Quality Early Childhood Education Foundation for Lifelong Learning

KOWLOON CITY BAPTIST CHURCH HAY NIEN KINDERGARTEN is committed to providing high-quality early childhood education, inspiring children’s unlimited potential, promoting their all-round development of character, and allowing children to lay the foundation for lifelong learning in an excellent learning environment. Principal Zhang Yinying starts from the aspects of curriculum planning and resource allocation, implements the concept of learning through games, adds game and activity elements into the curriculum design, and attaches great importance to the teaching and learning of English and Mandarin, making long-term plans for the future of students, so that children can learn and thrive in a caring environment.

Learn from games Excellent educational environment

Principal Zhang believes that children learn better when they are happy, so he advocates learning from games. "Regardless of physical fitness, music, or self-selected groups, we hope that students can learn in a relaxed and happy environment, allowing them to independently choose the learning direction of interest." Teachers will actively cater to students' different learning needs and design diversified classroom games to make learning more interesting and increase children's motivation to learn.

In line with the policy of learning through games, the school provides children with a wide space and complete facilities to allow them to learn through games. The park is equipped with a spacious physical fitness room and physical activity area, equipped with slides, bicycles and other equipment for children to engage in physical fitness activities. There are also small gardens and recreational facilities outside the park. Children have ample space to play, whether indoors or outdoors, to meet their diverse development needs. In addition, the school's multi-functional music room can not only be used for music activities, but also can hold different Chinese culture and various types of teaching activities, so that children can learn happily and be inspired by learning in a high-quality educational environment.

Specially hired foreign English teachers to consolidate language foundation

A good English foundation has an important impact on children's learning ability, cultural vision, and future development. The school specially hires foreign English teachers to create an international English context and lay a solid English foundation for students. Foreign teachers have rich experience in teaching English in primary schools, so they have unique insights into the English education of senior students and understand the teaching standards of primary schools. They can help parents and children prepare for future interviews for primary school promotion, and even prepare for the transition to English courses after primary school. At the same time, with the help of foreign English teachers, the school has built a strong English learning atmosphere. Children take the initiative to use English to communicate in daily life and build good conversational skills.

Implement "Love First" to help children thrive

The school takes care of and cultivates children with a "love first" attitude, and maintains a good communication and collaboration relationship with parents to work together for the growth of their children. Principal Zhang hopes to continue to strengthen cooperation between home and school: "The school will organize more parent-child activities and invite parents to come to school to participate in activities with their children to enhance parents' understanding of the school and their confidence in teaching. At the same time, we will also arrange different outings to bring parents and the school closer, such as going to the subway We visit the Road Museum and invite parents as volunteer groups to participate in parent-child learning activities. "Parents love parent-child visits, especially for novice parents. Through cooperation and communication, we can not only deepen our understanding of our children, but also serve as an opportunity to promote parent-child relationships and accompany their children's growth.

Practice positive values and cultivate young campus leaders

It is very important to cultivate the correct values in children during their enlightenment stage, which will have a profound impact on their growth and future. The school is committed to organizing different positive activities, such as "Positive Little Angels", "Polite Little Angels", etc., to encourage students to greet other students at the school gate in the morning and cultivate and practice positive moral values ​​in life. Principal Zhang added that the purpose of the activity is to allow children to assume the role of small leaders, teach them to treat others with courtesy, and create a caring and inclusive learning atmosphere.