Pursue excellence, face the world, build a happy campus, lead the road to success

TWGHs Hok Shan SchoolAdhering to the spirit of the school motto of "diligence, thrift, loyalty, and self-reliance", we create more development opportunities for students to realize their potential and realize their future. The school's HSS spirit represents "Happy and Harmony", "STEAM and Self-learning", and "Strive for Excellence". These values ​​guide students towards excellence and success. Principal Chen Shigang implements the educational concept of "Every child can be taught" and is committed to helping students find their expertise and interests during their six-year primary school career, so that they can shine, pursue excellence, and ultimately face the world. Through diversified travel courses, the school trains students to become global citizens in pursuit of a better future.

Comprehensive biliteracy and trilingual strategy, a good foundation to enhance competitiveness

In terms of biliteracy and trilingualism, thanks to the funding provided by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, the school has three foreign English teachers. It has introduced the concept of localization of foreign teachers and hired an additional qualified foreign English teacher. This teacher will not only teach English courses, but also assist in teaching visual arts classes and even serve as a class teacher. In addition, the school also exposes students to English through other activities. For example, in the physical education course, the school cooperates with the woodball club, and foreign English teachers and foreign coaches teach students woodball, korfball and other ball games to improve students' English proficiency and enrich their learning experience.

The school cooperates with neighboring international schools and has six to eight exchange activities every year. During these exchange activities, students have the opportunity to learn different languages ​​from each other. Principal Chen said: "Our students can learn English at Kaili International School, while their students can learn Mandarin at our school. The learning methods are mainly games, reading textbooks or books. We will also invite teachers and students from Kaili International School to participate in some special cultural activities. For example, on Book Character Day, they will send students to set up game booths and participate in various activities organized by us."

In addition, the school also incorporates English elements into the music subject and uses English teaching materials to allow students to learn new English vocabulary and further cultivate their interest in English. In order to continue to improve students' English proficiency, the school has added English mathematics and English science courses in the new school year, and has gradually extended them from primary one to different grades. The course adopts an immersive teaching method. While students learn core subject knowledge, they also deepen their English application abilities, which will be of great benefit to their future studies in English-taught secondary schools.

Connecting life and love with technology, implementing 3C values and giving back to society

Technology and innovation have brought about a more convenient lifestyle and become a new driving force for social development. The school vigorously develops STEAM education, integrates technology with life and love, and implements the 3C core values ​​of Caring, Connected and Creative to achieve the educational concept of "promoting oneself, others, the environment, and society". The school hopes that students can take the initiative to care about the people and things around them, understand the needs of others, and use their creativity and scientific knowledge to optimize and invent different products to improve the imperfections they discover.

Principal Chen pointed out: "There is a junior student who built a small robot to clean garbage. He saw his parents working hard and wanted to help clean the home. Topics related to environmental protection are taught in the third and fourth grade, and students designed an 'Ocean Conservation Ship' to remove marine garbage. In addition, 'smart lights' use programming to control light switches. Through books and data, students can learn about the impact of light pollution on our environment. In the fifth and sixth grades, we designed a course on "Appropriate Food and Drink". The students paid attention to the actual needs of the elderly and found that the elderly like to drink hot drinks, but they are not good for the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, the students designed a temperature sensing module. When the temperature exceeds The fan will automatically start cooling when the temperature reaches 60 degrees, which not only cares for the elderly around you, but also improves the living environment through technology. "

In terms of extracurricular activities, the school will help students develop their potential through various competitions. For example, it has a STEAM class for top students. The school sponsoring group, the Hong Kong Heshan Association, donates NT$10,000 every year as a scholarship to support the innovation and technology development of STEAM top students. Students have repeatedly won good results in different innovation and technology competitions in recent years. Among them, the past three editions of the "BOC Life Little Financial Intelligence Programmer" have won two gold medals and one silver medal. The winning students have demonstrated outstanding creativity and programming skills and solved different social problems. Principal Chen said: "Because a classmate was concerned about his father's health, he developed an app that could calculate calories based on ingredients and cooking methods to help his father eat healthier, and eventually won the gold medal in the competition. We have always encouraged students to apply what they have learned to solve practical problems, use the 3C core values of care, connection and creativity to contribute to the community. By participating in various competitions, students can not only improve their professional skills, but also develop empathy and problem-solving skills, and grow into responsible citizens."

Enrich students’ learning experience and promote the development of multiple intelligences

In order to enrich students' learning experience and promote the development of multiple intelligences, the school has optimized the arrangement of morning and afternoon classes in accordance with the Education Bureau's guidelines. The mornings are mainly used for regular course study, while the afternoons are reserved for students to engage in diversified learning activities. The school arranges multiple intelligence courses and special courses every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in the afternoon. Special courses are designed to provide students with diverse learning experiences outside of the classroom. For example, in the visual arts course, the school invites external tutors to guide students in ceramic creation. The tutors will come to the school to teach the students in person, and the completed works will be sent to the kiln for firing, enriching the students' artistic experience and cultivating their creativity and hands-on ability.

The school also arranges expert courses in music courses, including percussion and string music, giving students the opportunity to contact and experience different types of musical instruments. At the same time, the school has also introduced ukulele into the music subject in the new school year to broaden students’ string experience beyond the shepherd’s flute. Principal Chen pointed out: "We also attach great importance to cultivating the development of students' multiple intelligences. The school's multiple intelligences courses cover eight major areas of intelligence. This includes an activity called 'Good Camping', which teaches students how to conduct camping, cooking and other practical activities in an outdoor environment. We will separate the first and second semesters and arrange time for children to go camping to provide them with the experience of cooking, camping, and living in the outdoors."

In addition, starting from the fourth grade, the school will arrange for students to participate in different study tours to expose them to a wider world. For example, fourth-grade students go to the Greater Bay Area to visit sister schools for exchange activities; fifth-grade students go further afield, to Shanghai and other places for exchanges; sixth-grade students go to Singapore to experience local cultural characteristics. Students not only visit local primary schools and universities to experience artificial intelligence courses, but also visit science centers, experience forensic science experiments, and understand the rigor of scientific research. Through different study tour activities, the school hopes to continue to broaden students' global horizons and cultivate their learning attitude of constantly pursuing excellence and facing the world.

Promote the all-round development of body, mind and soul; perseverance lays the foundation for success

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals aims to cultivate students' correct values and positive outlook on life, helping students develop a rich and meaningful life. The school regards "ESPORTS SPACE Physical Fitness Improvement Center" as an important place to promote the comprehensive development of students' body, mind and spirit. Principal Chen pointed out: "We have noticed that during the epidemic, students' physical and mental development has been unsatisfactory, and problems such as obesity have become more prominent. Exercise not only helps to maintain physical health, but also helps to cultivate perseverance. Long before the government launched the MVPA60 sports subsidy plan, through the support of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, we have created "ESPORTS SPACE Physical Fitness Improvement Center", in addition to simple movement training, such as squats and jumps, also designed a series of cardiopulmonary function and weight-bearing exercises to address the problem of students' declining physical fitness. The school also hopes that students can comprehensively improve their physical fitness through the use of different equipment, such as exercise bikes, treadmills and climbing machines." In addition, the school will also organize inter-school e-sports competitions to improve students' physical functions and enhance their competitive spirit and sense of cooperation through diversified sports.

Principal Chen hopes that students can continue to work hard, set clear goals, continue to improve their perseverance, and help them have a smart life. "Smart life planning requires setting quantifiable goals and constantly working hard to achieve them. To this end, we have set up a program called "Freedom" Climber's rotating rock climbing equipment can train students' hand-eye coordination and body balance, requiring them to accurately identify and step on climbing points of different colors, constantly challenge their limits, and comprehensively improve their physical fitness. Exercise can not only solve the problem of students' overweight, but also bring physical and mental happiness. Many students are depressed and difficult to adapt after the resumption of classes. Exercise can stimulate the brain to secrete dopamine and serotonin, improve students' concentration and emotional stability, and help them better devote themselves to learning."

Comprehensive transition plan enables students to meet challenges with confidence

The connection between kindergarten and primary school is an effective way to help students integrate into campus life. The school uses different measures to help students adapt to primary school life. Principal Chen said: "There are no exams throughout the first grade of the school. Instead, there are progressive assessments. With reference to the kindergarten report card, we will list all the learning points of students in the progressive assessment unit so that parents can clearly know in which areas their children's performance is not as good as expected, so that they can provide targeted guidance and assistance. The purpose is to reduce students' exam pressure." At the same time, in order to help children adapt to English learning as soon as possible, the school has specially introduced the English reading pen "Ting" Pen", combined with self-developed school-based teaching materials, students can use the reading pen to listen to the words and sentences recorded by the English teacher, so as to master what they have learned faster. The school will also collaborate with author Miss Rosie to produce illustrations and basic school-based teaching materials to help children smoothly connect to primary school English courses in a lively and interesting way.

In addition to transitioning from kindergarten to primary school, the school also attaches great importance to students' preparation for secondary school and helps them get into the secondary school of their choice. Starting from the fourth and fifth grades, the school arranges visits to middle schools to allow students to get an early understanding of the environments and characteristics of different middle schools. The school not only attaches great importance to the academic performance of students, but also attaches great importance to cultivating their extracurricular service abilities. To this end, it provides a large number of service learning opportunities for grades four to six, giving them the opportunity to serve the school and the community, broadening students' horizons, and enriching their sharing content during interviews for entering high school. Principal Chen added that we also maintain close cooperation with middle schools and arrange interview classes for students to enter middle school, so that they can understand in advance the common questions and difficulties they may encounter in middle school interviews, so as to improve their interview skills. In addition, make-up time will also be used to allow students to gain first exposure to middle school curriculum content so that they can better adapt to the teaching model of middle schools in the future.

Set goals for independent learning, encourage reading and share fun

Develop students' independent learning abilities and help cultivate lifelong learning habits. The school designated Wednesday as a "paper-and-pencil-free homework day" so that students can develop projects they want to learn without breaking the rules of paper and pencil. The school dismissal time on Wednesday is also moved up to 2:10 pm to encourage children to make good use of this time to develop their own interests. In addition, the school launched a "Self-Study Master" program to replace homework during the summer and New Year holidays. Under the program, students need to master a new skill or knowledge during the vacation, the scope of which is decided by them, and they need to present their learning results through filming, painting or writing. On the one hand, it can stimulate enthusiasm for learning and delve into areas of interest; on the other hand, it can teach students to set learning goals, then regulate themselves, learn how to optimize, and finally achieve the desired results.

At the same time, books are treasures of human wisdom. To train independent learning, reading together is naturally necessary. The school allows students to participate in the design of the library. The students communicate with the designers and use the forest as the theme. Their paintings are made into wallpapers and pasted on the walls of the library, so that students can read in the space that they participated in the design, and become more engaged and enjoy reading. The library also adopted students' suggestions and set up a "tree hole" with a small sofa as their own corner, where they can study and communicate with their close friends. In addition, the school implements a "book selector" program. If children want to become a "book selector", they must first have a certain amount of reading and make a video to recommend a book to their classmates. Those who are successfully elected as a "book selector" can introduce the recommended books to the school. In this way, children can fall in love with reading and share the joy of reading.