Whole-school Language Policy:
It is our policy to promote bi-literacy and tri-lingualism and adopt Chinese as the main medium of instruction. We have incorporated extended learning activities in English in selected subjects as to cater for students’ diversified abilities and learning needs. We have also put effort in creating an English-rich environment for students. A variety of interactive English activities, such as English announcements broadcast in morning assembly, “English Friday”, “English Week”, English Song Competition and English Choral Speaking Competition are organized to increase students’ exposure to English.
In junior levels, Putonghua lessons are offered to enhance their communication skills.

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
To provide a more appropriate care for our students, additional language teachers are employed to offer small group teaching in both Chinese and English languages for all forms. Besides, Mathematics in senior forms are also taught in small groups to cater for learners' diversity.
Wi-Fi network is installed in all classrooms and sufficient tablets are bought to enable blended approach to learning by combining face-to-face learning activities with on-line components and e-learning tools, etc.
In order to foster the reading habit of students, morning reading sessions, supervised by class teachers are arranged. Throughout the year, reading award scheme and a number of activities and competitions related to reading are arranged to promote reading habit. We also reinforce the element of reading in the curriculum design of respective subjects.

School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 3X. Please refer to school website. http://www.hebron.edu.hk
2. Curriculum highlights:
A school-based English curriculum for junior form has been developed to cater for learner’s diversity.
Junior form courses are closely linked to the NSS curriculum, so as to enhance students' learning effectiveness.
For Senior form, diversified electives together with Applied Learning courses are offered. Students can choose in accordance with their abilities and interest.

Development of the Four Key Tasks:
1. Reading to Learn: Various reading related activities such as sharing by popular authors, book sharing by teachers, book fairs and drama re-editing are organized to enhance students’ interest in reading. Implementation of regular morning reading, “Extensive Reading Scheme”, “Online Reading Scheme” and “A book from Parent Scheme” can further develop students’ reading skills, consolidate their reading habits and widen their horizons.
2. Information Technology for blended learning: All classrooms are equipped with IT facilities, including WiFi network, tablets and other mobile devices, which facilitate blended learning.
3. Project Learning: In order to cultivate students’ critical thinking and independent and collaborative learning ability, project learning and different learning activities such as on-the-spot investigation and scientific research are introduced in junior forms.
4. Moral and Civic Education: A moral development focus is set each year, designated values, qualities and attitudes are taught through class-teachers’ periods, morning assemblies and school assemblies. Students are required to participate in social services in order to develop their caring and serving spirit. To enhance students’ civic awareness, various activities are held such as flag hoisting ceremony, forums, talks, cultural exchange programs and social service activities in the mainland.

Life Planning Education:
We adopt a whole-school approach and aim at fostering students’ self-understanding, personal planning, goal setting, reflective thinking and articulation to progression pathways since S.1. Hence, students are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitude to make wise choices in accordance with their interests, abilities and orientations as well as connecting their career/academic aspirations with whole-person development and life-long learning. Our school uses the strategies below to achieve “Career and Life Planning”:
1. School-based training for teachers; 2. Subject-based career-related activities; 3. Junior form Life Education class and assembly; 4. Career and life planning lesson; 5. Thematic Talks and Parents’ Talks; 6. Job mentorship program and Alumni mentorship scheme; 7. Career Info Day; 8. Visits to work places and tertiary institutions; 9. “Career Interest Inventory”; 10. Group and individual counseling and S.6 Elite students’ counselling.

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