Innovative course design, rich learning experience, "Tomorrow's leaders" connect with the world

Located in Sha Tin District, @TERM0@@ implements the educational goal of “Tomorrow’s leaders, cultivate today” and strives to build “A School for Tomorrow’s Leaders” (A School for Tomorrow’s Leaders). It focuses on cultivating students’ leadership qualities, establishing good biliteracy and trilingual skills, being rooted in China, looking at the world, and being able to face the rapidly changing future world positively and strongly. Principal Liang Dunyu is committed to providing students with diversified learning experiences to help them build confidence and realize their potential. By establishing a team of leaders with high learning abilities (Leaders of the Leaders), we promote students' all-round development with the goal of becoming "tomorrow's leaders" and giving back to society in the future.

New inquiry-based experiential courses promote students’ whole-person development

Becoming a "leader of tomorrow" requires not only laying a solid foundation of knowledge, but also connecting with the world to establish a broad vision and vision. The school divides the classroom into two parts to optimize the framework of class arrangements. In the morning, regular classes are arranged to teach school-based courses; in the afternoon, diversified "special experience classes" are conducted to practice new teaching methods such as interdisciplinary learning and experiential learning, so as to enrich students' knowledge and cultural connotation. The school expands students' knowledge through a comprehensive and in-depth learning model, and specially designed experiential travel courses and global citizenship courses for this purpose. The curriculum incorporates "deep learning" and "6Cs" as the core framework of teaching. Appropriate learning themes will be formulated for each grade, and unit design and problem-oriented methods will be used to conduct project-based inquiry learning activities. As the school's two major specialty courses, it aims to cultivate students' common abilities and values, so that students can have the ability to comprehensively apply knowledge from various disciplines, build common skills in the 21st century during the learning process, and then practice the qualities that leaders should have in life.

In travel and civics classes, the teaching team will design different themes to stimulate students' interest in learning and curiosity, and increase classroom engagement. By adopting a guided and open learning model, it helps to inspire the development of students' multiple intelligences, and at the same time, pleasant learning experiences can deepen students' absorption of knowledge. For example, the first-grade inquiry theme is "Get Close to Nature". Students will explore nature in many aspects, collect different natural materials, and make their own paintings to express their thoughts and ideas about nature and reflect the beauty of nature. Principal Liang added: "Students need to study and read relevant research topics in advance, complete works after the activity, and share creative ideas with teachers and classmates to cultivate their communication skills and creative thinking. Through travel and observation and experience in civics classes, students not only consolidate subject knowledge, but also integrate it and apply it in daily life, establish a broader learning horizon, and become tomorrow's leaders who care about society, love the country, and look at the world."

Forward-looking school-based curriculum planning to enrich STEAM education experience

Since its opening in 2018, the school has actively promoted STEAM education and interdisciplinary activities to cultivate students' innovative thinking and problem-solving abilities. By organizing diversified learning activities, learning is combined with entertainment, while consolidating subject knowledge and application, it also cultivates students’ truth-seeking spirit of “always observing, thinking, and doing”, and then builds STEAM and Maker Skills. Principal Liang said: "The school has specially opened a STEAM class in the afternoon, and children in grades one to six have corresponding courses. The core of the lower grades is to encourage students to 'hands-on', allowing children to do it themselves, explore and make robots; the upper grades strengthen the development of programming skills."

Innovation and technology are developing at a rapid pace. The school has always kept pace with the times, grasped social development trends, continuously optimized curriculum content according to students' learning progress, and encouraged them to participate in various types of local or international STEAM activities and competitions, go out of campus and communicate with experts from different worlds, so as to understand the latest status of science and technology development in the world today. With the school's excellent STEAM education philosophy, students have won numerous awards in various innovation and technology fields, and their performance has been recognized by society. For example, a student won the championship in the primary school group (primary one to primary three) of the "Urban Innovation and Technology Challenge" and served as a guest at the launch ceremony of the second competition, sharing his experience of winning the previous championship on the stage. Principal Liang is happy to see students caring for others and society, practicing what they have learned in life, making good use of technology to solve life problems, and responding to social needs.

At the same time, the Education Bureau announced that the general knowledge subject in primary schools will be split into science subjects and humanities subjects in the 2025/26 school year. The school is far-sighted and has already prepared to integrate and split different knowledge contents in the general knowledge subject to deepen the original curriculum system. Therefore, schools do not need to make readjustments, so that students can more easily go through the transition period, seamlessly connect course content, and equip students for diversified development. Principal Liang added: "For science subjects, students' knowledge, skills and attitudes are all very important, and their logical thinking needs to be cultivated from an early age. Science subjects focus on cultivating students' curiosity, so we will incorporate aesthetic elements into the STEAM classroom and further optimize the course content. Students have also developed a strong interest in science."

Comprehensive language policy Immersive learning English

In order to equip students with English skills that are in line with the world, the school is committed to creating an immersive English learning environment. Principal Liang pointed out: "Students have a strong foundation in Chinese language, which helps them learn and master all kinds of knowledge. They can more easily understand professional vocabulary in the scientific field and accurately express and communicate different concepts." The school has invested a lot of resources in different aspects such as teacher qualifications, school-based curriculum, campus environment, and extracurricular activities. For example hire 3 A foreign English teacher teaches students pure pronunciation, intonation and grammar, and builds cross-cultural communication skills. In addition to English, the school also uses English teaching in mathematics, science, visual arts, music and other subjects to help students better connect to English middle schools. The library has set up an interactive reading space, which not only enhances students' interest in reading English books, but also promotes their English communication and builds their confidence in using English. Drama education is a major feature of the school's English teaching, which provides students with professional training and performance opportunities, and actively uses English to communicate with others. With the school's comprehensive language policy, students' language potential is not only fully utilized, but also enhances their future competitiveness.

Create a high-quality learning atmosphere and promote the diversified development of students

Middle school is an important transitional stage for students' growth. The school actively cooperates with different middle schools and participates in competitions or activities organized by them, so that students can see the different development aspects of big brothers and big sisters, so that their vision is not limited to the primary school level. Principal Liang said: "When students have a deeper understanding of middle school curriculum content and campus life, it will help them when making choices for further studies. At the same time, students have good language skills, creative thinking and problem-solving skills. No matter which school they go to, they can give full play to their strengths and strengths." In addition, The outstanding professional capabilities of the teaching team have created a high-quality learning environment. The school's teaching quality and dedication have been well received by parents. Not only do many students choose the school as their first choice, but graduates can more easily transition to middle school and adapt to and master the course content faster than ordinary students, reflecting the remarkable effectiveness of the school's teaching.