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@TERM0@@, located in Yuen Long District, implements the spirit of the school motto of “Advocating excellence, perseverance, earnest pursuit of truth, imitating Christ, learning to sacrifice oneself, glorify God and love others”. The school attaches great importance to the development of students' English ability and sets out to create a natural and relaxed learning environment so that students can learn English happily and apply the knowledge they have learned. Principal Chan Wing-yan firmly believes that every student is unique. Through teachers’ guidance, systematic teaching strategies, and appropriate and timely learning support, students can discover their own shining points, fully demonstrate their talents, and establish a positive learning attitude. The school has formulated a comprehensive English teaching strategy to guide students to self-manage and establish self-expectations through real-life learning experiences, and to internalize and apply the knowledge they have learned.

Comprehensive English learning, interdisciplinary learning elements

The school is committed to constructing interesting and effective curriculum frameworks and learning models, and establishing a rich and all-round English learning environment on campus. The school not only offers various new multiple intelligence courses, but also promotes collaborative teaching among teaching teams, flexibly allocates resources, coordinates relevant learning topics, and establishes relevance. For example, in the "Fun with Cooking" multiple intelligence course, teachers will lead students to make food together, and teach them how to look up English recipes and learn more professional vocabulary related to food during the activity. Later, in the "Table Manner Around the World" course, the English department teaches students table manners in different countries in English, broadening their knowledge and establishing good living etiquette habits. In addition, the school has hired many Mini Sport organizations that cooperate with international schools to come to the school to organize students to participate in lively and lively English sports activities. It also arranges foreign teachers to implement "English Phonics Wonderland" to teach students English pinyin and pronunciation knowledge, and conduct interesting interactions.

In addition to continuously optimizing the content of English school-based courses and providing diversified language learning experiences, the school also integrates English learning elements into STEAM courses, including creative education courses such as Metas building block engineer, Scratch and Kitten Bot electronic building blocks. In the process of learning programming, students need to learn, master and flexibly apply relevant English knowledge, such as inputting appropriate English programming instructions. At the same time, the school will also teach students professional English vocabulary related to science in the multiple intelligence science Gakken experimental course, so that students can not only use English during the experiment, but also establish comprehensive knowledge connections and implement the concept of interdisciplinary learning.

Create a natural language environment and build confidence in English conversation

In order to guide students to become familiar with English as a foreign language easily and naturally, the school actively creates a good, natural and pure English learning environment, and cultivates students to be familiar with English usage situations from an early age, regard language learning as normal, and no longer be afraid of learning and applying English. To this end, the school specially hired four foreign English teachers to arrange English classes that meet the learning needs of different students according to their learning characteristics, progress and teaching strategies.

The school adopts the Australian Get Reading Right English pronunciation teaching curriculum. Primary 1 students need to take English classes taught by foreign teachers every day. The teachers will promote an interesting teaching model and teach students English pinyin and lay a solid language foundation through singing and dancing interactions with students, rich English games, picture book teaching, and establishing daily communication and conversation with students. Half of the classrooms in primary 2 to primary 3 are taught by foreign teachers, and gradually Advanced English pronunciation and shared reading courses are taught from the perspective of students' daily life, so that they can have a more solid grasp of the key points of English pronunciation knowledge and improve students' reading skills. For primary four to primary six students, the teaching team has designed an advanced version of the English pronunciation course. Foreign teachers also train students' oral speaking skills, so that they can confidently apply English in daily life.

In addition, the school designates every Friday as English Day, broadcasting in English during the morning assembly, and all teachers and students in the school watch a book sharing video shot by an English teacher. In addition to arranging for students to read English books during the morning reading period, the school also allows students to enter the English room during recess time and participate in interactive games, board games, etc. led by foreign teachers. By creating a strong and vivid English learning environment on campus, we provide students with ample English application opportunities and a sense of participation, so that they can have a more exciting campus life experience.

Cultivate English reading habits and become lifelong learners

Establishing good reading habits helps students to infiltrate, explore and deepen knowledge fields, develop their own ideas and broaden their horizons, and cultivate the ability to think independently. The school designs picture book teaching units for junior primary students, coordinates with school-based teaching materials and optimizes the original topics of the publishing house, selects works by famous English writers that are consistent with the English curriculum, and incorporates grammar knowledge into teaching to arouse students' interest in learning and enhance their motivation to learn. At the same time, the school has set up a "Reading Treasure Chest" in the classroom. Teachers will select books that match the reading ability and learning level of students of that grade for students to borrow. Students can also receive one of the books at the end of the semester. Each English teacher will also shoot a video with the theme of sharing and introducing English books to encourage students to read high-quality books.

In order to promote the dual-track reading plan and English learning, so that students can gain experience from experiential learning and discover the meaning and necessity of English learning, the school specially organized the "Book Character Day", a large-scale school-wide English activity. During the activity, students get close to their favorite book characters through role-playing, and bring their favorite books to school to participate in activities such as "Fashion Show", "Stall Games" and "Books and Movies Sharing". At the same time, the school makes good use of electronic platforms such as "Fun and Friends Book Club", "Raz-Kids", and "Epic", and subscribes to the "Posties" English newspaper, so that students can read and study English books in their spare time and establish good English reading habits.

Original drama repertoire: Performing arts increase students’ confidence

Drama education is a major feature of the school's English teaching. It has created more than ten English dramas so far. In addition to students performing at the school's graduation ceremony, the school also actively encourages them to participate in off-campus drama competitions. The teaching team will provide students with drama-related professional training. During the process, students will have an in-depth understanding of the preparatory work such as the music, dialogue and character research of the drama, and will finally be involved in the performance. At the same time, the school is committed to providing students with various types of performing arts opportunities and a stage for self-expression, and cooperates with relevant plans to produce school-based gifted courses to improve students' English conversation skills. This year, the school has updated the "Shakespeare 4All drama program" for students to participate, leading them to read Shakespeare's classic works while cultivating performance, emotional understanding and literary literacy.

Flexible teaching strategies to construct interesting classrooms

The school adheres to the "student-centered" teaching goal and strives to provide coherent and holistic curriculum planning, learn together with students, and provide them with equal learning opportunities. Schools adopt appropriate teaching strategies according to the different abilities and needs of students. For example, "Drama in Education", "Variation Theory", "eLearning in English", "Show and Tell", etc. The teaching team will adapt to the characteristics of different topics and adopt flexible teaching methods to make students feel the fun of learning and be more willing to participate in classroom learning and discussion, thereby becoming leaders in constructing knowledge.