| Language Policy |
Our school is devoted to fostering our students to be biliterate and trilingual. Mother-tongue is the medium of instruction. Our school meticulously create an English and Putonghua learning environment. Students are encouraged to communicate more often in English and Putonghua through a series of regular activities. We will strengthen the support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) students to learn Chinese and enhance the local students' ability of biliteracy and trilingualism through a range of inclusion activities. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Students are expected to "Learn to lead": To be a good student at Kwei Wah Shan College means developing confidence, responsibility, maturity and humility to lead others. The school focused on (a) a series of broad and meaningful life-wide learning experiences to develop students' generic skills, (b) students' good foundation in Chinese, English and Mathematics, and (c) the implementation of the four key tasks of the curriculum reform (IT for interactive learning, moral and civic education, reading to learn and project learning). Our public examination results have been improving in the past few years. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X. Our elective subjects are grouped in two time blocks in which there are 5 elective subjects each.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: The school provides a broad and balanced curriculum comprising of eight key learning areas and four key tasks for curriculum reforms such that students will be all-round developed. The school also provides a variety of enrichment programs for Chinese, English and Mathematics for strengthening students’ basic skills in these three key subjects. Speech training and debate training will also be provided for students. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
The school has devoted much effort to cater for students' diverse needs. The gifted students are nominated to join the Gifted Education Programmes provided by Education Bureau. The school is one of the first few schools invited by the Education Bureau to join the "Train-the trainer" for Gifted Education. The school will provide a series of effective programs to enhance students' multiple intelligences. The school also ensures that a caring culture will be built up. Moreover, the school emphasizes on integrated education. The students with special education needs will be looked after by professionally trained teachers both inside and outside the classroom. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
The school strives to create an inclusive culture by practicing ‘whole school approach’ to support SEN students. Integrated Education Committee, with SENCO, SENST, representatives from subject teachers and teaching assistants as members, has been set up. The Committee members have regular meetings with educational psychologist, school-based speech therapist, professional personnel of Student Mental Health Support Scheme and school social workers to ensure the most appropriate support can be provided to students with special educational needs. Our school utilizes both Learning Support Grant and Grant for Supporting Non-Chinese Speaking Students with Special Educational Needs to purchase services, such as executive skills training group, peers social activities and after-school learning support service. After obtaining parental consent, the Committee conducts individual education plans for students with learning or adjustment difficulties. Class teachers and subject teachers also pay special attention to the students in need. Furthermore, there is a regular mechanism in our school to meet parents on Parents’ Days or have individual student meetings, so as to report to parents on the progress and effectiveness of students’ learning after receiving our supportive measures or services. Our school arranges adjustments in every school test and examination. Students will be assisted in applying for similar special examination arrangements when attending public examinations, so as to ensure that the assessments they receive are fair. Through the whole school approach to Integrated Education, SEN students in our school can receive the most comprehensive care. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The school is like a big family. Through joining the Parent Teacher Association, parents can understand the school situations, put forward views and make suggestions on the school policies. Parents have been supporting the school to set up scholarships and always participate in competitions together with students outside school, resulting in a continuous enhancement in the sense of belonging. The school organizes parents' talk and family picnic regularly. |
| School Ethos |
Love and care is the key characteristic of our school ethos. Our teachers are firm but caring and they pursue positive discipline to let students learn to be self-disciplined. In addition, we emphasize on Class Building and endeavor to create a good atmosphere in class. The school believes that love is one great element which can strongly help students to develop their potential to the full. Teachers and students are "growing" together like a family. The school has been awarded the title of "Loving and Caring School" for 17 consecutive years since the academic year of 2005/06. “Care for Each Person, Excel in Every Lesson” are the goals for our school teachers to cultivate every student to be a self-regulated learner and an outstanding Wahshanian. The school is committed to the pursuit of excellence and will continue to strive for perfection. |
| School Development Plan |
1. To maintain professional development for teachers, elevate the learning atmosphere in school, and instill good learning habits to students.<br>2. To promulgate national security education through a whole-school approach and thereby nurture students to become law-abiding citizens.<br>3. To develop multicultural and diversified career and life planning education through a whole-school approach. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
The Staff Professional Development and Appraisal Committee of the school is responsible to plan and implement the professional development programs for teachers. Regular seminars and workshops are held to cater for the school’s development needs. In the past 5 years, the average of our professional development hours for teachers has been exceeding the basic requirement of 88 hours per year. Besides, the following professional educational bodies are our partners in teacher professional training and development:<br>1. School-based Curriculum Development Support Services for Secondary Schools – Citizenship and Social Development<br>2. Empowerment and Transition – Supporting Teachers to Promote Multicultural Students’ Chinese Learning in Primary and Secondary Schools (Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong) |
| Life-wide Learning |
CCC Kwei Wah Shan College has been winning a medal of Grade A Boys Inter-School Basketball Competition (Hong Kong Island Division 1) in the HKSSF from 2008 to 2019. We are very proud of our athletes' achievements.<br>In order to nurture our students’ potential in different areas, we have launched the ‘Wahshanian Sports and Cultural Development Project’. Students have the opportunity to join some newly introduced activities, which include fitness training, cricket, hockey, band or choir for free. It is our hope that our S.1 students are involved in extra-curricular activities as soon as they enter secondary school. As a result, for our S.1 students, we promote a school-based programme called ‘One Sport/Cultural Activity for Each Student’. With this in mind, all S.1 students are required to join the Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps, our school also offer different kinds of sport and cultural activities including volleyball, hockey, badminton, archery, keyboard or drama for them. In line with the development of Career and Life Planning Education, we also have Interact Club and a school cafe to cater for students’ different interests in their future paths. |
