Mandarin & English Kindergardens

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Avi

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Does anyone know of any good Mandarin & English kindergardens? If possible, are there ones they are linked to primary schools? Either local or international. Anyone know which is better?
 
Check out Kiangsu & Chekiang at Northpoint. It runs nursery classes up till secondary classes. There is a local and another international section. The local section uses Mandarin as the main teaching medium. English is taught be a Native Speaker everyday for 30 mins.

You may want to consdier the Singapore International School as well.
 
My son is currently studying in Victoria Nursery (English & Putonghua section) in North Point. There are about 30 students in his class, being taken care of by 3 teachers, a Putonghua teacher, an English teacher and a teaching assistant. The teacher-student ratio is relatively low. Yet with teachers of both languages present, children tend to choose the language they are more comfortable with and adhere to the teacher of that language. Equal emphasis on both languages is often easier said than done, but in terms of language exposure, Victoria won't be a bad choice.
Personally, I prefer sending my son to a school which allows him to acquire native-speaker level of both English and Putonghua. Maybe a trade-off between the two is inevitable. Not too sure about it. Glad if anyone can share their experiences.
Linda
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Tutor Time

You can also check out Tutor Time in Kowloon Tong or Red Hill. It's 1.5 hrs Mandarin and 1.5 hrs English with native level teachers in both. Classes go up to K2 only - no primary school.
 
Has anyone heard of the Chinese Intenational School (CIS)?
If so, what do you think of this school or do you know anyone that goes to this school?
 
Mandarin speaking Kindergartens

You might like to consider Woodlands as they've been around since the 1970's, have 7 locations and run bi-lingual classes in Mandarin & English. They take all nationalities, from 18 mths up and most go on to either local Chinese, ESF or int'l primary schools. If you need more details, let me know!

Sue
 
Any near Kowloon tong

Hi,
I'm interested. Could you let me know of any near TST, cos I'm on Kowloon side.
thanks
 
I am tossing up between 3 schools for my kids.

Kiangsu Chekiang
Victoria English
and ESF

We are a Western family that speaks no Chinese at all. We will probably be in HK long term eg 10 years+. My children are 6 and 4 at the moment.

My one and only problem with the ESF schools is that they seem very isolated from anything Chinese as does the whole Western expat community for that matter. I would like the children to learn Chinese and have some Chinese friends too. Actually I think I would prefer them to learn Cantonese as that is the local language.

Kiangsu teaches in English and Mandarin and Victoria English and Cantonese or English and Mandarin. These would be excellent schools to go to to learn English and Mandarin if you were local Chinese but I wonder if my children's general standard of education will suffer being surrounded by non-native English speakers in English medium lessons esp in Kiangsu where 75% is in English. Will the lessons be very slow while the teacher explains new vocab for instance?

I hope I have explained my dillema.

Any thoughts or experiences would be gratefully appreciated....Anything at all...

CreatureComfort
 
creaturecomfort,

as far as i know, a lot of english speaking kids goes to Kiangsu Chekiang or
Victoria too. it's a trade-off if you want your kids to learn more chinese.

personally i'm considering Kiangsu Chekiang, Victoria or SIS. any comment?
 
Discovery Bay

Can someone suggest a good Mandarin and English playgroup and kindergarden in Discovery bay? (or in Tung Chung?)
 
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