| Language Policy |
Our school adopts English as the major medium of instruction (please refer to the subjects offered in 2023/24 and 2024/25 for details) namely teaching Performing Arts in English, setting up the English Self-Access Learning Center and recruiting English Ambassadors who provide training on English debate and public speaking. Through building an excellent environment for English learning, we endeavor to effectively enhance the English language proficiency of our students. Apart from emphasizing English, we strive for boosting students’ competence in biliteracy and trilingualism through making Putonghua as a compulsory subject at our school, establishing the Putonghua & Chinese Language Learning Centre, recruiting Putonghua ambassadors, etc. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
The vision statement of our school is “We strive to create an enjoyable learning and teaching environment in which students can be equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st Century”. Through running extensive reading schemes and organizing different English activities, we strive to promote the concept of self-learning among students. A reading lesson is incorporated in the regular timetables of S.1-S.3, together with extensive reading schemes, reading awards and regular reading sharing sessions by teachers and students, to promote students' interest in reading. Our school also strives to beautify the school campus and improve the facilities for learning. The establishment of Reading Promotion Centre, Theatre, Campus TV, Self-access English Learning Centre, a Distance Learning Classroom, Performing Arts Room, Dance Room, STEAM Lab, Multipurpose Hall, are examples. In recent years, our school has been promoting eLearning vigorously, and the "Bring Your Own Device" scheme has been launched in S.1 since 2017-2018. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 3X. Chinese Literature, Chinese History, History, Geography, BAFS (Business, Accounting and Financial Studies), Economics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, ICT (Information and Communication Technology), Visual Arts, Ethics and Religious Studies.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: <br>(1) The Chinese Panel has introduced various genres of literature (e.g. poetry, drama, novel) into the curriculum to suit the students of various talents. <br>(2) School-based Arts Education is provided in the formal curriculum, featuring Drama, Visual Arts, Dance, Choir and Music. <br>(3) In recent years, our school has been promoting STEAM education actively. STEAM elements have been introduced in subjects such as Computer Literacy, Integrated Science, Design and Technology. In addition, a STEAM curriculum and a STEAM club has been set up to nurture students with potential in the area through participating in external competitions or activities. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
Through employing different hardware facilities (e.g. lift), and software programme (e.g. counselling programmes, enhancement and remedial classes), our school is prepared to cater for different learners. In addition, we offer gifted programs such as English debating, Chinese debating, Olympic Maths, Chinese Writing and STEAM Club, to our gifted students. We have also assisted our talented students to participate in the gifted programs of the EDB and the universities in Hong Kong. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Promote integrated education and support students with special educational needs (SENs)<br>Our school is committed to developing an inclusive culture through adopting a whole school approach to support students with SENs. Resources are deployed to provide appropriate and diversified support to these students so as to enhance their learning and assist them to integrate into school life. To facilitate our school’s support to students with SENs, the Learning Support Grant is provided by the Education Bureau. Students with SENs are provided with the following support measures at our school: (i) Establishment of a student support team (ii) Provision of after-school remedial classes for students with special educational needs (iii) Purchase of speech therapy service and social skill training service (iv) Provision of learning and assessment accommodation to students in need (v) Close co-operation with parents to effectively support their children with SENs. (vi) Implementation of the "Big Brothers and Sisters" Scheme in order to strengthen the culture of inclusion and social integration (vii) Provision of individual emotional and behavioral counselling to students with SENs (viii) Establishment of a social service team to help students to learn to accept individual differences. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The following activities are organized to cultivate harmonious teacher-student & home-school relationships and enhance students' sense of belonging to the school: parents' talks, parents' interest classes, parent-child camp, recreational activities (e.g. barbecue, big bowl feast, etc.), sale of second-hand textbooks and uniforms, annual fund-raising activities and parent volunteer scheme. |
| School Ethos |
It is our wish and aim to nurture in our students a heart that is pure, loving and God-reverent. Basing our teachings on Christian doctrines and working through formal religious lessons and evangelical activities, we strive to build in our students a positive outlook on life and noble values. To cater for learner differences, our teachers, discipline/ counseling teachers, school pastor and school social workers regularly organize different counseling activities for our students. |
| School Development Plan |
Major concerns of our school in the coming school year: <br>(1) To grow and learn together in God's love; <br>(2) To provide care and promote values education; <br>(3) To develop creative thinking skills in learning and teaching. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Several staff development days, peer lesson observation and teacher collaboration days are organized each year for teachers to share and to learn. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Every year, a variety of activities are organized, e.g. Academic Week, Music Day, Sports Day, Drama Competition, Picnic Day, P.E. Day, Learning Day, BBQ Night Party, Art Week, Inter-house ball game competition, S.1 Education Camp and visits outside Hong Kong. Besides, more than approximately 40 clubs and interest groups are provided for our students, e.g. Chinese Debate, English Debate, English public speaking, Instruments class, Wind band and interest groups, etc. |
