| Language Policy |
Our school adopts English as the main medium of instruction (please refer to the subjects offered in 2022/23 and 2023/24 for details). The school is committed to providing a rich language learning environment for students to become bi-literate and trilingual. Besides the regular curriculum, there are reading schemes, academic talks, dramas, debates, English speaking camps and study tours that offer students the best opportunities to sharpen their language skills. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Learning should be more than just books and homework. Our curricula are designed to nurture students’ independent and critical thinking skills as well as broadening their horizons. To achieve these ends, much emphasis is placed on teachers' professional development, catering for learner diversity and generic skill development of students. In order to further raise teaching effectiveness, teachers have also been actively using a student-centred approach to learning in their classrooms. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. There are 10 elective subjects.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: Students can select subjects from Science, Arts and Business fields. To implement STEAM education more systematically, the school has restructured its curriculum and different subjects have infused such elements into their curricula correspondingly. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
A team that comprises the school social worker, the guidance master, vice-principals and a number of teaching staff, was formed to care for students with special needs.<br>Positive values are instilled through school assemblies and form periods. Teachers also organize various forms of activities to help students understand their strengths and enhance their abilities to face adversity. Good behaviors are reinforced by various recognition schemes.<br>Educational psychologists, speech therapist, school social workers and guidance and discipline teachers provide individual counseling and support for students in needs.<br>Besides, the school has newly introduced SEN coordinator in order to cater for the needs of students with SEN. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Our School adopts the Whole School Approach to promote integrated education to support students with special educational needs. The Student Support Team comprises the Vice Principal, the Life Education Coordinator, the Counselling Master, the School Social Worker and the SEN Assistant. The team tailors education plans to cater for students’ different needs and to convey the message of understanding, accepting and appreciating individual differences at school. <br>Our School encourages the teaching staff to take relevant courses conducted by the EDB to empower themselves to more effectively teach and take care of the students with various learning needs. <br>The Learning Support Grant is utilized to provide different activities such as drama training and darts training to enhance the social skills, concentration and confidence of students with special learning needs. The school-based Educational Psychologist provides assessment services and small group training for the students. The School keeps close contact with parents to ensure the provision of the most appropriate assistance to the students. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
Through the Parent-teacher Association, talks and activities that aim to foster home-school cooperation are regularly held for parents and students. The PTA also helps enhancing communication between parents and the school. Parent volunteers always provide great support during school functions. |
| School Ethos |
Our students are modest and well-behaved and have a good rapport with the teachers. Gospel activities, as well as pastoral care that combines discipline and guidance, help our students grow healthily in body and spirit. |
| School Development Plan |
1. To guide students strengthen the Christian faith and embrace the Christian values; to help students grow into caring individuals who demonstrate commitment, perseverance, integrity, ideal, self-discipline and justice.<br>2. To nurture students to be lifelong learners with keen motivation through polishing their self-directed learning skills and habits.<br>3. To help students strengthen their collaboration skills and sense of belonging to the school through improving class management strategies and organising S-miles Day, a whole-school indoor rowing competition.<br>4. To broaden students' horizons, strengthen learning effectiveness and raise learning interest through utilizing life-wide learning grant to extend learning activities beyond classroom.<br>5. To integrate STEAM education into the curriculum through increased collaboration across subjects, and promoting STEAM education with the Innovation Nurturing Ground. <br>6. To boost teaching effectiveness and facilitate online teaching through optimising computer equipment at school and for teachers. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
In addition to staff development days, the school offers a training fund to teachers who attend workshops, training courses and the like. Our teaching staff recognizes the importance of lifelong learning and is open to new innovations. In addition to improving teaching effectiveness through peer learning and lesson observation, they also participate in seminars and workshops or enroll in courses for continuous professional development. The school also strengthens the managerial skills of middle level teachers to foster school's sustainable development. |
| Life-wide Learning |
We offer a great range of co-curricular activities that include but not limited to academic clubs, interest groups, music instrument groups, sports teams, community service groups, the Student Union, the Hand-in-Hand Peer Counselling Scheme, the Prefect Team and the Volunteer Group. Subject departments aid in enriching other learning experiences of students by regularly holding "Learning Beyond Classroom" activities. Furthermore, we encourage students to broaden their horizons by participating in external competitions and exchange activities. |
