| Language Policy |
Our school stresses the importance of enhancing the biliterate and trilingual abilities of students. Various cross-curriculum activities are designed to maximize the students' language abilities. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
1. To place emphasis on language enhancement, Form 1 and Form 2 students have to attend Chinese, English, Mathematics remedial classes to consolidate their learning foundation. The NSS Electives bridging courses are offered for Form 3 students to experience the NSS learning modes; The Foundation Course of Nursing (QF) is offered for Form 4 students. Besides, all students have to attend the Life-wide Learning Courses and the Other Learning Experience Courses to cater for learner diversity and to achieve learning goals beyond classroom learning.<br>2. Ensure that students are able to manage the learning contents and knowledge in the secondary education stage in order to fulfill the targets of whole person education.<br>3. Focusing on students different interests and potentials, teachers foster students' creative thinking, critical thinking, problem-solving and applying abilities to enhance students multiple-intelligences developments. <br>4. Teachers evaluate the curriculum regularly and adopt appropriate learning resources systematically to uplift the teaching and learning effectiveness to achieve the goal of teaching students depending on their abilities. <br>5. Arranging students to participate in HKDSE and other certificate courses to open up a diversified path for further studies. <br>6. By scaffolding of knowledge, teachers can make use of students' daily experience and multi-style teaching and learning strategies to develop students’ thinking skills and cultivate the students’ life-long learning attitudes. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X. Students should choose 2 from 6 electives.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: QF Certificate course of Nursing, Junior Forms Remedial Classes (Chinese, English & Mathematics), certificate courses, in-school Applied Learning courses: Film and Transmedia and Hotel Operations.<br>With the well integration of cross-curriculum operations, teachers organize multi-learning activities, integrate knowledge & experience for students learning, cultivate students’ life-long learning attitudes and offer multi-learning experiences for students. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
Our school adopt the whole-school approach to integrated education which emphasizes the balanced development of students in moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic. We work closely with EDB, tertiary institutions and other professional organizations. We adopt “Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation” as a self-evaluation system to review and improve our curriculum, teaching strategies and assessments. We help students get exposure to various other learning activities which students can gain both practical knowledge and application, enabling them to showcase their skills and talents. Furthermore, we participated in Caring School Award Programme jointly organized by Education Bureau and Hong Kong Christian Service and received the "Caring School Award" for ten consecutive years from 2013 to 2022. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Student Support Team is formed from the Principal, Vice Principals, Academic Committee Coordinators, Counselling and Guidance Master, Discipline Master, Social Workers, Education Psychologist, Speech Therapist, SEN Coordinator, SEN Support Teachers and the panel chairpersons of Chinese, English, Mathematics and Citizenship & Social Development. It is devoted to coordinating and planning the strategies for catering students' diverse learning needs.<br>With the Learning Support Grant, our school has launched a variety of activities like remedial classes for Chinese, English and Mathematics, social skills training, concentration training, speech therapy, individualized educational programme and other counseling services. Regular case conferences, subject meetings and lesson co-planning are held to monitor student development and learning. We also provide examination accommodations like the use of screen readers, extra time allowance, supervised breaks during examination, abridged question papers. <br>We launched Student Mentorship Programme which each student is assigned a class teacher as their mentor whose role is to observe students' school life and learning progress through weekly meetings. Examination and homework accommodation Talk and parent groups are organized to provide parenting support and establish communication channels. School support summary reports are also issued every student every year to give parents and students a comprehensive overview of learning and student growth support provided by the school. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The Parents and Teachers Association has been established for many years. “Loving and caring communication, educational supports and social gathering co-operations” are the key frameworks. “Parent Education” is the network and “Children Growth” is the main body so as to maintain the PTA an effective and active association. |
| School Ethos |
Our school emphasizes the whole-school approach of discipline and counseling mode to support the full development of different student growth aspects. Our school praising systems & disciplinary measures are clear and united; organizes multiple-style activities to reinforce the whole person development; is dedicated to upgrade students’ self-discipline and moral spirits to promote the caring school culture and outstanding school ethos. |
| School Development Plan |
1. Promoting lesson study among teachers; developing multidimensional teaching strategies and assessments.<br>2. Broadening students’ horizons to foster global perspectives.<br><br> |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Our School has organized teacher trainings on Win-Win management, school crisis, questioning technique, Invitational Education of Thinking, multi-sensory education, co-operative learning, self-regulated learning, assessment for learning and e-learning. Our school has linked up with Education Bureau, Hong Kong Institute of Education, to run various co-operative projects. Based on the students' needs, we arrange various seminars, training and workshops for teachers, lesson observations, hold regular meetings for academic preparations and peer lesson observation to promote the organization learning culture so as to improve teachers' professional development. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Various extra-curricular activities are organized in terms of academics, interests, sports and teams, students are arranged to participate in inter-school competitions; various academic weeks, theme-based assembly, leadership training camps, academic exchange tours, sports day, inter-house activities and competitions, post-exam and summer activities every year. Organize "life-wide learning" courses and Other Learning Experience week to cultivate students' different career interests, etc. |
