| Language Policy |
The school's medium of instruction is mainly English (please refer to the subjects offered in 2023/24 and subjects to be offered in 2024/25 for details). Most of the learning and teaching as well as co-curricular activities are conducted in English. Exchange students are admitted to help create an authentic environment for students to practice speaking in English and cultural exchange. The school also places great emphasis on nurturing in students the capabilities of bi-literacy and tri-lingualism. There are both Chinese and English debate teams to enhance students' linguistic training. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Learning and Teaching Strategies<br>The school emphasizes an all-round education and students’ balanced development. On top of academic pursuit, students are actively engaged in sports, music and other co-curricular activities. Our students have good moral grooming and possess great leadership potential. Bi-literacy and tri-lingualism as well as sound mathematical training are focus of development. Students’ nine areas of generic skills are cherished through school lessons and co-curricular activities. A student-centred approach is adopted in school. The Chinese and English Departments rigorously promote various extensive reading schemes to induce in students the habit of reading. The school library and different subject departments work in collaboration to enable students to make effective use of school library resources to enhance studying efficacy. The senior level curriculum offers an array of subject choices for students to achieve the target of integrating arts and science education. Students’ multiple intelligence is nurtured through sports, music and other co-curricular activities. Creativity is much highlighted. The school has once attained twelve HK championships and one world championship in the programme of Odyssey of the Mind. The outstanding performances of our school’s Chinese and English Debate Teams have also been recognized with awards at various competitions. Career planning is another focus of development. Seminars, interflows, visits have been organized to allow students a clear understanding of their strengths, character and abilities so that they can scale new heights by fully utilizing their potential. Also, STEM Education is promoted in junior forms, a view to enhancing students' interest in learning science, technology and mathematics; nurturing their abilities in the integration and application of knowledge and skills, creativity, collaboration and problem-solving capabilities.<br> |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 3X. Students are required to opt for 3 electives.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: The school emphasizes an all-round education and students’ balanced development. Through the combination of formal and non-formal curricula, the school aims at nurturing students’ abilities of communication, problem-solving and self-management. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
All S.2 and S.3 students are streamed according to their abilities. Remedial classes of Chinese and English are practised. In off-lesson time, subject teachers arrange enhancement classes for S.1 to S.6 students to tackle the issue of student diversity. Other learning programmes like leadership training, gifted students’ critical thinking workshops are launched to fully explore students’ potential. Teachers tailor their teaching strategies to meet the education needs of different students. A special committee has also been set up to handle SEN students. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Our school is committed to developing an inclusive culture to support students with Special Education Needs. The Student Support Team comprises of the Counselling Mistress, SEN coordinator, School Social Workers and School-based Education Psychologist. Diversified supporting measures are facilitated through the co-ordination between teacher in-charge of Academic Affairs, the student guidance teacher, class teachers, the school social worker, the EP, and subject teachers. We also treasure home-school cooperation and try to facilitate parents’ participation for early identification and the formulation of support strategies for students with SEN. Resources such as the Learning Support Grant are deployed to provide appropriate and diversified support to these students. School-based speech therapy service is hired for students. Teachers also attend professional programs and seminars by EDB and school-based development activities. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The Ho Fung Parent Teacher Association hosts a series of parent-child and family education activities annually. The Association recruits parent volunteers who actively take part in social service projects. |
| School Ethos |
The school promotes an austere ethos. The Discipline Unit and Counselling Unit are concerned with students' character nourishment and personal growth, giving valid and timely advice to help them build a positive life outlook and correct values. |
| School Development Plan |
Our school recognizes and is committed to catering to the individual needs and differences of our students. Through ongoing multifaceted learning activities, we strive to motivate our students to develop positive attitudes, learning skills and lifestyles with the goal of improving students’ ability to acquire knowledge and use it in an efficient and effective way. Our focus is to nurture proactive learners who are ready for tertiary education and adult life. In keeping with this focus, our school is continuously strengthening our students’ bi-literacy and tri-lingualism, as well as, placing a strong emphasis on curricular knowledge. We organize ‘learning beyond the classroom’ activities, which allow students to immerse themselves in the community and participate in exchange programmes to the Mainland and overseas. The objectives of these activities is to provide our students with the background needed to complete the Senior Secondary Education curriculum, broaden their horizons and develop a well-rounded knowledge base. We strive to facilitate our students’ establishment and pursuit of personal goals. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
The school attaches great importance to the teachers’ professional training and development as to nurture quality students. Apart from the school’s and the joint schools’ staff development days, our school has organised teachers’ visits to the Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan in recent years. Teachers are also encouraged to pursue further studies. Subsidies are offered to teachers to encourage self-education. The teaching quality is enhanced through peer learning and collaboration, and thus school's sustainable development can be promoted. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Through learning different subjects, our students can master various learning methods, enhance their interests and develop good habits. Our junior forms adopt group teaching to cater for the needs of different students in Chinese and English. To cope with the current development, we have also set up a STEM lesson to stimulate thinking. In recent years, to enhance our students' debating and communication skills, we have set up an English and a Chinese debate team which won many championships in Hong Kong. We emphasize value education. Apart from classes, we often invite celebrities from the academic, political, economic and charity sectors to share their experiences with our students, so as to enhance students' recognition of their national identity and build up correct values. In order to develop students' multiple intelligences, our school has set up various sports and music teams. Last year, our school won a number of championships in the Tsuen Wan and Islands District School Sports Competition, and also once won the Best Athlete Award. Our music team has been winning a number of prizes in the Inter-School Music Festival and the Joint Schools Music Competition. In addition, students actively participate in community services to cultivate empathy. Volunteer visits are arranged for students to understand the situation of the disadvantaged. Last year, a student was awarded the Outstanding Young Volunteer Award, which is the third student in recent years to receive the Diversity and Excellence Scholarship from the Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau, with four years of university tuition fees waived. The school also actively promotes career planning so that students can establish their life aspirations as early as possible. Every year, students take part in business experience programmes to learn real-life financial knowledge and develop entrepreneurial spirit. In 2022, we impressively won the Hong Kong Grand Champion of the JUMPSTARTER IdeaPOP! competition. |
