| Language Policy |
To cater for the need of students of different nationalities, English is the major medium of instruction. Chinese Language (S.1-S.6) and NCS Chinese Language (S.1-S.6) are core subjects. Local Chinese students are streamed into groups adopting English or Chinese as a medium of instruction according to students’ language abilities. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
To promote holistic development in students, the school has been adopting cross-curricular education, diversified teaching pedagogy and a variety of extra-curricular activities on top of the teaching of core subjects for the development of national and moral education, civic responsibility and cultural harmony in students. The school has provided a well-balanced and inspiring learning environment to meet the needs of learning diversity and educational reforms. To enable students to develop their reading habit, the school has organized reading schemes in order to develop students' language abilities and values conducive to lifelong learning. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. (3X for more able students)<br>A multitude of subject combinations is devised from different key learning areas postulated by Education Bureau. (Please refer to the school website.)<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: The school takes into consideration the needs and capabilities of students to design appropriate curricula to enhance effective learning and teaching.<br>Our school has offered Life & Society in junior levels which aim to provide foundation knowledge and skills for students so as to ensure a good interface for their studies in senior Citizenship and Social Development, Economics, and BAFS. Besides, various language curricula including IGCSE (Chi.), Advanced Putonghua (S.1 - S.2), French, Spanish (S.3), Hindi & Urdu are offered to students and Other Learning Experiences lessons are arranged for S.4 & S.5 students in order to excel their potential/talents. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
English is the medium of instruction as well as a medium of communication for students of various nationalities in the school. Subject studies as well as cross-curricular education, are implemented through activity-based learning programmes. A wide range of extra-curricular activities is arranged to cultivate positive values like respecting for other cultures and to build up the harmonious environment for different racial groups in the school. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
1. The Student Support Team of our school has been established which consists of Vice-principal, Guidance Mistress, Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), school social workers, experienced guidance teachers and teaching assistants. The team formulates measures to cater for the needs of SEN students. Educational Psychologist (EP) is involved in the case meeting and renders advice for follow-up actions.<br>2. After obtaining parent’s consent, the school will collect the information of all the new SEN students in order to have early identification of their special educational needs and provide appropriate support. Besides, the school will refer those suspected SEN students to EP for further assessment.<br>3. Teachers assess the learning progress of SEN students through observation in class and students' academic performance. Our school also makes full use of the learning support grant to get services from outside professional bodies such as training in social skills and speech therapy services as reinforcing support for SEN students. For non-Chinese speaking students, the school uses the 'Support Grant for Non-Chinese Speaking Students with Special Educational Needs' to hire teaching assistants and outsource language and interest courses to strengthen students' communication and social support, which further enhance their integration into the community. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
Parents' Talks, Parents' Day, Parents' Night, Open Days, Learning Celebrations, Interest Classes and Principal's Meetings with Parents are run to enhance home-school co-operation. |
| School Ethos |
The school places great emphasis on students' discipline. The Discipline Committee, Guidance Committee and Social Workers of the school have been working collaboratively to facilitate students' growth and learning. Besides, students from S.1 to S.5 are looked after by both Class teachers and Assistant Class teachers. Every year, a "Rainbow Life Programme" is implemented to help the new immigrants to adapt to the new environment in Hong Kong and to integrate into the Chinese culture. All students are required to take part in a Self Evaluation Scheme and a Goal Setting Scheme to do self-reflection and seek further improvement. |
| School Development Plan |
Our major concerns are:<br>1. Spearheading Learning and Teaching;<br>2. Empowering students to be upright citizens. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
In addition to Staff Development Days, seminars, workshops, visits, collaborative lesson preparation and sharing of teaching strategies are arranged for teachers' professional development and training with the support of special funding. |
| Life-wide Learning |
To cater for the diverse interest of students, there are 4 houses and around 21 clubs and interest groups classified according to 4 categories, academic, sports, interests, and services, to offer a great diversity of activities to students. Moreover, the school makes every effort to enhance students' other learning experiences beyond the classroom and greatly encourages them to take part in field trips, inter-school activities, and competitions to widen their horizons. |
