Promote "Three High" Classes to Enrich Learning Experience and Develop English Potential

S.K.H. Yautong Kei Hin Primary School is committed to taking care of students’ learning diversity, enriching students’ learning experiences and inspiring their talents through flexible use of study time and creation of space. The school promotes "Three Highs" classrooms (high interaction, high thinking, high presentation) with students as the center, and cooperates with the 4A learning method (goals, actions, adjustments, applications) to help students set long, medium and short-term goals to enhance learning motivation and effectiveness. Principal So Wing-si implements the goal of "Go Fun" and hopes that students will not only achieve good academic results, but also hope that they can transcend scores, continue to develop good life attitudes and values, become active learners, promote whole-person development, and happily pursue their dreams.

Recruit additional foreign English teachers to create an English atmosphere on campus

All-round learning creates opportunities for students to learn in real situations, so that learning no longer remains in the classroom or in books, helping to cultivate lifelong learning abilities. The school specially hired three foreign English teachers to create a rich English learning environment and design diversified English activities to encourage students to go out of the classroom and learn and use English in daily life. Rich context helps students discover more knowledge points of interest, prompts them to solve problems through knowledge and action, learn new knowledge and establish high-level thinking through interaction, and exert their independent learning spirit.

The school starts from the campus environment, and foreign teachers organize life-oriented English activities, such as "NETSCAFE". In the leisure area of ​​the snack bar on the 4th floor, English ambassadors are arranged to wear CAFÉ uniforms and play roles such as managers and waiters. The opening ceremony of CAFÉ is also planned and prepared by a group of English ambassadors, including making invitation cards, arranging procedures, setting up the venue and greeting guests. Principal Su said: "After buying snacks, students can go to the coffee shop to communicate in English with foreign teachers and clerks, and they can also play table games. Real-life situations allow students to apply what they have learned and learn English better." CAFÉ also has a reward program. Students can get a stamp every time they interact with the clerk, and when the stamps are full, they can also get special rewards.

At the same time, the school also regularly holds "English Ambassador Club" to take advantage of the advantages of foreign teachers. They come from different countries, such as Australia, the United States, Canada, etc., and introduce the cultures of various countries, including food, games, clothing, architecture, transportation, etc., to broaden students' international horizons. At the same time, foreign teachers will also organize birthday parties and different interesting activities for students, including Finnish wooden chess, American bag ball, Australian boomerang making, etc., attracting students to participate in the activities, actively communicate in English, and enhance their interest in learning.

Strong English learning environment, diversified real-life learning

The school is committed to providing a variety of English activities and creating a strong English learning environment. The English subject team leads students to participate in different cultural activities to deepen their knowledge. For example, in the "Appreciation of English Culture Tour", foreign teachers lead students to visit St Andrew's Church, a century-old historical building, to learn about Gothic Revival architecture and Hong Kong history; the "Legislative Council English Tour Experience" allows students to extend classroom learning and understand the legislative process and identity through English-speaking guides to the Legislative Council and simulated legislative debates; "English Tour Reuters News Agency Tour" arranges students to visit international news agencies to understand the professional standards of international news, and learn English interview skills, etc.

Promote media information literacy and deepen extended value education

Information and communication technology has become an integral part of life, and students can access online information anytime and anywhere. In order to cultivate students' media and information literacy, the school cooperates with the TVB News Department to organize "Little Reporter Training Class" and "Anchor Training Class" to give students a taste of the work of reporters or anchors.

In the "Little Journalist Training Class", students need to first understand the principles of journalist interviewing and writing, learn to distinguish reliable news and key questions, and then write a report on the spot within a time limit. Afterwards, they also have to hold a microphone to record the end of the report. Four of the best-performing young journalists were invited to attend the "Environmental, Social and Governance Award" award ceremony organized by TVB and personally interviewed Mr. Siu Shi-woo, General Manager (Commercial Operations) of Television Broadcasting Company Limited. The students' performance was quite generous and decent, which left a deep impression on people. The training focus of the "Anchor Training Class" is completely different. It tests the students' on-the-spot adaptability. They need to read a press release within a time limit and then report the news from the anchor position.

Through a series of practical experiences in the journalism industry, students have a first-hand understanding of the responsibilities and hard work of being journalists, and they also understand how to identify the truth of things.

Cultivate technology application capabilities and stimulate students’ creative thinking

As innovative technology is a major trend in future development, the school has been keeping pace with the times, vigorously promoting STEAM education and cultivating students' ability and literacy in applying technology. Students have participated in many course trainings and academic competitions, and have repeatedly achieved good results. They have received many media reports, and their performance is obvious to all and highly recognized. The school earlier went to Tokyo with four schools from different regions and different educational groups to participate in the innovation and technology event "Tokyo Maker Fair", allowing students to get to know "creators" from around the world and experience their unique creativity and whimsical ideas. By arranging students to participate in the Innovation and Technology Carnival, it not only provides them with opportunities to showcase their STEAM works, learn from and communicate with each other, but also allows them to closely observe scientific and technological works from around the world, further broadening their knowledge horizons, stimulating creative thinking, and gaining new learning experiences.

Promote the development of multiple intelligences and a new art learning model

Every student is unique, with unique potential and talents. The school attaches great importance to the development of students' multiple intelligences and actively promotes students to participate in different competitions and performances. As a major teaching feature of the school, the a cappella group emphasizes concentration and teamwork spirit in the learning process, which helps train students' common skills such as collaboration and communication, as well as learn to listen and be considerate of others. Principal Su pointed out: "Learning music is Sound before symbol. For students, music scores are just a reference. It is more important for them to listen carefully. Through art activities, students can not only enjoy group interaction, promote peer interaction and grow together, but also help instill positive and inclusive values, and jointly build a campus full of love."

The school encourages students to participate in various music competitions to practice what they have learned and showcase their talents. The students of the a cappella group participated in the 16th Hong Kong Youth and Children Arts Festival (Group Chorus) for the first time in 2023. They stood out and won the gold medal with high praise from the judges. This outstanding performance and achievement gave them more performance opportunities, such as the opportunity to record new songs with the popular local a cappella group SENZA Vocal Ensemble, and participate in various large and small performances, which improved their sense of success and self-confidence in learning.