Whole-school Language Policy:
The school is implementing the bilingual education policy with the aims of fostering students’ proficiency in both spoken and written Chinese and English and oral competence in Putonghua. To enhance students' bi-literacy and tri-lingualism, we have a Native-speaking English Teacher and two Putonghua teachers. There are facilities like STEM Lab (Maker Space), Communication Arts Centre and School Campus TV, and activities like English Mornings, Drama Festival and Language Arts Festival to arouse students' interest in improving their languages. Several subjects use Chinese as the teaching medium with extended learning activities in English.

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
We aim at providing quality education and encouraging life-wide learning. We lay stress on students' language proficiency in communication, competence in information technology, learning skills and interest in learning for the life-long learning capacity. Various scholarships and awards are offered to motivate students to learn. To suit students' interest and abilities, to match curricular reforms and social developments and to keep abreast of the times, we tailor-make our curricula for students, integrating our school-based curricula and implementing project learning across curricula.

School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 2X and 3X.
X1: Information & Communication Technology, Chinese Literature, Chemistry, Tourism & Hospitality Studies, Economics, History
X2: Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, Chinese History, Biology, Geography, Physics, Visual Arts
X3: Japanese Language, Theme-based Learning Curriculum, Economics, Biology, Applied Learning
2. Curriculum highlights: School-based Curriculum (S.1-S.3)
(1) Chinese Language: (a) Literary or classical Chinese text teaching is conducted for S.1-S.3; (b) Virtues and passion for culture are to be cultivated and knowledge of literature is to be acquired through provision of contexts emphasizing the process of learning, internalization, reflection and application. The Chinese Department of S.K.H. St. Mary’s Church Mok Hing Yiu College and the Chinese University of Hong Kong successfully applied to the Hong Kong Jockey Club for a funding of over twenty million Hong Kong dollars for the implementation of the Virtual Reality (VR): Hong Kong Landscape And Literary Writing Learning Program that operates with VR technology for the purpose of enhancing students’ independent learning, Chinese reading and writing competence, passion for Chinese literature and care for folks in normal classrooms through immersion in literature-rich VR scenes that facilitate a deep observation of particular sites, the communities and the locals there without having to explore outside the classroom.
(2) English Language: The “From-end-to-beginning” approach is adopted, treating the expected outcome in HKDSE English for senior formers as the basis of effective bridging from junior form curricula at different stages.
(3) Life and Society: The curriculum aims to help students to achieve self-understanding and a good awareness of the current issues and changes in Hong Kong, China and other parts of the world through “e-learning” and ‘Enquiry Learning’.

Development of the Four Key Tasks:
1. E-Learning: The school aims to develop & promote e-learning in helping students to master independent learning skills & cultivate IT creativity;
2. A whole-school Reading Awards Programme including Chinese and English extensive reading schemes, reading competitions & activities, reading log books and books exhibitions; 3. Planning & implementing school-based life & career courses at the Junior & senior secondary level.

Life Planning Education:
Please refer to 'others' field

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