教學特色

hatfield

我想問吓各位家長, 點解會揀高主教俾妳地小朋友?  佢有咩係其他學校無?  我對高主教唔係太認識, 只係知好多人報.  我依家心大心細, 都唔知點考慮.

thanks.

FungMm

Hi hatfield,

Did you applied RC for comming P.1?

原帖由 hatfield 於 09-10-19 23:03 發表
我想問吓各位家長, 點解會揀高主教俾妳地小朋友?  佢有咩係其他學校無?  我對高主教唔係太認識, 只係知好多人報.  我依家心大心細, 都唔知點考慮.

thanks. ...

hatfield

Hello FungMm,

Yes, my son has applied RC for P1 next year.  Of course, he has also applied a few others.  The problem now is that I have not much info about this school when weighing the pros and cons for comparison with others.

If you know anything and don't mind sharing, please advise.  Thanks.

aa120520

Yes, I want to know too. Especailly the information about the secondary school.

FungMm

我當初由選校, porfolio, ready to interview, 等result, 比較, 交留位費, ready going to p.1. 都可以和大家一樣, 可說是費盡心神.

如果大家問RC的教學特色, 不如先問自己小朋友是屬於那一類型.  如小朋友可以自己完成當日之功課, 喜歡閱讀, 喜歡串字(可用Phonics), 喜歡聽老師教學, 喜歡群體學習, 喜歡接受traditional teaching method etc.?

另一方面要家長清楚自己每天能付出多少時間給小朋友在學術上支持, 可以有多少時間給小朋友每天都不能少的"親子時間".  我較為重視孩子的成長, 因每一個階段對父母來說都是important.

我認為RC是一所屬於比較traditional school (因都有好幾拾年歷史), 老師們都好有經驗(以我暫時所了解), 亦增加了很多活動的教學方式, 當然默書, 評估, 考試是一定小不得(我相信每間school都一樣).  教授語言是以英文及普通話為主科的主導.  我最喜歡的是有中文及英文數學同步教授.

RC或其它學校就算再好都好在乎小朋友的type和家長的配合.  選一所最適合而不是最完美是我為我囝囝選校的main reason.

另中學部的成績或升上大學的資都可以在internet查出.  我想囝囝是RC的P.1學生與其中學部還有至少5年多的時間, 我對未來RC的中學部絕對有信心.  因為未來中學部學生就是我們現在的小學生的將來... 哈哈!

Hope can help and good luck.

原帖由 aa120520 於 09-10-20 15:47 發表
Yes, I want to know too. Especailly the information about the secondary school.

[ 本帖最後由 FungMm 於 09-10-21 10:39 編輯 ]

hatfield

多謝, FungMm.

程度深唔深?  功課多唔多?

FungMm

暫時來說不太多功課, 每天都是4-6樣呢.  程度不太急及深呀, 英文是由1B開始;其它科目是1A開始. :)

原帖由 hatfield 於 09-10-21 15:15 發表
多謝, FungMm.

程度深唔深?  功課多唔多?

johnnyrotten

I agree it's not difficult merely looking at the textbooks.  But it is difficult how the Exam is conducted.

Nowadays, kids are required to do comprehension and listening in both language subjects starting from P1.  That means exam material is not limited to the textbooks.  Parents should have a look on the supplementary exercises specially designed for TSA.

For Mathematics, kids have to do long questions.  Besides reading long piece of text, they have to grasp ideas like '便宜' and '昂貴'.

hatfield

唔該哂FungMm, johnnyrotten.

照咁睇佢地好注重語文及思考能力, 好合我意.

什麼是1A, 1B?

johnnyrotten

We use Longman Express as our English textbooks.  For other shools which choose the same brand, they normally starts at 1A(上冊) and 1B(下冊) for P1, 2A and 2B for P2.  At RC, we begin from 1B and 2A for P1, 2B and 3A for P2 and so on.  I don't know what would happen at P6.

FungMm

Hi johnnyrotten,

Thanks, your answer were great good and details.

Keep in sharing.

原帖由 johnnyrotten 於 09-10-22 12:14 發表
We use Longman Express as our English textbooks.  For other shools which choose the same brand, they normally starts at 1A(上冊) and 1B(下冊) for P1, 2A and 2B for P2.  At RC, we begin from 1B and 2A  ...

hatfield

wow, the kids should have very good background BEFORE joining the school then!  no wonder RC students are very good at English.

mamay

原帖由 FungMm 於 09-10-21 10:18 發表
我當初由選校, porfolio, ready to interview, 等result, 比較, 交留位費, ready going to p.1. 都可以和大家一樣, 可說是費盡心神.

如果大家問RC的教學特色, 不如先問自己小朋友是屬於那一類型.  如小朋友可以自己 ...

Thanks for the sharing.
May I know how many dictation per month / week?  How many exam and test per year?

norakyng

原帖由 johnnyrotten 於 09-10-22 12:14 發表
We use Longman Express as our English textbooks.  For other shools which choose the same brand, they normally starts at 1A(上冊) and 1B(下冊) for P1, 2A and 2B for P2.  At RC, we begin from 1B and 2A  ...

P.6 only has 6B , but with have some English exercies paper, grammer book...

ratafan

Would the current P1 parents advise how many classes are there in P1 this year? My elder boy who is in P3 now tells me that there's one more class (i.e. 1A to 1E) starting this year from his observation. Did they add one more class this year? how many students are there in each class?

ratafan

so how many P1 students altogether? that's strange. So they recruit more kids now? My younger boy is applying for 2010/11 places now, the teachers say only there're only 140 places. But if there're 5 classes at a size of 37 per class, there should be much more students, right? Are all classes having 37 kids?

Cartier

For 2010-2011, 4 classes only.

原帖由 ratafan 於 09-10-25 15:17 發表
so how many P1 students altogether? that's strange. So they recruit more kids now? My younger boy is applying for 2010/11 places now, the teachers say only there're only 140 places. But if there're 5  ...

littlemak

Sorry to have too many questions. Pls forgive me for being so unexperienced as a parent of a K3 boy, 選校心情忐忑。I am always worried I may choose a wrong school to the kid; and moving home involved. Moreover, I don't want to hold extra offers as I know a lot of kids are waiting for the offers. Hence I gave up 2 offers already. Once I determine to choose RC, I will give up the seats at other schools a.s.a.p.

Tonite I have a long chat with my friend. He shared his experience and idea on education, and he enlightens me so much in how to choose a suitable school to our kid, rather than choosing a "good famous" school for our kid.

So, again we have some questions to ask:

1. is RC a school stress on 拔尖+補底? or only on拔尖?

2. RC teaching style is traditional, focus on discipline which is good. but do the teachers encourage students to ask questions within class? do they teach the students how to ask questions? is the teaching style interactive or only 1-way?

3. how is RC curriculum designed? good for local exam styles? or good for training up a kid's mind: e.g. let the kid learn how to learn?

4. are the homework copy-writing-dictations mostly? or sth that requires comprehension and problem-solving? do the teachers encourage creativity? logical-thinking? do they stress on learning motivation?

5. any project-based assignments? do teachers encourage students team-work? group discussion? how to build up a kid's leadership? how to build up a kid's confidence and motivation to learn?

allow me to copy my friend's wordings here, which are really wonderful.

西人說的 "learning" 不夠全面，還是中國人說得好，用字精妙：
"learning"不單是「學習」！
"learning"應包含「學」「問」意思：學點去問、問啲乜，重要過一切！

Dear RC parents, what do you think? Any sharing?
Any idea to me, a new going-to-be P.1 parent?

原帖由 hatfield 於 09-10-19 23:03 發表
我想問吓各位家長, 點解會揀高主教俾妳地小朋友?  佢有咩係其他學校無?  我對高主教唔係太認識, 只係知好多人報.  我依家心大心細, 都唔知點考慮.

thanks. ...

LGA

Dear littlemak,
The most important is you should have confidence to the school. I can say RC is a good primary school, the principal, the teachers have "heart" to teach the kids well. But of course what means "good", it will depend on different people's views. Their assessment, assignment paper etc will help consolidate students' knowledge. I know better they have "拔尖" program but haven't heard they have "補底". I think if you follow the teacher's advice, revise the scheduled work well, it should not be too difficult for a primary school student.