| Language Policy |
English is adopted as the main medium of instruction.<br>Promoting English Learning: 1. All forms have implemented school-based cross-curriculum learning. 2. A school-based speaking curriculum enhances English learning and value education for all F.1-F.2 classes. 3. To create an environment conducive to English learning, activities such as drama, musical, English Debating, Talent show are held. 4. Our students actively participated in English Solo Verse Speaking, Public Speaking, Drama and Debating Competitions, achieving remarkable results. Both our junior and senior debating teams have continually won the champion and 1st runner up in the HK Secondary Schools Debate Competition (District). Upgrading the Level of Chinese & Putonghua: 1. Students are able to upgrade their level of Chinese progressively through the focally-designed curriculum combining the integrated skills in Chinese. 2. Self-devised learning packages are used to cultivate students’ appreciation in classical Chinese Literature and raise their quality of reading. 3. The Literary Chinese Reading Comprehension materials students use in junior forms are all tailored by our own teachers. In an attempt to develop students' classical Chinese reading skills. 4. We also tailor our own Chinese teaching materials for senior form students. 5. Junior students are nurtured to develop from a “willingness to write” to a “passion for writing” through the implementation of the “Weekly Diary”. 6. Students’ language proficiency and cultural literacy are boosted through participating in various extra-curricular activities. 7. We have PTH lessons in all junior forms to improve students' PTH listening and speaking skills. 8. Actively participated in inter-school competitions and had excellent results. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
1. Small Class Teaching has been implemented in F.1 and senior forms to cater for learner diversity.<br>2. Various scholarships are awarded to outstanding students.<br>3. Gifted students are recommended to attend the training programmes organized by local universities and the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education.<br>4. Recruits high-achievers to stretch their academic potential. <br>5. We believe that it is most effective to start preparing our students to sit for the HKDSE from F.1. Thus, our school executes a programme known as a ‘Holistic Strategies towards Achieving Excellence in the HKDSE’. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. By academic performance.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: (1) NSS Subjects devises a progressive teaching schedule from F.4 to F.6 to prepare our students for HKDSE. (2) "Career Planning" education has been added to the current formal curriculum to foster students' self-understanding and stimulate them to explore their aspirations. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
1. Capacity Enhancement Scheme: to enhance students' ability to achieve their goals effectively and efficiently through various means of school support. and coordinate different school organizations for setting tailor-made plans for students. 2. Vantage FIRST Potential Scheme: to provide students with diverse learning experiences, in order to help them discover and develop their interest in different areas. Their talents can be put into full play through a variety of extra-curricular activities. Students will also have a chance to work for the good of the community and thus instil a sense of responsibility. It is through the scheme that junior form students are equipped for life so that they can become a cultivated person and thus a good leader in the future. 3. Through the scheme "EVERYBODY CAN SHINE", students are offered the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities to stretch their potential to the fullest. 4. We launched "Academic Support Award Scheme of All-round Athlete" to student athletes in the hope of achieving a balance between their academic performance and sports training. 5. Students are encouraged to form study groups and assistance is provided according to students’ needs. 6. After-school tutorial groups are run to support students. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Students' Support Team is comprised of the Vice Principal, the Special Educational Needs Coordinator, the Educational Psychologist, the School Social Worker, the Counselling Master, the Discipline Mistress, SEN counsellor and teachers of the major subjects. Our school has flexibly deployed the Learning Support Grant on extra manpower recruitment and relevant professional services for the students concerned. Extended learning classes are also offered to help the lower achievers. Adaptation has been made to the learning progress, homework policy and assessments for the SEN students, coupled with the individual learning scheme to assist their learning. School-parent cooperation and regular communication are much emphasized so that relevant supportive measures could be devised through various channels. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
1. The Parent-Teacher Association organizes different activities regularly, including workshops, outings, second-hand book sales, summer courses etc. Parents and teachers are working hand in hand to create an enjoyable and healthy environment for learning and growth.<br>2. Our Parent Volunteer Team are keen supporters of school services and activities. They have been repeatedly awarded the Gold Award from the Agency for Volunteer Service. |
| School Ethos |
A caring and supportive atmosphere is built in school for students to grow and develop their potentials. The ethos of your school is adhered to the core values of Catholic education, which are: “Truth”, “Justice”, “Love”, “Life” and “Family”. We put special emphasis on both students’ character and spiritual development in the hope that they can explore the true meaning of life so as to live a fruitful one.<br>1. The Pastoral Care Team coordinates all the religious activities of our school. Students, both Catholics and non-Catholics are spiritually nurtured through the multifarious religious activities such as services, masses, gospel fellowships, religious sharing during the morning assemblies, retreats, leadership trainings and pilgrimages (both local and overseas) or voluntary services. <br>2. Religious decorations like posters, “Via Dolorosa” (Way of Suffering) running track and the religious activity room enable students’ easier understanding of the gospel and God’s love so that they are enlightened to follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ and the Saints and establish the rightful values. |
| School Development Plan |
1. The whole-person education is advocated through student leadership trainings in a whole-school approach.<br>2. Life Education and Values Education are implemented and students are guided to unearth the potential strengths of themselves.<br>3. Determined to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education to display students’ talents in multiple domains.<br>4. The implementation of the whole-school approach for the Career and Life Planning. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
1. Staff development days.<br>2. Organizing professional sharing sessions to foster a closer tie between our school and all other tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Laying Emphasis on All-round Education-There are clubs and societies to provide a wide choice of intellectual, sports, aesthetic, and service experiences to our students. To achieve whole-person development, Form 1-3 students must take part in at least one activity in each of the following areas: aesthetic, service, sports, moral and intellectual. |
