趙榮德 - 香港輔導教師協會榮譽顧問、前喇沙書院副校長
有新手家長問我N班(幼稚園預備班)和 K1 (幼稚園初班)有何不同,以下為兩種幼兒教育機構的簡單比較:
主流:
N 班屬非主流,因為教育局沒有將N班列入學券計劃,但K1 (幼稚園初班)屬主流,因為學券計劃由K1開始,因為K 1是主流,所以應該讀,N班是非主流,所以不一定要讀。
入讀年歲: N 班,是2年歲,K1則是兩歲八個月至三歲。
申請年齡: N 班有些有出世紙便接受申請,如救世軍,有些則要六個月至一歲半才可申請。K1則入學前一年開始報名,如果於2016年入學,今年九月便需報名。
面試年齡: N班大約在一歲半, K1至少要兩歲多。
面試內容: N 班多於父母交談,觀察孩子玩耍;K1 多問認知、社交能力問題。我用「多」來描述面試內容,因為內容跟參加面試人數的多少來變動,例如:報名人數少之時,N班可經只問父母孩子是否戒掉尿片,只要家長說入學試應該已經戒掉尿片變大有機會被取錄,但人數多時便可能要問各種不同顏色的名稱這樣「深」的問題,甚至離譜到要他們聽故事後答題目,你說對一個歲半小孩子,是否太深。N 班是這樣,K1更加不用說了!
面試月份: N班部分於一月進行,有些遲至三四月才面試,但幼稚園K1學券制則於十一月進行至十二月中,私立獨立幼稚園則九月便開始,有些遲至一月才面試。
面試內容:N班培養孩子態度,如習慣、自理能力、社交能力、禮貌、互助合作,不太重視知識,是多教數字和英文字母。K1 重視「技能」如唱歌、跳舞與其他孩子互動,「知識」如中、英、數及態度與誠實、互助互愛,自理、謙恭有禮等。
開學日期:N班部分於八月開學,部分於九月開學,K1則大部分於九月開學,有些學口語八月底開學,稱為「適應週」。
以上文章自簡單介紹N班與K1有何不同,想進一步知道N班名校面試題目及準備策略,可參加我替 Education Ladder 教育階梯於1月17日主講的「如何準備Playgroup ,幼兒園(N 班),幼稚園及面試策略」,坐位有限,請電3182 6925 查詢或登入www.education-ladder.com 網上報名。
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