Inspire students’ potential, improve self-learning ability, and combine four core values

Bonham Road Government Primary SchoolAdhering to the spirit of the school motto of "Dedication and Learning", we actively promote independent learning and positive education, with national literacy, interdisciplinary activities, outdoor learning and art education as our core values. Principal Li Mingjia is committed to equipping students to become outstanding talents in the 21st century, cultivating their lifelong learning attitude, and possessing good personal qualities and values. Therefore, the school starts from aspects such as courses and activities to inspire students’ potential and cultivate their common abilities and moral character. The school adopts a round-robin system to avoid affecting class time. The morning period is used for core courses, and the afternoon period is used for co-curricular activities to develop students' multiple intelligences.

Flexible curriculum planning, biliteracy and trilingualism across disciplines

The school is well aware that interdisciplinary activities help students comprehensively apply knowledge. Therefore, in the teaching of Chinese and English, the school actively carries out different interdisciplinary activities to consolidate students' language knowledge. In the English subject, the school promotes interdisciplinary reading, encouraging students to read English books related to STEAM and become accustomed to learning STEAM theories in English, laying the foundation for future studies in English and Chinese. It also combines art with students in grades 2 to 5 to participate in English dramas. It also arranges students to participate in English rugby activities to create a strong English context and improve English ability and self-confidence. The school makes better use of innovative technology, introduces electronic platforms, and practices learning methods that combine language and technology. In addition, the Chinese Department collaborates with the Putonghua Department to launch a lantern riddle guessing activity; it also organizes a joint school activity called "Literature, History and Fun" with the Visual Arts, Mandarin and Music Departments; in addition, it will also cooperate with the Physical Education Department to hold Chinese martial arts training courses.

Implement national conditions literacy and lay the foundation for humanities

National literacy is one of the core values of the school. Allowing students to have a correct understanding of history and Chinese culture will help enrich their cultural connotation. To this end, the school organizes diversified learning activities, such as Chinese Culture Day, "The Wardrobe of the Chinese Nation", school-wide calligraphy activities, etc., to learn traditional cultural knowledge in an interesting way and broaden their knowledge. In addition, Bonham Road Government Primary School has been listed as a statutory monument, and a bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen stands on the campus. With its unique environmental advantages, it can stimulate students' interest in cultural monuments and history. Teachers will arrange activities for students, such as rubbing the words on the bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and introducing the Revolution of 1911 and the life of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, leading them to correctly understand the development process of the country and laying the foundation for the humanities.

The school will also decorate the entire school during National Day and hold a flag-raising ceremony every week to build students' national concepts and citizenship awareness. The school also has a flag-raising team to cultivate students' perseverance, team spirit and sense of belonging. Last year, the flag-raising team won second place in the territory-wide flag-raising team flag guard competition. This year, it won the Merit Award at the Annual Review Ceremony of the Hong Kong Flag-raising Team Association. The school also took students to visit the San Wai Military Camp in Fanling and the Stonecutters Military Camp, which was an eye-opener for them.

Interdisciplinary STEAM education, knowledge integration

STEAM education is also carried out through interdisciplinary collaboration, allowing students to integrate knowledge from different disciplines and apply what they have learned. Curriculum Director Hu Zhijie said: "STEAM learning must allow students to practice it. We believe that promoting STEAM inside and outside school can allow students to gain experience from trying." For example, in the STEAM project study, students at each level can use common sense and visual arts knowledge to make a product. Senior primary school students are even required to use Micro:bit programming skills to solve problems. The school also encourages students to participate in STEAM activities outside the school, such as glider-making competitions; participate in the "Engineer Project" to learn about solar cars, and participate in "Cool Think" courses to train students' computational thinking and problem-solving skills, and to apply knowledge flexibly in practice. This year, the school also participated in the STEAM Engineering Subject Support Program of the Education University of Hong Kong, arranging the Primary 4 general science teaching team to design courses with colleagues from the Education University of Hong Kong, conduct experiments and make water filters, and use Micro:bit to test the clarity of filtered water.

Diverse learning experiences to develop abilities and broaden horizons

The school attaches great importance to the all-round development of students, provides diversified learning experiences, and implements the "Lifelong Arts" policy to help them develop their abilities, broaden their horizons, and meet their needs for further studies. The school is also committed to promoting art education and believes that every student has the ability to appreciate and create art. For example, Monday co-curricular activities include light clay classes, percussion classes, calligraphy classes, etc. The school will also organize a "student small stage" to provide a performance stage for students to show their potential. In addition, different "study arts classes" are also opened, such as sports school teams, speed calculation problem solving classes, Go classes, etc., so that students can continue to develop their interests and potential outside of the curriculum. Last year, students represented the region in the Hong Kong inter-school competition and won the Men’s Group B Throwing Softball Championship and the Men’s Group B Throwing Softball Championship.

At the same time, the teaching team actively plans outdoor learning opportunities for students to enrich their learning experience. For example, the school has specially set aside a field for students to plant, increasing students' opportunities to get in touch with nature; it also leads students to overseas exchanges and participates in sister school exchange programs to broaden their international horizons and connect with the world. This school year, the school has close ties with its sister school, Dongguan Songshan Lake No. 1 Primary School. Students from the two schools communicate and get to know each other and build friendships by writing calligraphy together and participating in booth games. The school will also participate in outdoor learning organized by external organizations, such as Ocean Park Academy and M+ Museum. In addition, in order to cooperate with the general knowledge subjects, the school will arrange for students to visit the Zoological and Botanical Park, Noah's Ark, Space Museum, Wetland Park and other places to collect outdoor data for experiments and apply knowledge from real experiences.

Promote independent learning and cultivate information literacy

The school's three-year development plan prioritizes promoting independent learning and cultivating students' lifelong learning skills and attitudes. Independent learning is inseparable from reading. The school arranges teachers to promote good books and introduce books and reading activities on electronic display screens in the library to promote a reading atmosphere in the school. Principal Li said: "When students study independently, they can absorb different information from the Internet or textbooks. Therefore, the first concern is information literacy education, teaching them to screen and identify the authenticity of online information or media information." The school will teach students to classify and sort out different information into useful information, so that their knowledge level and cultural accomplishment can continue to improve, unleash their personal potential, and promote physical and mental growth.

Establish correct values ​​and cultivate good citizens

Principal Li believes that cultivating students' correct values ​​​​and promoting national conditions education is an important part of school education. "If students can establish correct values ​​​​from an early age, learn the correct attitude toward others, and become good citizens, it will bring benefits to their future career orientation, career planning and other aspects of development." Students can not only study in statutory monuments, understand the history of the school, but also understand how to preserve monuments with the times. The school will also provide students with diversified service team activities, such as "Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program", "Little Teacher", "Special Room Assistant", "Campus Waiter", etc., to cultivate students' perseverance, studiousness, humility and other character strengths, develop team spirit and leadership skills, and give back to the society in the future.

Close ties between families and teachers work together to promote student growth

Parents play an important supporting role in the cooperative relationship between schools and families. They can work with schools to help students grow in an all-round way and support children's needs. The school is committed to deepening home-school cooperation, holding parent seminars, and inviting parent committee members to share their experiences in educating their children. The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) has also become a media for parents to reflect the learning needs of students. At the same time, the PTA has allocated a large amount of resources to encourage students to participate in different activities. For example, in line with the school's policy of encouraging sports, it has hired volunteer table tennis coaches to provide training for students. This year, the table tennis school team lived up to expectations and won the third place in the men's Group B table tennis team in the school competition, and the men's Group A table tennis team also won outstanding awards.

Vice Principal Chen Xiaohong said that the parent association strongly supports the school in organizing different types of activities and cooperates with teachers to provide support, such as forming a "writing companion group" and a "chess skill group". Before parents join the "writing companion group", the school will also provide training for parents to learn the micro-skills of accompanying writing, so as to help children grow together and help parents teach their children to learn at home on a daily basis. The PTA will also assist the school in organizing large-scale activities, such as parent-child trips, sports games, etc., as well as participate in students' lunch supply, school uniform selection, etc. If necessary, the school will work with parents to form a focus group to strengthen the relationship between home and school.