| Language Policy |
Mother-tongue education is implemented in the school. Bi-literate and trilingual training are emphasized as well. We help students enhance their language proficiency and bilingual communication skills through activities such as the NET scheme, English Week, Reading schemes, English songs singing contest, Speech Festival, debate competition and project-based learning. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
We promote self-regulated learning to establish good learning habits and attitude for students. According to Attainment Test evaluation results, strong improvements are seen in students' academic results and learning motivation. Our curriculums are updated regularly. E-learning is also promoted to facilitate teaching and learning, along with a wide range of extra curricular activities. Our school-based gifted education policy provides diversified learning experience for students to develop their potentials. Four teachers from our school received The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2008/2009 and 2010/2011. Teachers also form Learning Circles to carry out research on students' learning. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X. Students are allowed to choose two electives, including Applied Learning (ApL) courses. Please refer to our school website: http://www.tllf.edu.hk/<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: School-based curriculum has been developed and implemented in certain subjects to cater for the learning needs of our students. We also focus on the design of effective teaching methods and materials. With the help of QEF and School-based support services, we have successfully developed school-based curriculum in Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics, Liberal Studies, Technology Education and Visual Arts. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
S1 to S6 students are streamed into smaller groups for Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and Citizenship and Social Development. We also offer different extracurricular activities for our students. Under Inclusive Education Committee, we have Social Skills Classes, Reading and Writing Classes, etc for students with special educational needs. We have formed Learning Support Team and Guidance Prefect Team to help students with special educational needs. For Non Chinese Speaking students, we have also provided Chinese language learning and teaching support. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
S1 to S6 students are streamed into smaller groups for Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and Citizenship and Social Development. We differentiate worksheets to cater for students with diverse abilities. We offer extracurricular activities to facilitate the development of students' multiple intelligence. We have Special Educational Needs Support Teachers (SENSTs) and has appointed a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) to lead and promote the school's inclusive culture. The Inclusive Education Committee provides different programmes for students with special educational needs, such as social skills training group, reading and writing group, career and life planning programme, and many other activities. In addition, we have established the Guidance Prefect Team to help students with special educational needs in order to build their self-confidence. Our school also promotes Home-School Co-operation to give support to parents and students with special educational needs. Early identification and timely intervention for students with speech and language impairment (SLI) enable them to learn more effectively. Our school offers speech therapy for students with SLI to enhance their language related skills and communication skills. We provide support for NCS SEN students through inclusive programmes and appointed a teaching assistant to cultivate learning environment in school, facilitate peer support among NCS students with SEN and local students. Activities include voluntary services, voice-over classes which helps integrate them into school life. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
The school actively promotes home-school cooperation and organizes over 20 home-school collaboration activities annually. These activities include events such as Secondary One Orientation Activities, a barbecue activity, voluntary work, outings, workshops for parents, caring activities, 100-day celebration for Secondary One students, a graduation activity for Secondary Six students, Teacher’s Day, school policy discussions, and seminars on parent-child communication skills and emotional support. The school has a Parents’ Resource Center that aims to promote the spiritual and physical well-being of students through close collaboration between parents and the school. |
| School Ethos |
Our school adheres much attention to students' discipline and whole-person development. With our dual or trio class teacher system, social workers and educational psychologist, we work hand in hand to promote values education through nurturing in our students the nine priority values and attitudes including "Perseverance", "Respect for Others", "Responsibility", "National Identity", "Commitment", "Integrity" , "Care for Others", "Law-abidingness", "Empathy" and "Diligence". Dr. Tam Yik Fong has donated $1,000,000 to set up the Dr. Tam Yik Fong Fund which awards scholarships to students with outstanding achievements in various aspects. |
| School Development Plan |
Our school strives hard to secure extra resources in order to support students’ learning. In 2021, our school was granted $3.22 million by Community Investment and Inclusion Fund (CIIF) to launch Project on Generation Connect through Fitness and Easy Sports to help students build up strong bonding to the community and live harmoniously with the elderly. We were also granted $500,000 by Project WeCan to enhance students’ language proficiency.<br>Our school also emphasizes developing students’ potentials in STEM. Our students have got many awards. Three asteroids are named after three outstanding students, Chan Yik Hei, Wong Sum Ming and Li Kin Pong. In 2015, Guo Yik Huang received the Roche Young Scientist Award (RYSA). We have been the only district training centre in Western New Territory under ‘Fusion between Chinese Cultural Arts and Robotics Project’ and we have won the Soong Ching Ling Awards for Children’s Invention Demonstration Centre. Moreover, our school has implemented STEM Maker Space: Experiential Learning Project with Quality Education Fund. Our school will continue to apply for Quality Education Fund to get more resources to promote STEM education.<br>Our school organizes in-person and online overseas exchange tours and brings students to visit our sister schools in Beijing every year, aiming to broaden students’ horizons. Previous visits have been made to Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Macau, and Mongolia.<br> |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Teachers are encouraged to participate in professional development trainings. There are at least three in-house staff development programs every school year. A teacher induction program is conducted for new teachers. Teachers actively participate in workshops, seminars and exchange programs organized by EDB, universities and other professional institutes and exchange programs co-organized by our Singapore and Mainland sister schools. Our SENCO was nominated to participate in i–Journey' Paid Non-local Study Leave Scheme for Secondary School Teachers organized by EDB. In the school year 2021/2022, our teacher was appointed as the seconded teacher who represented our school to serve as Centre of Excellence (CoE) at IT in Education Section of EDB specialising at teacher training for eLearning development in primary and secondary schools.<br>In order to create a sport climbing culture, we have 22, 30 and 33 teachers who have acquired sport climbing instructor, First Aid and Automated External Defibrillation certification respectively. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Many students have outstanding performances and have won a lot of prizes in different international competitions. An asteroid numbered 20780 is named after Chan Yik Hei as an award and he was admitted to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. <br>Our students also won the first prize in the Hong Kong Youth Science & Technology Innovation Competition, the National High School Student Science and Technology Innovation Award, the New Seed Award, the Green School Championship in the Secondary School Category, and the second prize in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). Our junior form students won the 2013 VEX Robotics World Championship CREATE AWARD. In 2015, Guo Yihuang was honored with the Roche Young Scientist Award. Following the footsteps of Chan Yik Hei, Wong Sum Ming and Li Kin Pong received a second-place award in Materials Science in Intel ISEF and an asteroid was named after each of these two young scientists in 2015. They were the first students in Hong Kong who won the Golden Invention Prize of Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions in 2016. In 2023, our students won the first prize at the Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Maker Education Seminar with their computer-controlled musical instrument creation. Students have also won championships in various videotaping, photography and audio-visual competitions. Our students have won the championship in rock-climbing in Asia. Other long-standing sports teams such as the baseball team, rock-climbing team, basketball team, soccer team, handball team, karate team, bowling team and bench press have won frequent championships with numerous opportunities to shine in Asia and international events.<br> |
