| Language Policy |
Our school adopts English as the main medium of instruction. For English of the senior forms, small class teaching is adopted to enhance students’ English proficiency. All S.4 to S.6 students are streamed into 5 groups when they have English lessons. Activities such as morning assemblies and prayers are conducted in English and Putonghua to increase the usage of different languages on campus. <br>Lessons are conducted in Chinese in some subjects, such as Religion and Ethics and Other Learning Experience so as to help students develop their positive values and generic skills. Other than English, all students will also attend Putonghua lesson to enrich their comprehensive language learning. Languages programmes such as Spanish, Korean and Japanese are offered in after-school language classes to enrich students' exposure in international languages. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
We strive to provide students with varied learning experiences, like project learning to develop their generic skills. Because of the New Senior Secondary reform, curriculum tailoring and school-based materials are made for junior forms. The curriculum of Life and Society has been reorganized and tailored to help junior students acquire generic skills and foster their capacity for life-long learning. A reading promotion team has been set up to organise and arrange different activities and programmes to encourage reading among students. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 3X. The school offers 12 elective subjects, in addition to the 4 core subjects (Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and Liberal Studies/Citizenship and Social Development). Senior Form students can choose electives according to their own ability and interest.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: Life Education: Our school emphasizes Life Education. To enable students to have positive attitudes and values, like respecting one another and being persevering and responsible, the school-based curriculum of Religion and Ethics is designed. Financial management is included in the curriculum for senior forms to help them plan their future and adopt a positive attitude towards money. <br>Gifted Education: The curriculum designed helps all students develop their potential in all aspects in level 1 gifted education. Tailor-made elite training is provided to more able students after lessons to help maximize their talents. The school provides students with diverse learning experiences to widen their horizons and develop and practise their skills. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
The School has implemented ‘3 Stages of Students’ Growth Development’ which are ‘Understanding and Appreciating Life’, ‘Cherishing and Developing Life’, and ‘Flourishing in Life’. Utilizing the ‘Positive Education’, various ‘Student Growth Support Groups’ provide all-round development and support to students, manifesting the Catholic core values and the school mottos – Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Sincerity and Intelligence. We aim to nurture students to be confident KTSers. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
The whole school approach has been adopted and used in the promotion of integrated education throughout the years. Our school strategically deploys different resources to support students with different learning needs. With the aim of assisting students to integrate better to school life and unleash their potentials, the Student Support Team works hand-in-hand to provide support to students concerned. An array of measures, ranging from the hiring of student counsellor, specific adaptation arrangement in learning to application of special examination arrangement in the HKDSE have been offered accordingly. With the introduction of Integrated Education ambassadors and peer support schemes, various activities are conducted to promote the mutual respect of individual differences among students and to cultivate an inclusive school culture. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
Various activities are organized by the Parent-Teacher Association, e.g. Parent-Child voluntary work and parents' seminars. Besides, PTA plays an active role in school and parents are much concerned about the school policies. During PTA meetings, senior teachers are invited to sit in so as to give feedback to parents. |
| School Ethos |
Our school community is characterized by a pervading influence of a strong emphasis on a warm yet orderly and disciplined atmosphere. Teachers and students interact harmoniously. Our social worker, Pastoral Care Committee, Religious & Moral Committee and educational psychologist are committed to help students build up values for personal growth. |
| School Development Plan |
1. To further support and develop active and independent learning;<br>2. To promote Positive Education programmes. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
We have established a professional development framework for teachers:<br>1. Organising teacher professional development days or week;<br>2. Conducting appraisal lesson observation;<br>3. Strengthening the bonds between our school and other educational organisations, improving teaching effectiveness through professional sharing and workshops. |
| Life-wide Learning |
We encourage our students to participate in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. The activities offered fall under five categories: academic societies, clubs, school teams, interest classes, service teams and uniform groups. There are more than 50 activities fostering leadership and developing potentials. In addition, our students achieved outstanding results in extra-curricular activities, such as the robotic competitions, debate competitions, science competitions, music competitions and in Speech Festival. The Drama Club and the Gymnastics Team also achieved excellent results in various external contests. |
