Create learning opportunities, high-quality education, and lead students to success

The Hong Kong Taoist Association Ching Chung Secondary SchoolSince its founding, the school has adhered to the school motto of "Being enlightened and ethical" and is committed to providing a good learning environment and instilling knowledge, skills, beliefs and wisdom into students, so that they can shine and contribute to social development when they grow up. The school has excellent teachers and has won many educational awards, such as the Chief Executive's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Outstanding Teachers, etc. The teachers set themselves as role models for students. Principal Choi Chi Leung, DicksonWorks with the teaching team to create learning opportunities for students, provides diversified support, spares no effort to guide students' growth and progress, and enables every student to embark on the road to success with high-quality education.

Immersive English learning experience, debate competitions achieve great results

Good English skills can help broaden students' international horizons. Therefore, the school attaches great importance to the language development of students. In addition to school-based courses, it also designs "Life English" courses with English as the main teaching language. It connects scenes in daily life with English learning elements and integrates them into course teaching. At the same time, the school also creates a strong English learning atmosphere through different academic activities, such as English recitation competitions, public speaking competitions, English drama competitions, joint-school oral training and English society activities, etc., to provide students with immersive language application experience.

Principal Choi Chi Leung, Dickson said: "The school actively promotes students to participate in English debate and deepens students' English expression and logical thinking skills in a real language environment. In order to improve students' English debate level, the school formulates clear development goals and strategies and provides necessary resources and support; it hires foreign teachers with rich experience and professional knowledge to provide high-quality The school provides level guidance and training; the systematic curriculum design allows all students in the school to have the opportunity to learn English with foreign teachers and practice listening and speaking skills; the school also provides diversified learning opportunities and organizes various oral and debate activities for students to learn from each other; finally, it provides a large number of practice opportunities and encourages them to apply English in competition activities to enhance their interest in language learning.”

Relying on the school's strong support for students' English development, the English debate team has achieved good results in territory-wide debate competitions many times. For example, in the 22nd Hong Kong Educational Professionals Association Inter-school English Debate Competition, it won the runner-up in the Secondary 2 category and the champion in the Secondary 5 category. The team members also won the Best Interrogative Debateer and Best Debater in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals English Debate Competition 2022/23, and their abilities are highly recognized.

Pursue excellence in physical and artistic achievements and promote students’ all-round development

Principal Choi Chi Leung, Dickson We hope that students will be excellent both in character and academics, as well as achieve a balanced development of morality, intelligence, and physical fitness. Therefore, a large amount of resources will be invested in physical and artistic aspects to support students in pursuing excellent physical and artistic abilities and exploring their personal strengths. Students are particularly good at sports such as basketball and handball. They have won many awards in academic competitions and have achieved outstanding results. For example, the basketball team has competed in the first division of Kowloon District for many years and won championships in different competitions; the handball team has also served as a representative team of Hong Kong academic circles and traveled to Sweden, Italy, the Czech Republic and other places to participate in international competitions. Their performance is also deeply encouraging.

In terms of art learning, the school also actively encourages students to participate in art projects such as performance, dance, and drama, and also sets up classes for hand bells, cajon, vocal music and other musical instruments for students. Students have also participated in music creative arts exhibitions and multiple original musical performances. Among them, they have won more than 50 awards in creative arts exhibitions, ranking first in Hong Kong in total. Musical theater performances have also been widely praised, and they have won gold medals in handbell ensemble, vocal solo and other competitions organized by joint schools. Because the school vigorously promotes the balanced and comprehensive development of students in all aspects, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council has twice awarded the "Arts Education Award" to the school to recognize its achievements in the field of arts education.

Inspire creative thinking and cultivate outstanding scientific and technological talents

Mastering innovative technology is an indispensable skill for future talents. The school understands the necessity and importance of scientific and technological knowledge for students in the future society. Therefore, with the support of the Quality Education Fund, it established the "Qingsong Maker Center" as a specialist classroom to promote STEM education. The center has a three-dimensional printing area and provides a number of laptops for students to create three-dimensional printing models. At the same time, the school has established innovation and technology as an independent subject and established a STEM group. Through diversified school-based courses and learning activities, it provides students with a good learning environment and ways to practice innovation and technology knowledge, so as to inspire students' creative thinking and scientific innovation potential.

At the same time, the school proposed the concept of "STREAMERS" to add elements and knowledge areas such as art, reading, ethics, religion, and sports into the curriculum. Basic courses such as computer programming, three-dimensional computer models, and computer system operation have been added to the school-based curriculum from Form One to Form Three to lay a solid foundation of scientific and technological knowledge for students. At the same time, the school also organizes various types of activities and workshops, such as handmade luminous cajon workshops, drone operation training and other diversified STEM activities and competitions, to guide students to understand innovative technology-related knowledge through practice, and to enhance their interest in innovation and technology during participation in the activities. They learn to integrate and flexibly apply knowledge, train problem-solving skills and teamwork spirit, and train them to become outstanding scientific and technological talents in the future.

Shaping the characteristics of "Qingsong people" and cultivating correct values

In order to implement the teaching purpose of "human cultivation", the school provides positive education on a student-centered basis, sets appropriate moral development goals for students of different grades, and arranges activities that meet their individual needs and learning levels. For example, Form 1 students help clean the classroom and campus environment, develop the habit of filling out manuals, and record daily learning tasks and homework; Form 2 students train their willpower, problem-solving abilities, and improve their physical fitness through street running, jogging, and fancy rope skipping; Form 3 students are organized to conduct a "Secret" Angel" and environmental protection workshop activities to cultivate their respect, friendship and gratitude for their peers and the natural environment; Secondary 4 students participate in animal workshops, which provide opportunities for close contact with small animals, learn how to take care of small animals and cultivate their love and sense of responsibility; Secondary 5 students learn how to take care of small animals and cultivate their love and responsibility through Allah Bo calligraphy classes, ethnic minority hand rope making classes, Indian temple visits and other diversified experience activities allow them to get to know ethnic minority groups and gain a deeper understanding of different cultures and customs; Form 6 students participate in bouldering exercises to train the perseverance and courage to solve problems in the face of difficulties and adversity, and build firm confidence for future studies, employment and other life journeys.

In addition, the school has set up a school-based curriculum of "Life Guidance" for Form 4 and Form 5, arranging them to participate in different types of cultural experience activities, such as distributing supplies in the community, filling out personal resumes with teachers, providing haircuts and financial management skills for the elderly, and other inspiring activities to help students establish correct values, develop leadership skills, and provide diversified development orientations. This allows students to equip themselves, clarify personal goals and ideals, and embrace future success through continuous learning, evaluation, and review.