Quality education effectiveness creates great future

@TERM0@@, located in Yuen Long District, implements the spirit of the school motto of "Be Wise and Compassionate", puts students' learning as the first priority, and specifically plans a "Maofeng Student Development Blueprint" for them, so that after six years of study, students will not only develop personal qualities and leadership skills, but also be able to solve problems independently and give back to the society. Principal Liu Man Lee Actively build a caring and happy school with high-quality educational performance, leading the teaching team to help students create their talents and develop their talents with enthusiasm and care. The school has developed a series of diverse and new teaching strategies, starting from school-based curriculum, extracurricular activities, innovation and technology training, community participation and other areas, to comprehensively enrich students' learning experience and enable them to realize their ambitions in the future.

Forward-looking innovation and technology education, exchange of experiences on the international stage

STEAM education focuses on students’ hands-on practice to cultivate their judgment and problem-solving abilities. Principal Liu Man Lee Not only did he study computer engineering, he also has many years of rich experience in innovation and technology education. He was also appointed as a member of the STEAM Education Standing Committee of the Curriculum Development Council of the Education Bureau. Therefore, he is able to keep pace with the times and lead the team to formulate forward-looking innovation and technology education policies. In addition to promoting "STEM Maker Science" and teaching students knowledge such as mobile phone programming, A.I. programming, and elementary electronics, the school will further arrange for students to participate in inventions and creations, and encourage them to participate in various international and local competitions to have the opportunity to develop science and innovation careers in the future. The school has also become the only Hong Kong partner of the International Communications and Information Technology Competition, an international competition. Principal Liu Man Lee personally led students to Romania to participate in the competition this year, stepping onto the international stage and exchanging experiences with other top scientific and technological leaders.

The school has compiled school-based information and communication technology and science and technology innovation courses (ICT & STEAM) for junior high schools. The first-level courses cover mobile phone application programming, Bluetooth communication, basic electronics and hardware control; the second-level level covers A.I. artificial intelligence programming. Through the school-based science and innovation courses, junior high school students can learn basic programming, basic concepts of artificial intelligence, and practice the concepts and knowledge of artificial intelligence, thereby increasing students' interest and ability in technological innovation. Last December, more than 100 students from mainland schools came to the school for exchanges and experienced the school’s short-term A.I. artificial intelligence programming courses and English classes. Starting from this school year, the school will provide A.I. programming training classes to primary school students in the district, striving to cultivate students’ interest in STEAM and their spirit of inquiry.

Brainwave training system, scientific innovation has achieved remarkable results

With excellent innovation and technology education strategies, students have successfully developed different practical technology products and applied theoretical knowledge to practical situations. Among them, the brainwave meditation and concentration training system connects to the brainwave chip through a mobile phone program to test the user's brainwave index. When the index is too high, indicating that the user is not relaxed enough, the system will play some relaxing videos and sounds to help the user relax. The system can also be used with VR mode. The second mode of the system is to test the user's concentration. Principal Liu Man Lee said: "We gave the system to students in special schools to test their concentration. The results showed that when children read books, their concentration was only average; but when they played games, their concentration doubled. Therefore, schools can gradually train students' concentration through the system."

At the same time, students also combined the fields of art and technology to design new artificial intelligence systems, which were used by guests at some exhibitions and booth activities. Users can put on artistic clothing, and artificial intelligence will identify what service they are wearing, and then display information related to the artistic clothing. Principal Liu Man LeeAdditionally, the school has actively promoted interdisciplinary collaboration in recent years, using STEAM as a teaching medium to allow students to learn more about different cultural fields. In the future, we will continue to deepen STEAM education, such as strengthening mobile phone product design and adding various teaching contents to keep pace with the times.

Optimize English teaching and improve students’ English ability

The school optimizes English teaching and is committed to improving students' English proficiency. It uses school-based self-compiled English enrichment courses and teaching materials to consolidate students' English proficiency. At the same time, the school has also significantly increased the number of English teachers to increase the number of English groups at all levels. In junior high school, there are 4 classes divided into 6 groups and taught by 6 teachers; in high school, 4 classes are divided into 7 groups and taught by 7 teachers. At the fourth level, 5 classes are divided into 8 groups and taught by 8 teachers. Through careful planning of the timetable, English classes at all levels can be conducted at the same time, making the grouping model more flexible. Student groups can be reviewed and adjusted quarterly or every six months, which helps to improve the flexibility and effectiveness of classroom organization.

The school develops students' language skills and self-confidence through English drama training. This year, I participated in the English Drama Competition of the Hong Kong Schools Drama Festival, and the Secondary One students wrote their own script. The play is: Let go your obsessions, open your heart, welcome your wonderful life; Chinese translation: Let go of your obsessions, open your heart, welcome your wonderful life; Chinese translation: Let go of your obsessions, open your heart, welcome your wonderful life;

Innovative e-learning creates a boundless classroom

The school has gradually installed interactive electronic blackboards in all classrooms. In addition to being used as a writing board, the electronic blackboard can also store all information and export it for teaching purposes. The school makes good use of the electronic blackboard to carry out electronic co-curricular interactive teaching, achieving the teaching effect of peer learning across classrooms. In the future, it can even conduct co-curricular exchanges with other schools on different learning themes. Principal Liu Man Lee pointed out that since all classrooms will be equipped with electronic blackboards, students can take classes together in different places. The most important thing is that the combination of co-curricular activities is endless, and co-curricular activities can be carried out according to the arrangement of different classrooms and classes. Students can even use their tablets for real-time screen projection, breaking through the limitations of teaching space and creating an infinite classroom, making communication and interaction throughout the teaching more possible.

Top Talent Cultivation Program to unleash your talent potential

This year, the school has specially launched the "Top Talent Cultivation Program" to provide students with outstanding talents and performance in the school with the most appropriate learning coordination, spiritual guidance and coordination, find more resources and assistance, and build a bigger stage for them and explore more possibilities, so as to encourage students to work hard and achieve themselves. For example, the school will arrange for these students to participate in charity luncheon performances, so that they can use their talents and shine on the stage. The program is personally supervised by the principal and handled by the Talent Training Coordination Team. Principal Liu Man Lee said: "This year, 5 students have joined the program, 2 of whom won national championships in guzheng, Latin dance, and mini racing, and the other 3 "They have also achieved outstanding results in areas such as painting and sports. "For students who successfully join the program, the school will provide them with a variety of support and assistance to help them balance their academic studies and personal talent development, such as adjusting the due date of homework to coordinate with students' regular practices and important competitions.

Fully funded overseas exchanges to broaden your horizons beyond Hong Kong

Overseas exchanges bring great benefits to students' growth and development, including cultural experience, language skills, academic development, social skills, etc., helping them to succeed in a globalized world. The school launched the "Maofeng Top Scholars Award Program" last year, which provides full financial support to six outstanding students every year to go to Europe for about 14 days of experiential exchange learning activities during the summer vacation. They use English to communicate in a natural context and improve their language skills. After the exchange, the students who participated in the activity will provide sharing and homework guidance services to the juniors and sisters to give back to the society. Principal Liu Man Lee pointed out: "In addition to interview and score requirements, students participating in the program will also be evaluated by the school on their conduct, service, and academic activities. The school will fully fund the six students with the best performance to participate in a European study tour."

Principal Liu Man LeeIn addition, in view of the success of the "Maofeng Top Talent Award Program", this program will continue to be held this academic year, and additional shortlisted awards will be added, with up to 40 students participating, to encourage students with outstanding performance but not selected to exchange in Europe. Therefore, in addition to the 6 outstanding students, the school will also select the remaining 30 to 40 students with outstanding performance and arrange a one-day experiential learning activity in Hong Kong for them, such as visiting and staying in a four-star hotel in the evening. This is an unforgettable and important experience and moment for the students. In addition, the school also actively organizes various types of free domestic exchange tours. Last year, there were more than 70 exchange tours with different themes, providing students with opportunities to go out of Hong Kong and broaden their horizons.

Promote value education and contribute to the community

The "Pet Pet Buddy" program and the "Mao Feng Elder Academy" are the two key programs of the school in promoting positive values and life education. Not only are they effective in cultivating students to establish positive values, but the school has also been awarded the "Peace School" award by the "Hong Kong Association for UNESCO". The above two programs have been promoted as excellent activities of "social service". Principal Liu Man Lee said: "The 'Pet Pet Buddy' program is a partnership with the Hong Kong Dog Club. The Hong Kong Dog Club serves as a consultant to provide training. In addition to teaching students knowledge and skills about dogs, it can also develop related careers such as veterinarians and psychologists in the long run. At the same time, the Hong Kong Dog Club will also hold national dog shows, and students will set up exhibition booths and activity workshops to share the details and results of the school's promotion plan, so as to cooperate with the development of value education of the Education Bureau and make contributions."

"Maofeng Elderly Academy" aims to provide learning, collaboration and services for the elderly, promote the integration of the elderly and the young, and arrange for the elderly and students to work together to provide services to those in need. Through the process of mutual learning and exchange, students can not only gain valuable experience from their elders, but also achieve the effect of cultural inheritance. In addition, many elderly people have a strong interest in innovative technology. The school and the Bairen Foundation organized the "AI Friends" program. The program is the first in Hong Kong for the elderly to learn AI artificial intelligence programming and design. The elderly will work in groups with their classmates to design and develop their own AI systems. Later, the school was invited to participate in the AI ​​Symposium organized by the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) to showcase the works of classmates and elders and exert a positive impact on society.

This year, the school carried out a renovation project to "revitalize the campus and create an outdoor classroom that cleanses the soul." Through the construction of a "pure garden", a campus environment with religious and artistic characteristics was created to provide students and teachers with a quiet place for meditation to cultivate positive thinking and values. Later, the campus environment and outdoor meditation garden will be opened to allow community members and elders to experience the fun of meditation and art activities, and to promote exchanges and cooperation between the community and the school.