Diverse activities reveal potential, learn with confidence and achieve great results

Buddhist Chan Wing Kan Memorial School Implementing the spirit of the school motto of "Being Wise and Compassionate", we are student-oriented and practice-oriented, and are committed to providing rich and diverse learning experiences to cultivate students' creative thinking and promote the development of their potential. Principal Chen Manlin helps students grow all-round through a series of extracurricular activities, not only to explore their potential and broaden their international horizons, but also to cultivate inquiry skills and establish positive values ​​and attitudes, so that students can build a solid foundation for growth in diverse experiences and grow up healthily and happily.

Introduce innovative teaching methods and promote diversified development with a forward-looking approach

The school is committed to meeting the development needs of the times and introducing different innovative teaching methods in STEAM education, such as participating in the CooLThink@JC program to improve students' logical thinking; participating in the "Children's AI Program" to add AI elements to upper primary school courses to cultivate programming skills; and also successfully applied for funding from the "Fun IT Learn More" program launched by the Digital Policy Office to introduce more diversified extracurricular activities to students Activity experiences include SPIKE™ Prime assembly and programming developed by LEGO® Education, training students to participate in FIRST® LEGO® League problem-solving competitions, VR learning, SWIFT programming, IOT Internet of Things smart home, etc.; using technology to cooperate with development in different fields, students’ spirit of inquiry and lifelong learning abilities are cultivated to prepare for the challenges they face when entering high school.

At the same time, the school provides plenty of opportunities for students to practice through competitions and practice through experience. Over the years, students have achieved outstanding results in different STEAM competitions. For example, he won the overall third place in the Yuen Long District Inter-school STEAM Competition; in the Sea, Land and Air Exploration Competition, he won the STEAM Creative Hydropower Environmentally Friendly Boat Competition, the third prize in the Scientific Exploration Competition and the Overall Merit Award; and in the Hong Kong General Knowledge Versatile Competition, he won the Outstanding Award and the Jury Award.
The award reflects the school’s forward-looking and innovative teaching strategies.

Excellent performance in music and sports, showing potential and facing the world

In order to help students explore their interests, develop their potential, and cultivate a healthy mind, body, and spirit, the school provides a variety of extracurricular activities covering music, physical education, and arts, and organizes activities such as fancy rope skipping, Chinese orchestra, ceremonial flag dance, clarinet, pottery, and elf painters. For students with potential, the school also spares no resources to lead them to participate in competitions. Take the fancy rope skipping team as an example. The students have achieved outstanding results and won multiple awards in competitions such as the Hong Kong Academic Rope Skipping Competition 2025 and the Jumpy Inter-School Interschool Rope Championship 2025. Many students and alumni have even "jumped out" internationally and represented Hong Kong in the World Rope Skipping Championships, World Youth Rope Skipping Championships and the International Rope Skipping Open in July. In addition, the school has been committed to the development of track and field sports and actively participates in various off-campus competitions. Excellent athlete Li Ziqing showed her outstanding strength in the inter-district track and field competition among primary schools in Hong Kong, breaking two records in 100 meters and long jump. Her outstanding performance not only won honors for herself, but also inspired more students to pursue excellence.

Principal Chen pointed out, "Through these trainings and competitions, students have gained in physical fitness, skills, creativity, and teamwork. They will try challenges, innovate, solve problems, and learn perseverance from setbacks. Through exploration in different fields, students will be equipped with lifelong learning abilities that can be used in music, physical education, art, and even other subjects." In addition, the school also arranges for students to participate in overseas exchange activities. They have led the marching band and ceremonial flag team to participate in a music and cultural exchange trip to Malaysia to broaden their knowledge.

Arrange "extracurricular activity classes" to meet challenges with confidence

The school sets Friday afternoons as "extracurricular activities" and adopts a round-robin timetable to ensure that every student can participate in activities during class time. The courses cover the fields of multiple intelligences, including small seedlings, gardening, Cooking is Fun, swimming, etc., allowing students to explore their interests and develop their potential. Through rich learning experiences, students can not only improve their self-confidence and sense of achievement, but also enjoy the fun of learning, thereby cultivating a positive and positive attitude towards life and practicing whole-person development.

In addition, the school is committed to integrating the concept of "Happy Campus" into every corner of the campus to cultivate "Ronggen people" with a sense of happiness, confidence, wisdom and compassion. Inspire students' creative thinking and problem-solving abilities through teaching strategies such as inquiry-based learning, interdisciplinary courses and project studies. At the same time, mindfulness education - "Mindfulness and Mindfulness" is implemented in the "extracurricular activity classes" to help students improve their emotional management abilities and resilience through exercises such as breathing regulation and mindfulness, thereby cultivating them to face the challenges of learning and growth with confidence and a positive attitude.

Comprehensive support for transition from kindergarten to primary school, home and school work together to assist in adaptation

In order to help students adapt smoothly to the new learning environment and reduce anxiety and discomfort during the transition period, the school actively implements kindergarten-to-primary transition arrangements and takes good care of the growth needs of primary one freshmen. During July, the school has held a Primary One preparatory class to allow students to experience the primary school classroom model first-hand and build confidence and adaptability. In late August, a "Primary One New Student Guidance Day" and parent lectures were held to promote parent-teacher communication and enhance parents' understanding of the school's philosophy and operations. A number of orientation activities are arranged in the first week of school, and a "young child support program" is implemented. Senior students serve as learning partners to actively help primary school freshmen integrate into campus life and build friendship and a sense of belonging.

In terms of assessment arrangements, the school is considerate of students' adaptation progress and has postponed silent reading until October. At the same time, mock test papers for Chinese, English, and Mathematics will be distributed before the first exam to allow students and parents to understand the assessment format and preparation direction. After each thematic unit is completed, a progress evaluation form will also be issued to help parents understand their children's learning performance and progress and further consolidate home-school cooperation.