Whole-school Language Policy:
Proper language medium is adopted for learning in our classrooms: except for the subjects of Chinese Language and Chinese History, all subjects are taught in English. Students are expected to use only English as the language for their everyday life on campus while English and Putonghua are the two spoken languages in whole school gatherings, functions and ceremonies.

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
We actively promote a self-motivated, high-order thinking learning environment; through project learning our students are empowered to excel in the nine generic skills. To promote interactive learning classrooms, student-centered teaching strategies including pair work and group work are regular features in classroom teaching. In response to the changing situation under New Normal, blended learning and elearning is widely adopted. Besides, each subject department reviews and refines the curriculum and class assessments using various kinds of assessment data to help students attain more desirable outcomes.

School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. We offer over 100 different subject combinations for NSS students.
2. Curriculum highlights: School-based curriculum is developed and promoted in junior secondary levels in order to achieve a full-integration with the New Senior Secondary Education System. Due emphasis is put on differentiation which has been adopted in planning the school-based curriculum and assessments in all subjects to cater for learners in view of the school context and students’ specific needs and competence.

Development of the Four Key Tasks:
1. Reading to Learn: For years, the Reading and Thinking Enhancement Team has been promoting a reading atmosphere on campus. A reading time is built in the time-table which allows both students and teachers to engage in reading. Reading activities are promoted to the whole school periodically during morning assemblies. Throughout the year, the Team holds workshops on reading skills and thinking skills which could facilitate students’ learning. Besides, collaboration between language subject teachers and other subject teachers in promoting Reading across the Curriculum (RaC) has been strengthened, widening students’ reading perspectives and keeping up with the momentum for Reading to Learn.
2. Information Technology for Interactive Learning: The school-based Information and Communication Technology (ICT) curriculum, with the focus on enhancing self-directed learning, aims to prepare students as lifelong and self-directed learners as well as effective, flexible and ethical users of information and IT. Our school strives to promote e-learning for a more interactive mode in learning and teaching via various e-learning platforms.
3. Project Learning: To provide opportunities for students to integrate and apply knowledge and skills across disciplines and promote self-directed learning, students are engaged in mini-projects/presentations in various subjects as well as STEM-related projects in the junior levels. Our emphasis is to develop students’ independent learning capabilities, generic skills and interpersonal relationships through conducting group research.
4. Moral and Life Education: Nurturing our students with Gospel values, we aim at empowering them to become spiritual, compassionate and integrated persons who are able to uphold true moral values, appreciate life and embrace challenges posed by life confidently. Basic Law Education is also incorporated in the curriculum and students’ related knowledge and values are enriched. Students’ whole-person development can hence be fostered and active life-long learners as well as informed and responsible Chinese nationals and global citizens are developed via formal and informal curricula.

Life Planning Education:
The Careers and Further Studies Team aims at equipping students with the knowledge, skills and attitude required so that they can make informed choices in careers and life planning.
Some examples of the wide variety of programmes include talks on local and overseas university applications, parents’ evenings, careers workshops on leadership and interview skills, university programme sharing sessions by alumni studying at local universities.
Students also have authentic exposure to careers world through alumni mentorship programme, job shadowing and careers visits to different workplaces, all of which cover a wide range of work fields.
To further strengthen support for our students to pursue their interests and realize their potential, target students are invited for individual counseling sessions. During the session, students can decide the focus of the discussion, including life planning, personal development, time management, goal setting skills, overseas studies and matters related to university admission.

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