Eight Intelligent Cradles: Discover talents, develop strengths, unleash potential, let students shine and enter the international stage

Islamic Dharwood Pau Memorial Primary SchoolBased on the school motto "Educated and Loved", we are committed to building a caring and inclusive learning atmosphere for our students, promoting the all-round development of students' body, mind and spirit. Regardless of their cultural background, children will receive the most careful education and cultivation. Principal Shek Chi-tuan said that the students of Yibao Primary School have excellent language skills. As the only aided primary school in the district that uses English as the main teaching language, the school's secondary school allocation results this year are as good as ever. A total of 92% of students were assigned their first choice, which is much higher than the level in Hong Kong. The allocated secondary schools such as Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section), Chinese Christian Church Union College, Po Leung Kuk Gan Po Ling College, Kai Si Secondary School, etc. are very popular among parents.

An all-English learning environment helps students use it flexibly

The school attaches great importance to the development of students in biliteracy and trilingualism, helping Chinese-speaking students and non-Chinese-speaking students lay a solid language foundation, inspiring students' language intelligence, promoting communication and communication, and learning care and inclusion through interpersonal relationships. Seeing that the students in the school come from different countries and have different cultural backgrounds, Ibao Primary School has carefully established a multicultural environment. Students from Italy, India, Iran, Portugal or Russia can get along harmoniously in the classroom. Principal Shi added: "Except for Chinese and Mandarin classes, all other subjects and activities in the school use English as the teaching language, focusing on improving students' English skills. In line with the active learning atmosphere in the school, students actively integrate into campus life and get along with students of different nationalities. They have turned English into the language of daily communication. In addition, through participation in different activities, English It will further become a part of their lives, and their language application ability will naturally improve. "In addition, the school actively carries out extracurricular activities such as English drama teams, English debate teams, and recital competitions, and organizes various themed learning activities, and uses electronic teaching platforms to increase students' daily opportunities to use English and lay a solid foundation in English.

Implement "Learning from Reading" and carry out special reading activities

Reading can not only enhance cultural awareness, but also promote the development of people's thinking. Therefore, the school implements the concept of "learning from reading" and invests in different teaching resources. By setting up mobile library carts or bookshelves in classrooms, corridors and playgrounds, it can enhance students' interest in reading and expand their level of knowledge absorption. At the same time, the school makes good use of information technology and specially introduces an online reading platform, covering different knowledge areas such as astronomy, geography, humanities, history, etc., so that students can borrow books at any time according to their own interests. In addition, in order to cultivate positive values ​​​​and perseverance in students, the school also promotes an interdisciplinary reading program in conjunction with the theme of positive campus and health education, and teaches students the life attitudes of sages and sages from various celebrity struggle histories and inspirational stories.

Principal Shi added: "The school carries out special reading activities in the school-based English courses from Primary 4 to Primary 6, allowing students to combine project study with reading sharing, thereby cultivating their independent learning habits, benefiting biliteracy, trilingualism, and different levels of knowledge. In addition, foreign teachers will also use lively and interesting activities such as storytelling, role-playing, singing, and pinyin games to consolidate the English foundation of students in Primary 1 to Primary 3, learn authentic English for daily life, and improve their English conversation skills."

Actively develop STEAM education to equip common skills for the 21st century

In recent years, the school has actively developed STEAM education, incorporating interdisciplinary learning elements from the curriculum and activity levels to inspire students' mathematical logic and equip them with common skills in the 21st century to meet future challenges. The school combines STEAM elements with general knowledge, mathematics, computer and visual arts subjects to provide students with innovative technology teaching such as programming, Scratch, micro:bit, and artificial intelligence, allowing students to learn the spirit of scientific inquiry through practice and experience, thereby training their creative logical thinking and problem-solving abilities. In addition, the school regularly holds competitive days and STEAM days. Students will apply subject knowledge through activities and master different knowledge and skills through design games, enjoying the fun of learning. In addition, the school will arrange cross-border STEAM interactive exchange activities to broaden students' international horizons and understand the latest technological developments in different parts of the world.

Diversified sports and arts activities cultivate students’ all-round development

The school encourages students to participate in activities of different interests and inspire the development of multiple intelligences. Principal Shi advocates that students become active learners and consolidate their knowledge base through methods such as "hands-on", "foot-use" and "brain-use". Therefore, in addition to subject learning, the school has a "Multiple Intelligences" activity section and arranges more than 20 special group activities for students to participate. The special groups cover the eight major intelligences to help them explore their potential and develop their expertise, such as track and field, ball games, rock climbing classes, hockey classes, and in-line skating classes to inspire physical and motor intelligence; team activities to develop interpersonal communication intelligence, such as Scouts, traffic safety teams, and debate teams; art creation, sand painting, and coral sculpture to cultivate visual and spatial intelligence; artificial intelligence classes and robotics classes to inspire logical and mathematical intelligence; in addition, for Chinese intelligence, there are small emcee training classes, writing classes, and Mandarin recitation training. Through the "Multiple Intelligences" activity sessions, students can explore their own strengths and have more development directions.

The school's sports and arts activities not only promote students' all-round development, but also incorporate Chinese cultural elements, such as Cantonese opera, Chinese dance, dragon dance, martial arts and other interest classes, to comprehensively deepen students' cultural literacy. Principal Shi said, "Take the Cantonese opera team as an example. In addition to learning language knowledge from lyrics and music, students can also understand the spiritual value of traditional Chinese culture from the stories and allusions of each opera. Chinese-speaking students learn about intangible cultural heritage and experience the beauty of Chinese art through Cantonese opera costumes and opera music; non-Chinese-speaking students can learn more about local culture and integrate into campus life as soon as possible."

Establish a regular communication mechanism to promote home-school cooperation and exchanges

Principal Shi understands that family education and parental care are an important part of a child's growth, so he attaches great importance to home-school cooperation. The school has established a regular communication mechanism so that parents can communicate strategies through different channels to provide students with appropriate support. Each class and interest group will establish a WhatsApp group. Teachers will record students' class status and upload it to the group so that parents can keep up with their classmates' campus life. When the school implements various plans, teachers and parents can also communicate closely to understand parents' opinions. In addition, the school has set up a YouTube channel "IDPMPS Islamic Dharwood Pau Memorial Primary School" to regularly upload programs recorded by the campus radio station, allowing parents to gain an in-depth understanding of the school's teaching model and students' campus life.

Student development support services catering for learning diversity

In order to take care of the diversity of students' learning, the school provides diversified support services, covering many areas such as subject tutoring, educational psychology, speech therapy and special educational needs. It also provides different supports such as learning, homework and test adjustments according to the needs of students to improve students' learning effectiveness. In addition, in terms of transition from kindergarten to primary school, the school will organize "Smart Kid" experiential courses, allowing children from kindergarten K1 to sign up to experience the school's special activities and regular courses, such as inline pulleys and visual arts and crafts, to experience the school's diverse and enjoyable learning model, so that children can hold their heads high and welcome their new life in primary school one.