| Language Policy |
The medium of instruction is Chinese, but the school attaches great importance to English learning, we make use of small group teaching, and through drama to help students to learn English. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
Our school is eager to promote all-round learning strategies with the collaboration of cross curriculum into the classroom teaching. Students also have all valuable chances to learn from different scenarios and jobs tasting in which they can have more personal career-oriented experience. Students can have more chances to grasp and review their careers’ intention and path through the course.<br>1. We stress the stimulation and cultivation of students potential capability, knowledge and skill creation so as to help them arm with different career-oriented skills in marine or other career fields.<br>Also, they will be widely trained in our school to be the ones with righteousness, responsibility, good interpersonal relationship for the contribution for our society.<br>2. The curriculum aims at strengthening students fluency and preciseness in reading, writing and calculation.<br>3. The adaptation of scenario and pragmatic learning modes for the promotion of students learning motivation and overall learning effectiveness.<br>We provide school-based curriculum to our students, and let them learn from reading. Our school library provides different types of books, and assess students reading progress through both of qualitative and quantitative assessment as a way to encourage students to read more. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X. ＊The electives are including THS, ICT, PE, HMSC and VA.<br>＊All students are required to study school-based maritime studies programme.<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: Our Maritime Studies program is certified by the Marine Department. Students can obtain the professional qualification of Coxswain Grade 3. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
- All of our students are boarding students. Each student is widely taken care and trained by the staff of dormitory. Staff of dormitory also help lessen and solve their emotional problems. On the other hand, we have our outside tutors provided different assistance to students in learning, correct and improve students’ behavioral and emotional problem. <br>- Our school provides morning reading scheme for students, provides different inclusive tutorial lessons, and assisting below-average students completing their homework. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
Our school aims to cultivate peace and harmony, cater for student differences and provide children with multi-dimensional education opportunities in school-based level. Our support team, creating harmonious school life for students, includes professional committees: Special Educational Needs (SEN) coordinator, teachers with training in SEN, counselors and educational psychologists.<br>Our supports for students, like speech therapy, supplementary class, individual / group counseling service, social skills training and individual learning scheme, are offered through the school-based tailor-made curriculum, multi-dimensional teaching and learning strategies, optimizing tiered assignment and special examination arrangement to facilitate the effectiveness of teaching and learning. Continuing education courses as well as the most up-to-date information of which the focus is on catering for learning diversity are available for teachers, who are eligible for the training courses that help equip teachers with knowledge and skills for taking care of all students in school. Special examination arrangement in school-based examinations and public examinations are available for those students in need. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
With the whole-heart supports of parents to our school, they contribute their valuable opinions through the participation of our school activities. |
| School Ethos |
We emphasize the practice of disciplinary training educating our students. Through the drills, they are trained to be the ones with strong sense in discipline and obedience as the standard to fit the requirements on their outlook and attitude.<br>Teachers and Boarding Service Master/Mistress of our school are responsible for assessing and following up students performance on academic and conduct fields on regular and face-to-face basis. Also, Our Student Support Team is eager to promote the inclusive policies and inclusive education of EDB. |
| School Development Plan |
The School has been striving to optimize the campus and facilities to provide a holistic and all-rounded education for students. The Maritime Laboratory (Including a Ship Simulator and VR Cave) and Art Development Centre have been built last year. In order to provide careers and life education, internship opportunities, and extend students career paths, We have built up close cooperation relationship and communication with other institutions and organizations for our students. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
We encourage and activate teachers’ participation in doing those workable researches on teaching methods, and enhance their teaching effectiveness, and import outer resources for enriching teachers’ professional development. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Sport activities: Magic, Fencing, Chess playing, telecommunication technology. Science, Culinary Art, First aid, Visual Arts, Movie club, Library club, Photograph, marching band and other ball games activities.<br>Water activities: Sailing, Windsurfing, Canoeing, Life Saving, Rowing and Dragon Boating.<br>Special Characteristics Events: Tug-of-War, Heaving Line. Students join the adventure camp or Sea Expedition every year. For those potential students, they can have every opportunity to join local and international competition including overseas-sponsored boat racing. |
