唔少係專業人士父母之類人物存在
4) 你係講 CCKG 基督堂, right? 呢間以往係被稱為入拔萃既長勝幼稚園 (both 男拔 and 女拔), 佢只收 K2 起, 對父母及小孩既英文水平都幾高, 響以前小學校長仲有 10 分 discretionary marks 既年代的確有唔少學生係由 CCKG 畢業而考入兩拔萃既...但近年佢既 success rate 已大不如前, ....對考女拔....據d家長報料, 亦真係成績冇以前咁好喇 (即指可以有畢業生考入女拔小)...so 你可以 consider 吓 other 英文幼稚園 if you really want your girl to enter DGJS...
06 figure 未出, 但有理由相信會多過 2005, bcos economic condition is getting better ... but this figure 內亦包含內地人士來港產子, 即係佢地生完就走, so 小朋友 not necessarily study in HK.
早前曾見有家長 post 過每年既男女比例添架, 不過依家又揾唔番....印象中係男多過女架....
小學IB課程
==> 呢樣我都明...好多家長都好想小朋友響冇壓力下去學習同成長....但正如你所講, no solid track record, so 以我行事作風, 學習關乎將來一生, impact 較大, so 我作風就會較保守 (唔同投資, 衰左至多勤力d做野望再揾番, 但仔仔讀得唔好就多多錢都補唔番) 所以我唔多會信一d新開既學校....唔會想俾仔仔做白老鼠, 都係 prefer 等睇到 result 先算...
另...仲有一點...呢類行 IB 學校, 佢既理念係以外國教育為基礎, 同 HK 既填鴨教育係 totally two systems, so 讀佢梗係好..不過揀得佢亦即意味會同本地主流學校會好唔同, 即係易入難出...then 你就要問自己一個問題....能否 and 願意承擔到小朋友一直讀上去, and even 出國升學既費用, 時間..?? 因為講到尾係好現實既...好多野 (including learning 都係要一定程度用錢) IB 課程, 師資, 地方都比傳統學校鬆動, 即係 means 要維持呢d學校費用唔會平 (請個外籍老師都貴喇), so it will means the school fee also quite high (as compared to local schools) 咁你就要問自己, 你想為小朋友將來 map 個乜 plan 先...因為揀得佢都多數都會 follow 佢地個 system 一直讀上去 (cos syllabuses are quite different ma)~, finally 出國, so do you wish to go for this way? and are you sure things can be kept stable (income, preference, etc) so far for 1x years sin?
我咁講唔係代表我支持 HK education, 只係我份人較傾向 more choices for me to choose, 即係話, if 我放小朋友去傳統學校, then 至某一年我先再放佢地出去"輕鬆", 會易過先放佢地去"輕鬆", 但一旦將來有任何變動, 佢地要再接受番傳統教育個個心理/能力轉變囉...
因為始終 HK 既 填鴨教育係"根深柢固", 唔易一朝一夕去改, this will include 人既諗法 (就好似你講 ==>讀書不是求分數"~~又有幾多個人會做得到呢?) 而且, 若最終小朋友長大後都係會響 HK 生活, 揾工, 咁我會話你知...好多人都唔係咁"遠大"去睇呢d喇...講到尾, 又係睇你成績有幾好, 邊間學校出嚟....云云....呢個係 HK 既獨有"悠久"觀念, 成績好先=叻", 個個都係問你考幾多個 A 先多過問你識乜喇....very 現實哇..... 要完全做到唔理人唔係咁容易, right? So, in view of this, 你要take 埋一併考慮~~
For me, 我會 go for (2), 即係盡全力一試俾家姐入好學校先, 一來唔一定抽到, 話唔定都係派到間男女俾你呢...但咁叫做試過, 起碼唔會後悔喇...另外, if 真係好彩派到, then 仲有幾年時間去幫個仔喇..到時可以揾多幾間私小/DSS 去 back up la....
我個女培幼waitlist 失敗, 未能做同學仔
==>Other than 培幼, 出面都有好多 good choices ge...dun get disappointed...而且, 再真係有心, 你留意 every Dec/Jun la...搏考插班生喇....另..小一再嚟考...you may succeed at that time lei....
我想問蘇淅幼稚園/小學和浸會大學附屬幼稚園/小學又點睇呀?
==>蘇淅幼稚園/小學學術水平一向平平, 不見有任何較突出之處, d人揀佢係貪佢一條龍而己...冇乜特別...不過除非我真係住就住 HK island , 又一定唔想搏搞珠, otherwise 我又唔會揀佢囉..寧取北角衛理堂...呢間歷史悠久d, 口碑一直唔錯...再考中學憑成績可考好d既 Band 1 中學
浸會大學附屬幼稚園/小學又點睇呀?
==> 呵呵..呢間...唉...以前我曾講過佢...老實講...之前我回應 sophie0117 about 培中 (學校亂呢個問題), 就令我諗起呢間喇......
先講d 歷史 about this school 你知先喇...
(1) 呢間野係我大彥 (i.e. about 6 years ago) 已開始搞...當年非常高調話要"貫徹一條龍", 想由浸幼一直駁到上浸大.....理想非常偉大, 又話會有一條龍小學 (即依家間王大輝)...etc...你知喇..好多家長好 prefer 一條龍, 因為唔想小朋友又搞珠, 又 interview, 又做 profile ga ma...so 一聽到有間咁有"名望"既幼稚園 (又有大學做 back up)...嘩~~仲唔飛到去咩...so 個年有不少家長特登去考佢地 K3 class (因為學校話明年會有小學) 就係搏想直升..唔駛煩...
哈....then 你地有眼睇...小學? 嗱...今年就有嘞.....
so...你可以想像下當日特登將個仔轉去讀 K3 個d有幾把火呢~~~ 但冇計丫...當日學校係實牙實齒話會有小學...so 先寧願俾成 $3000 (I remember 係好貴架...but not sure exactly how much) per month 都俾小朋友去讀...結果...? see? 真係開唔切間學校你吹得佢漲咩....唔通叫小朋友等六年先去讀小一呀...so at that time, many 家長 (esp those K3) 都 !@%$#*$* 哂喇....
(2) 當日浸幼係請左個猛人去做"開山校長" (I forget her name la), 佢的確好有理想, 亦好肯做, 但奈何浸大個 group d官僚你地真係無法想像 (我知, 因為我以前教過佢地d course, both day time and part time), 我都領教過了....so 好多野唔係校長想點就得架....then at that time 因為該校長關係, 所以好多家長慕名而去....亦好有期望...但後來該校長同一批老師突然唔做...走哂....so 依家換哂人...(at least 同當日個d完全唔同喇) .....so 學校又大 dull 亂.... (我知呢d係我識得有個教育界朋友佢識個個校長而 update 我既...呢位朋友都話浸幼當時真係好亂) ==> so 又一次引証新校就係會問題多多架喇...of course, system 未 run 熟嘛.... but I guess at least it should be much stable now...起碼好過以前既...
(3) 不過...despite of the above (much better now) 俾我揀, 我都係唔會揀佢, 因為 (a) 佢貴....活動教學...都話喇...除非係以後都一直讀上去既 je, otherwise 第日一轉番出傳統教學咪又係死... (b) 我唔會話一條龍就一定去架..老老實實...升我個仔去邊間先...去浸小? 新校...未試過, 極有保留 (點知佢會唔會好似當年浸幼咁又成日換人, syllabus 又成日改咪死...?? ) (c) 就算有得直升浸大又如何...嗱...又老老實實講.....HK 大學之中, 有得揀你會唔會 1st choice 係浸大呢? 嗱...我好坦白架, 我就唔會囉...so if 我又唔會去浸大, then why bother study 浸幼?... (佢響我眼中既 major "advantage" 係直升而已, 但 if I am not interested 佢提供到比我直升既地方, then this is not an "advantage" any more la..., right? )
嗱...你要先明白...HK 好多學校話係活動教學係 "張 chair 活動而已" (哈哈...我係係另一 topic 聽有d家長係咁形容架...衰鬼丫...又幾到肉~~ ) 好多幼稚園知道 if too 活動第日小朋友升到上小學一陣真係乜得都唔識實比家長丙到暈架...so 話就話活動...但功課習作都唔會少得去邊架....係多d定少d既 difference ga ja...
但有d 真係 follow "活動教學" 既 (啟思, 靈糧堂) 就真係好"專一"架...讀得呢d...你要預左小朋友上到 K2 都係字都唔識多隻 (嗱...你點睇呢樣就人人唔同喇...有d家長覺得冇問題, 但有d就會同其他幼稚園比較, then 就會發現自己個仔"乜都唔識"...) 老實講..."乜都唔識" 就唔係罪嚟既 (大不了小學再慢慢追, 都冇話唔得既), 不過呢..."乜都唔識"就有機會令你考唔到私校/DSS 墊底...then 一旦搞珠又搞間唔知乜冬冬比你, 你就大獲....so 除非你可以 afford 比小朋友直升 e.g. 啟思小學, (but the school fee is about $6xxx , quite expensive) , 之後又 go International school lor..otherwise 就係一個 problem...
至於靈糧...佢係有聯繫小學/中學 (in Ma On Shan 好似), but 呢間學校唔係有乜好特別得架咋喎....so 我又係睇唔到去佢樹有乜特別囉 (除左家長眼中係"開心d")
But the point is, most KGs in HK 都唔係大家想得咁"恐怖" (好辛苦呀咁個d) 架...好多...e.g. (保良局 ar, TWGHs ar...甚至一間普通 XX 幼稚園都唔係咁差之嘛), 佢地都有教唔少野得嚟又唔係好淺架....不過係唔出名所以你地唔識之嘛...
再加上依家讀阿公學校又唔係睇邊間幼稚園既..so 其實真係讀邊間都冇太大分別 je (unless you have a very special objective in mind, say, 一定要一條龍, 一定要英文, 一定要夠深咁就話 je)
所謂收緊, 都不過係可以 K2/K3 時考慮為小朋友 enrol 少量other activities, e.g. 英文, 數學, 之類...一來等佢有d "世藝" (好過響屋企跟賓實 + watch TV la) , 二來又可以 keep reinforcing something that they have learnt from KG la...but 絕對唔 suggest 太多學術性既野...可以試玩d課外d既都 OK, 4 years old 後喇..真係唔駛太快, otherwise 盞嘥錢.....
黃大仙/鑽石山 => 我知你住個樹係冇乜 KGs ga (呵呵..我以前住過采頤花園既...最 likey 買路口個 $6 燒味飯), so 你估我知唔知丫...哈哈~~~
個邊係就真係冇乜喇...不過 my advice is 與其行餐死去靈糧 (話有天橋咋, 都行餐死架...尤其個細路又行得"麼"
), 不如考慮坐一程 short van/bus 去聖十架喇..呢間以前我有朋友去過..佢地仲有為d 2 years old 個d 搞d playgroup 咁架, 你可以去試吓....呢間都唔錯架..個環境又獨立, 唔會人山人海....揀幼稚園最緊要有足夠 + clean 既 outdoor areas for the kids to run around....好似另外 nearby 間張祝珊就唔掂喇 (this one is a nursery N1-N4) , 做大肌肉運動要出去龍蟠苑d public playground ga...dirty 到死....
so other than 聖十架, you may consider 聖三一 at Hunghom...由采頤去都唔駛幾遠 je...about 15 mins travel time is acceptable la.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: