Three years ago, we started to think about what’s best fitting my son’s education when he was approaching the decision point whether to continue the US study path in HK (AP) or switching to UK path (GCSE/AL). The decision was never an easy one and luckily we got the opportunity to get to know Britianna, and Carson. From knowing close to nothing to now I am sending both of my kids abroad (including my younger teen girl this year), Carson has been so helpful in advising and making the whole process smooth.
To us, a good school does not simply equal to only academic excellence but most importantly a place which can provide a safe environment to support the important stage of transformation from teens to young adults – character building, learning from peers, independent thinking, problem solving, resilience, independence, taking accountability and time management etc
This is the second year my son at Oakham school. Apart from working hard on the GCSE subjects, he has to choose a “service” throughout Y10 and 11, of which he has chosen CCF Army as his choice. CCF provides ample opportunity to challenge him to go beyond the comfort zone, ranging from learning the essentials of shooting to survival
skills like sleeping in a forest without proper camp setting! He now also discovered his hidden talent in small air rifle shooting. As part of the school team now some of his weeks are busy in inter-school competitions.
With the brother’s experience, his younger sister also took a bold decision this year to study year 7 in UK. We are so impressed by the “complete education” offered by Benenden. When we met the housemistress and tutor, they showed real care and true understanding on what the girl needs. Their daily routine is truly busy but fulfilled. At Benenden, she got to try so many new things to widen her horizon: contemporary dancing, public speaking, drama to name a few. On top of academics, she learns to take care on her own self, waking up 6 or 7-ish am and be on bed 8:30-9 pm. We were so impressed by seeing a 12 years old girl able to pack all on her own nicely for exeat and term break. In short, we really are not able to find any comparable learning experience at her age in Hong Kong and we feel blessed to have her in Benenden to start her boarding school life earlier.
Thank you Britianna and Carson!