| Language Policy |
Our School focuses a lot on language learning. We have successfully built a good English learning atmosphere. To echo the policy of the HK Government to develop HK as a regional educational hub, our school has an exchange and immersion programme for international students to provide a multi-cultural and global outlook for students. Our school believes that best education can only be achieved when students are taught in a way that produces the best learning effectiveness. Our students' biliterate and trilingual abilities are always our prime concern. At their admission into the school, students will be arranged to learn in languages suitable for them in areas that exhibit higher-level thinking skills, real-world experiences and applications based on their language proficiency, related subject performance and parents' preferences. Nurturing the all-round development of students and producing biliterate and trilingual professionals have long been our missions. Our school has a long tradition of active participation in the HK Schools Speech Festival and has been making every endeavour to explore and stretch our students' potential in English speaking skills. Moreover, our Drama Team participated in inter-school drama competitions and got excellent results. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Learning at our School is not only confined to the classroom. The School Sponsoring Body, Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery, has provided our students with a rare religious environment to develop their mindfulness, self-discipline, and Chinese cultural understanding as we are situated together as a community among our School, the Shrine, and welfare facilities. Blessed with ample opportunities to participate in overseas trips, exchange programmes, as well as competitions and different language programs, our young ladies are exposed to diverse cultures and are able to meet the different needs of society to cope with new challenges. In the pursuit of promoting the strategic learning ethos, our curriculum delivers more than just textbook knowledge to our students. We foster a good learning habit awareness through note-taking and data-analysis strategies. Collaborative learning is another key feature of the curriculum, alongside the self-reflective approach to teaching and learning. In recent years, our school has been promoting Global Learning. We provide a variety of language programs, alongside our mainstream curriculum, for students to choose and experience. These programs are catering different countries, interests, learning styles and career’s concerns among our students. For instance, we have Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and German courses for our students; Applied Buddhism is offered to our senior form students with an emphasis on how it can be applied to healing psychological imbalance, and address questions that arise for them via meditation practice. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. Our school offers 12 elective subjects in senior secondary.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: In Junior Secondary, we have established the school-based Life and Society, Buddhist Studies and Society, English Literature, Technology and Living and STEM curriculum. We also emphasize "6 years in 1 curriculum" to build close cohesiveness between the curriculum of junior secondary and senior secondary. For example, we offer Business and Financial Literacy and Life and Society (Resources and Economic Activities) in F.3. Students grasp the essence of the content, skills and requirements of the senior secondary curriculum at an earlier stage. We believe this can help them in their subject selection and preparation for further studies. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
"Dual Class Teachers" is implemented from F.1 to F.3 to provide comprehensive support for students.<br>Gifted Education for higher academic achievers:<br>1. Provide enrichment courses after school, on Saturdays and during long school holidays in order to enhance students’ capabilities.<br>2. Encourage students to participate in a variety of competitions and international examinations so as to broaden their horizons and boost their confidence.<br>3. A Gifted Education Team has been established. They nominate students to attend training and courses offered by The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education and other organizations.<br>Supporting measures for students in need:<br>1. Small-class teaching in lower forms for Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics; <br>2. After-school remedial classes for English Language, Chinese Language and Mathematics. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
SEN Support Team, composed of teachers with professional training and experts from external organizations, provides support for SEN students in both studies and assessments. The Student Development Committee and the Life Planning Committee always hold activities to create a caring culture, embrace social inclusion and implement life planning. These activities include pet therapy, art therapy, speech therapy, language courses, JC A-Connect of the Jockey Club, career internship programme and other interest groups. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) aims to strengthen the connection and communication between the school and parents so that both may work together for students' development. Apart from holding activities, the PTA offers scholarships as an encouragement to students who have excellent academic results or to students who have made significant improvement. The PTA also provides needy students with financial assistance. |
| School Ethos |
As the only subsidized girls' school in the northwest New Territories, our school has a history of 50 years. We are renowned for having a fine ethos and endeavouring to provide opportunities for students to develop their potential. |
| School Development Plan |
Since last year, we implement the 2022-2025 Development Plan with the following major concerns:<br>1. Learning and teaching: Inspiring and supporting students of different abilities to become strategic learners and excel in multiple academic endeavors in life-long learning<br>2. Student development: Cultivating positive values (perseverance, diligence, integrity and empathy), leadership and life planning skills to foster students’ whole-person development |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Our School has a strong belief in teacher development leading to quality education of our students. Accordingly, Principal’s retreat, mentoring, co-teaching and co-learning through lesson-sharing, lesson observation and lesson study will provide the platform for sharpening teaching skills. We also work with the Education University of Hong Kong to further enhance our managerial skills via public sharing. Apart from school-based support given by the EDB for English and Mathematics panels, and whole-person mindfulness development day, our teachers are being awarded and invited by the EDB and various universities as guest speakers on different occasions. |
| Life-wide Learning |
There are four houses with about thirty clubs providing a wide variety of co-curricular activities for students. The Students' Council helps organize internal and external co-curricular activities. All F.1 students have received at least one musical instrument training by professional instructors. We also employ professional instructors to teach interest classes, such as ball games, dance, foreign languages and English drama. In addition, we have foreign exchange programmes. |
