Sunshine House Prep School Tung Chung

Kimmi

Kimmi

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Has anyone any informaton about this little school?. Any experience in sending their child there?. What are your thoughts.
I was thinking of sending my child there next year.
Many thanks
 
Kimmi,
I called this school several times in this morning. But nobady answer my call. I also want to know some information about this school. Because I was considering to send my daughter there next year.

So, anyone has info. and experience about this school? Thanks!!
 
I did actually ring the school and they were so vague and un- informative it actually put me off a bit.
 
I have a friend whos son goes there and they seem quite happy with it.

My son goes to bauhinia and the main difference I think is the level of education. I get the impression that bauhinia has higher standards my son gets lots of homework at the weekend whereas his friend gets none.

It may depend on how old your child is and what you are looking for. Bauhinia is much further to travel for a young child and if they are only just starting school the homework is less important than them enjoying it. Bahinia will be moving to DB in 2008.
 
I went to visit Sunshine pre-school in this morning. The school actually is not so big. They have playgroup (for up to 24 month), nursery, K1 & K2. I also went to visit all classrooms, and I think just around 10 students in each grade.

Anything else do you want to know?:smile:
 
Thanks H&A
Ive actually now put an application form into Bauhinia as hubby wasnt so keen on SH prep
 
kimmi,

I want to know that are you looking for Kindergarten or Primary School?
Btw, where is the Bauhinia? Is it ESF Bauhinia Primary School?

Is there any good international school in Discovery Bay?

THANKS!!
 
Yes it is ESF Bauhinia Primary School but is becoming Discovery Bay Private Independent School and will have primary and secondary education here in DB. Scheduled for 2008, however, based on how long it has taken to get the plaza complete I wonder if it will be finished in time.

Theres DB international school, has kindergarten as well but spaces are few and far between. Worth calling them though as depends on the year you are looking for. Personally we thought it was too expensive as you had to pay a debenture which you dont at Bauhinia.
 
Dumb question (please forgive) - how old should our kids be when we start putting them into school in HK, and do they already get homework at 1 or 2 years of age??
 
Hi H&A
I went for Bauhinia because like Millerwhisk said its evenually coming to DB and there wasnt a debenture to pay. SS House Kindy in DB is for ages 2-6 yrs and you dont have to pay a debenture.
 
Kimmi,

Do you know how's the students at SS in DB? Most of them are foreigner or local? As I am living in Tung Chung, so do you know any school bus service at SS? THANKS!!
 
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My daughter is currently attending SS House DB and loves it. The kids are a real mixture of expat and local. I dont know about the SS House bus service. Mabe give Ms Sabita a call and she can give you some information: 2987 8143
 
Kimmi,
I called Ms. Sabita in this morning to get some info. about school bus sevice from Tung Chung to DB. She said that they don't have any school bus service. But anyway, I sent the application form to SS already.
 
Jaetee, in the UK system that applies to most of the international schools in HK, primary year 1 (P1) starts at around age 5, but many international schools have nursery and reception years prior to that. These are also equivalent to K1 and K2 in kindergartens, and are for 3 and 4 year olds. For schools which do have reception class, it's difficult to skip that class and do kindergarten instead until P1, because their P1 class will be full with the kids who did reception class.

It seems most people do K1 and K2 here, which they would not in western countries, which I think is partly influenced by the local school system, where the "good" schools do not accept children into P1 who have not attained a certain standard of Chinese writing ability taught in K2.
 
Kimmi,

I called Ms. Sabita again this morning to confirm my daughter's application? She said that the school accepted my application but not sure am or pm class. Anyway, i would go to visit the school some time within this few month.
 
Your daughter most proberly will be in the pm class because there is a waiting list for the am classes. My daughter is in the pm class and although recently we were offered a place in the am class, Ive kept her in the pm class as there's less children and she now has other activities she does in the mornings.
 
Kimmi,

Actually, I prefer my daughter to attend in the am class. Because she usually goes to sleep at 1-3pm everyday. You said that there is a waiting list for the am class already. So there are so many parents like to apply this school. Because i always think that discovery bay is a small place/ town. How many students in each classand how many classes in pm class?

What kind of other activities does your daughter join in the morning?

Btw, do you know which apartment is nearby the SS school? Because if i let my daughter to attend this school, i must need to move in to DB.

Thank you so much for your assistance!!
 
Ms Sabita will be able to inform you about the waiting list and class numbers. DB is a fairly small place compared to some places in HK but there is a hell of alot of kids there. DB is a great family place. Thats why people often move there once they have kids or thinking of starting a family. There is plenty of apartment complexes close to the plaza, where SS house is situated. The best thing for you to do is come over to DB visit SS House and look around, if you like what you see go and talk to an estate agent about apartments. Good Luck
 
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