Struggling with choice of PN

[WinnieM]

Woodland, Tutortime, Rightmind and Yew Chung - which one stands a greater chance of feeding my son to ISF and other billingual international schools?

 

[Jomama1]

Probably Yew Chung as the first two are more English based. I have a friend who's daughter studied in RMK. She was waitlist in CIS only but got into SIS (but they chose CDNIS in the end). The family speaks mainly English and Mandarin.

 

[WinnieM]

Thanks Jomama. How about yours? Where did he/she/they go?

 

[Jomama1]

My boy just got into CDNIS reception, and it was a struggle of choice between IMS & CDNIS. (he also has ICS & ESF as options but we prefer the first two listed above).

Personally I believe in the Montessori system so my son was in DMS (Discovery Montessori School) from age 1 until now (that he's moving into CDNIS). Bilingual is not our prime requirement but DMS & IMS are both bilingual KG with pre-nursery/ Playgroup.

Given your prime target is bilingual IS, would you consider other bilingual PN such as Victoria & Kingston? If RMK is one of your choice, then I think you may not like Montessori (they are two ends of the spectrum), but do take a look at the education philosophy behind it, which IMHO is very beneficial for a child in the long run.