Primary Lessons (6-12) years old

Children participating in this group would have developed their second language skill throughout their early years. However, we do have some children attending our primary program without any prior Mandarin skills. In our primary classes, we help your children go on to the next step of language learning without pain.

Many traditional after-school programs focus on ROTE learning and other old-fashioned methods of language learning, and having over 30 children in a big classroom certainly does not help our little learners. Children at Kimmba learn through play. With our structured fun and engaging programs, we have had excellent results in teaching Mandarin to young children.

We offer two primary classes weekly, ie. 2 x 2-hours sessions; making a total of 4 hours of Mandarin learning per week, which differs to the traditional weekend school of 3 hours. In the writing class, children spend time learning how to write Chinese characters. Learning to write Chinese is not easy, so children get a lot of practice at it to ensure they become skilled writers. It is not compulsory to attend both classes each week, however, it is of great benefit to your child to maximize their Mandarin learning opportunities from a young age.

Our conversation class is aimed at making speaking Mandarin an easy task. We all know that the speaking and writing of any language comes from different parts of our brain, therefore we focus only on speaking Mandarin in these classes. The philosophy behind the design of this course is to stimulate the children’s brains in innovative ways.

Timetable

PRIMARY CLASS (2 hrs)

Fees

Fees can be paid in cash in person, money order, cheque or internet banking. Please do not post cash. Cheques to be made payable to: Kimmba Bilingual Learning Inc. If paying by internet banking please use your child's full name and session day as reference.

Banking details

Bank: ANZ

Name: Kimmba Bilingual Learning Inc.
BSB: 013-189
A/C/ No: 4903 21009

Parents need to be aware that Kimmba is a non-profit organisation and relies on prompt and full payment of fees to meet costs. While Kimmba is committed to providing exceptional education for your children, we need parents’ commitment to support the service. Kimmba therefore reserves the right to withdraw service for non-payment of fees.

Annual Enrolment Fee

To secure your child’s place for 2011, it is advisable that parents pay the 2011 annual enrolment fee of $50.00 per child/per year when enrolling their child.

The annual enrolment fee is payable for each of the first two years of consecutive enrolment but is exempt for a 3rd consecutive year should your child/ren continue their language learning with us.

Please note: the annual enrolment fee is NOT refundable under any circumstances.

Regular Rate and Late Payment charges

Applicable to those enrolled at first week of each term.

However, for those paying late (after week 1 of each term) there is a late payment fee of $5 charged per week per child to make a place available ASAP for your child/ren. Where a cheque is dishonoured a fee of $35 will be charged.

Holding Fee

There is a holiday holding fee of $50 per child per session/per week. This is to secure the placement when your child is on holiday. If your child attends 2 weekly sessions and requires placement holding fee for both, the fee would be $100 for the absent 4 weeks. If your child is going away for more than 4 weeks during any school terms, a weekly holding fee of $12.50 per weekly session for the number of absent weeks will be charged as an ongoing holding fee to secure your child’s placement when he/she returns.

Regular Tuition Fees schedule

Casual/Trial Fees

Trial Classes

We offer up to 3 trial classes for new students. When you attend trial classes, the total fee applicable the trial period is payable on or before the first class. There is NO enrolment fee payable when attending trial classes. However, by the end of the trial period, your child will be officially enrolled if you decide to participate in our program and the fees payable would include the balance of the term’s tuition fee due plus the enrolment fee.

Family discount and children attending more than 1 session per week

There is a 20% discount on tuition fees for second and subsequent children enrolled from the same family OR a 5% discount for each session if your child is taking more than one session per week.

Both discounted fees are calculated at the time of the payment.

For example, if paying per term, after 30th January, children attending 2 kinder classes per week would be paying $270 x 95% x 2 = $513.

Please note that only one of the above discounts is applicable per child.

Please contact the enrolment officer for confirmation of fees or for further assistance.

Waiting List Registration Fee

To register your child/ren on our waiting list for any classes: baby, toddler or kinder class, there is a transferable fee payable of $50.00. This fee will be transferred as your 1st enrolment fee when a placement is confirmed for you. This may not occur within the same year as your registration year but we will try our best to have you attending our program as soon as we practically can.

We thank you for your patience and understanding of our enrolment policy.