| Language Policy |
Principle: Under the policy of promoting 'mother-tongue teaching' and achieving 'bilingual proficiency' as well as adopting STEAM education, students starting from junior form levels are exposed to ample opportunities to practise and use English so as to enhance their ability to learn in English and to equip them for further study and work. To enhance English learning environment, in some lesson time in Integrated Science and Home Economics, F.1 students will have chances to engage in extended learning activities conducted in English while English is adopted as the MOI in Mathematics. Measures: 1. Introducing a series of activities to enrich English learning environment: English Morning Assembly, English lunchtime activities, English Ambassador Scheme and English Drama Club. Students are encouraged to participate in various English competitions. To increase interactive learning opportunities among students, English Corner as an activity centre and a self-accessed English learning centre is equipped with multiple tablets and various e-learning packages are used; 2. Hiring of Native English Teachers to strengthen students' communication skills; 3. Implementing a range of after-school learning support programmes. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
We aim at creating a warm and excellent learning environment for our students so as to cultivate positive values and the right learning attitude in them. In order to make the learning process more student-centered, our lessons involve interactions and group activities to cater for individual learning needs. We also provide a lot of learning skills trainings for our students through utilizing information technology and facilitating students to produce projects for different learning topics. Through these activities, students' multiple intelligence can be developed. School-based curriculum is introduced to give support to academically gifted/underprivileged students and to cater for learning differences. Students are encouraged, with the help of information technology, to deliver presentations and to engage in project work on specific themes. Gifted Education Committee is set up so as to provide school-based courses for students with outstanding academic performance. In addition, visit tours and joint-school exchange programmes will be arranged to top talents in order to broaden their horizons. Emphasis is put on cultivating students' reading habit and creativity, and motivating their initiative in learning. To broaden students' scope and depth of knowledge, multiple Reading Schemes are implemented: Reading Lesson in junior forms cultivating students' habit in reading books, newspapers and journals in both Chinese and English; Training of reading skills in accordance with the Chinese and English curricula; 'Reading Star' scheme; Book recommendation in morning assembly; participate in 'Popular Reading Award Scheme'; invite well-known authors to give speeches; organize book exhibition on special themes and so on. STEAM education not only cultivates students’ interest in Science, Technology and Mathematics, but also strengthens their ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across different STEAM disciplines. Through practical learning experience using advanced technologies such as programming, AI and IOT, students’ creativity, collaboration and problem solving skills can be nurtured so that they can become lifelong learners in STEAM. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. Each student can choose two or three subjects from the following: Physics/ Chemistry/ Biology/ Information and Communication Technology/ Chinese History/ Geography/ Business, Accounting and Financial Studies/ Economics/ Tourism and Hospitality Studies/ Mathematics (Extended Part Module 2)/ Physical Education/ Visual Arts/ Applied Learning<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: (1) Provide students with a variety of subject choices, including Elective subjects and modules, to cater for their differences in learning interests, abilities and needs; (2) Help students build a strong knowledge base to prepare them for future studies; (3) Develop lifelong learning skills, positive values and attitudes to meet the needs of the current society; (4) Strengthen assessment for learning in order to achieve the goal of lifelong learning; (5) Bridging between the junior and senior curricula. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
1. After-school learning support programmes; <br>2. Smaller teaching group size in core subjects in senior forms (4 classes split into 5 groups); <br>3. Group teaching in Chinese and English in junior forms (2 classes split into 3 groups). |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Our school is dedicated in advocating Inclusive Education and we adopt a Whole-school Approach to cater for learner diversity. Through the use of various grants and resources, we provide diversified support to help students achieve better academic results and enjoy a happy school life. To cater for the different needs of our students, we offer a wide range of support programmes, including a school-based Dyslexia Program and social skills training group conducted by our teachers, the implementation of the Individual Education Plans (IEP) which are monitored by our Educational Psychologist. There are also Speech Training sessions and special examination accommodation measures. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
To promote home-school co-operation, our school established the Parent-Teacher Association, which regularly holds meetings between parents and teachers and organizes family activities, education programmes and workshops to enhance home-school relationships. With parental involvement, it is hoped that parents and teachers could work together to nurture our younger generations and raise their holistic achievement. |
| School Ethos |
1. We follow Pok Oi Hospital's motto 'We Love, We Care, We Serve' to nurture our students, with emphasis on simplicity and elegance as our school ethos, to establish a caring school, and to foster high-quality citizens.<br>2. We promote invitational education. Through the factors of people, places, policies, programs and processes, students' values of "care", "optimism", "respect" and "trust" can be cultivated.<br>3. We adopt 'Two Form-Teachers Policy' to give more love and care to students and to provide diversified class-based activities.<br>4. Through school curriculum like Life Education, we systematically plan the morning assembly and weekly assembly sessions throughout the year to provide a wide range of moral and civic education activities and sharing as a platform for spiritual exchange between teachers and students.<br>5. We set up a social service group so as to enable students to reflect on the value and meaning of life by serving others, and to cultivate students' civic responsibility, empathy and positive values.<br>6. Through training, services and other practical activities, students will expand their horizons from the three levels of "enrichment", "contact with society" and "facing the world" so that their leadership qualities and thinking abilities can be enhanced. |
| School Development Plan |
1. 'Everybody shines, just not on the same day in the same way'.<br>2. Promote value education and cultivate students' perseverance and empathy. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Our school values teachers' quality and their professional development and aims at establishing a professional learning community. In recent years, we have promoted ‘‘Invitational Education’ and developed a universal potential education and elite education with the framework of Hong Kong gifted education development.<br>Through active participation in training, sharing, regular meetings and collaboration periods, teachers will share their successful development experiences. We will plan strategically and incorporate the ideas of 'Invitational Education' into teacher training activities in order to build an excellent team of teachers who share the educational philosophy to 'guide students to success'. |
| Life-wide Learning |
1. Life-Wide Learning Day<br>We organise "Life-Wide Learning Day" to integrate essential growth and learning elements so as to meet students' needs according to their form levels. For instance, we organise overseas visit and tours, project learning, leadership training and volunteer services to enhance students' confidence, broaden their vision and nurture them to be more socially responsible. At last we hope our students’ initiatives and commitment to face challenges can be boosted.<br>2. Extra-Curricular Activities<br>We arrange "Happy Friday" program for Secondary 1 to 5 students so as to enable them to experience different activities and develop their potential. We offer more than 40 extra-curricular activities in the categories of academics, sports, art, music, interests and services. This year we have two new activities, namely ice hockey team and dragon boat team.<br>3. Leadership Training<br>Our school has different leaders and service teams. Through a variety of training activities, we focus on training student leaders to develop their potential and strive for excellence. |
