"SMILE" cultivates whole-person development and creates future international talents

TWGHs Tseng Hin Pei Primary School We firmly believe that every student is unique and talented. In order to take care of students' learning diversity, the teaching team is committed to creating a diverse and creative learning environment to stimulate students' learning motivation and develop multiple intelligences. The school takes "A School For Global Talents" as its educational philosophy and designs "SMILE" as the main axis of curriculum development to create a pleasant and dynamic positive learning environment for students. The school flexibly plans its education strategy, teaching a unified curriculum in the morning and adopting the "SMILE" special curriculum in the afternoon. "SMILE" special courses cover potential development, STEAM innovation and technology education, global citizenship courses, and travel service courses. Principal Jian Junda hopes to broaden children's horizons, cultivate their overall development, and become outstanding talents who care about society, love the country, and have an international perspective.

Strategic language teaching to cultivate talents who are good at both Chinese and English

Good English ability is the key to connecting with the world. In order to cultivate students to become outstanding talents for the world, in addition to regular foreign English teachers, the school also makes good use of the support funds of the school sponsoring groups to hire more foreign English teachers. It even cooperates with external organizations to invite foreign English teachers and foreign coaches from outside the school to the school to carry out courses, such as English football, rugby, etc., so that students can immerse themselves in the English context, naturally use English in communication, build confidence in English, and improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. In the regular curriculum, English elements will also be incorporated into mathematics and general knowledge subjects (science and life subjects), and both Chinese and English teaching materials will be used to provide students with the opportunity to be exposed to English vocabulary in different areas and lay a solid foundation for entering English secondary schools in the future. Outside of the classroom, the school also organizes different English-specific activities. For example, English Week allows students to enjoy English through watching drama and magic performances, booth games, etc.

In addition, students need to be grounded in Chinese culture in order to face the world. To this end, the school incorporates elements of Chinese culture into different subjects and carries out interdisciplinary learning activities. For example, every discipline will participate in the Chinese Culture Week. Activities include the Music Department’s introduction to Chinese folk songs and the Visual Arts Department’s Hui Chun design, etc. At the same time, language learning is also integrated into the activities. The English department explains the story of the twelve zodiac animals in English and teaches students related English vocabulary; in the stall games, students need to speak auspicious words in Mandarin; parents are invited to cook glutinous rice dumplings together and write recipes for glutinous rice dumplings in English. Through a series of activities, students can experience the diversity of Chinese culture, enhance cultural connotation, and apply what they have learned in two different languages, English and Mandarin.

Keeping pace with the times, STEAM innovation and technology education, learning and applying interdisciplinary knowledge

In today's era, technology has become a part of life, and education needs to keep pace with the times. The school’s “SMILE” special course is specially designed to provide school-based STEAM innovation and technology education. The course is divided into two main axes. The first is teaching on computational thinking and technological development, such as programming. The other main axis is the "STEAM Project", which creates different life situations for students, learns to comprehensively apply knowledge from different disciplines, discovers and solves problems. The junior primary stage focuses on understanding machinery. For example, the first-grade curriculum introduces the concept of machinery and teaches students to make telescopic robotic arms to solve the problem of school workers having difficulty cleaning gaps. The upper primary stage will develop towards artificial intelligence, big data and other aspects. For example, the fourth grade designed "AI Perfect" to judge the appearance of students, train problem-solving, innovation and other abilities in the process of applying what they have learned, and use what they have learned to solve problems in society.

To promote STEAM innovation and technology education, hardware and supporting facilities are naturally indispensable. The school not only has a science and technology exploration center, an observatory, a nature exploration garden, a drone football field, etc., but also recently updated the new school facilities "Dai Qin Cuiqiong Nature Education Trail" to enhance students' understanding of natural ecology. The school also actively promotes e-learning, purchasing hardware such as artificial intelligence learning robots, and introducing electronic platforms such as Wordwall and Quizlet to cooperate with STEAM education or activities to facilitate students to extend learning after class and promote independent learning. In addition, the school has STEAM-type school teams and extracurricular activities, such as mBot programming, drone team, etc., and recommends potential students to participate in off-campus competitions to give them more room for development. As early as 2022, the drone school team has won the team championship, individual championship and merit award in the "TWGHs Youth Racing Drone Competition".

Popularizing gifted education to inspire potential and enhance self-confidence

Every student has their potential, and the school hopes to popularize gifted education. Therefore, Principal Jian has set up a "potential development" course in the "SMILE" special course and arranged for experts to join the class, so that every child has the opportunity to develop his or her potential. In the junior primary school, the school will arrange visual, audio and sports arts projects for them, such as Chinese painting, hand bells, martial arts, fencing, etc.; in the third grade, students can participate in different activities based on their interests. In the junior primary school, students begin to clarify their interests and find the direction to develop their potential. When entering the upper primary school stage, teachers will arrange outstanding students to join the school team for training, and various extracurricular activities will be organized after class. With the campus TV station, "Dai Jianliang Kui Physical Fitness Development Center" and other supporting facilities, students can continue to further develop their talents.

The school also provides a stage for students to showcase their talents. For example, THP Got Talent, THP performances, award ceremony performances, concerts, etc. are held to allow students to show off their learning achievements. You can even get more opportunities for performances and competitions through the resources of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Joint School. In addition, the school also arranges different activities for students to go to Japan, Singapore, Hainan Island and other places for overseas exchange. This year, the school organized a music team to go to Vienna for exchanges, allowing students to broaden their horizons and experience and understand the development of foreign art first-hand.

Travel Service Course Establishing International Perspective

Principal Jian understands that in order for children to expand their knowledge and build an international perspective, they need to be provided with opportunities to travel, so "Travel Service Courses" will be provided in the "SMILE" special class. On the one hand, let children participate in community services, such as the "Nursery Movement", "City Cleanup Campaign", etc., so that they can understand the community. On the other hand, the school will start from the lower grades to lay the foundation for children to understand the world. In the junior primary school, students will first participate in self-care day camps. From the fourth grade onwards, three-day and two-night camps will be arranged for them. In the fifth and sixth grades, the school will take them out of Hong Kong to mainland China or other overseas countries to learn about the world and face the world.

Positive education nourishes the soul and helps children grow up happily

It is very important for children to grow up happily and have a healthy body, mind and soul. In terms of values ​​cultivation, the school cultivates students' moral character through diversified courses and educates them to care about society. For example, there is a positive education class in the unified curriculum in the morning, and a "Global Citizenship Class" in the "SMILE" special class in the afternoon. The content covers the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Ethics Course, Global Citizenship Class, etc., including different values ​​and global issues, such as environmental protection, food shortage, poverty, etc. At the same time, the "Travel Service Course" also includes community service components, such as public welfare services, kindergarten visits, etc.

At the same time, the school held lectures for parents to share how to cooperate with the school to cultivate their children's moral character. In order to make students feel spiritually happy, the school carries out class management activities, such as "Class Beats" shooting, to enhance their involvement in school. Different service positions have also been launched to coordinate with career planning and career exploration, allowing high school students to self-recommend themselves for "job hunting", teaching them how to write resumes, and participating in "job fairs" so that they can gain greater investment and a sense of accomplishment from the experience. Establish correct values ​​for students from the primary school stage, and cultivate them to become future talents of the 21st century who care for the community, give back to the community, and contribute to society.

Intimate transition support to primary school to help master primary school curriculum

Freshmen in primary school have just entered elementary school and are faced with an unfamiliar environment, people and things, and will inevitably feel uncomfortable adapting. Therefore, as early as August, the school has arranged primary one adaptation classes for them to let them understand the basic operations and routines of the school and alleviate their discomfort in the unfamiliar environment. After the start of school, the first-year class adopts a double-teacher system to ensure that every child can receive proper care. A Primary One English Day Camp will be held in the first week to immerse students in the English context through experiential activities. The school will also provide English reading pens so that students can learn different English vocabulary at home after school. For the Chinese subject, picture books will first be used in conjunction with school-based teaching materials to help primary one students master the teaching content step by step. In addition, the school will arrange longer tutorial classes for Primary One students in the first stage of schooling, and use special class periods to establish self-care routines. One month after the start of the school year, the school will hold a full-moon egg event; on the 100th day, a 100-day banquet will be held to allow students to review their learning progress, and parents will be invited to the school for a "tea ceremony" to express gratitude to their families for their support and companionship.