Master English learning skills and improve logical thinking skills

Lok Sin Tong Leung Wong Wai Fong Memorial School Oriented by the future development of students, through curriculum design, English teaching, AI integration, etc., we pave a growth path for students to "learn knowledge, practice skills, and build character", and have won the trust and favor of many parents. Principal Xu Minshi is deeply involved in the field of education. She has served as the curriculum director for 3 years and the principal for 8 years. She has accumulated rich experience in school management and curriculum planning capabilities. She has a keen insight into the core needs of students' language ability cultivation. With a broad educational vision and the courage to make breakthroughs, she has led the school on a path of characteristic development. The school actively embraces AI technology, integrates multiple resources, and builds a holistic education ecosystem with depth, breadth, and warmth, so that every student can gain growth and realize their dreams.

Master study skills and focus on logic training

The school's curriculum revolves around the core concept of "teaching skills rather than rote memorization." Principal Xu pointed out: "Rote memorization may be able to cope with shallow examinations in primary school, but after entering middle school, students will fall into a dilemma of being at a loss when faced with more complex knowledge systems and flexible question types." Therefore, the school pays more attention to cultivating students' understanding ability, reading analysis ability and problem-solving skills, and learning to use logical thinking to solve problems instead of memorizing formulas and answers mechanically.

English learning, as the area that parents are most concerned about, is the top priority in school curriculum construction. The school innovatively integrates pinyin teaching into every English class and builds a school-based curriculum that closely follows the pinyin system. The pinyin teaching feature teaches students the skills of splitting sounds and knowing the pronunciation of each letter and its pronunciation rules, which helps children spell out words on their own. Different from traditional silent reading, the school's silent reading training encourages students to use pinyin skills to read words. With the pronunciation knowledge and skills accumulated daily, they can deconstruct unfamiliar words and read them accurately, and master the core ability of independent English learning.

Reading is incorporated into regular teaching and English proficiency is greatly improved

The school implements the concept of "whole-person education" and not only focuses on students' academic performance, but also focuses on the cultivation of comprehensive qualities. The construction of libraries and reading galleries is an important part of this. The school library has a rich collection of books, and the underground reading gallery collects all kinds of books, including a complete set of English classics "Mr. Man", a total of four sets, all donated by enthusiastic booksellers. Students can read freely when returning to school in the morning and during recess, and parents can also participate together to create a strong reading atmosphere. The school is well aware that extensive reading is the key to improving students' thinking ability, creativity and vocabulary accumulation. Classroom teaching time is limited and cannot cover all knowledge. Reading allows students to break through the boundaries of textbooks and absorb more diverse information.

In order to further stimulate students' interest in reading, the school incorporates reading classes into the regular teaching plan and arranges special reading classes in each teaching cycle. Different from a simple reading session, the school's reading class focuses on interaction and sharing: after reading, students need to introduce part of the book to their classmates, leaving suspense to attract others to take the initiative to read, and finally design a related question to trigger discussion; students will also shoot reading recommendation videos, which will be voted by all classmates. Influenced by the atmosphere of mutual help and mutual learning, students' English proficiency has improved significantly in recent years. Some students who entered the school from the first grade can fully communicate in English in daily communication by the fourth grade.

Technology Empowers Education New English Learning

Today, with the rapid development of AI technology, the school has keenly captured the opportunity of technology-empowered education and has become a pioneer in AI education. This year, it launched the "AI INFINITY" themed education project, covering the four core sectors of AI ENGLISH, AI SPORT, AI LAB, and AI GARDEN, and deeply integrating AI tools with school-based courses. Principal Xu believes that AI is not meant to replace basic knowledge learning, but to become a powerful tool to help students master high-level skills. In the AI ​​era, students without clear logical thinking and accurate expression skills will not be able to effectively use AI to solve problems. Therefore, AI education in schools not only teaches students how to use technology, but also improves their thinking quality and expression ability through technical training. This is the core quality necessary for the future workplace and life.

In the AI ​​GARDEN section, the school guides students to use AI systems and programming knowledge to make marine life feeders. This feeder can not only automatically provide food for marine life in the pool during vacation, but can also detect the pH value of water quality in real time to ensure the safety of the living environment of corals and other organisms. Through this practical project, students learned relevant knowledge about AI and programming, and learned to cherish life and respect nature through personal participation, integrating values ​​education and life education into specific learning experiences. This "Learning by Doing" model makes abstract principles concrete and tangible, achieving the organic unity of knowledge learning and character cultivation.

AI ENGLISH creates a comprehensive English learning platform for students. Whether at school or at home, students can interact in English through the platform - when students ask questions in English, the platform will respond accordingly; even if parents have limited English skills, they can give instructions in Cantonese, and the platform will automatically convert them into English feedback, effectively solving the problem of parents tutoring English homework and alleviating the pressure of family education. At the same time, the school also offers parent-child education courses. Every Tuesday afternoon, experts will be invited to explain to parents how to make good use of AI resources to assist their children in reviewing. In addition, the school's school-based textbooks have already reserved entrances to digital resources such as QR codes. This forward-looking deployment allows digital education and e-learning to be implemented smoothly, truly improving teaching efficiency and learning experience.

School sponsoring groups strongly support and continue to promote educational innovation

As a school sponsoring organization, Kowloon Lok Sin Tong provides the school with all-round strong support, allowing Principal Xu to promote various educational innovations. Principal Xu said: "Thanks to the resource coordination of Kowloon Lok Sin Tong, school teachers have the opportunity to study at the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, and can also go to Zhuhai to visit the aerospace base." In terms of financial support, the school not only received funding from QEF, but also applied for NT$500,000 in funding to build a simulation aerospace laboratory. The laboratory's operating systems are all in English. Students can not only enhance national security awareness and identity in the simulation experience, but also improve their English application skills in practice, accumulating advantages for future academic and career development.

Adhere to all-English teaching and create a strong English atmosphere

The school’s strict requirements for English teaching are an important guarantee for a strong English atmosphere. All English classes adhere to full English teaching, and English teachers do not use Chinese in class. Even if students encounter vocabulary that is difficult to understand at the moment, teachers will guide students to understand through body language, situation simulation, etc., rather than directly using Chinese translation. The head of the English department leads by example. Whether speaking at morning meetings or explaining activities, all are in English. Only when necessary, other teachers use Chinese to supplement the explanations to prevent students from missing activity information.

Comprehensive connection support to establish a deep relationship of mutual trust

For primary school freshmen, the school provides comprehensive transition support and offers primary school adaptation classes. Our teachers help students familiarize themselves with school uniform regulations, campus environment, work and rest time and other campus common sense, helping them quickly adapt to primary school life. At the same time, each first-grade class is not only equipped with a head teacher, but also a deputy head teacher and a certified counselor, forming a strong counseling team to help students and parents cope with various problems during the transition period. Principal Xu even opened his personal WhatsApp to respond to parents’ questions at any time, such as school uniform specifications and school bag selection. While solving practical problems, he also established a deep relationship of mutual trust with parents.

Obtained excellent results and passed the medical major

After six years of careful cultivation, students have achieved excellent results and bright prospects. In the DSE examination, the school's graduates performed well. Principal Hui said: "Among the students who were promoted to Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School that year, two were admitted to the medical major of a local university. The principal of Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School highly recognized the school's teaching results and believed that the students' foundations were extremely solid." This is the fruitful result of the school's insistence on the educational philosophy of "teaching skills and cultivating character."