Continuous pursuit of excellence and stimulating learning motivation

St. Antonius Primary School With the school motto of “commitment, sincerity, diligence, and perseverance”, we implement the five core values ​​of Catholic education: truth, justice, charity, life, and family, and cultivate students’ good character and critical thinking. Principal Li Weifeng attaches great importance to cultivating students' correct values; stimulating students' learning motivation, improving self-learning ability, extending their learning space, and cultivating students to become students with both ability and political integrity. This year, the students’ secondary school allocation results were satisfactory, and many students were admitted to secondary schools that are popular with parents, such as Queen’s College, La Salle College, and Cheung Chuk Shan English Secondary School.

Lay a solid foundation in English, develop cross-cultural communication skills, and broaden international horizons

The school attaches great importance to students' language development and is committed to creating a good English context and helping students lay a solid foundation in English. Since the early childhood transition stage, the school has produced English booklets written by foreign English teachers for primary school freshmen, containing QR code links, so that students can watch the videos and learn English words commonly used in primary school during the summer vacation.

Primary 1 has dual class teachers, of which the main class teacher is a subject teacher from the English subject, so that new students can be immersed in the English environment from the first day of school. The school also hired three foreign teachers. They are not only responsible for teaching, but also compile school-based Pinyin learning materials to help students lay a solid foundation and master the skills of English listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Outside of the classroom, the school also arranges for external organizations to carry out activities such as English drama and recitation, and organizes overseas exchange studies, taking students to countries where English is the main communication language, such as Singapore, allowing them to learn and use in an English context and expand their horizons.

In addition, the school cooperates with a British primary school to allow students to establish pen pal relationships with local children through the Internet, videos, and letters. This not only trains their reading and writing skills, but also enhances their understanding of foreign culture and customs, and cultivates an international perspective.

Three-step hierarchical strategy to promote independent learning

The school promotes independent learning in different layers, first focusing on improving students' learning motivation, then further enhancing their self-learning ability, and finally expanding their learning space. In order to achieve this goal, the school adopts diversified homework forms. In addition to traditional paper-and-pencil homework, it also introduces interesting homework such as photography and role-playing, aiming to stimulate students' interest in learning.

At the same time, the school makes extensive use of information technology and provides corresponding guidance to help students conduct self-study in their spare time. As learning motivation improves, students gradually develop the ability to use information technology and establish a foundation for independent learning. Their learning is no longer limited to the classroom, but they conduct more in-depth self-study exploration after class through the Internet and reading.

Featured STR3EAM teaching, innovative inventions and giving back to society

The school has forward-looking and innovative curriculum planning. The STR3EAM program implemented not only covers STEAM elements, but also incorporates elements of Religion, Reading and Research. It cultivates students' creativity, logical thinking and problem-solving abilities through cross-curricular reading and inquiry-based learning. At the same time, the school upholds the Catholic spirit and guides students to extend their love with knowledge and learn to care for others. In the past, students have designed innovative inventions such as smart crutches to help those in need.

Looking to the future, the school plans to optimize the computer subject into "Smart Tech" and add AI elements to keep pace with the development of the times. In terms of supporting facilities, the school has introduced high-end technology and set up the first Lego STEM Lab in Hong Kong and a science laboratory using the most advanced equipment in the mainland. The astronomy room is equipped with special facilities such as simulated space capsules and giant screens, and purchased high-simulation spacesuits to provide an immersive learning experience.

Enriching activities to unleash your potential, winning awards and boosting your self-confidence

The school provides a wide range of extracurricular activities, covering music, art, sports and academic fields, allowing students to develop in an all-round way. Activities include Chinese dance, orchestra, e band, swimming and track and field, etc., and has won many awards in the past few years, such as the excellence award in the Chinese dance senior category (group dance), the Kowloon East District Inter-school Swimming Competition Men's Group A Team Champion, Women's Group A Team Champion, Women's Group C Team Champion, Men's and Women's Group A Relay Champions, and Women's Group C Relay Champion. In addition, the school has launched the first "Remote Control Off-Road Four-wheel Drive Course" in Hong Kong to allow students to gain an in-depth understanding of car structures. It also offers a ceramics course with two electric kilns to support teaching, allowing students to experience ceramic firing and explore their interests. In order to provide opportunities for students to fully demonstrate their potential, the school held a talent show. This year, more than 250 students participated in the performance. The students performed a number of wonderful performances and received warm praise from the audience.

In-depth understanding of national development, broadening horizons and broadening knowledge

In order to allow students to understand the country's history and development, the school actively responds to the Education Bureau's guidance and promotes Chinese culture and national security education. Every year, the school invites different guests to visit, including Legislative Council Member Deng Fei and President of the Hong Kong Aerospace Society Lei Jianquan, etc., to broaden students' horizons. The school also regularly holds various activities, such as Chinese Culture Day and "National Security Activity Day", to enhance students' national identity through diversified forms such as Chinese costume displays, booth games, and lectures on intangible cultural heritage. Earlier, the school also led all teachers to exchange with sister schools in Shenzhen and visit DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. to gain an in-depth understanding of the latest developments in the Greater Bay Area and promote the integration of Chinese culture, national security and technology teaching.

School-based characteristic values course, practicing positive character in daily life

The school is guided by the school motto of "honesty, sincerity, diligence and perseverance" and combines the five core values of Catholic education with the 12 primary values ​​and attitudes emphasized by the Education Bureau to integrate into the school-based values curriculum and build a complete values framework based on "knowledge, emotion and action". Last year, the school used the fourth grade as a pilot project to integrate values into teaching themes, and promoted the practice of values through morning meetings, morning prayers and the placement of Bible verses on campus to achieve the goal of "having good values".
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The school attaches great importance to caring culture and interpersonal relationships. Through religious classes, growth classes, morning meetings, and group activities, it integrates value education into students' daily lives and practices these concepts in group activities. Earlier, the school participated in the Life Education Project organized by the Education University of Hong Kong and implemented moral education courses and class activities involving the whole school. For example, students are taught the concept of "fairness" through class leader election.

Create a caring campus culture and pay attention to students’ growth needs

The school actively creates a caring campus culture, and staff are very concerned about the emotional needs of students and get along well with each other. Principal Li shared: "As a principal, I have lunch with different students every day. Through conversations, I understand their needs and difficulties, and then think about what kind of help teachers can provide to bring us closer. Students who can trust the school and teachers will naturally be more willing to accept guidance."

In addition, the school specially hired two on-campus social workers to help understand students’ emotional needs. Close communication is also maintained between home and school, and parents are often invited to participate in discussions about students’ needs. Principal Li pointed out: "Every child has different personality traits, and their behavioral deviations may be due to emotional problems, family reasons or other factors. We need to understand the situation from the parents so as to provide the most appropriate help."

Establish a transitional group for kindergarten and primary school to master the learning model step by step

The school has specially set up a kindergarten transition group, led by an experienced vice principal, to help new students transition smoothly to primary school life. Before the summer vacation, the school will hold a briefing session for Primary One students and conduct an adaptation course for Primary One students in August, giving new students the opportunity to get to know their teachers and classmates and adapt to the primary school environment in advance. There are also grade teachers at each level, and a double class teacher system is set up in Primary One to take better care of the physical and mental health of Primary One students and ensure that they thrive in the new learning environment. In addition, the first assessment in Primary 1 will not be included in the total score of the whole school year. In humanities and science subjects, project study and classroom performance are used as assessment criteria to gradually enable Primary 1 students to master the learning model.