English
Objectives:
- To enhance students’ self-learning abilities.
- To increase learners’ positive attitudes towards learning.
- To broaden students’ horizons through cultural awareness courses.
- To encourage reading across curriculum.
- To promote students’ value of positivity and optimism.
Curriculum:
KS1 students have school-based reading and writing lessons while all the students have school-based ‘Knowing the World’ lessons with NET teachers. To broaden students’ horizons and raise their cultural awareness, more than 18 countries including Canada, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Greece, Chili, Peru and Iraq, are introduced to our students. Our P.1 Exploring English Language and Culture Course, inculcated by a British native teacher, is integrated into our English subject and arranged to enhance students’ English ability. The topics cover the UK issues like the weather, sports and famous attractions in the UK.
P1 Maths lessons are conducted by NET teachers to further enhance students’ English abilities and arouse their learning interest in English. For KS2 students, we provide different enhancement classes in the morning and interview training programmes with NETs to equip students for a smooth transition from primary to secondary education. Students can also join different English extracurricular-activities, which provide them with more opportunities in using language in authentic contexts such as English Drama, Puppetry, Fun English (CUHK), Hong Kong International Youth Forum, English Football Club and English Science Club.
Activities:
- Halloween Fun Day
- Theme-based English morning assemblies
- Reading Marathon Programme
- Creative English Online Scheme
- English Fun Day
- Class Reading Aloud performances
- Fun English (Organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- Filmit Competition
These activities provide students with opportunities to experience a rich language environment and offer different self-learning platforms for students.
Announcements made by teachers and students in English
Morning and recess reading time
Story telling by the NETs
Reading aloud class performance
Reading aloud performances by different classes during recesses
An English fun day with the theme of Halloween
Performances of language arts such as songs, poems, readers’ theatre, drama and choral speaking by different classes during the day
English Everywhere
Creating a learning environment with English labels and/or QR code of videos about the facilities in the campus
Visits (e.g. Science Museum) & Workshops (e.g. ‘Story Monster for Primary Schools’ of the English Alliance by SCHOLAR, Pizza Express workshop)
Providing pleasurable English language experiences for arousing students’ interest in English, developing an appreciation of English as well as boosting their confidence in using the language
An English course for elite students to practise integrated language skills
Reading scheme award
For outstanding reading log and book reports
Fun English Online Scheme award
Online learning for self-learning
Fun English (CUHK) and Hong Kong International Youth Forum (HKIYF)
A joint-school English learning and cultural exchange project with the exchanges from CUHK
‘Leap’ and ‘Target’ English language learning courses for students with different English competences
English Science Club
Learning Science by doing experiments with the NET
Practising football and joining charity competition with the NET
Performing drama on school Language Arts Day and Halloween Day
Fun English – Hong Kong International Youth Forum Team Joint-school English project learning
English Ambassador Team
Creating a context for speaking and listening as well as being big brothers and sisters for practising English for the lower form students during mornings and recesses
‘Story to Stage’ Puppetry Competition for Primary Schools
Developing literacy skills in a fun and engaging manner
Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (English Speech)
Promoting active making of expression through speech
Introducing students to a variety of reading material, building teamwork skills, and ensuring that reading is fun, BOB is a live school-on-school battle to find the book trivia champion school.
