Hanoi father sent both children to an experimental school, what is the “bloody” experience in choosing a primary school?

There are still a few months left until the new school year, but many parents are wondering: Should I choose a school according to my parents’ wishes or my child’s learning needs? Sending your child to a public school or a bilingual, international school? Should schools only focus on learning or should it be combined with physical training, skill development, extracurricular activities?…

About the experience of choosing a school for your child, reporter Infonet had a conversation with him Mai Thanh Ha – Parents of children studying in grade 1 and 3 at Victory Experimental School (Hanoi).

Sir, both of your children are currently attending Victory Experimental School. What are the family’s criteria when choosing a school for their children?

I choose a school for my child first from an educational point of view and curriculum.

I chose the Victory experiment because the school’s educational perspective is consistent with the family’s educational perspective, learning through practice, growing through experience.

Ha’s children are interested in experiential activities at home and at school.

In addition, the English program is diverse, has a route suitable for children, an attractive curriculum with many learning resources from Looks, Reading AZ, Math & Science … with enough time to learn English for children to have can have enough reflexes, pronunciation, and thinking to use English.

My family chooses a private school with the number of students under 30 per class is also so that the children have the opportunity to communicate with the teacher more, the teacher has enough time and space to pay attention to the development. of each student, there is the necessary support for each student’s uniqueness.

In addition, the criteria for geographical distance must not be too far, the travel time is 15-20 minutes so that it does not take too much time to travel to and from school.

Moreover, I choose the school partly because of the reasonable cost in the family’s ability to pay, when the family visits the school, they have a good feeling, comfortable with the school’s space, friendly when contacting security guards. , staff, teachers of the school, so I decided to choose Victory Experiment.

Victory Experimental School

Before choosing Victory Experiment, did you consult other schools? Did you decide on that journey or did you consult with your children?

Before deciding to stop at Experimental Victory, our family consulted and researched, studied, experimented, and passed some other famous schools.

However, in the end, the family chose Victory school when it saw that the educational philosophy was suitable for the family, when the children went to school to study, have fun, practice, experience, not too heavy on exams and competition. The assessment of students through the whole process, not just through some tests.

This, I find, is suitable for my child’s personality, especially when he is quite sensitive and hyperactive, and his ability to focus on his studies is not high… Therefore, the family does not want to choose too competitive learning environments. painting.

When choosing a school, my family also regularly consults with my child, takes him to school, and exchanges and talks with him so that he can see what he will and will not have in each environment, and when Only with the consent of the child will I choose to let my child study.

Ha’s 3rd grade daughter reads books and draws pictures by herself.

What do you think about the view that many people think that if they send their children to a hot school, they will definitely be good like “a carp turns into a dragon”?

I believe that a child’s development is a long process, school is important but not all, but also has family and social factors.

A good school brings many positive effects to the child, including the learning environment, the amount of knowledge, the competitiveness is an urge, but vice versa can also be a pressure for the child. Therefore, it is necessary to consider if that environment is suitable for the child, suitable for the family and the corresponding living environment.

I also think that a child can develop to his or her full potential needs to have all the right factors, including school, family and the surrounding environment. To develop well, it is necessary to have enough of those factors, along with the child’s internal strength and long training time.

After a while, your 2 children study at Experimental Victory, what do you find most satisfying?

Because children learn online, up to now, schools and teachers have adapted for online teaching. I realize that teachers also care about children to help them overcome initial difficulties, especially when they enter grade 1.

Through observation, I see that the current learning content is interesting for my child, he loves to learn and this is quite important for a hyperactive child like mine. And we hope this environment will remain appropriate for your child’s development.

However, because of online learning, many activities have not been experienced and limited, which is something I feel very regretful.

Ha’s son is a boy who loves to explore and is hyperactive.

What advice do you have for parents standing on the doorstep to choose a school for their children?

We have 2 young friends, we also wondered a lot and also had to make changes in the selection process. So the advice may be that we should understand our children, clearly define the family’s orientation in education, to find a suitable environment for them.

I think there is no perfect school, can only find the right fit. When parents learn about schools, they should go to the place and experience it directly to have a clear feeling and assessment of the most realistic, suitable for families. In addition, it is necessary to discuss with your child to respect his feelings and decisions.

Thank you for your sharing!

Victory Experimental Education System is an inter-level education system from Kindergarten, Primary School to High School, ensuring uniformity and inheritance for students’ personality and intellectual development.
Victory’s philosophy is that the school is not a place for children to just come and learn, but the school is the living environment of the children. There is no separation between school and real life. The place where children study today is also the place that affects and directly creates their lives in the present and in the future.
Associated with this educational philosophy, Victory’s curriculum always aims to put students at the center of teaching and learning. The learning environment is not only a place where children receive new knowledge, but also a place to nurture their soul and personality, so that they can develop comprehensively in morality and knowledge, realize the value of their children. values, develop social and emotional intelligence, develop self-awareness and self-assessment skills, communication and behavioral skills, and problem-solving skills.

Hoang Thanh