Whole-school Language Policy:
English is used as the major medium of instruction.
For some S1 to S3 students, Chinese is used as the MOI for some of the non-language subjects.
(For details, please refer to "Subjects Offered in 2022/23 and 2023/24”.)

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
The school provides students with a harmonious and good learning ambience. It offers a broad and balanced curriculum. On top of formal curriculum, activity days are held to promote life-wide learning to broaden students’ horizons. The school promotes a student-oriented teaching mode and adopts diversified strategies. There are enhancement classes for S1 to S3 to raise the learning capacity of high achievers. Homework guidance classes and Chinese, English and Mathematics enrichment classes are run in the junior levels to cater for students' learning needs. For S1-S3, Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics, S5-S6 Chinese Language and English Language, small group leaning is arranged so as to enhance teaching and learning effectiveness. To foster a proper learning attitude among students, attitude marks are allocated in the assessment component for all subjects.

School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. (Please refer to the school website: http://www.olc.edu.hk.)
2. Curriculum highlights: A number of school-based curricula such as Language Across Curriculum Programme, STEAM Project-based Learning and Ethics & Religious Education are carried out to promote learning and whole person development of students.

Development of the Four Key Tasks:
Reading to Learn:
Our teacher librarian collaborates with various subject panels in enhancing a proactive reading culture at school and helping students develop their reading habits and interests as well as their self-learning abilities. We promote reading across the curriculum through Chinese and English extensive reading schemes and e-reading programmes. A variety of reading activities such as book clubs, author talks, book recommendations and book fairs are organized. Students are encouraged to participate in territory-wide reading events like Reading Carnival, Reading Contract and Top Ten Book Picks.

Information Technology for Interactive Learning:
e-Learning is implemented in all subjects. Students are encouraged to make good use of online learning platforms for self-directed learning.

Spiritual and Character Formation:
We have been educating students according to St. John Bosco’s educational principles. We strive to nourish their spiritual lives and instill in them Catholic core values. Besides, we put great emphasis on students’ character formation. In addition to the Ethics and Religious Education curriculum, a variety of moral education activities are organized to cultivate students’ moral values and help them build a positive self-image as well as nurturing positive values and attitudes in them.

Life-wide Learning:
A wide variety of life-wide learning activities are organized to encourage students to extend their learning experience beyond the classroom, broadening their horizons.

Life Planning Education:
The school implements a whole-school life planning education programme. A series of activities are organized to help students of different forms understand their interests and strengths in order to plan their future career paths. It includes parents’ nights, talks, workshops and visits. Group and individual career counseling are offered to students in need. In addition, a Mentorship Programme with the support of alumnae is held for students from S3 to S6. Career-related information will be timely disseminated via the Teamwork School Messenger of the school.

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