| Language Policy |
1. English is the medium of instruction in ICT and Science subjects in senior forms. Students opt to take these electives based on their learning abilities and interests.<br>2. S.1-S.3: English is the medium of instruction in Science and Computer Literacy. Extended Learning Activities in English are implemented in some other subjects. Language-Across-the-Curriculum activities and English enrichment programmes are held.<br>3. Language-Across-the-Curriculum lessons are set up in junior forms to polish students' English reading and writing skills.<br>4. To enhance our students’ English proficiency, 3 native English-speaking teachers are recruited to create a conducive environment for English learning enhancement. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
1. To strengthen cooperative learning, teachers hold group discussions and presentations and give feedback. <br>2. Classroom routines and 5 'S' strategies are set to build students' good study skills. <br>3. Pre-learning focus is set to prepare students in advance. The teachers also develop students’ note-taking skills to grasp the learning focus. Students are also encouraged to write reflection regularly. <br>4. Every subject has its own online zoom teaching platform to support students' life-wide learning (fully accredited by Focus Inspection Personnel).<br>5. 150 ipads are available in e-learning to enhance teacher-student interaction.<br>6. Recommended books are posted on the school’s website to widen students' scope of exposure and develop their cognitive thinking.<br>7. Various learning strategies are introduced to the students to enhance their learning. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. To provide various learning experiences, 12 senior secondary electives are offered to cover different key learning areas.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: (1) S.1-S.3 Chinese Language: Putonghua is integrated with Chinese Language.<br>(2) S.1-S.3 Life and Society: To align with the senior secondary curriculum, materials are tailor-made to foster students’ self-understanding, the understanding of citizenship, communities, the nation, countries worldwide and the environment. <br>(3) Design and Applied Technology is also in senior secondary to enhance students’ high-order thinking skills and problem-solving abilities.<br>(4) Language-Across-the-Curriculum period is introduced in S.1-S.3. Language-Across-the-Curriculum dictation is held to build students a stronger English foundation with relevant vocabulary items and sentence structures. Every week, school-based English reading articles are set to boost students' three-tiered English skills: listening, reading and writing. Online listening, mind-maps and procedural writing skills are employed. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
Appoint teachers to attend special education training. A task group has been formed. A counselor and a teaching assistant are recruited to help students with special needs. Implement a 'Buddy Counselling Scheme': senior form students will study with students who have learning difficulties. 239 students have been successfully recommended for ‘The Gifted Student Training Scheme’, organized by the EDB, in different subject areas since 2003-04. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
The school is committed to implementing integrated education with a whole school approach. The SEN coordinator holds regular meetings with teachers to make an appropriate support plan for students with Special Educational Needs and make various adjustments. The school arranges different subject teachers to attend EDB three-level courses in dealing with students with diverse educational needs. We also invite the EDB Educational Psychologist and social workers to give talks and information to staff in order to raise teachers' professionalism. The school also holds talks or workshops for parents to enhance their understanding in integrated education. The school uses resources flexibly by employing a counselor, a supporting teacher and a teaching assistant to support students' learning diversity. With the help of services like emotion management, speech therapy, integrated activities, tutorials and so on, we target at students' different needs to help them with a better multiple development so that they have a better life planning and career preparation. The school also organizes consultation or counselling services by our Educational Psychologist or social workers. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The committee members of the Parent-Teacher Association hold meetings and organize activities regularly in order to facilitate the cooperation among parents, teachers, the school and community. So, parent and school education can be fostered. Parents elect representatives to be a member of Incorporated Management Committee. PTA appoints parent representatives to be members of 'Monitoring Committee on Trading Operations'. The committee is to supervise lunch, coach, tuck shop service providers, bookstore and school uniform companies. PTA also holds seminars and activities to promote parent education. PTA organizes 'The Reuse of School Uniform and Textbook Scheme' to encourage conservation and help the needy families. Regarding external communication, through the exchange and collaboration between Sun Fong Chung College and two mainland high schools, the School’s Sister School Scheme enhances the understanding and communication, strengthens cultural interflow among all related parties. With the support from parents, the School conducts inter-cultural exchange activities and field trips. In addition, voluntary services are conducted in collaboration with local community organizations in order to facilitate students’ contribution and commitment to the society. |
| School Ethos |
1. The school has allocated resources to help students' growth with a discipline cum counselling approach. Yearly concerns are tailored and led by the vice-principal (student support) to develop students' healthy physical, psychological and social growth systematically. <br>2. Student-centered activities are organized to provide an array of multifarious opportunities so that our students are the 'protagonists'. Students' good behaviour is acknowledged with positive reinforcement in various ways (e.g. Morning/Weekly Assemblies, School Website, Lift Lobby TV, Honour List, Conduct Bonus, etc.). Well-behaved students are credited to be the role-models for their fellow schoolmates. <br>3. There are moral education and life education lessons in which discussions on campus life, news and current affairs, are held. The Principal, vice-principals and teachers take turns to give messages to nurture students with good value of judgement. <br>4.The school has a bi-class teacher system. All teachers and staff have lunch on campus and a class teacher period is set at the end of the day to encourage more communication between teachers and students. The school is dedicated to building up a harmonious relationship between students and teachers through the class and student support.<br>5. Students are highly encouraged to participate in community service to develop their caring virtues. |
| School Development Plan |
The three-year Development Focuses: <br>1. To enhance students’ sense of national identity and global citizenship.<br>2. To nurture students to become proactive learners.<br>3. To help students establish healthy lifestyles. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
1. Provide support to colleagues in strengthening students’ national and global citizenship identities, and cultivate students to become active learners: make good use of questioning skills, information technology and multiple teaching strategies to enhance students’ understanding of the country and their sense of belonging to the country; help students to learn independently and inspire their spirit of questioning and innovation. <br>2. Provide support to colleagues in establishing students’ healthy lifestyle: utilize better management of classroom routines, and optimize teacher-parent cooperation strategies to help students grow and enhance their self-management skills.<br>3. Assist teachers to use "T-Standard+" to construct teachers' professional roles, values and ethics in order to reflect on the gains and losses of professional growth and development needs and construct a blueprint for professional continuing education. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Our extra-curricular activities are organized in 5 domains: academics, sports & arts, area of interests, services, and leadership. There are altogether 38 clubs and 11 student leader teams, including Chinese Culture Society, English Society, Marching Band, Photography Club, Debating Society, Civic and Social Club, Magic Club, Rowing Team, Tug-of-War Team, Synchronized Rope Skipping class, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, JPC, CYC, Academic and Discipline Prefects, Librarians, Promotion Prefects, Master of Ceremony Team, Inter-House Committee, Mentors, Student Association, Environmental Protection Prefects and so on. |
