| Language Policy |
Students are encouraged to brush up their skills in English, Cantonese and Putonghua through a series of learning and co-curricular activities. This helps to provide them with more chances to be exposed to English and Putonghua. English debates, English Speaking Stage, morning sharing and other English-related activities during lunchtime are also organised. More exposure to Putonghua is provided for students through excursions to mainland China and Taiwan. Students are also encouraged to join the speech festival, debates and public speaking activities. |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies |
1) We aim at upgrading the DSE results by allocating extra tutorial lessons for S.5 and S.6 students. 2) With the implementation of E-learning, more interactive ways of learning with IT are available. The immersive simulation learning environment VR Cave allows students to encounter various knowledge principles in an interactive way. 3) Enhancement classes are provided for the newly arrived students from mainland China. Individualised Education Programmes (IEP) are scheduled for students to yield the most desirable results. 4) Optimising the Senior Secondary Core subjects with the introduction of Language Enhancement Courses in S.4 to S.5 helps brush up students' language ability and their learning skills. 5) The “I Can Fly” Scheme for S.5 and S.6 students helps equip them with better exam skills and improve time management. 6) “Open Classes” are promoted for more professional sharing with existing teachers and outsiders. 7) Extra lessons are available for elite training on Saturday mornings. |
| School-based curriculum |
1. Electives: 2X. Please refer to the Section "Subject offered", Applied Learning & M2 are offered as the 3rd electives<br> 2. Curriculum highlights: 1) For junior forms, our diversified school-based curriculum can cater to learners’ diversity and their interests. 2) We offer after-school extension lessons to enhance effectiveness in learning. 3) S.4 students can opt for School-based Applied Learning Courses. 4)Measures are taken to upgrade the elite students and help consolidate the weaker ones to cater to the needs of different students in their learning and growth. |
| Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
1) Enhancement of English Ability:(a) An emphasis on small-class sizes as well as tailor-made materials to cater for learners' diversity. (b) During extension lessons, elite courses are provided for students. (c) We have also established the English Orientation Month and a good English learning environment. 2) Student Support: (a) Professional services are purchased to cater for the needs and growth of different students. (b) The Student Support Team provides support for students with special education needs. (c) IEP is tailor-made for some SEN students. 3) Newly-arrived Children:(a) Extra Academic Support: English and Cantonese Courses are provided after school. (b) Growth Support programmes: an orientation programme, parenting activities, community visits and other programmes are conducted to help our students integrate into the community. |
| Approach to Integrated Education |
The Student Support Team will carry out language enhancement activities and one-to-two tutoring for students with dyslexia after school. In the junior forms, collaborative teaching is promoted in addition to cooperative learning and graded worksheets to cater to students with special educational needs. Adaptation in assessment papers and homework help to cater for learner diversity and let students learn well will be provided. The team organises different multi-intelligent and functional groups for hyperactive and autistic students and language therapy services for students with speech disorders. School participates in the Student Mental Health Support Scheme and provides timely mental support to the students. The "Counselling Psychologist Service" and family therapy are also engaged to prevent and treat students with mental health issues in the school. The school also makes use of the Support Grant for Non-Chinese Speaking Students with Special Educational Needs to help teachers design activities, purchase teaching materials and translation services for effective communication with their parents and help the NCS learn the Chinese Language. Job tasting programme during holidays is also provided. |
| Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students |
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| Home-School Co-operation |
To let students grow up happily and healthy, the school actively promotes cooperation and enhances sharing among parents and teachers. Parents always discuss issues with school, promote welfare to students and find ways to enhance the quality of teaching so as to enable students to have a balanced development in all the aspects of moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual education. Parent representatives help supervise school books, school uniforms, school bus service and the quality of our canteen services are elected to our IMC. Facing a rapidly changing society and constantly reforming education system, home-school cooperation is important for the growth of our students. The PTA actively promotes parent education and has organised a series of parent education activities, inviting expert speakers and social organisations to give lectures and workshops to exchange experiences in nurturing children and the number of participants has increased year after year. The association also actively promotes networking activities, such as picnics, interest groups, basin feasts, Chinese New Year reunions and moon chasing barbecue evenings to ensure a strong bond among parents, shares experiences and to help students grow up healthily. Besides serving the community, the PTA members also actively help with our school activities such as on Sports Day and Parents' Day. |
| School Ethos |
To live up to the motto from Father Vincent Lebbe: “Total Renunciation, True Charity, Constant Joy", our teachers bear in mind one utmost important spirit– to serve everyone with no discrimination and care for students’ needs. We care not only about discipline but also counselling on a whole school approach basis. Our final goal is to ensure our graduates are decently-dressed, self-disciplined and knowledgeable. Our students are heaped with praise and diversified growth activities are conducted to ensure our students can have a normal school life under the stress of pandemic. With "Life" being the theme for this school year, different seminars and growth activities will be launched to cultivate our students a righteous attitude towards life. The annual “Outstanding Student Award”, “Academic Award”, "Talent and Artistic Award”, and “Voluntary Service Award” show our recognition of our students’ hard work. The “One-service-a-lifetime Scheme”, the “One Sports & Arts in life Scheme” and our students’ participation in the Student Union, Four Houses and Prefect Team further develop their talents and potential. |
| School Development Plan |
With the optimising measures for the four senior secondary core subjects, adaptation of the teaching content and strategies to cater for learner diversity, foundation of our students is further consolidated so as to enhance their academic performance. With the elite training scheme, the academically stronger students in different forms are further reinforced. At the same time, the school uses IT to improve learning and teaching, implement e-learning and develop STEAM education. This helps cultivate students' self-directed learning and enhance their learning skills. A reading scheme has been launched in a bid to boost the language ability of students. Besides, a variety of learning experiences are provided to widen the horizons of the junior formers to set their goals. For the senior formers, guidance is provided to equip them for their future challenges. Every year, different types of values are highlighted, “Family” is this year’s theme. All these help to shape our students’ positive personalities and through the involvement of service-learning, uniform groups and the Hong Kong Award for Young People, students develop their talents and strengthen their leadership training. The ultimate goal is to raise students’ confidence and develop a positive self-image. |
| Teacher Professional Training and Development |
Sustainable development in teachers’ professionalism helps upgrade the effectiveness in teaching. Besides Teachers’ Development Day, professional development seminars and lectures by experts held in the school, teachers actively attend courses on Catering for Diverse Learning Needs and workshops by educational psychologists. Our school also actively liaises with off-campus providers and organizes activities of different themes, such as participating in the Crisis Management Workshop organised by the TKO Police Community Relations Office. With the Joint School Teachers’ Development Day coordinated by the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a lecture on School Campus Law facilitates professional exchange among colleagues and fosters an atmosphere of mutual cooperation. With the “Mentoring Scheme”, new teachers are taken care of in order to help them adapt to the new environment. |
| Life-wide Learning |
Implementation of a 3 "Mores" strategy --More Experience, More Challenges and More Happiness, together with a self-directed learning attitude, self-discipline and self-confidence in the learning environment so as to cultivate positive values and a sense of perseverance among our students. During the extension time, a total of about 40 extra-curricular activities take place. Some aspects are stressed in our school. Two of them are STEM Artificial Intelligence (aircrafts, robotic cars and VR) and Green Technology (Aquaponics and Hydroponic farming and electricity generation from solar panels). Physical activities include playing basketball, badminton, table tennis, dodging ball, skateboarding, jazz dance, drama, drawing and marching band. For traditional Chinese activities, they include flashy dragon team, flag-raising team and lion dance. For career planning, students can learn how to beautify nails and Korean. For religion, students can join the Catholic Students’ Group. All the activities can inspire students and help them get along well with other people well and develop their sense of perseverance. Diversified activities and competitions are also often organised by the Student Union and the Four Houses so as to help them develop different generic skills. Our school also actively encourages students to join the Hong Kong Youth Award Scheme, Red Cross and Sea Cadet Corps. The One-student-one Position Scheme is also especially designed for the junior form students so as to foster their spirit of serving others and the society and know that it is a blessing to help people in need. |
