Pay equal attention to knowledge and character; love promotes the development of the whole person

LOCK TAO CHRISTIAN KINDERGARTENCreate an excellent learning environment with love, take care of the uniqueness and needs of each child, and strive to provide high-quality whole-person education to inspire the development of children's multiple intelligences, so that their potential can be unleashed, and they can build confidence and a positive outlook on life. Principal He Minyin leads a professional and caring teaching team to create a diversified learning experience, focusing on language development, moral cultivation, cultural inheritance, etc., to help children lay a foundation of lifelong knowledge and positive values.

International learning atmosphere broadens horizons and lays foundation

Under the development trend of globalization, it is particularly important to cultivate the next generation to establish an international perspective and have good cross-cultural communication skills. Since its establishment, the school has been committed to creating a high-quality English learning environment. Its student enrollment has always been diverse and broad. In addition to local students, it has also attracted students from different nationalities to apply, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Belgium, Argentina, India, Brazil and other countries, providing a multicultural learning environment. At the same time, the school respects the needs of children from different cultures, carefully designs school-based curriculum and diverse activities, and is committed to providing equal and high-quality education. Therefore, students can not only learn and seek knowledge in a multicultural environment, but also expand their horizons, lay a solid foundation in English, learn to appreciate the uniqueness of different people, and practice positive values.

Foreign teachers create context and flexibly apply authentic English

In order to create a lively and practical English learning environment, the school specially arranges foreign English teachers to be stationed in the school to be responsible for daily English classroom activities, teach children to learn authentic daily English, and increase their investment and participation in English. In addition to leading children to sing English children's songs, tell stories, and play games, foreign teachers will also collaborate with local teachers in teaching by designing interactive games, puppet performances, and English recitations and other English activities. For example, "English Fun Day", "English Puppet Show" and "English Speech Day" make English learning more lively and interesting, allowing children to get used to communicating in English in their daily lives.

The school also organizes outdoor learning experience activities. When visiting famous places in Hong Kong, children are encouraged to talk with foreign tourists and pay more attention to English words in their living environment, so that they realize that English is closely related to life. In addition, the school has introduced artificial intelligence (AI) robots with built-in school-based English courses to provide interesting interactive experiences and enhance the diversity of English learning. Teachers also use AI to teach children to make good use of technology and develop information literacy.

Education experts collaborate and exchange to improve learning and teaching effectiveness

In order to improve the effectiveness of learning and teaching, the school arranges for different experts to come to the school to strengthen professional exchanges, jointly explore new teaching methods, and optimize the school-based curriculum with the times. Earlier, Professor Wang Peiling came to the school to observe classes and communicated and shared with Principal He and teachers. Principal He personally introduced the school’s curriculum features, learning assessment policies, and early childhood development and learning performance. Professor Wang positively evaluated and affirmed the professionalism and enthusiasm of the teaching team, and provided valuable advice on optimizing teaching. Principal He said, "The children liked Professor Wang very much. They hugged her, took photos with her, talked and played games with her. To express their gratitude to Professor Wang, all the children drew thank-you cards with their own hands and gave them to her as a souvenir."

Invited to share in the industry, give back to society and promote education

With new teaching concepts and curriculum design, the teaching team is often invited to share with the industry. Not only can they understand the latest trends in the academic world, but they can also promote the development of education in Hong Kong by sharing their own experiences, give back and contribute to social needs, and serve as a good role model for students. For example, in the Jockey Club "Learning Chinese with Friends" project, teachers Luo Huifan and Tse Li-man shared their experience in designing teaching aids to support non-Chinese speaking students with pre-service teachers; Principal Ho was invited to attend the "School Leadership Workshop" to share with the industry. At the same time, the 2023 Hong Kong Environmental Excellence Awards also invited Principal Ho to serve as a facilitator to share valuable experience in sustainable campus policies, environmental education and campus green construction to benefit faculty and staff of other schools.

The lion dance team is enthusiastic about social welfare and builds good self-worth

The school actively inherits Chinese culture and attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' moral character. It arranges students to participate in dragon dance activities to experience the mystery of Chinese culture first-hand, deepen students' cultural accomplishment, and practice cooperation, perseverance and other spirits. The school's lion dance team is not only superb in lion skills but also lively and cute. It is also enthusiastic about social welfare affairs and participates in performances in different cultural and entertainment activities, such as the Hong Kong Dragon and Lion Festival, the Hong Kong Dragon and Lion Festival New Year Performance, BB Lion Performance, etc. The students worked hard and practiced carefully. After completing the performance, they were all confident in their performance and established good self-worth.