| Language Policy |
The school adopts Chinese as the medium of instruction in order to raise students’ learning interests. With the employment of a native-English speaking teacher and teaching assistant, and the establishment of the English Corner, it is hoped that it will enhance the English learning environment and atmosphere. Moreover, a variety of language-related activities including Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French courses are held every year to expose students to a diversified language environment. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
1. Focus on "Learning to Read": Students are encouraged to read comprehensively, to think creatively, to share and to broaden their interests and visions. <br>2. Students’ language proficiency, communication skills and learning will be greatly uplifted by reading more. <br>3. Chinese and English reading lessons and class teacher reading lessons are incorporated into the curriculum to train students’ writing skills and raise their awareness of social issues.<br>4. The online reading platform "Chinese i-Learner" is adopted which allow students to read books online and to complete HKDSE reading comprehension exercises. This aims to increase their reading speed and comprehension ability as well as fostering self-learning habit. <br>5. Hong Kong Reading city and HYREAD platform provide a large number of electronic books adopting the reading taste of students. Students’ book report results are counted in examinations to foster comprehensive reading at school. <br>6. Students are encouraged to subscribe to a self-learning English online platform "English Builders" ,"Moodle" and "Solid Memory" to upgrade English proficiency. English morning sharing and morning reading assembly can help students to improve English vocabulary. <br>7. Various subsidies and funding are provided. For example, School-based Learning Support Scheme is carried out to increase less-able students’ learning ability while "Life-wide Learning Grant" is used to assist students in need to join curricular activities such as field trips, overseas exchange tours and overseas study etc. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X. Elective Subjects: The school provides students with 14 electives for students to choose from. Each student can choose 2 elective subjects. (Students can choose up to 2 out of 14 elective subjects.)<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: To cater for learner diversity, students are streamlined into different classes according to their learning abilities. Small-class teaching is also adopted. Each form has five classes, except S.5, which has four. Different teaching materials are tailor-made to suit each of the classes. Modified curriculum and examination regulations are established for SEN classes. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
To achieve establishing the culture of inclusion, we set up the student support team which comprises SENCo, three SEN support teachers, one SEN Support officer, one counsellor, School based Education Psychologist, two school social workers and one SEN support assistant.<br>It is hoped that different professions can help the students by dint of their specifications in different dimensions. Form masters, subject teachers, as well as other staff in the school can offer assistance in accordance with the proposals made by the Student Support team. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Apart from routine works, we have inter-group meetings monthly which consist of two Vice Principals for learning and teaching as well as student development. In addition, Team Heads including Head of Career Guidance, Head of Discipline and Counselling, etc. are invited to the meeting. In order to reinforce the support to the SENs, we also hold meetings as platforms for both teachers and the team to exchange their experience. Apart from employing extra teaching staff, we organize different training programme and activities for SENs. We efficiently spend the Learning Support Grant to purchase extra supporting services, namely speech therapy. Communication between our team and parents is also our concern. Thus, we organize different meetings with parents for different purposes so as to let parents know more about their children’s academy and development. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The school and Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) work closely together to better the operation of the school. On top of offering scholarships, PTA committee members earnestly participate in school activities such as school opening prayer, annual sports day, inauguration ceremony etc. PTA also organizes a variety of activities like "Parents-Also-Appreciate-Teachers-Drive", Christmas party, picnic, and DIY workshop, etc. Apart from joining voluntary services, parents take up the role as coordinators and even tutors in different events. This greatly enhances their sense of belonging to school. The school updates parents with information about school development and projects to be implemented through monthly school newsletter, preparing parents’ readiness for the participation in school affairs. The school and parents work together as partners in education. |
| School Ethos |
As a Catholic Diocesan School, we uphold and actualize core values including love, justice, truth, life and family, emphasizing the cultivation of proper moral and character. Our school is marked by the culture of simplicity. We strengthen students’ sense of belonging to school and consolidate teacher-student rapport by implementing policies such as staying at school for lunch, lunch-time activities, opening after-school self-study facilities, etc. Moreover, the school has imposed strict requirements over students’ uniforms, appearance and personal connotation to actualize the qualities of a Pui Shing student, i.e. hardworking, responsible, neatness, obedient and eco-friendliness. The school also encourage cultural integration, mutual care and support studying environment, and tolerate of different cultures in hope of building a "love and inclusive" campus. |
| School Development Plan |
In the years, 2022 – 2025, the school will implement a new three years plan. The "Learning & Teaching team", "Students' Development team" and the "Executive Affair team" each of them will have one goal to achieve:<br>"Learning and Teaching team "is to enhance learning effectiveness and add the value of learning performance by stimulating students’ interest with the use of information technology.<br>"Students' Development team" will strive to Cultivate positive values and attitudes to create an active and affective school.<br>"Executive Affair team" will focus on teachers' professional development. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
The school is keen on teacher professional development, apart from staff development days, cross-curricular meetings on pedagogy are encouraged to promote the learning culture among teachers. Facilitating teachers’ spiritual education is another area of concern which includes teachers’ mental, physical and spiritual health development. Teachers are given space to enhance subject knowledge. Moreover, peer observation plan aims to raise teachers’ techniques of using information and technology in teaching. Teachers are also reminded of the importance of good classroom management skills. Through lesson observation conducted by the Principal and subject panel heads, teachers’ teaching skills in various aspects including effective teaching and learning, applying IT technique in teaching and classroom management can be boosted. |
| Life-wide Learning |
In recent years, the school has enhanced the leading roles of Student Union Chairpersons, Head Prefects, House Captains and Monitors to unleash their potential. The following clubs and teams are set up.<br>- 4 physical and acting training teams: drama, dance, judo and badminton; <br>- 9 school P.E. teams: athletics, cross-country, basketball, soccer, volleyball, swimming, bowling, dodge ball and archery;<br>- 10 interest groups: photography, art group, editorial, English Musical, Band, Butterfly Garden, Japanese, Korean, French and Spanish interest class;<br>- 8 unions: scouts, prefects cum Junior Police Call, librarians and Community Youth Club, Catholic society, Choir, Debate Team and Elder Academy; <br>- 7 academic clubs: Chinese, Reading Club, Mathematics, STEM, Computer Studies, Humanities and Tourism Subjects. Not only do students focus on academic performance, they can develop interests in sports and arts activities. Team activities can also train students’ discipline. The school not only encourages students to participate in voluntary services such as flag-selling, tree planting, etc., but also establishes service learning curriculum to provide students more opportunities to serve the community and to organise activities in different venues such as the elderly home, hospital, kindergarten, community centre and rehabilitation centre, etc. Students can experience the meaning of "giving is more of a blessing than receiving". |
