"Living English Education" Create an International Campus

Buddhist Kok Kwong Secondary SchoolIt has been standing in Shatin District for many years. Its excellent school running philosophy and complete teaching facilities have led the school to a new milestone. In recent years, students have achieved outstanding results in public examinations, with the excellent rate reaching new highs and the value-added reaching level 9. In addition, students have outstanding performance in character building and career paths, and are praised by everyone in the district. Principal Wong Ka ManHave served in the school for many years, understand the development of the school, and have always been dedicated and caring for students. She shoulders the ideals and ambitions of an educator, wholeheartedly optimizes school-based curriculum, is committed to promoting "living English education", improves students' English proficiency, and creates an excellent English context with unique teaching and rich and diverse learning activities.

Precise small class teaching and cross-disciplinary co-curricular activities

The school attaches great importance to English learning. A senior English teacher serves as the English course director, integrating the junior high and high school curriculum, regularly reviewing teaching and making curriculum adjustments to help students fully develop their English potential. The teaching team also develops corresponding learning measures and materials based on the students' English proficiency. For example, students with stronger English proficiency need to read and study challenging English passages and topics, and provide learning support for students with weaker abilities, such as after-school enrichment courses. In addition, a "Chinese History and Culture Classroom" has been added this school year to strengthen the promotion of Chinese culture and help implement inter-subject group activities.

Principal Wong Ka Man said: "As early as the Secondary One stage, the school has arranged for some classes to teach subjects such as science, mathematics and music in English. In addition, English extended learning courses have been specially added for Secondary Three students to allow students to absorb higher-level English knowledge, which will help them make a smooth transition to all-English teaching in Secondary Four and prepare for public examinations in advance." At the high school level, all science subjects and mathematics subjects in the school are taught in English, allowing students to pursue subject knowledge while also exercising their English skills. In the 2023 Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, 100% of students were successfully admitted to tertiary institutions, and their average value-added performance in core subjects (Chinese and Liberal Studies) and the best five subjects were all achieved at level 9. This reflects the excellent teaching strategies within the school that can effectively improve students' academic performance.

Elite education focuses on promoting talented people

The English Department actively promotes gifted courses and specially designed two sets of school-based textbooks to introduce challenging topics to students with better English proficiency, encourage intensive learning, and further strive for the best results. In addition, in order to help high school students prepare for the public examination, subject teachers will also predict the students' daily learning performance and compare them with past school examination results to calculate their public examination performance and formulate appropriate improvement plans and diversified support courses for them, including top-notch classes, basic classes, star-catching classes, endeavor classes, etc. In conjunction with e-learning and extended learning hours, teachers provide top-notch English online courses for students with better English proficiency, and conduct top-notch physical classes during holidays to seize learning opportunities and cultivate elite students.

Precise curriculum planning English corner helps build campus atmosphere

Principal Wong Ka Man emphasizes that the learning model in the 21st century should keep pace with the times. The teaching team also implements a student-centered teaching model and promotes independent learning and e-learning. Smart touch TVs and wireless microphones have been installed in all classrooms to assist in daily teaching. iPads and E-classes have also been introduced to encourage students to use online English teaching resources such as "E-book Famous Scientists", "Dave's ESL Cafe" and "Cambridge English Language Assessment" to enrich after-class review and self-study. There are also Chinese and English reading corners on different floors of the school, with books covering various subject areas of study, helping to establish a culture of independent reading. For reading learning, the school also implements the "Extensive Reading Plan" and sets up morning reading periods in Chinese and English so that students can use the "Reading Record Book" to consolidate their personal English reading experience.

In addition to optimizing the curriculum, the school is also innovative, integrating activity teaching models and English art development, and is committed to creating an English environment on campus. Principal Wong Ka Man said: "We hope to start with life-oriented content and enable students to use English confidently through English art activities." The school actively promotes different types of English activities, including English debate, English drama, English choir, English creative writing and various English interest classes, so that students can use English in daily life, thereby enhancing their interest and learning motivation. The performance in English debate and English drama is particularly outstanding. Students have repeatedly won awards in territory-wide competitions and performed in large theaters in Hong Kong.

Colorful activities integrate English learning into life

Excellent education can turn theory into life practice, so the teaching team focuses on organizing learning activities, off-campus visits and overseas exchange groups to allow students to broaden their international horizons and apply English in real life. Starting from students' interests, teachers integrate drama learning into school-based courses, teach creative writing (Creative Writing) to improve creativity, and then select outstanding articles and compile them into books and launch students' collections to recognize their creative achievements. In addition, the school regularly implements activities such as "English Week", "English Speaking Day", "English Debate", "English Magic Class", "English Drama", "English Chorus", "English Morning Meeting", "Spelling Bees" and other activities to build a lively English context. Foreign English teachers also actively organize extracurricular learning activities, and often hold cooking classes and English social etiquette classes on campus so that students can understand the English vocabulary about ingredients, learn English for daily life, understand table manners, and gain a deeper understanding of international culture.

Principal Wong Ka Man shared: "The school has an English morning meeting so that students can share on stage; reading classes also hold English reading days; and activities such as English Day, English Carnival and the English library on campus can create a good English learning environment." In a strong English learning atmosphere, students are happy to learn and use English. Teachers encourage students to write articles and poems in English and participate in school-wide English activities to enhance their learning confidence. The school also provides different platforms to showcase students’ learning achievements, such as collecting students’ English masterpieces into collections and displaying them throughout the campus, thereby creating a successful English learning experience for students.