Inherit the past and forge ahead, implement the original intention of education, welcome the 20th anniversary of the school, and promote the innovative development of education

Lam Tai Fai College Since the school was founded in 2004, it has always adhered to the school motto of "diversity inspires wisdom, perseverance brings joy to the community", and leverages the teaching advantages of DSS schools to promote the school's long-term development through forward-looking and innovative thinking. After years of hard work by the school, its educational achievements are obvious to all. It has cultivated a large number of elite talents for different sectors of society and has become an excellent direct subsidy secondary school that is highly recognized by parents and students. The school is about to enter its 20th anniversary. Principal Kwok Kim Fai leads the teaching team to "inherit the past and forge ahead" and adhere to the original intention of running the school. In addition to providing a comfortable and broad learning environment, it also strives to develop the quality of teachers, school-based curriculum, teaching measures, extracurricular activities and other aspects to the best level. It is determined to lead the development of local education and cultivate future leaders for the society in the 21st century.

Promote "5 Focus Learning Areas" and take into account students' cultural, sports and artistic development

The future development trend of the world emphasizes cross-border collaboration, and society needs diversified talents to promote innovative development in all walks of life. Lam Tai Fai CollegePrincipal Kwok Kim Fai Therefore, we implement the school’s educational philosophy of “diversity inspires wisdom, perseverance leads to community”, and is committed to providing different platforms and creating learning opportunities to allow students to develop their talents and potential. "We hope that students can develop their personal expertise and find their own development goals and directions as they grow up. The school will comprehensively support students' learning and growth needs from school-based curriculum, hardware facilities, teaching resources and other aspects, so that they can shine in different professional fields in the future."

The school carefully designs a whole-person development plan and cooperates with high-quality school-based curriculum. It not only strives to improve students' academic achievements, but also takes into account the development of sports and arts, while cultivating their creative thinking and ability to apply innovative technologies. By formulating "5 Focus Learning Areas" as key educational projects, the school is committed to helping students explore their personal interests and expertise, including: Sports Development, Arts and Fashion Design, Innovation and Technology, Health Education and Chinese Culture. Students can choose the content they are interested in in the "Multiple Intelligence Classes" twice a week based on their personal abilities or the teacher's suggestions to deepen their learning experience beyond regular courses. In addition to broadening their learning horizons, it also allows them to have a clear understanding of their interests and potential, which helps them develop a lifelong career and move towards a bright future.

Establish a fifth core learning subject to develop Chinese history and culture education

Chinese culture has a long history, is extensive and profound, and contains rich philosophical thoughts, values, moral sentiments, and scientific wisdom. It has always been the precious spiritual lifeblood of the Chinese nation. Therefore, cultivating students to understand, appreciate and inherit Chinese culture is an indispensable and important element of education. Two years ago, the school listed "Chinese Culture" as the fifth core learning area, developed Chinese history and culture education, and is committed to cultivating students to become independent learners who think critically and have feelings for their family and country. Principal Kwok Kim Fai hopes to deepen students’ understanding of the country’s history and culture through Chinese culture school-based courses and diversified learning activities, thereby enhancing their knowledge absorption level. This will achieve the effect of deepening cultural connotation and establishing national identity.

Principal Kwok Kim Fai added: "Chinese cultural education needs to be combined with life-oriented learning and experience. In addition to designing special school-based courses, the school also regularly organizes various types of Chinese cultural activities. For example, the annual "Chinese Culture Day" sets up different booths and games, so that students can learn about the development of different areas such as national culture, history, people's livelihood, etc. in a relaxed and interesting interactive form. In-depth understanding of the current development of the country. This will also help them integrate into the overall development of the country in the future. "In order to cooperate with the development of Chinese cultural activities and create an immersive learning atmosphere, the school also has an antique "Chinese Culture Hall" on the second floor. It not only adopts Chinese-style design elements, displays simple wooden furniture, and is equipped with various cultural books and picture albums, but also incorporates electronic learning elements. VR and AR e-learning games innovatively combine traditional culture with modern technology to enhance students’ interest in Chinese culture and bring Chinese culture into the lives of young people.

Three major directions to promote physical education; outstanding alumni bring glory to Hong Kong

The school is also well-known in the academic community in terms of sports development. Not only does it have a variety of professional-level sports facilities on campus, such as an international-class comprehensive indoor gymnasium, an all-weather indoor swimming pool, a rooftop garden football field and a fitness room, but it also takes popularization, event-oriented and elite development as three major development directions to provide students with a good soil for sports development. In terms of popularization, the school arranges physical fitness tests for secondary one freshmen to understand their physical condition, and exposes junior high school students to different sports, such as fencing, swimming, handball, etc., to help them discover their talents. In terms of grand events, the school also actively organizes different sports competitions, such as social volleyball competitions, to cultivate students' practical experience.

In terms of elite development, the school has cooperated with the Hong Kong Sports Institute since 9 years ago to launch the "Partner School Program" to further implement the school's original intention of running a school and allow students to achieve dual-track development. In addition to taking into account academic performance and sports development, they can also focus on competition and training under professional training, and at the same time receive all-round learning support from the school. So far, 170 students have benefited from the program, and they have developed comprehensively through the program. After completing secondary school courses, they have entered university and continued their studies in their professional fields.

The school attaches great importance to the diversity of students' interests and abilities, and has become the cradle of cultivating Hong Kong sports elites. Through the support of diversified special courses and hardware, many alumni have achieved brilliant achievements in their sports fields after graduation. For example, the Tokyo Olympics 2020 men's individual foil event gold medalist Zhang Jialang, the karate women's individual figure bronze medalist Liu Muchang, the famous cyclist Guo Haoting who has won the "Rainbow Jersey", and the Hong Kong team's table tennis "big brother" Wong Chun-ting, etc.

The current students are also shining in the academic sports world. The Grantham Scholars Award for Outstanding Academic Athlete awarded by the Hong Kong Academic Sports Federation has also achieved good results. The best female athlete and the best male athlete of this year were respectively won by Zhu Baoyen and Tsang Mao-Mei.

Create a space for artistic development to help students realize their ambitions

Art experience is an effective way to cultivate creativity and beauty. It not only allows students to express themselves and regulate their body and mind, but also broadens their learning horizons and helps with subject learning. The school has a "Fashion Design Center" that provides students with a learning platform for designing fashion and studying visual arts. At the same time, the school is well aware that fashion design requires both theory and practice, so it holds fashion design creation performances every year to provide "designers" in the school with opportunities to display their creativity, apply classroom knowledge in practice, and accumulate design experience. The participating students not only need to make their own costumes, but also take into account different aspects such as lighting, music, and styling, and experience part of the entire costume design and stage performance production process. The "student models" who participate in the performance can also take this opportunity to develop their self-confidence and train their ability to face challenges without fear. In the school's strong art education atmosphere, students are given a lot of opportunities to develop their potential. After graduation, they shine in different art fields. Some students have successfully entered Saint Martins Central College, a well-known British fashion design school, while others have established their own clothing brands or worked as fashion designers, embarking on a prosperous development path.

Promote healthy campus life and meet challenges at your best

In order to enable students to cope with different learning challenges in the best living condition, the school actively creates a healthy environment conducive to life and learning, and defines health education as the school's characteristic learning category. Principal Kwok Kim Fai said: "Health education is not just based on theoretical learning, but aims at holistic education, promoting the concept of healthy living, allowing students to master the knowledge and skills of healthy living, so as to achieve healthy development at the physical, psychological and spiritual levels, laying a solid foundation for long-term development." The school allows students to establish a healthy lifestyle and attitude through diversified healthy community services and school-based health education courses. Teachers will lead students to participate in volunteer services in social welfare organizations, encourage students to contribute to society, and cultivate positive values ​​such as time management, communication skills, cooperation spirit and empathy through the service process, so that they can become good citizens who can give back to society.

Creative and technological education to embrace new trends in digital development

Today's technology is changing with each passing day, and life has become more convenient with the development of technology, which has even changed the ecology and operating models of different industries. The school closely grasps the development trend of science and technology, launches creativity and technology courses, promotes innovative technology education, and gradually teaches students to master and apply new technologies. The Creativity and Technology course focuses on cultivating students’ design and creative thinking so that they can come up with solutions to different life problems. Principal Kwok Kim Fai added: "The school hopes that students will not only stay at the level of program application, but also be able to generate different innovative ideas and ideas, practice interdisciplinary learning concepts, and flexibly use knowledge from different disciplines to create a brand new product to respond to social needs."

In addition, in addition to regular classes, the school also arranges 2 special classes every week to allow students who are interested in science and technology to learn advanced knowledge and skills. They cooperate with the "STEM School Team" to provide professional training for students with innovation and technology potential, and represent the school in public competitions to exchange innovative ideas in science and technology with their international peers. Therefore, the school’s students have performed outstandingly in different technology competitions over the years. Their innovative solutions and research results have won the praise of judges and audiences, and inspired them to continue to pursue higher achievements in the field of technology. The school will continue to provide support and resources to help students achieve greater achievements in the field of technology.

Expanding the new wing building to create a new peak in education

Since its establishment, the school has always been student-oriented and carefully created a learning environment that meets the development needs of students. In 2009, the school built a new wing teaching activity building. Over time, however, the school realized that students needed more specialized facilities to help them develop their talents. Therefore, the school adheres to the school philosophy of "diversity inspires wisdom, perseverance leads to community", and carries out expansion projects on the basis of the original new wing building, striving to provide students with a diverse, high-quality and up-to-date learning environment, which reflects the school's concern for educational development and its commitment to the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality.

The school's expanded multi-functional teaching activity building in the new wing has a total area of ​​more than 50,000 square feet, and has designed different new teaching spaces for special courses. For example, the entire third floor has been built into an "Innovation and Technology Center". The center is equipped with a "Multimedia Studio" for filming and editing by the campus TV station, and a "green screen" where students can create different special effects. In addition, the third floor also has a "Computer Laboratory" and an "Artificial Intelligence Laboratory". The "Computer Laboratory" can meet students' needs in programming, data analysis, etc.; the "Artificial Intelligence Laboratory" is specially designed to teach courses such as artificial intelligence, drones, and 360-degree VR production. Students are encouraged to "hands-on", use their scientific and creative ideas, and apply their own programs to different robots to improve their logical thinking and data analysis capabilities.

Carrying forward the past and forging ahead with innovation to cultivate future global citizens

As the school approaches its 20th anniversary, it has always maintained its original intention of education and conducted educational work upholding the philosophy of running a school. In the days to come, Principal Kwok Kim Fai will lead the teaching team to promote educational innovation and development to promote the all-round growth of students: "Under the development trend of global integration, the school hopes that students will have a deeper understanding of global issues and train them to become outstanding talents with a global vision and world perspective. In addition, in order to promote sustainable development on campus In line with the concept of development, the school has added different green energy devices to its hardware, such as solar panels, environmentally friendly electrical facilities and smart equipment, to reduce the school’s energy consumption and carbon emissions, build a green campus, enhance teachers and students’ environmental awareness and understanding of its importance, and convey environmental protection messages to their relatives and friends, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of society.”

In addition to optimizing campus equipment, Principal Kwok Kim Fai also encourages students to take action, not only to encourage students to pay attention to environmental issues, but also to participate in activities with classmates, actively participate in them, and cultivate awareness and responsibility for environmental protection through the practice of low-carbon life. The purpose is to enable young people to become advocates of low-carbon life and fulfill their global citizen responsibilities. Principal Kwok Kim FaiAdded, the school hopes that students will have a global perspective, one of which is to understand that natural resources are limited, so as global citizens, we also need to contribute our own strength. This is also a good citizen quality that schools must teach students.