| Language Policy |
Our School adopts Chinese as the Medium of Instruction, which helps students attain proficiency in both Chinese and English. We offer Putonghua as the Medium of Instruction for teaching the Chinese Language in some junior classes. Extended learning activities in English are integrated into the Junior Secondary Integrated Science and Mathematics curricula. Funded by Project WeCan II and Quality Education Fund, our school has set up the Campus TV to promote language learning. In addition, our school has set up an English Activity Centre for holding English week and English Drama Training workshops. News sharing sessions are conducted by students in Chinese and English during the Morning Assembly. Morning Reading Sessions and Extensive Reading Schemes in both Chinese and English are held throughout the year. To enhance biliterate and trilingual abilities, our school encourages students to join the Speech Festival (Chinese, English and Putonghua Speeches). |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Please refer to 'Others' for details. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. 2X and 3X. Our school offers 10 electives, Future Skills Development Programme, 2 applied learning courses and mathematics extended module. Students can choose various subjects according to their interests and abilities. <br> 2. Curriculum highlights: <br>a. Design school-based curriculum to cater for students’ diverse abilities and needs. There are English Enhancement classes for remedial and enhancement purposes.<br>b. Project-based Learning with collaboration of different subjects and Language across the Curriculum are incorporated in the junior forms curricula to activate students’ relevant knowledge and skills systematically. <br>c. “Applied Learning” courses are offered to senior secondary students. There are over 40 subjects and 6 areas of studies which include Creative Studies; Media and Communication; Business, Management and Law; Services; Applied Science; and Engineering and Production. This gives students an opportunity to take suitable courses according to their interest and ambition, and to develop their multiple-intelligence and multi-directional development. <br>d. School-based gifted courses are established and students are nominated to take the gifted courses provided by universities and The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education.<br>e. Our school has developed school-based STREAM courses and conducted relevant learning activities to enhance students’ creativity and problem-solving skills.<br>f. Religious courses are offered to emphasize the value and meaning of life in Christianity, and cultivate students’ values to respect for life. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
1. Tailor-made school-based core and extended curriculum to cater for students with different learning abilities.<br>2. Cater for learning needs through the after-school tutorial classes.<br>3. Implement different types of award schemes like Lock Tao award scheme, Star of the Month Scheme and Best Improvement Award, I Can Do It Scheme encouraging students of different abilities to learn conscientiously.<br>4. Cater for individual differences, small-class teaching and small-group streaming are implemented in Chinese, English and Mathematics.<br>5. Promote a caring culture on the campus, Co-Class Teacher system, Stand by Me Scheme and Caring Ambassadors Scheme are incorporated into the curriculum.<br>6. Nominate gifted students to join university programmes. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
1. Our school upholds the principle of “respecting differences and fostering inclusion” in a whole-school approach. Our school, through various policies and cultural developments, provides high-quality, evidence-based support for the students with special education needs.<br>2. Our school has established “Inclusive Education Policy Team”, which is supervised by the Vice Principal of academics to come up with the structure and development of the inclusive education at school. To offer intensive support to the students with special needs, our school has set up “Integrated Education Student Support Team (SEN Team)”. The Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), Special Educational Needs Support Teachers (SENSTs), counselors, and teacher assistants will take individual cases into consideration to provide students with special education needs with comprehensive care.<br>3. In order to achieve Inclusive Education, we have established “Happy Teens Club” with various activities such as luncheon meetings, picnics and excursions. <br>4. In terms of teaching and learning, the school provides students having special education needs with case workers, assessment referrals, test adjustments, accompanied study, Individualised Education Plan (IEP), speech-language pathology, Chinese enrichment course, Social Training Group, Arts Therapy and Life Planning Group, After-school Learning Support Programmes, and Pre-exam Revision Group to alleviate the students’ learning difficulties. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
Our Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) was established in 1996. In order to promote the home-school cooperation, a variety of activities, including Parents’ workshops, talks and family gathering, have been organised. Parent volunteers have also been gathered to provide extra support for the school. To have a better understanding on students’ school performance, Parents’ Days have also been held regularly. Through the active cooperation between the teachers and parents, a better teacher-student and parent-child relationship can be developed. |
| School Ethos |
Our students are humble and abide by school rules. A full time school chaplain service is available to provide pastoral care for students and foster their spiritual development. Co-Class Teacher system aiming at providing more care and support for students is employed in each class so as to allow students to have a richer school life through different activities and competitions. All junior form students are required to have lunch at school. Our school has received Caring School Honour Award for many consecutive years. Different schemes and awards are offered, including Grow New Impetus Scheme, Stand by Me Scheme, I Can Do It Scheme, Lock Tao Ambassador Scheme and Caring Ambassador Scheme in order to activate students' potentials enhance their confidence and help them to integrate into campus life. |
| School Development Plan |
1. Cultivate students' generic skills and enrich their learning experience by constructing, updating and optimising the curriculum.<br>2. Cater for learner diversity and enhance students' self-learning skills.<br>3. Strengthen values education and build a healthy campus to maintain a healthy body, mind and spirit.<br>4. Promote a healthy lifestyle in students.<br>5. Provide quality Christian education.<br> |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Since 2007, our school has been working with The University of Hong Kong and started the School-University Partnership Scheme in order to promote teachers' professional development. The school actively organises and participates in diversified education lectures and workshops in order to keep up with the latest trend of the Education Bureau (EDB). Peer lesson observation has been highly promoted for a better teaching enhancement, establishment of learning organisation and sustainable development of school. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Our school has set up a variety of clubs and interest groups (sports and recreation, uniform groups, social services, academic accomplishment, leisure interests, religious and spiritual education, culture and arts) for students to choose. Recently, cycling team and fencing team have been introduced to build a learning community for the primary schools in the district so that students can benefit from the cooperative relationships. Our school cultivates outstanding class committee members, club committee members, and student union members through systematic training in order to train them to become outstanding leaders and enable them to realise their social responsibilities to serve the society. Moreover, Life-Wide Learning and Uniform Groups and School Club Periods are promoted and integrated in the class periods to foster more cross-curriculum learning opportunities, exploring students’ potential and cultivating their different generic skills. Through the above activities, a quality student learning portfolio can be developed. |
