Experiential learning inspires multiple intelligences and accompanies students to set sail on their dreams with love

Hon Wah College (Primary Section) Over the years, we have been committed to practicing the concept of high-quality education, providing students with "opportunities, resources, and encouragement" so that they can learn happily, inspire learning motivation, and lay a solid knowledge foundation. Vice Principal Ou Huishan, head of the primary school, leads the teaching team to follow the direction of social development, use experiential learning to create rich and colorful learning experiences for students, take care of the development of students' multiple intelligences, and cultivate students' growth with love and care to achieve the educational goal of "positive life, enlightenment of diversity".

Implement the concept of gifted teaching and cultivate students’ common abilities

In order to promote the all-round development of students, the school implements the learning concept of "school-based whole-class gifted teaching" to create diversified learning scenarios for students to develop their different common abilities such as creativity, collaboration, communication and thinking, and to lay a solid foundation for future studies and development. The teaching team also uses brain science teaching strategies, combined with higher-order thinking training and cooperative learning methods, to enhance students' concentration and participation in class, take care of learning diversity, and make the learning process full of vitality and fun.

Flexibly adjust class schedules to build a comprehensive learning experience

The teaching team flexibly adjusts the class time to increase the flexibility of the curriculum. Students will study school-based courses in the morning and arrange experiential teaching in the afternoon to enhance students' social, team and communication skills. Vice Principal Ou pointed out: "After students enter secondary school, they need to elaborate and extend content on different topics, so it is especially important to strengthen students' reporting and expression skills. By enriching students' learning experience and broadening their horizons, it will help them connect knowledge in various learning areas." Teaching team The team leads students out of the classroom to experience first-hand the culture and knowledge outside of school. By visiting venues such as Kat Hing Wai, Tai Kwun, and Ping Shan Heritage Trail, they gain an in-depth understanding of Hong Kong's history, life, culture, music, and other aspects, integrating knowledge with life to build an all-round learning experience.

Innovative school-based curriculum to create a strong English context

The school attaches great importance to students' biliteracy and trilingual abilities and cultivates them into excellent language talents. To this end, the English subject team designed an innovative school-based curriculum and carried out reading across the Curriculum from Primary 1 to Primary 4. Foreign teachers designed diversified learning activities to lead students to read English books of different themes and types, and combined them with various teaching units of the English school-based curriculum to achieve the effect of extending after-school reading and broadening students' higher-order thinking and English abilities.

In addition, in order to create a strong English context, the school sets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays as English days, and uses campus TV programs to allow students to host school morning meetings in English to introduce information, share learning results, etc. Vice Principal Ou added: "The school is committed to strengthening English education, providing various opportunities to apply English in daily life, and training students' conversational skills. To this end, the English subject team specially organizes diversified English activities in conjunction with traditional festivals, such as English Day and Christmas parties, Halloween activities, etc. to expand English learning scenarios and provide students with opportunities to practice their English learning achievements, thereby improving their ability and confidence in applying English."

Optimize the I&T learning environment and promote interdisciplinary learning

The school makes good use of teaching resources, continues to optimize the learning environment, and uses school resources to build a "STEAM STATION" science and technology innovation station, which will be launched in the teaching year in September, in order to create a more diversified innovation and technology learning space. The teaching team also cooperates with the special department to design systematic programming courses for grades one to six to enhance information technology capabilities, strengthen cross-subject collaboration, and connect knowledge from various disciplines so that students can integrate knowledge. The course will also be combined with a comprehensive class in the afternoon to allow students to practice and apply interdisciplinary knowledge through different activities and studies, and build problem-solving abilities.

At the same time, the school vigorously promotes STEAM education and utilizes the "5E inquiry teaching method" to design school-based scientific inquiry courses. It uses interdisciplinary theme teaching and project learning to teach students to write scientific research reports, thereby cultivating inquiry abilities and laying a solid foundation for scientific innovation. In addition, in order to further enhance students’ scientific research capabilities, knowledge transfer capabilities and cultivate their truth-seeking scientific spirit, teachers will encourage students to participate in various types of interdisciplinary activities and competitions. Such as aerial photography competitions, paper airplane competitions, STEM special study days, etc., to build their creativity and scientific thinking and inspire their innovation and technology potential.

Cultivate a lifelong art and unleash your talent potential

In addition to focusing on students' academic performance, the school is also committed to exploring their potential in sports and arts and developing their talents in various fields. The school has been actively promoting the "Lifelong Arts" (LSAE) curriculum for many years. Each student must learn a physical arts and a music project, and each project is taught by professional instructors. Students with potential will also be arranged to join the school team for training, giving students the opportunity to participate in different competitions and performances. At the same time, the school also offers various types of interest classes, including track and field, Latin dance, badminton, etc. The strong sports atmosphere has enabled students to win good results in many competitions, and their performance is encouraging.