Whole-school Language Policy:
Our school has created an environment in which English is widely used in learning, which eases the transition between the junior form and senior form curricula. The native English teacher (NET) conducts enrichment classes in the junior forms and oral classes in F.4 and F.5 to help students improve their speaking and listening skills. A wide variety of lunchtime English-learning activities are organized by the NET to arouse students’ interest in learning English. To promote self-directed learning, the school has designed a school-based online English platform where students have access to the English vocabulary items they have acquired in various subjects and their correct pronunciation. The school has also created an atmosphere conducive to learning English. For example, English is used in morning assemblies, and English videos or TV programs are shown on TVs on the school campus during lunch time. Moreover, a time slot in the morning is allotted to reading English materials. Furthermore, the “Job-Hunting Experience” helps students acquire essential job skills like interviewing and resume writing. Our teachers have been presented with the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of outstanding performance in English language teaching and Language across the Curriculum (LAC). Our school has adopted a “whole-school approach” to implementing LAC. Students understand the importance of learning English across different subjects through cross-curricular writing and LAC class drama presentation. A school-based LAC vocabulary logbook has been designed to help students acquire vocabulary and phrases from various subjects in a more systematic way. There are split classes for Chinese, English and Mathematics in order to enhance teaching and learning effectiveness. Students are grouped according to their abilities.

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
The school focuses on the learning of Chinese, English and Mathematics among junior form students since language ability is the foundation of learning. The school offers varied curricula which help broaden students’ horizons. On top of that, junior form students are required to take part in various extracurricular activities and cross-curricular projects so that their generic skills, creativity and problem-solving skills can be developed. LAC Lesson” and “Reading across the Curriculum (RAC) Lesson” are introduced in the F.4 and F.5 curriculum with a view to raising students’ interest and abilities to read. There are both Chinese and English extensive reading programmes. The Parent-Teacher Association has launched the Reading Award Scheme in conjunction with the library to promote reading. The school library has worked with other departments to encourage students to read more often and hone their reading skills. To raise teaching effectiveness, our teachers are encouraged to conduct peer lesson observations with colleagues and take professional development courses. Our teachers are accustomed to using e-learning regularly in classes to make lessons more interactive and engaging. Through various e-learning platforms, students have higher motivation to do pre-lesson preparation, and this has helped them to develop the habit of self-directed learning. Our teachers have become increasingly skillful in the use of electronic teaching and “blended learning”, which has the benefits of both online learning and face-to-face teaching, as a means to enhance students’ participation in class. For instance, teachers can employ “Flipped Classroom” to encourage students to prepare for lessons via the Learning Management System, and take part in learning tasks involving high-order thinking in lessons. Students can also achieve personalized learning through the use of a “learning playlist”. Students can finish learning tasks at their own pace and learner diversity can be better catered for.

School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 3X.
(1) Information and Communication Technology, Chinese History, Geography, History, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies (Business Management Module and Accounting Module), Tourism and Hospitality Studies, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Physical Education.
(2) Cross-curricular projects for humanities and STEM for F.1-F.3 students.
2. Curriculum highlights: Curriculum highlights: Cross-curricular projects for humanities and STEM for F.1-F.3 students.

Development of the Four Key Tasks:
The main concepts of the four key tasks have been successfully integrated into the curricula of all subjects and various school activities. For example, project learning activities are organized on special learning days.
A moral education program specifically designed for Tung Wah schools has been implemented in our school. Information technology is widely used in teaching and learning, and there are regular programs to promote reading with a view to enhancing learning effectiveness.

Life Planning Education:
The school has implemented life planning education to help students understand themselves better, set life goals, develop feasible plans for implementation. e.g. "My Way" Life Planning Programme, Life Buddies Mentorship Programme (Collaborating partner: COSCO Shipping Ports Limited), Jockey Club CoCoon Student Training in Entrepreneurship Programme, etc.

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