Be realistic and innovative, pursue excellence, and unleash your potential in English learning

H.K.F.E.W. Wong Cho Bau School was founded in 2001, adhering to the spirit of the school motto of "Realism and Innovation" and taking the pursuit of excellence as its core development concept. It is committed to creating an excellent learning environment for students, inspiring creative thinking and the comprehensive development of multiple intelligences, cultivating students' citizenship qualities of respecting others, reverence for life, caring for society and the country, and fully implementing the goals of whole-person education. Principal Huang Jinliang leads the teaching team to create a comprehensive English curriculum system to enable students to achieve dual improvement in English knowledge and ability.

Excellent at speaking and writing, outstanding, expanding English application scenarios

The school attaches great importance to English teaching, with the goal of "being outstanding in both speaking and writing" and building a multi-level, multi-scenario three-dimensional learning system. In each teaching cycle week, the school sets up two reading workshops, which are jointly taught by foreign teachers and local English teachers. They use high-quality materials such as foreign picture books and children's novels to systematically teach reading skills and comprehensively train students' four core abilities of English listening, speaking, reading and writing. The weekly English Day activities are an important carrier of the English learning atmosphere on campus. During the morning reading period, students can read English books freely, and during the break period, English learning can occur naturally in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere through colorful interactive games at the English booths.

In order to further expand students' English application scenarios, the school carefully established an English drama team and an English speech team, and selected outstanding students from grades four to six to serve as English ambassadors. English Ambassadors need to participate in various trainings, not only to continuously improve their English communication skills, but also to assist schools in organizing various English activities, shooting English short films, etc., to build their confidence and expressiveness in using English in real practice.

At the same time, the school has allocated additional resources and hired a number of foreign English teachers to offer English reading classes. Students conduct interactive learning activities with foreign teachers every week to improve their learning interest and oral fluency in real language communication situations. For students with higher English proficiency, the school has set up school-based English classes at each level. English is used as the teaching language in mathematics, science, humanities and other subjects. This not only greatly increases the frequency of students' exposure to English, but also lays the foundation for them to enter English middle schools in the future and become international talents.

Comprehensive English learning, practice to improve English ability

Principal Huang believes that English learning should not be limited to the classroom, so the school promotes an all-round learning concept to guide students to deepen their language application abilities in real scenarios. According to the English teaching themes of different grades, the school organizes students to visit wetland parks, exchange visits with foreign tourists at the airport, and visit historical museums. In the process of completing subject inquiry tasks, students not only exercise their English skills, but also enrich their interdisciplinary learning experience through various extension activities and the flexible use of electronic learning tools.

In addition, the school actively organizes overseas exchange and learning activities, and organizes students to visit countries such as South Korea and Singapore to gain an in-depth understanding of the scientific and technological development and cultural characteristics of different countries in various fields, helping students improve cross-cultural understanding and communication skills, and laying a solid foundation for growing into talents with an international perspective and a sense of home and country.

Innovative technology education stands on the world stage in English

The school's school-based innovative technology courses have been developed for many years, emphasizing practice and focusing on cultivating students' exploration spirit, problem-solving ability and creativity. The courses offer SCRATCH, mBlock, VexGO, Micro:bit, Gigo building blocks, drones, 3D design, RoboMaster, VexIQ, APP Inventor and AI intelligent courses. STEAM Lab, Cyber ​​Lab and Coding Lab have also been set up to provide students with a learning environment through play, hands-on work and a more diversified learning environment. Students use the knowledge they have learned to create works that solve life problems, such as smart fans, solar cars, hand-cranked flashlights and uniquely designed 3D furniture, etc., which can also enhance learning motivation and interest.

Principal Huang pointed out: "Most of the scientific literature, technical papers, and code comments in today's world are in English; in international scientific and technological seminars and innovation competitions, English is the universal communication language. Students who learn English well can directly read scientific research results and understand the latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence. In the future, we hope that students will rely on their scientific and technological abilities and English advantages to stand on a broader international stage and grow into innovative professionals."

Reading opens the door to knowledge and cultivates independent learning habits

Reading is the key to unlocking the treasure house of knowledge. The school regards reading as the core carrier for cultivating students' independent learning ability. To this end, it offers reading classes to systematically teach scientific reading methods and guide students to establish correct reading attitudes. During the morning reading period, teachers will carry out on-site story telling, interactive communication and other activities in the library to create a strong English reading atmosphere. The "Reading Month" of each school year will also set different special themes to encourage students to widely read various types of physical books and electronic books; during the "World Reading Day", the school will also simultaneously carry out a series of interesting reading activities to further stimulate students' enthusiasm for reading. At the same time, the school has established reading award programs such as "Happy Reading Star" and "Borrowing Dragon and Tiger List" to publicly praise students who persist in reading and seriously participate in various reading tasks to strengthen students' motivation for English reading.

"Brain Basics School Certification" Bronze Award: Brain-centered, inspiring potential

The school won the Bronze Award of the "Brain-Based School Certification". This honor is not only a professional affirmation of the school's improvement in "learning and teaching" effectiveness, but also demonstrates its persistence and achievements in educational innovation.

All teachers have completed "brain science-based" professional training and can flexibly use brain science principles to design teaching activities, keenly observe students' learning status, and adopt multiple strategies according to different brain characteristics to significantly improve students' classroom concentration, participation and intrinsic learning motivation, making learning and teaching more effective.

In addition, the school has introduced brainwave scanning equipment, using technology to help teachers and parents gain a deeper understanding of students' brain development, and provides brain neurofeedback training to students in need to further enhance learning effectiveness and practice the educational philosophy of "brain-centered, inspiring potential".

Improve the connection system between kindergarten and primary school to adapt to life and learn with confidence

In terms of the connection between kindergarten and primary school, the school has established a complete support system to ensure that students achieve seamless and comprehensive connection. For example, an enlightenment gifted class is offered, which covers English proficiency development, mathematical and logical thinking, artistic literacy, and innovative technology education, etc., effectively stimulating the development of multiple intelligences in young children. In addition, an interdisciplinary themed learning course "Let's Go to Elementary School" is specially designed for first-year students to understand elementary school life from multiple angles, and strengthens home-school collaboration through parent information in the study booklet to help primary one students adapt smoothly to elementary school life.

Broad prospects for further studies, achieving children’s future

The school provides systematic transition to secondary school and "one-stop" courses to provide students with all-round support for their studies. The school not only provides parents with reference materials for choosing a school for high school, and explains in detail the middle school degree allocation process, but also equips students with interview tips for high school, organizes teachers from various subjects to conduct mock interview training, improves English conversation skills, accurately points out students' shortcomings, and gives specific suggestions for improvement. As a "through-train" school, students can directly enter the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers Wong Chu Piu Secondary School in the district. Many graduates have also successfully entered famous secondary schools outside the district such as Queen's College, King's College, Hong Kong Pui Ching Secondary School, and St. Stephen's College with their impressive results. The prospects for further studies are bright.