Unleash potential, create the future, and build a holistic education ladder

Ho Ngai College (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) In line with the purpose of "generalizing charity and encouraging kindness", we will do our best to help those in need and help the helpless, and it is our responsibility to teach every student well. Principal CHEUNG Kin Sun, Jackson pointed out that although the learning resources provided by students' families vary, the school's mission is to "release potential and create the future." By creating a platform and organizing diversified activities, we support students from different family backgrounds to have the opportunity to develop their potential, promote their biliteracy, trilingualism, music, sports, arts and all-round development, and prepare for future development.

Promote whole-person development and create a growth ladder

Whole-person development is an important educational direction of the school. Through diversified experiences, students' horizons are broadened and students have made great progress in thinking, personal development, psychology and other aspects. The school has set up a "Multiple Learning Week" to organize students to go out of the classroom to carry out practical activities, such as visiting Wong Tai Sin Temple, entering the Science Park, etc.; it also coordinates various overseas exchange activities to guide students to base themselves on the community and look at the world, so as to broaden their knowledge and improve their comprehensive literacy through immersive experiences.

After the exam every year, the school will also hold a "Creative Learning Sharing Day". The event is jointly launched by the Visual Arts Department and Applied Learning (Fashion Design). In addition to art performances from different societies, the year's fashion design works will be publicly displayed to the entire school. Junior high school students create and interpret specific themes in groups. For example, "Fairy Tale" is an open theme, some students interpret it with "romantic", and some interpret it with "darkness"; high school students set their own themes to show students' diverse understanding of the theme and personal style.

Principal CHEUNG Kin Sun, Jackson shared: "Students themselves have a certain degree of creativity, but they rarely have the opportunity to show themselves in front of the whole school." This activity can be used as an opportunity for students to display their creativity and display their learning achievements. It not only cultivates their creativity and multi-angle thinking ability, but also allows students to gain a sense of achievement and satisfaction from the display.

Multi-contact, multi-application, equipped with English ability

The school is committed to creating an English learning environment and constructing a school-based self-study system, requiring students to practice online at home every day, extending learning time outside the classroom, and promoting the development of English reading, listening and writing. In order to allow students to listen and speak more, the school holds English morning meetings every Thursday, allowing students to share in English on designated topics. At the end of each semester, the school will compile the students' English masterpieces in the past year for the whole school to appreciate, to promote mutual learning among peers. The school also has an English debate team to train students' higher-order thinking and critical thinking skills through different social issues.

In addition, the school organizes outdoor learning experiences every year, such as the Cheung Chau trip organized by Form 4 in conjunction with English, Communities, and Tourism. In addition to learning about local cultural features such as the Taiping Festival, students are also required to interview tourists and make Vlogs in English to integrate English into life and cultural exploration. At the same time, every year the school takes students to Canada, Australia and other English-speaking countries for exchanges. In addition to arranging boarding, students are also allowed to attend classes in English in local middle schools to build an international perspective.

Create diversified platforms and cultivate soft power for growth

The school provides leadership training through leadership training and uniform teams to cultivate students' soft skills. The school has "Four Clubs" with senior students serving as club presidents, planning inter-social competitions and other activities. Teachers will provide training for leaders on a regular basis, teaching each club president how to assume leadership, cultivating their common abilities, such as communication skills and problem-solving skills, so that they can learn teamwork in organizational activities. The president will also pass on these skills to the club officers after completing the training.

At the same time, the school requires secondary one and two students to join uniformed groups, providing free uniforms and training, such as marching band, Sik Sik Yuen Flag Guard, Hong Kong Youth Leadership Corps and Immigration Department Youth Leadership Corps. Principal CHEUNG Kin Sun, Jackson hopes to cultivate students’ diligence and perseverance, and enhance their resilience and self-confidence through physical training such as camping and step training. Last year, the Sik Sik Yuen flag guarding team went to Beijing to communicate with the flag guarding teams of the People's Liberation Army and Beijing Language and Culture University, allowing students to learn more from the experience.

Leung, who participated in the Immigration Department Youth Leadership Corps, Sik Sik Yuen Flag Guard and Hong Kong Youth Leadership Corps, shared: "In the past, I was relatively introverted, but after joining these uniform teams, I gradually became outgoing and willing to communicate. In the future, I hope to join the Immigration Department. The Immigration Department Youth Leadership Corps is an opportunity for me to get to know the Immigration Department and help me move towards my goal."

Rich extracurricular activities and excellent performance on the field

The school actively invests resources to provide a variety of activities, covering music, sports, arts, academics and other areas, so that students with different talents can have development opportunities. In terms of music, the choir has won many awards and recently won the Bronze Award at the Hong Kong Inter-School Choir Festival. It not only broadens students' artistic horizons, but also builds team spirit through the process of running in and improves their English ability by performing English songs. They also performed well in sports, with some students winning the academic 1on1 Basketball Invitational Championship earlier. Several professional coaches in charge of football, basketball and track and field shared that students inevitably lack self-confidence during their growth stages. Through daily practice and competition, they can learn to focus and persevere, build a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence, and integrate it into their lives to lay the foundation for future development.

Interdisciplinary team collaboration to cultivate positive values

The school cultivates students' values through cross-curricular collaboration. For example, the Chinese subject collaborates with the moral education and history subjects on the topic of life education to guide students to understand life education. This project even won the Chief Executive's Certificate of Commendation for Moral and Affectionate Teaching Award. In addition, the Chinese subject also combines the fields of personal, social and humanities education to allow students to gain an in-depth understanding of intangible cultural heritage through understanding and tasting herbal tea, which not only deepens cultural connotation, but also establishes national identity and cultivates positive values ​​and attitudes.

Integrating emerging technologies to improve learning efficiency

With the rise of emerging technologies in recent years, schools have also integrated artificial intelligence elements into teaching to meet students' learning interests and needs. Taking the Chinese subject as an example, it participated in the Outstanding Electronic Teaching Award of the University of Hong Kong two years ago. It uses AI to assist the teaching of "On the Four Ends" to establish correct values ​​​​for students in an interesting way; it teaches scene description through VR and immersive classrooms to enhance students' sense of involvement and skill mastery. In addition, the school participates in the Jockey Club "Virtual Reality Project" and introduces emerging teaching tools and programs to help students improve their writing skills.

Carry out four independent studies and lay the foundation for lifelong learning

The school lists autonomous learning as one of its concerns. Each subject cultivates students' independent learning habits and builds lifelong learning capabilities through the "Four Autonomous Learnings" (student self-study, shared learning within groups, mutual learning between groups, and teacher guidance). First, students conduct "self-study" before class to understand the basic knowledge; before the formal class, the teacher uses the pre-test to check the effectiveness, understand the progress and deficiencies of students' self-study, and then carry out targeted teaching to make classroom teaching more convenient; in addition, "joint learning" and "mutual learning" are carried out to give students the initiative to learn, and through group tasks, students can use their strengths and complement each other's weaknesses to promote the collision of learning and thinking.