"Four forces" build a happy campus and cultivate "kind and brave" Carmelites

Carmel Leung Sing Tak School Taking "Happy Campus" as the core concept, emphasizing the connotation, through systematic and well-designed high-quality education projects, we release students' "vitality", explore students' "potential", exert their "power" and "strengthen" their children. Principal Li Xiaojuan hopes to use this to cultivate students' "charitable and courageous" advantageous qualities as "Carmelites": "happy" to be grateful for everything; "good" to treat others with love; "brave" to face challenges; and "dare" to experience difficulties.

Gather together to release "vitality" and build a "happy campus"

Principal Li pointed out: "Children are naturally lively and curious about learning, but many factors may limit their performance, so we pay special attention to releasing their energy." The school transforms "vitality" into a happy learning atmosphere through carefully designed activities. Every Monday afternoon, the school holds a "Happy Hour", with activities divided into three categories: "campus fun outings" (such as ethereal drums, chess, emerging sports), classroom games, and sports experiences or inter-class competitions in which teachers and students participate. Principal Li explained: "This is not only a fun time, but also a good time for teachers and students to get together." Students can learn communication and teamwork during the activities, stimulate their enthusiasm, and infect vitality through joint participation.

In addition, in order to encourage students to maintain a healthy lifestyle and understand the importance of "moving", the school specially implements the "Relaxation Zone" period during recess. These include emerging sports such as pickleball and trefoil in the morning and during breaks; interactive games and competitive activities such as football machines and curling during lunch breaks; and group activities for teachers and students before and after tests. This systematic design not only helps students relax and promote mental health, but also cultivates interpersonal relationships through interaction, making them feel cared for and happy, so they look forward to going to school, embodying the concept of a "happy campus".

Activities develop “potential” and promote personal development

Every student has his or her own unique potential. The school actively expands resources and organizes more than 90 activities to provide more opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate their potential. The school specially designed learning extension co-curricular activities, such as technology makers, mathematics booth games prepared by senior students, Chinese quiz competitions and Mandarin theater, etc. The activities are arranged to connect knowledge in various learning areas, create opportunities for in-depth learning, enrich their learning experience, and promote personal development, such as cultivating leadership and coordination skills. In addition, the school also organizes co-curricular activities for potential development, such as the "Carmel Superstar" talent show, emerging sports and "Chill Love Sketching Club", etc., and sets up different types of training teams, such as subject top groups, English drama and SHINNY SHARK English elite training activities, so that every student can find his or her own stage and shine.

Thanks to the diversified learning environment, a positive campus atmosphere has been formed in the school, and students' abilities are affirmed, which not only builds self-confidence, but also becomes the driving force for their progress. In various competitions, students have repeatedly won excellent results, including the gold medal of the American Future Intelligent Student Olympiad (FISO), the silver and bronze medals of the 2022 FMO Fermat Mathematical Olympiad, the champion of the East Kowloon Drone Programming Obstacle Competition, the Merit Award of the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Exhibition, the Mecha Master Gold Medal, and the Hong Kong Academic Drone Challenge 2024 Remote Control Racing Team Battle Level 1 Certification, etc.

Taking the school as our home, educating people with "Carmel" and organizing "Carmel Family"

"Calli" is a major feature of Carmel Leung Sing Tak School. The school emphasizes the sense of belonging of "school as home" and aims to leverage the power of the family. This concept has been integrated into daily class management, including taking "family photos" for each class, formulating "Jia rules" (school rules), issuing "Carmel ID cards", promoting "Carmel Family" and holding "Yiga people" festivals and other activities, covering all levels of systems and rituals.

Principal Li and teachers often interact with students and understand their needs and school life conditions through relaxed conversations, so that students can feel the care and attention in this big "Jia" family and enhance their sense of happiness. In an atmosphere of love and warmth, students also cultivate the virtues of caring and gratitude, and know how to give back to the school and contribute to society. They are willing to participate in service activities and care for others through service learning. Currently, the school has four service teams: Cub Scouts, Little Girl Scouts, Charity Youth Corps and Christian Cadets. Together with the waiters, other members account for one-third of the school's students, promoting a mutual-help culture on campus.

At the same time, the school also actively strives for resources and regularly arranges exchange groups for students carefully designed and led by teachers to broaden their knowledge. For example, the Singapore Science and Technology Culture Exchange Group, the Chaoshan Sister School Exchange Group, and the Lingnan Cultural Exchange Group in Foshan and Guangzhou, etc. During the activities, students can not only feel the care of teachers like family, but also extend this care abroad through service tasks, promoting their intellectual and spiritual growth.

Kindergarten connection x parent "Kali" creates a good educational atmosphere

In order to help kindergarten students master primary school curriculum as soon as possible, the school has opened kindergarten English classes since June to encourage primary school freshmen to establish good relationships with foreign English teachers and cultivate confidence in learning English. By August, the school will hold adaptation courses to help students gradually become familiar with campus culture through half-day and class management.

In terms of testing, "progressive assessment" will be used in the first semester, with assisted paper-and-pencil assessments to replace traditional paper-and-pencil tests, and the number of tests will be adjusted to reduce student pressure. In terms of teaching administration, the school implements a "double class teacher system" and is closely followed up by on-campus social workers and counselors to ensure that new students receive appropriate care. This year, the school also held a "100-day banquet" for primary school freshmen to celebrate their 100th day of schooling and enhance their sense of belonging to "home."

In addition, the school also attaches great importance to home-school cooperation. It holds regular parent gatherings to promote communication between the two parties and understand their children's situation at school, especially to help new students adapt. The school also organizes various parent-child activities, such as parent-child trips, positive workshops and parent-child lectures. Campus life attaches great importance to the participation of parent volunteers, and arranges them to serve as "discipline parents" to help inspect students' appearance, co-organize activities and visits, and create a good educational atmosphere.

Cultivate positive values ​​and "strengthen" self-improvement on the road to growth

Students will inevitably encounter setbacks and challenges on their way to growth, which may cause them to gradually lose motivation. To this end, the school has launched a series of "strengthening" programs to cultivate students' positive values, enhance their resilience, internal combustion and endurance, and help them continue to improve themselves and move forward courageously in their future lives.

In terms of curriculum, the school has designed an "integrated life education curriculum" to allow students to understand, cherish and respect life, and explore the meaning of life; the school-based Christian ethics growth curriculum guides students to think about the relationship between individuals, society and the country. In terms of activities, the school arranges co-curricular activities on positive growth and career planning, including lectures and workshops, to help students reduce stress and develop resilience. The school held a career planning workshop and invited non-profit organizations to share with students and help them find their development direction. In addition, the school also conducts inclusive experience activities, arranging students to communicate with people with disabilities, learning to care for those in need, and practicing positive values.

For outstanding students, the school provides support through scholarships and bursaries, hoping to achieve "strength" through "Gali". The alumni deeply identify and trust the school's philosophy. Under the policy of "taking the school as home", they are willing to support the younger generations, give back to their alma mater, and cheer for the growth of the new generation. Principal Li added that there are many successful people from all walks of life among the alumni. They have been "empowered" in their studies and careers, and they have given back to the society in different fields, becoming excellent role models for younger students.