Innovative teaching, careful cultivation, Everyone is a genius

In the past two years, Lung Kong WFSL Lau Wong Fat Secondary School has undergone many changes in curriculum planning, learning atmosphere and extracurricular activities. In terms of English learning, the school attaches great importance to creating a relaxed and interesting atmosphere, inspiring students to use English more. In the second year of taking office, @TERM1@@ upholds the concept of "Everyone is a genius." With the support of the teaching team and various units, special initiatives such as "Vibrant Fridays", "One Subject One Competition" and "Out of the Classroom" are launched to give students a unique learning experience, allowing them to find their own highlights and build confidence.

Vibrant Friday Plan: Focus on experience in junior high school and focus on further studies in high school

Principal Chan Wai Wun In the past, she held different positions in private schools, direct subsidy secondary schools, the Examination and Assessment Authority and the Education Bureau. She has rich education and management experience, which enables her to incorporate innovative ideas, learn from the excellent teaching policies of other schools, learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and lead the teaching team to design school-based courses that keep pace with the times. Therefore, @TERM3@@ made full use of the curriculum planning concepts of DSS schools as soon as he took office. After a year of preparation, he officially launched the "Brilliant Fridays·Active Friday" plan this school year.

Principal Chan Wai Wun said: "The program is held every Friday afternoon and lasts for 1-2.5 hours. Appropriate teaching content is designed according to the different needs of junior high school and high school. Junior high school mainly focuses on experiential courses, and the school arranges a total of 16 courses for Secondary 2 and 3 students for them to choose based on their interests and specialties to learn knowledge and skills outside the classroom. In addition to covering various top-notch high-tech and STEAM exploration activities, these courses also include Pickleball and virtual golf. (Virtual Golf) and other emerging sports. It also provides interest classes such as cooking, Japanese and martial arts. "In addition, secondary one freshmen must choose to participate in one of the four uniformed teams of Scouts, Girl Guides, Red Cross or Junior Police Call Leaders. Students can enrich themselves through relevant experiences, build their own self and identity, enhance their sense of belonging, and learn to take responsibility.

"Friends of Life" at the high school level emphasizes creating a good academic atmosphere and taking care of students' academic needs. The school will optimize class arrangements and introduce school-based applied learning courses for Form 4 students. Students can make good use of their two years to take elective courses in popular music, practical psychology and business English to broaden their education paths and connect them with their careers. The school will also solicit students' opinions on the curriculum through questionnaires; and Form 6 students will conduct make-up classes during the above-mentioned period, as well as top-notch and bottom-up tutoring to prepare well for the public examination.

Promote the development of innovation and technology education with both knowledge and skills

STEAM education has always been an important core of the school's development. There is a strong atmosphere of innovation and technology learning. Not only have students won numerous awards in various competitions, but they have also represented Hong Kong in international innovation and technology-related competitions and won the impressive gold medal. The school has also won the "Promoting School-based STEAM Curriculum Plan through All-round Independent Learning" award from the University of Hong Kong for two consecutive years. Its cross-disciplinary collaboration achievements have been highly recognized. In addition, with the sponsorship of Alibaba Seed Fund, the school launched Al cloud and user experience design courses, and participated in the "STEAM@ Soybean Project" jointly organized by the Lee Hysan Foundation and the Chinese University of Hong Kong to promote genetic soybean planting courses to safeguard national economic security. In addition, the school also held inclusive activities such as "Anti-Bean Soldiers" to help students learn to care for others and care for the community. The curriculum design meets the needs of social development and can equip students with the latest knowledge and skills in keeping pace with the times.

Focus on cultivating language skills and improving English learning motivation

The school is committed to creating a good English learning atmosphere and provides a four-day bridging course for Form 1 students to allow them to gain more exposure to English through interesting activities. In addition, the school has English morning meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays to allow students to get more exposure to authentic English for daily life; the "Lung Kong Channel" is a video channel run by foreign English teachers. It is launched every Wednesday to share different themes of the school every week. It also introduces daily English phrases related to the theme, and holds mini-games every week to encourage students to apply what they have learned. Principal Chan Wai Wun said: "We are committed to strengthening students' English conversation skills. To this end, we have arranged for foreign English teachers to personally teach all conversation classes in the school. At the same time, we have also hired additional part-time foreign English teachers to organize different activities in the English activity room during recess and lunch periods. The students have completed the English tasks very enthusiastically, integrating learning with entertainment and enhancing the interest of language learning."

In terms of curriculum planning, the number of English subjects is currently one to two more than that of Chinese or technical subjects. Considering that mathematics and science subjects require less English knowledge, the school has arranged biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics as entry points to teach in English, hoping to improve students' English proficiency. In addition, the school takes care of the different learning needs of students and offers applied learning courses in business English to help students with weak language skills improve their English proficiency and achieve the effect of supplementing their basic skills and improving their English skills. However, what @TERM3@@ did not expect was that the students who met the standard also wanted to improve their English skills, so they requested to add a business English course, which greatly pleased the school because they all had a university dream and took this as their goal to actively improve themselves.

"One diploma, multiple certificates" encourages continuous self-improvement

The school actively promotes the policy of "one diploma, multiple certificates" to provide students with additional learning resources and promote their continuous value-adding. It helps students accumulate experience in certificates and public examinations before taking the Diploma Examination, so as to prepare for future studies. For example, in the field of English, the school launched top-notch courses last school year, subsidized Form 4 and Form 5 students to apply for IELTS, and invited tutors to assist in training; this school year also arranged TOEIC (Toe-EIC) suitable for Form 3 students. Mathematics and science are the school’s strengths. The school arranges for students to participate in two internationally recognized assessments in mathematics and science: ICAS (International School Assessment Competition) and ICQ (International Chemistry Competition). In the past, students have achieved outstanding results and won many awards for outstanding performance. Principal Chan Wai Wun added: "The Al cloud and user experience design courses in the applied learning courses are emerging market training. After completing more than 100 hours, students can also obtain the second level qualification under the qualifications framework. We hope to provide students with learning experiences that keep pace with the times and improve their own abilities."

"One subject, one competition" plan to ignite learning confidence

Affected by the epidemic in the past few years, students lack self-confidence and do not know how to get along with others. This phenomenon has become a common concern in the education sector. Principal Chan Wai Wun hopes that through "one subject, one competition", it can ignite students' hearts, provide them with goals, and hone their will. The competition does not require students to win prizes, but to provide students with experience. The program has been implemented for just one year and has achieved remarkable results. Teachers have worked hard to lead and guide the team, and a close relationship has been established between teachers and students, so that "one subject, one competition" has evolved into "one subject, multiple competitions". The brand-new educational concept not only allows students to develop their talents, build their learning confidence, and learn how to collaborate and communicate with others, but also enables the school to receive 88 external competition awards in one school year, with more than 300 winners. This joy is the outstanding result of the joint efforts of teachers and students.

Promote "out of the classroom experience", connect with the community and look at the world

In order to enrich students' extracurricular learning experience, the school implements the "Out of the Classroom Experience" program, in which different types of activities such as exploration or visits will be arranged for each subject. In the past, we have held campus fairs at the "Neighborhood Market" and collaborated with merchants and social enterprises to conduct "public" tours and "happiness" tours to Shenzhen to strengthen the connection between students and the community. Earlier, the school also invited the Chinese women's volleyball team to the school to share their experiences with students and people from all walks of life, and even competed with the school's women's volleyball team. In addition, the school also hopes that students can get out of Hong Kong, contact their motherland, look at the world, and broaden their horizons through travel. Therefore, in the past year alone, the school organized 26 overseas exchange groups, covering the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Japan, Macau, and different provinces in the mainland, with more than 230 students participating. Principal Chan Wai Wun said: "What touched me most in the past two years was being able to see the smiles of students again. Despite the restrictions and inconveniences brought about by the epidemic, with the full support of teachers, students were finally able to get out of the gloom and regain the beauty of life by participating in different campus activities."

In the future, the school will continue to promote innovative development from the four levels of teachers, students, environment and management, set goals based on the expertise and advantages in various aspects, and use all resources to help students gain opportunities for success, so that they can become a better and better version of themselves.