First, the school profile
Hong Kong Singapore International School is located in the south of Hong Kong Island, adjacent to Hong Kong Ocean Park. Founded in 199 1, it provides high-quality bilingual international education for kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools. As a school set up in Hong Kong by the Ministry of Education of Singapore, Singapore International School enjoys a good reputation in Hong Kong and is the first choice for many children of famous businessmen in Hong Kong.
After studying various international schools in Hong Kong, a banker once made the following comments on Singapore International School: Singapore International School is a bully school, and its children are tyrants. Usually, parents are tyrants when they are studying.
Second, the curriculum.
Kindergarten-grade 2 courses are the golden age for students to learn languages, so the school will ensure that the overall proportion of Chinese courses and English courses is 50% respectively, so that students can complete early language accumulation and cultivate their sense of language and language application ability. In the third grade, the school will increase science classes and use Singapore textbooks. Students must finish their homework in English and gradually cultivate the habit of bilingual learning and thinking. Both math and science classes are taught in English. At the same time, the school will also adjust students' Chinese learning time to ensure that students have at least 7 hours of Chinese learning time every week. The main courses offered by the school are as follows:
STEM subject (stem subject)
The purpose of STEM course is to cultivate students' enthusiasm and inquiry spirit for STEM course. Courses include biology, chemistry, physics, information and communication technology and mathematics.
Humanities and social sciences (humanities and social sciences)
Humanities is committed to making students understand the basic human life and survival experience through exploration and research. In middle schools, humanities and social sciences courses mainly include history and geography. Through the study of humanities and social sciences, students' independent analytical ability and critical thinking are cultivated.
Visual arts (visual arts)
The course of visual arts aims to make students better understand and participate in life, cultivate good aesthetics and promote students' good cognitive and psychological development. The school will encourage students to observe the current events around them, let them put forward their own unique ideas, and then encourage students to create works of art, which also provides a free academic atmosphere for students to discuss the role of art in life and society.
Performing arts (performing arts)
The department of performing arts aims to cultivate aesthetic ability. By studying art criticism, art history and aesthetics, students can have their own personal aesthetics in all aspects of life. The main courses of the professor include: dance, drama, music criticism, creative performance, western music appreciation and speech.
Third, the whereabouts of graduates.
In 2020, four students of Singapore International School scored 44 points, with an average score of 37 points, and 40% students scored 40 points or more (Oxford and Cambridge, UK can apply for 39 points). Every year, the school can harvest a large number of offers from Hong Kong and world-renowned universities, mainly in the following countries and regions: Britain, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, China and Hong Kong, China. Details of the offer are as follows:
Oxford University, London, Imperial College London, London
Warwick University, King's College London
Boston University London School of Economics and Political Science
UCLA, Duke University
University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
University of Auckland, Simon Fraser University, Columbia University
Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney
Fourth, the application for admission
The school enrolls a large number of students every year, and the competition is fierce. Parents are advised to apply 1-2 years in advance to avoid delaying their children's schooling due to quota problems. After submitting the application, students are required to attend the interview and written examination of the school. Written examination subjects include: English, Chinese and mathematics. The interview duration varies according to the age of the students applying for study. The interview time is usually arranged between mid-June 165438+ 10 and early February. The school adopts the enrollment method of "first come, first served, degree surplus and merit-based admission".
List of materials required for application:
Application form for admission
School reports of students in the past 2 years (if any)
Student passport photo
Student's birth certificate
Student passport
Student's valid Hong Kong visa (if any)
Student's Hong Kong Identity Card (if any)
Student's valid entry permit to Singapore (if applicable)
Passports of both parents
Hong Kong identity cards of both parents (if any)
Both parents' entry permits to Singapore (if applicable)
Verb (abbreviation for verb) Parents' feedback.
1, with Chinese teaching
The Chinese textbook of Singapore International School in Hong Kong is simplified Chinese, and its Chinese courses are more in-depth than those of other international schools in Hong Kong.
2. The school atmosphere is good.
Because international schools are all children with better family circumstances, it is easy to form a comparison mentality. Yao Yao's mother, however, said that the students in HKSI were relatively simple and rarely compared with others. Other characteristics of Hong Kong Singapore International School: it does not learn Cantonese, and only English and Mandarin are allowed on campus.
Registration details of intransitive verbs
1. Deadline for registration (academic year 2022-2023)
Kindergarten: September 30, 2020-September 30, 20265438 +0
Primary school: September 30, 2020-September 30, 20265438 +0.
Secondary school: September 2020 1 open application.
2. School age
3. Cost breakdown
Application fee: HK$ 2, 500 yuan (non-refundable).
School funding: HK$ 200,000 (purchased after enrollment, interest-free, refunded when transferring or after graduation).
Admission fee: HK$ 65,438+RMB 300,000 (one-time payment, non-refundable).
Tuition per academic year:
Kindergarten: 83,000 Hong Kong dollars/year.
Primary school: HK$ 65,438+RMB 300,000, plus annual capital tax of 1 RMB 10,000.
Secondary School Department: HK$ 654.38+0.6 million (Secondary One to Secondary Four, equivalent to junior high schools in the Mainland) and HK$ 65.438+0.9 W (IB course is 2 years, equivalent to senior high schools in the Mainland).