| Language Policy |
English is our medium of instruction for all subjects in all classes except Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Moral and Civic Education, Citizenship & Social Development and Tourism & Hospitality Studies. Various schemes and activities such as English Speaking Days and English dramas are organized so as to build up students' confidence in speaking English. The school also strives hard to enhance students' proficiency in Chinese and Putonghua by organizing activities like singing contests and debate. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Our school employs “Student-Centred Pedagogy” and places stress on our students’ participation during the lesson. Through various co-curricular activities like outdoor writing, field trips and study tours, the goals of “Life-wide Learning” are accomplished and students’ horizons are broadened. The school has also developed a project learning framework in junior forms. Cross-curricular projects are conducted by different subjects in order to enhance various generic skills. In recent years, subject panels are required to conduct a holistic review on the implementation of their subjects and formulate strategic measures in their teaching programs so as to strive for higher teaching and learning efficacy. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. All Form 4 students can choose 3 elective subjects. In addition to the common elective subjects, the school also offers The Extended Part of Mathematics – Algebra and Calculus (M2), Music and Japanese.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: To facilitate a smoother transition to NSS Curriculum, our school provides students in junior forms with project learning experience in PSHE and Science subjects. Students are encouraged to have autonomy in the self-inquiry process so as to hone their self-learning skills. Moreover, taster programmes of Economics and BAFS are also introduced to F.3 students so that they could make their best choices in NSS1 subject selection. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
Support Measures for Academically Gifted Students: The "High Achiever Scheme" has been set up to encourage students to take part in Weekend English, Chinese and Mathematics Intensive Classes as well as programs organized for gifted students by outside bodies. They are also encouraged to take extra elective subjects, such as foreign languages in NSSC.<br>Support Measures for Under-privileged Students: In junior forms, there are English and Chinese remedial classes to help students catch up. To cater to the needs of students, the curriculum are tailored and different learning and teaching activities designed. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
There are few students with special needs in the school. A Student Support Team has been set up for students in need of assistance. Social skill groups, speech therapy service and Individual Learning Program (IEP) are organized to cater for students’ special needs. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
Parent-teacher association and a parents’ resource centre were established in 2000. Parents actively supported school functions and activities. Different activities were launched by the Parent-Teacher Association to foster a closer parent-teacher-student relationship. They included picnics, principal-parent conferences, interest groups and various workshops and talks. |
| School Ethos |
Our students are humble, diligent and well-behaved. The student-teacher relationship is harmonious and all students have a strong sense of belonging to the school. Support is given to students by guidance teachers, the school social worker and educational psychologist. Moreover, "Big Brothers and Sisters Scheme", "Form Teacher Guidance Scheme", Sex Education, Life Education activities, Adventure activities and other preventive programmes are also organized to facilitate the personality development of students. |
| School Development Plan |
1. Further enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching.<br>2. Help our students build a proactive and positive attitude.<br>3. Develop essential self-directed learning skills for our students. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Last year, various courses, seminars/workshops for professional development were attended by our teachers and it added up to more than 2803 hours of professional training. Through a series of workshops, lesson studies, peer observations, collaborations and sharing sessions our teachers continually heighten their professionalism. |
| Life-wide Learning |
TYTC aims to provide all our students with essential life-long learning experiences for whole-person development so that they can become future leaders. Therefore, not only does our school place a lot of emphasis on developing students’ intellect through helping them achieve their academic potentials, we also encourage students to make constructive use of their leisure time to develop their leadership skills as well as spirit of serving community. This could be fully reflected by the mature establishment of over 40 student bodies that are classified under six major categories, namely Students’ Union, houses, prefect team, service groups (including Civic Education Student Ambassadors & Big Brothers and Sisters Scheme), clubs (including interest classes & uniform units) and school teams (including sports, academics & cultural teams). Our Dance Team, Robotics Team & Quiz Team have demonstrated outstanding performance with countless awards received. Meanwhile, we offer distinctive student bodies like Florista Club, Astronomy Club and Rope-skipping Team. Furthermore, Form 6 Graduation Cup, TYTCians Charity Carnival and Multi-intelligence Competition are the signature programmes of our school. In order to hone our students’ leadership skills and develop their creativity, TYTC has established a comprehensive leadership training programme. The programme also helps to pass the precious experience from one generation to another which further promotes and develops Life-wide Learning Activities effectively and continuously at school. |
