| Language Policy |
Besides Chinese Language, Putonghua, Chinese History, Japanese and French, all lessons are conducted in English. In order to enable students to have a balanced development in English, Chinese and PTH, the Language Policy Committee has closely coordinated the development of these language subjects in the past few years. With the clear goal of nurturing and developing individuals who are both bi-literate and tri-lingual, various language activities have been held throughout the year, including different reading schemes for Chinese and English books, participation in the annual Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival, story-telling competitions, Chinese Cultural Trip, Putonghua Trip, English and French Immersion Trips and Business Study Trip. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Apart from placing an emphasis on students' language competency, bi-literacy and tri-lingualism in particular, the school makes every effort to foster a holistic and all-round development of individuals. It has endeavoured to nurture in our students an active and responsible learning attitude, cognitive thinking skills, social awareness, a sense of responsibility and commitment to serving our community. Small-class teaching has been adopted in the teaching of Chinese, English and Mathematics. We offer iRead scheme (a self-reading scheme), reading award scheme, extensive reading scheme and book sharing sessions. Besides, book exhibitions are held regularly, aiming at increasing students' exposure to reading. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 3X. Students should choose 3 from the 11 electives.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: English Language, Small class teaching in English, Chinese and Mathematics (S.1-S.3), Business Fundamentals (S.2-S.3), Aesthetic Education (S.4) |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
In order to cater to students with different learning abilities and learning needs, we have launched Student Mentoring Programme and Peer Counselling Scheme to provide help to new students and students in need. In addition, small-class teaching has been adopted in the teaching of Chinese, English and Mathematics. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Our school is committed to developing an inclusive culture through the Whole School Approach (WSA) to support students with special education needs (SEN). To enhance their learning effectiveness and assist their social inclusion at school, the Learning Support Grant (LSG) is deployed to provide appropriate and diversified support to them. Our Student Support Team is composed of the Vice Principals, Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), Special Educational Needs Support Teacher (SENST), Educational Psychologist (EP), teachers and student counsellor. Our school has utilized the LSG to employ SENST and student counsellor to cater for learner diversity, follow up and understand the students' needs on a regular basis. Teachers are also required to take courses for their professional development and expertise in helping students with career planning. Besides, we acquire different services like speech therapy for students with speech and language impairment, art therapy for students with weak emotional expression, social skills support group and bullying prevention support group for students with poor social skills, as well as seminars on Integrated Education for cultivating an inclusive learning environment. We also make adjustments to learning tasks and tests for students in need. With assistance from the EP, corresponding assessments and assistance is carried out, followed by meetings on Individual Education Plan. The collaboration helps students to develop concrete and feasible learning plans. Nevertheless, we treasure home-school cooperation and have established regular communication channels to facilitate parents' participation in the formulation of supportive strategies for students with SEN. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
PTA Formation: Established in 1995, the Parent-Teacher Association serves to act as a direct linkage between parents, teachers and Josephians. Meetings are held where ideas and suggestions are exchanged between the school authority and members of the Executive Committee. A wide range of meaningful and educational activities like the Parent Child Outing, Annual Dinner-cum-Appreciation Drive, seminars and sharing sessions are also held within the academic year. These meaningful activities tremendously enhance home-school cooperation and improve communication between parents and children. |
| School Ethos |
Through our school motto "LABORE ET VIRTUTE" the spirit of our school is well manifested. We educate students in areas of moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and emotional development through providing them with learning opportunities and experiences in different subjects, extra-curricular activities and activities organised by the Board of Value Education, Counselling Team and Moral and Civic Education Team. |
| School Development Plan |
Our three major concerns for 2021-2024 are:<br>1. To foster our students to be life-long learners in order to succeed in the 21st century;<br>2. To promote positive health among Josephians; <br>3. To co-create passion-driven learning experience. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Three "Staff Development Days" are held every year with the aim of improving the effectiveness and the quality of learning and teaching. To keep teachers abreast of the latest trends in education, the School strategically arrange teachers to attend courses and seminars organised by the EDB, including training in senior secondary curriculum, courses on catering for diverse learning needs, national and national security education, value education and STEAM education. Besides, many teachers are pursuing postgraduate studies at the moment. |
| Life-wide Learning |
We offer 50 societies and interests groups; cross-curriculum activities (e.g. project learning) and overseas exchange programmes are held regularly throughout the academic year. We also organize STEM workshops and arts workshops to unleash students' potentials. |
