Whole-school Language Policy:
1. In S.1 to S.3, the school adopts different mediums of instruction to cater for students’ abilities. In order to increase students’ exposure to the English language and ensure a smooth transition to the senior forms’ curricula, in some classes, Integrated Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology in F.3) and Geography are taught in English while modules of Mathematics, History and Information and Communication Technology are incorporated with extended English learning activities. In other classes, students’ first language is the major medium of instruction, while modules of Mathematics, Integrated Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography and History are incorporated with extended English learning activities. (For more details, please refer to Subjects to be Offered in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2023 School Years.)
2. Some of the English lessons of S.1 to S.6 are conducted in small groups to facilitate teacher-student interaction and increase learning efficacy.
3. Both CMI and EMI groups are offered in most elective subjects in senior forms for students to select.
4. Bridging courses are provided for pre-S.1 students.


Learning and Teaching Strategies:
The school adopts a diversified, student-oriented teaching mode, attaching much importance to interaction for learning and teaching. The school adopts a timetable of 30-minute periods to allow greater flexibility in the lesson time for various subjects. Also, one afternoon in every two cycles is spared for conducting various extra-curricular activities to enhance students' exposure to various learning experiences.

School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. Greater flexibility is allowed for students’ selection of electives, and students can have more than 50 combinations of subjects.
2. Curriculum highlights: Various subjects make adjustments to their curriculum and teaching to cater for students' diversity in abilities. For example, under the fine-tuned medium of instruction arrangements, some of S.1 classes adopt the English medium of instruction while the rest have English medium extended learning activities. The school-based teaching materials involved are developed by teachers. English teaching elements are also appropriately incorporated into the various subjects of other levels. Life and Society is offered in the junior form curriculum which emphasizes students' personal growth elements and lets them understand China and the world and so forth. Besides, Chinese Classics is offered as a subject to teach Confucian philosophy and promote Chinese culture.

Development of the Four Key Tasks:
1. Moral and Civic Education: Confucian moral education curriculum and a range of programmes promoting personal and intellectual development during class-teacher periods, morning assemblies, visits, are offered to extend value education;
2. Reading to Learn: A wide range of programmes, e.g., morning reading periods, regular library lessons, reading schemes and talks by writers, are organized for promoting language across the curriculum to enhance the reading atmosphere and cultivate a love of reading in students.
3. Project Learning: Projects are assigned to facilitate learning across the curriculum and enhance problem solving skills, communication and logical thinking skills in our students.
4. The use of IT facilitating interactive learning: Making good use of various IT tools and software programmes to enhance more teacher-and-student interaction and facilitate self-regulated learning. Online classrooms assist students to learn more flexibly and its data help teachers modify teaching strategies to enhance teaching and learning effectiveness.

Life Planning Education:
The school plans for the scopes of learning for students in different forms, so that students progress along a ladder of learning to acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes related to career education, including respect for others, interpersonal skills, generic skills and the abilities to develop and monitor their personal learning plans. They also learn about ways to obtain information about work and higher education.
The school provides essential hardware related to life planning by, for example, displaying information and resource materials.
What is more, the school provides adequate support in terms of human and financial resources. For instance, the committee which provides study and career guidance comprises life planning guidance teachers, parents, administrators of the school, social workers and professionals outside the school. The school also utilizes resources from NGOs to support the Life Planning Team to develop, implement and manage programmes related to study and career guidance.


Details: http://www.ctshkpcc.edu.hk