Victoria Nursery Disappointed

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PoohPoohChan

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Just started with my little boy last month at Victoria's Playgroup . I have heard that Victoria is a reputable school but quite money oriented. Thus I still gave it a try since it's reputable. However, after I started with them for a few weeks, honestly I am VERY DISAPPOINTED.

The playgroup lasts for 2 hours. 1 hour in Cantonese and 1 hour in English. The Chinese teach sometimes will sing English songs with the kids. Not only is she really loud, and often scared my child, her english is SO bad that I think kids will pick up on those poor accents.

Then the English teacher came along, all she did was to sit there and not even talk to the kids much and just let them play. I understand that we should just let kids play on their own, but she was really not enthusiastic about kids in general and always just sit there! Also, she has no passion with kids and sometimes talk to them in a loud and irrespectable way!

I think teachers for children at this age should be very loving, caring and encouraging. That's what I asked for from them.

In summary, they don't really love and enjoy kids. They don't have patience with kids as well. Totally totally disappointed.
 
OMG, I had similar experience at the South Horizons campus. The Chinese teacher interacted quite well with the kids but I wished she'd sung more cantonese songs because it was, after all, a cantonese session. Shockingly, the English teacher didn't show any enthusiasm toward the kids...it was a first for me to see such lack of interest from a "foreign teacher". We did the playgroup last year, and although I had registered my child in the school in hopes that she can learn in a bilingual environment, the playgroup experience has rattled my confidence in the school and I'm having second thoughts. Maybe we'll just wait and see how my little one's teachers are when school starts next month before we pull out.
 
It is appalling to read all the negative comments about Victoria! My elder son went to South Horizons Victoria for 2 yrs, and all his teachers were really good, esp the English teachers. They truly loved the children! When the Pre-Nursery english teacher left to go back to Canada, she even wrote my son a card and sent him stickers. Even now when we meet his Nursery class English teacher, she still remembers him. What has happened to the standard of teachers??! I have just applied for my younger son and now having second thoughts about it, even though it is highly unlikely he will get a space due to the long waiting list. This is really disappointing!
 
my nephew is going to harbour heights & he loves it. they have so many classes in nursery & K1 & maybe not all teachers are no good.
 
bbky,

I have the exact feelings as you and originally I was going to let him go to their kindergarten but now I have decided that this is not the school for us. I need teachers that are encouraging and have passion towards kids.
 
Wonderful,

Yes, it's so important to have teachers who are nurturing and passionate about teaching kids. The right attitude makes such a difference in a child's school life. As I said, we'll give it a shot and hope that the teachers we get will be somewhat "experienced". In any case, we will be transferring to another school in a couple of years...the main reason we pick victoria now is that it's only a few minutes walk for us. We just don't feel comfortable with the idea of letting a 3 year old commute so far to "school".
 
wonderful said:
It's the Harbour Heights Campus. You are welcome. =)
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My husband have observed the playgroup and totally agree with you that the playgroup is really not good. That's why although
I had enrolled for this school for my girl but I finally don't go to interview.
 
I think Victoria is the worst playgroup my baby has attended. The teachers just sit there and do nothing. Parents wear shoes into the school when they expect our kids to change shoes. Their standards are just pathetic.

The administration is lousy and all they care is about your $$$. I have no idea what all the hype is.

My gf's kid was enrolled in the South Horizon nursery class and also withdrew after a month. The teacher didn't even ask why, they just told my friend to leave the withdrawal letter. My neighbour's child also attended the Harbour Heights pre nursery class but will not send their child for K1 as they are also disappointed with the school.

Victoria is uncaring and all they care is about your $$$$$ If you want to waste some time and money, do try it out!
 
I had the same experience. My son was in the playgroup before but it was disappointing. The Cantonese session was better but worst in the English one. Most Westerner teachers were icy
 
Last year, a friend of mine enrolled her daughter in Harbour Heights Victoria playgroup. She had positive comments on the English teacher but not the Chinese teacher. The worst thing she said is that the Chinese teacher, who is a local with quite a strong Cantonese accent when pronouncing English words, always mixed English with Cantonese, and there was hardly a single sentence spoken in a pure language.:blahblah

CB
 
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