| Language Policy |
The school places great emphasis on enhancing students' English proficiency. Junior form students are divided according to their competence into small groups for English lessons. Use of English is integrated across the curriculum to encourage its usage for all subjects and in all occasions. Activities such as drama and role play are held at the English Zone, an area decorated to provide an environment conducive to practicing and learning English. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
The school emphasizes moral development and values education. It makes good use of information technology, and remedial tutorial classes and enrichment courses to cater to students' diverse learning needs. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 3X and 4X. <br>Please refer to school homepage (http://mfs1.edu.hk/nss.php).<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: To cater for students' diverse abilities and needs, school-based curricula are developed for a number of subjects. F.1 and F.2 students are streamed into different sets and to be taught according to their English competency. Gifted education programmes are provided to talented students. Extracurricular Science research projects are promoted to provide students with opportunities to develop and explore their potentials. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
Our school strives to cater for learner diversity through providing appropriate learning materials and experiences to students. For example, students in junior forms are divided into small groups based on their English proficiency, so that we can take care of individual learning needs and raise their learning effectiveness. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
The school is well disposed to and implements all necessary measures to support students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in accordance with EDB’s 3-Tier Support Model and the Whole School Approach (WSA).<br>The school is committed to develop an inclusive culture to support students with Special Educational Needs (SEN). The Special Education Needs Unit has been formed.<br>The school has recruited a teaching assistant to take care of students with Special Educational Needs and purchased professional services (e.g. social skills training and study skills training). <br>The school also provides professional services (e.g. social skills, speech therapy and training for attention enhancement) , special examination arrangements and Individual Education Plan (IEP) for students in need.<br>The school provides school-based speech therapist to help improve students’ speech abilities. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The Parent Teacher Association plays a significant role in enhancing communication between parents and the school. It organizes events such as school anniversary dinners, outings, interest groups, academic talks, and community services to cater for diverse interests of the group. It also encourages students to provide services to the society. The Executive Committee members meet regularly in the school year and consult with parents on school policies to facilitate a close school-parent collaboration. |
| School Ethos |
Adhering to the school motto “Truth and Loyalty”, the school teaches its students to be loyal to truth, follow the school founders’ example in practicing Christian faith: Love God and men and serve the poor and the needy. The student body is generally humble, honest, frugal, righteous and charitable. |
| School Development Plan |
Major Concerns for 2021-2024:<br>1. Equip students to be proactive and self-reflective learners to cope with the needs required of the changing learning mode of society.<br>2. Strengthen students’ sense of responsibility and abilities with building a healthy and peaceful family and society in accordance with Catholic values. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
The school organizes three professional development days each year for teachers. Talks and workshops on the pedagogy and caring for students are conducted by university professors, experienced educators and professionals. The school regularly shares with other schools experiences on a wide range of topics, such as STREAM education and cross-curriculum pedagogy. |
| Life-wide Learning |
The school strives to balance academic studies with holistic personal development through a diverse array of extra-curricular activities. Students are encouraged to participate in internal and external activities and competitions. Student Union, 4 Houses, 16 activity clubs and 18 interest groups, school teams and training classes offer inspiring and innovative activities for students, in order to provide various experiential learning opportunities for students to achieve the goal of holistic development. |
