Develop personal uniqueness, create a spectrum of success, and open up a bright future

Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School is committed to providing high-quality education to help students develop and grow in an all-round way. Principal Kai Sze Fai, Alex believes: "Every student has his own uniqueness and potential. We not only want to cultivate pillars for society, but also inspire the life and potential of each student." Entering its 43rd year, the school continues to uphold the spirit of the school motto of "Benevolence and Loyalty", practice holistic education, actively promote STEAM innovation and technology education, attach importance to learning attitude, provide interdisciplinary and diversified learning, take care and develop personal uniqueness and learning diversity, cultivate students to become future leaders, and help them create their own rainbow.

English teaching focuses on practicality and comprehensively consolidates Chinese knowledge

The school's English school-based curriculum is designed to adopt a dynamic and engaging learning method to encourage students to actively participate in English learning. Junior high school emphasizes group collaboration, using information technology and diverse ways of thinking, and uses action learning methods to encourage students to listen more and speak more. High school focuses on school-based textbooks and integrates diversified teaching elements, such as activity learning, practice, competitions, e-learning, project learning, and outdoor experiences, to enhance students' mastery of different key points. In addition, the English Department pays more attention to interdisciplinary teaching. It has previously cooperated with the History Department to teach students the genre, skills and vocabulary of speeches around the theme of Churchill's public speeches, thereby consolidating their knowledge in English and other subjects.

The director of the English Department said: "We hope that students can learn English in a relaxed environment and enhance their confidence and desire to learn the language." In order to enhance the English context, the school specially hired three native English-speaking teachers to bring culture and practical language use into the classroom, thereby enriching students' understanding and proficiency in English. The school also organizes a variety of English activities, such as English Week, Fun English Day, English morning and lunch activities, as well as "Christmas Fun day" and "Easter Fun day" to immerse students in the daily English learning atmosphere and encourage them to learn and use English vividly.

In addition, the Secondary 2 English Department has a special drama course to allow students to apply what they have learned in English and build their confidence through English drama. The school also invites guests from outside the school to share. Earlier, it invited a tourist to introduce foreign culture to help students establish an international perspective and increase their interest in learning English. In the future, the school plans to invite the Youth Association to share English public speaking skills to further improve students' conversational skills.

Breaking subject barriers and enriching classroom experience across subjects

The school introduces different elements into each subject, and through cross-disciplinary learning, each subject complements each other, enriches the classroom content, covers more areas, integrates knowledge in different learning areas, and creates more possibilities. For example, it holds a STEAM positive reusable bag design and sales workshop to allow students to learn while designing and using technology. Financial management and sales skills; the cooperation between the History Department and STEAM focuses on the theme of war technology. Students use flight simulators to experience the flight of fighter planes during World War I, which enhances the sense of immersion in learning; when discussing the topic of Egyptian mummies, the History Department cooperates with the Chemistry Department and the Science Department to arrange for students to make "mummy fish" to make teaching more interesting. Through interdisciplinary learning, students understand that knowledge is not separate but inclusive, stimulating their curiosity and interest in exploring knowledge.

Promote innovation and technology education and develop entrepreneurship

The school advocates innovation and technology education, focusing on cultivating students' creativity, problem-solving ability and innovation and technology spirit, unleashing their personal potential, and cultivating their communication and collaboration abilities. The school’s STEAM education framework includes “STEAM for students” and “STEAM for teachers”. "STEAM for students" is divided into three levels: "Steam for All", "Steam for Some" and "STEAM for Elites". "STEAM for All" is conducted at the junior high school level, which includes different teaching activities, such as robotic arms and artificial intelligence courses, and will be integrated into other subjects to give all students the opportunity to be exposed to STEAM education.

"STEAM for Some" is conducted in the form of a society, providing pull-out teaching on different topics, such as drone courses, aerospace courses, etc., to cultivate students' knowledge and interest in innovation and technology. "STEAM for Elite" will provide more training, and students will have the opportunity to compete and communicate to broaden their horizons. Students also performed well in innovation and technology competitions. In the drone project of the secondary school group of the 2024 International Youth Innovation and Technology Olympiad, they won the third place in the inter-school competition and the first place in the inter-team competition. They also won the second place in the inter-school competition and the third place in the inter-team competition in the artificial intelligence project of the secondary school group.

In addition, "STEAM for teachers" is divided into "STEAM for all teachers" and "STEAM for STEAM Teacher". The former trains all teachers in the school to use STEAM basic knowledge in daily classrooms; the latter provides specialized courses for STEAM teachers to teach students after learning. This year, the school has integrated the concept of "entrepreneurship" into STEAM education, such as providing internship opportunities in information technology work, allowing students to apply what they have learned in actual work and strengthen their problem-solving abilities and innovative thinking. Principal Kai Sze Fai, AlexWe hope to cultivate students’ STEAM literacy and attitudes needed in the 21st century, so that they can stand higher, see broader and go further when facing the challenges of the future world.

Diversified learning experiences: develop your strengths and broaden your knowledge

The school encourages students to have the courage to try and provides diverse learning experiences to develop their potential. For example, the school invites artists to share their experiences and implements multimedia creation courses. In terms of sports, the school has facilities such as fitness rooms and body composition analyzers. Every Friday, the school holds a sportswear day and uses the last class of the day for large-scale extracurricular activities across classes to enhance students' interest in physical arts and unleash their personal potential. Over the years, the school has cultivated many alumni with outstanding achievements in sports and arts, such as Hong Kong team member Huang Qiming, one of the world record holders in rope skipping, Hong Kong's top ten outstanding designers Yao Bohao (Yao Ziyu), and the first woman to climb Mount Everest, Zeng Yanhong. In addition, the school will also arrange overseas exchange activities, allowing students to visit Germany, South Korea and the Mainland on topics such as science and technology and culture to broaden their knowledge and establish an international perspective.

Carve every gem to cultivate abundant life in a positive way

Principal Kai Sze Fai, Alex believes: "Every child is an uncut gem. We hope to let them shine uniquely through positive education." The school uses character strengths, growth thinking and responsive classroom management as the basis to enhance the positive emotions and engagement of students and teachers A sense of good relationships, a sense of accomplishment and a meaningful life, so as to achieve a rich life. For example, the school cooperates with the Positive Education Research Laboratory of City University of Hong Kong to produce positive education textbooks and provides growth mindset courses for secondary one students. It uses the principles of brain science to exercise the brain and enhance growth mindset. In addition, the "Character Life Education Course" is implemented to cultivate students' perseverance and perseverance through stories of successful figures.

The Economics Department has piloted a "Failure Workbook" to allow students to record their failures to help them learn from their mistakes. This year, Form 4 will implement mindfulness courses and set up a "meditation room" to allow students to reduce stress through mindfulness techniques and enhance their resilience and positive emotions. In recent years, the school has also cooperated with Beishantang to participate in the Positive Partner Program and research positive teaching methods, hoping that students can use growth thinking to solve difficulties encountered in learning.

Happy Welcome Activities and Intimate Connection Support

In order to enable Secondary One freshmen to engage in a new learning environment and study happily, the school has arranged a series of orientation activities for them, such as the "Active Learning Camp" and "Loyal Friends Camp" in August. The former prepares students for learning in different subjects, while the latter is a teamwork and competitive activity to build a sense of belonging to the school, team spirit and resilience as soon as possible. The school also organizes homework tutoring classes, fellowships, etc. to cater for the different needs of students so that they can study happily in the next six years.

The school also understands that newly arrived students encounter difficulties in adapting to life in Hong Kong and using Cantonese and English, so it provides sufficient support, such as arranging for them to come to Hong Kong in advance so that they can adapt to the environment faster; setting up Cantonese language adaptation classes and asking peers to help solve problems caused by language barriers; purchasing more electronic reading equipment to help them adapt to Hong Kong's English courses through electronic reading; arranging different small classes according to their English proficiency to provide more individual care.