Focus on strengths, develop potential, pursue excellence, and achieve the future

Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School is committed to cultivating the balanced development of students’ six educations, establishing the direction and true meaning of life, and integrating knowledge and life. Principal Leung Pui Shan attaches great importance to the future development of students and believes that students’ talents are not limited to academics, but have many different possibilities. Therefore, we promote strength-based education and provide different opportunities through the implementation of new learning and teaching models and experiential learning to stimulate diverse potentials and help students pursue excellence and embrace unlimited opportunities in the future.

Develop new learning and teaching models and construct a personalized learning system
Face-to-face x electronic blended learning improves independent learning ability

In order to enhance students' learning autonomy and flexibility, the school implements "blended learning" that combines face-to-face teaching and e-learning. The campus is fully covered with wireless networks, and students are supported to use their own devices for learning to ensure that every student has equal access to e-learning opportunities. Principal Leung Pui Shan said: "Students can use technology to preview before class, promote independent learning mode, and cultivate lifelong learning abilities; after class, students can also make good use of electronic platforms to review according to their own progress." This year, the school further strengthens AI application-assisted learning, such as incorporating electronic versions of textbooks into chat robots, and plans to launch school-wide AI usage guidelines to improve students' information literacy and cultivate their ability to apply technology for learning.

Pay attention to teacher professional training and promote AI innovative teaching

The school attaches great importance to the professional training of teachers and promotes the innovative development of AI teaching. As early as last year, the school has arranged for teachers to participate in the "Artificial Intelligence Education Application" course, which provides professional training on generative AI principles, educational ethics and practical operations. It equips teachers with the skills to make good use of AI tools, assists in curriculum design, automated assessment and optimization of administrative processes, etc., comprehensively improves teaching and learning efficiency, and cultivates talents to promote school-wide digital teaching.

Make good use of artificial intelligence to deepen your English skills

The English Department makes good use of AI platforms and blended learning to help students improve their abilities, connect with the world, and achieve their future. In terms of teaching, teachers will preset questions before class so that students can prepare in advance, making it easier for students to absorb new knowledge during face-to-face teaching. The AI ​​platform also comprehensively strengthens students' listening, speaking, reading and writing training, with a special focus on promoting students to make good use of the AI ​​platform for writing and speaking training. For example, the platform is used to correct writing errors and provide extended exercises for learning difficulties in sentence patterns and grammar. The AI ​​platform is used to simulate dialogue role functions and provide feedback to help students practice English conversation.

In addition, the school comprehensively constructs an English context to promote students' confidence in using English. For example, English teachers will use the "Fun with Learning" strategy to encourage senior students to lead young students. High school students will lead junior high school students to carry out Easter Hunt English activities, so that students can understand that English is not just for exams, but also for daily life applications, thereby promoting an atmosphere of using English effectively.

Character Strength Education Taking Care of Uniqueness

Teachers firmly believe that every student has their own strengths and characteristics. To this end, the school promotes character strength education and sets up class teachers with different positive themes to allow students to understand the value of character strengths in activities in different situations and learn to appreciate themselves and others. The school also praises students with positive attitudes every year, encouraging students to understand their own strengths and highlights and infect other students.

Career planning activities to achieve students’ dreams

The school promotes career planning in a step-by-step manner and cooperates with external organizations to support the needs of secondary one to six students at different stages. The career planning team has launched the STAR Program in recent years to encourage students with different potentials to take university gifted education courses to develop their personal strengths and move towards their future dreams.

Diversified experiential learning opens up new angles of learning
Overseas exchanges broaden horizons

The school actively helps students broaden their horizons through overseas exchanges: on the one hand, it organizes teachers and students to go to Shanghai, Hunan, Chongqing, Dongguan and other places to conduct study tours, exchanges and inspections on different aspects such as history and culture, learning models, environmental conservation, scientific and technological exploration, etc., to deepen students’ understanding of the country, explore the country’s development opportunities, and enhance students’ understanding of the country. On the other hand, the History Department and the Chinese History Department also led students to visit Nagasaki, Japan, to have conversations with atomic bomb survivors and reflect on the gains and losses of East Asia in modernization; the Physical Education Department teachers also organized a Fukuoka sports training group for students to go to Japan for sports training and exchanges. Through study tours and exchanges, students can establish healthy lifestyle patterns and broaden their horizons. The English Department will also arrange for students to study in New Zealand during the summer vacation. In addition to studying, students will also host family homestays in New Zealand for a deeply immersive learning experience in an English environment, which can effectively improve their English skills.

Experience Chinese tradition and cultivate cultural connotation

The school organizes a variety of national education activities, such as national film appreciation parties, museum visits, and Chinese culture workshops, to enrich students' understanding of the country and strengthen their sense of national identity and belonging. At the beginning of this year, the school held a "Chinese Culture Day" with literature reading lectures and arranged Chinese dance, juggling performances, as well as traditional Chinese games, folk snacks and other activity stalls, allowing students to combine learning with play, experience the excellent aspects of Chinese tradition, and cultivate cultural connotations.

Musical and sports arts

The school implements the strength-based concept to promote the development of students' musical intelligence, physical and kinesthetic intelligence, and spatial intelligence. The music department teaches students according to their aptitude and provides professional music training; the visual arts department cooperates with artists to offer school-based picture book creation and ceramics gifted courses; the sports team invites external coaches to allow students to cultivate team spirit and sports potential through regular training. Over the years, students have won numerous awards in various competitions, including "Champion of the Eighteen Districts Visual Arts Competition in Hong Kong"; "General Runner-up in the Women's Category of the Kwai Tsing District School Sports Competition"; "Gold Medal of the Hong Kong Inter-School Choir Festival 2025"; and "Gold Medal of the Chinese Ensemble Ensemble of the Joint School Music Competition 2025". The school is honored.

business experience

The school encourages students to participate in business experience programs, financial management and business competitions to deepen students' understanding of business operations through real business environments. The students also performed well and won the "JA Student Business Experience Program Best Product Award Second Runner-up and the Most Popularity Award" respectively; "Hong Kong Financial Management Competition 2024 - Young Financial Talent Program Hong Kong Champion and Greater Bay Area Champion".

Create a stage for success and showcase students’ talents
Mathematics and Science Innovation

The school encourages students to participate in various STEAM workshops, scientific research and competitions, and organizes field trips to explore technological developments in various places to promote students' ability to comprehensively apply knowledge. For example, students in the mathematics and science subjects are selected to participate in the Mathematical Olympiad or scientific research training, and on-campus teachers and external experts will guide students on competition strategies. School teachers have led students to participate in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mathematics Competition, China Cup, Asian International Mathematical Olympiad Open, Korean Science and Engineering Grand Prix, and Fun Science Competitions, etc., to expand their horizons through practical combat, and have won many awards. With the support of the school, students won the following awards: "Silver Medal and Bronze Medal in the Asian International Mathematical Olympiad Open Finals (Tokyo, Japan)"; "Gold Medal in the Hong Kong International Mathematics Competition 2025 (Hong Kong Division)"; "Champion of the 5th Biomedical Engineering Creative Competition's "Love and Creation" Intergenerational Inclusive Mechanical Vehicle Competition (Lego Category)".

Languages ​​and Humanities

The English Department encourages students to participate in inter-school recitation festivals, writing competitions and other activities to improve their English communication skills and confidence. Over the years, she has won many awards in competitions such as English recital and "SOW Inspiring Book Gifting Competition" and has performed well.

In terms of Chinese writing, the school invites writers to the school to offer "Creative Writing Classes" and "Micro-Novel Writing Classes", and encourages students to participate in the writing courses of the Chinese University's "Gifted Program" and off-campus essay competitions. Students have performed well in multiple essay competitions in recent years and have won multiple awards, including the "Outstanding School Award, Star of Stars Award and Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in the Greater Bay Area Gifted and Creative Essay Competition"; "Hong Kong HKBU Literary Award - Outstanding Young Writer Award"; "Champion, Second Runner-up, Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in the Manyu Cup Hong Kong Inter-School Essay Competition". Their achievements are remarkable.

In terms of history and culture, the school has received the "Inheritance and Innovation" Annual Award and Commendation Award from the Education Bureau in the past two years to recognize the school's contribution to the promotion of Chinese history and Chinese culture. Students also participated in the PolyU Hong Kong Chinese History Essay Competition 2024 and won the "Outstanding Award", which helps stimulate students' in-depth understanding and interest in Chinese history and culture.

road to university

The school makes flexible use of different resources and is committed to cultivating students according to their potential and interests to embark on the road to their dreams. In 2025, 92% of students will meet the admission requirements of local universities, and 89.8% of them will be admitted to degree courses at local universities. In 2024 and 2025, 6 students were successfully admitted to their favorite subjects by local universities through the "School Recommendation Direct Admission Scheme" and the "Principal's Recommendation Scheme", including: Bachelor of Dentistry from the University of Hong Kong, Bachelor of Chinese Language and Literature from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physiotherapy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Bachelor of Laws from the City University of Hong Kong. Their results are encouraging to all the teachers and students of the school.

Under the strength-based education, students not only perform well in academic performance, but also develop their talents and potential in different fields and become the pillars of society in the future.