| Language Policy |
The school has a well-defined language policy with English as the medium of instruction in all subjects except Chinese Language, Chinese History, Physical Education, Civic & Moral Education and Putonghua. To help students achieve a high level of proficiency in both English and Chinese, programmes and activities such as reading scheme, speech competition, drama and debate are carried out every year. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
We pride ourselves on fostering an atmosphere conducive to learning. Emphasis is put on providing students with the necessary learning experiences and developing their full potential. Attention is also paid to the cultivation of good behaviour and moral values so that students are well equipped to serve the community. Diverse teaching strategies, tailored learning content and appropriate assignments are adopted in accordance with students' abilities, needs and interests. Effective methods like questioning, discussion and sharing are used to promote active learning and help build students' confidence. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. The school offers 13 elective subjects.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: As a Catholic school, we attach great importance to value education. Our school offers Civic and Moral Education lessons to students of all forms to instill in them positive attitudes and values. We also help students cultivate a proper learning attitude, develop generic skills and master subject knowledge. In the junior forms, we arrange project-based learning activities and organize social service programmes to help students become confident, disciplined learners. Our school-based STEAM Curriculum in junior form encompasses the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. By engaging in data research and model design, our students not only apply their knowledge but also develop confidence and enhance their problem-solving skills. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
Teachers are encouraged to take courses related to catering for diverse learning needs. Strategic e-learning lesson plans are developed through Lesson Study in all Key Learning Areas aiming at catering for learning diversity. After-school tutorials are provided to S.1 students to help them adapt to EMI learning and teaching. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
The Student Support Team is set up to plan, coordinate and implement the Whole School Approach to Integrated Education in order to further cultivate an inclusive school culture and enhance the effectiveness of the support given to students with special educational needs. Besides, the Team flexibly deploys the Learning Support Grant to cater for individual differences and SEN by recruiting teaching assistants or purchasing professional services to provide individual or group training for students. Regular meetings are held among the SST, subject teachers, class teachers and parents to keep them informed of the student’s progress and to discuss the effectiveness of the support measures. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
Links between the school and parents are strengthened through activities like seminars and workshops organized by the P.T.A. Parent volunteers lend their support to the school by carrying out some non-teaching duties and organizing activities like visits to the elderly people who live alone in the neighbourhood. The P.T.A. has also set up a scholarship and a grant for our students. |
| School Ethos |
Our students learn to behave well and observe discipline in a harmonious and warm school environment. The school has a broad curriculum of civic and moral education to foster students' positive values and facilitate their whole person development. Specific policies such as a bi-class teacher system, a big sister scheme and a summer bridging programme are introduced to help S.1 students adjust to life in an EMI school. Other student support services come in the form of discipline, guidance and careers programmes as well as close collaboration between teachers and parents. |
| School Development Plan |
1. To promote self-directed learning; <br>2. To nurture positive values and resilience. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
1. The school attaches great importance to staff development to help teachers enhance their knowledge and skills in curriculum design and teaching, thus promoting a new culture for effective teaching and learning; <br>2. Through professional sharing, peer review activities and joint school staff development programmes, the school has developed itself into a learning community. |
| Life-wide Learning |
1. There are more than 30 clubs and societies to cater for students' academic, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic development. Four Houses are set up with activities organized every year to enhance a sense of belonging and unity among the students.<br>2. Our students are actively involved in a variety of extra-curricular activities such as English drama competitions, inter-school speaking practice, inter-school debate competition, The Hong Kong Schools Speech and Music Festival and sports competitions in the Kwai Tsing District. <br>3. To develop students' potential and to engage them in serving the community, we organize a Social Service Programme for S.3 students who have to design their own community service plan under the guidance of social workers. In the past 16 years, we have joined and won prizes in the Kwai Tsing Youth Community Service Planning Scheme. The winners were given the chance to join overseas field trips to broaden their horizons. <br>4. Our Chinese Debate Team was awarded Champion in NT West District and 2nd runner-up in HK in the 18th Basic Law Debating Competition. The team was also awarded Champion in Definity United Inter-secondary Schools Debating Competition 2023. <br>5. As for sports, our School Swimming Team won the champion in 3 events of Girls Grade C and B in the 2021-22 Inter-school Swimming Competitions (Kwai Tsing District).<br>6. Our student has emerged as the first runner-up in “Realising Your Imagination” Creative Competition 2023. |
