2. Annual School Report (2018-2019)
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2. Annual School Report (2018-2019) I. Management and Organization 1. Mission of the School Our school is a subsidized grammar girls' school run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Founded in 1973 and now in its 46th year, it has incorporated the educational philosophy of St. Mary Mazzarello and St. John Bosco of educating the young with a harmonious and joyous family spirit of loving kindness, reason and religion. The emphases of our mission are: a. With the teaching of Christ and values of the Gospel, we create an educational environment that is full of joy, love and care. We help our students to live with a clear sense of direction and to find the true meaning of life. b. We commit ourselves to the all-round formation of our students, putting equal stress on the importance of spirituality, virtue, wisdom, physique, sociability and aesthetic appreciation. c. We encourage our students to participate actively in the life-long learning process, to apply the acquired knowledge to everyday situations, to cherish their lives and to contribute to the community. 2. Class Organization and School Facilities There are altogether 24 classes with 4 classes each in S.1 to S.6. The total number of students is 721. The computer network in the school covers all 26 standard classrooms and 14 special rooms including 2 multi-media learning centres (MMLC/ITLC) each providing 44 sets of personal computers. The network also covers the library and the school hall. The Wifi network has also been set up covering all classrooms, special rooms, library, school hall and covered playgrounds. There is also a chapel, an English Corner, a Parents’ Resource Room, a Social Worker’s Room, 2 Counselling Rooms, a basketball court, 2 netball courts, a garden, a self-study area and a Snack & Chat Area on the playground. 3. Teachers’ Information The total number of full-time and part-time teaching staff is 60, which includes a Native-speaking English Teacher. Majority of the 60 teachers holds professional qualifications. All language teachers hold language proficiency qualifications. There are 40 teachers holding Master’s degrees, 19 holding Bachelor’s degrees and 1 other holding tertiary education qualification. Teachers participate actively in school-based development programmes as well as professional seminars, talks, local and overseas courses to enhance their professional capacities. 4. School Administration The IMC of the School was set up on 30 August 2013. There are 14 School Managers working with the Principal and coming from 5 categories, namely School Sponsoring Body the Salesian Sisters, Teacher, Parent, Alumni and Independent Managers. Together with the rest of the school community, they strive to uphold the vision and mission of the School. New term of office of the Teacher, Parent, Alumni and Independent Managers started on 1 September 2017 and would last for 2 years. The School Policy & Executive Team, consisting of 33 teaching staff and headed by the principal and vice-principals, draws up school policies. These school policies and functions are implemented by various functional groups categorized into 5 sections, namely Academic Development, Student Formation and Student Support, Student Activities, General Management / Support Services and IT Assisted Education. 5. Staff Professional Development The theme of staff professional development of the year was to enhance teachers’ capacity in facilitating the School Target I of “To help students achieve effective learning and develop positive attitude towards learning through stretching students’ academic potential, developing their interest in learning and maximizing their capacities” especially in line with the new policies in education and School Target II of “To foster in students a sense of responsibility, to demonstrate the character of Quality Siumingian, and enhance their entrepreneurial spirit in response to the new direction of education development” especially in response to the challenges in this ever changing world. Furthermore it also aimed at orientating staff members in the Salesian Spirituality and Catholicism under the spirit of the Incorporated Management Committee. Professional development programmes were as follows: Professional development programmes were as follows: Date Time Themes (Pending or otherwise) Guest Speaker / Person in charge (1) Fri 21/09/2018 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Growth mind set / positive thinking Mr. Benny Luk (2) Fri 26/10/2018 8:45 – 12:30 p.m. Joint School Staff Development Day: Mr. Chan Siu Cheuk How to enhance resilience in students Principal, Christian Zheng Sheng College (3) Fri 09/11/2018 8:00 – 6:00 p.m. Macau, University of Macau, Visit to churches Sr. Anita Kwok MY Leung PS (4) Thu 16/05/2019 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Catholic Schools Teachers Day Sr. Anita Kwok MY (5) Thu 24/05/2019 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. School Target Review Leung PS, Chan KM II. Teaching and Learning 1. Medium of Instruction English is uniformly used as the medium of instruction at all form levels except for the subjects of Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Chinese Literature, Liberal Studies, Ethics & Religious Education and Visual Arts where Chinese is used instead. The following table shows the subjects taught in English in 2018-2019 S.1 – S.3 S.4 – S.6 English Language English Language Mathematics Mathematics History (S.2 – S.3) History Geography (S.2 – S.3) Geography Science (S.1 – S.2) Economics Biology (S.3) Biology Chemistry (S.3) Chemistry Physics (S.3) Physics Business, Accounting, Financial Social Studies Studies Technology & Living Computer Literacy Physical Education Music 2 Learning & Teaching 2a. Ongoing Renewal of the School Curriculum In response to the changing local, regional and global contexts and to maintain Hong Kong’s competitiveness, the school curriculum is being renewed to sustain and deepen its accomplishments achieved so far and to identify new emphases to focus on for the next five to ten years. The ongoing renewal of the school curriculum continues to adopt and support a student-centred curriculum based on the guiding principles for the Learning to Learn curriculum reform since 2001, and aims at promoting whole-person development and lifelong learning among students. Our school should follow the "Secondary Education Curriculum Guide" (SECG), in particular the following extracts, when planning for our whole-school curriculum based on the school curriculum recommended by the Curriculum Development Council (CDC): To promote STEM education, The major renewed emphases (MRE) at the junior secondary level and beyond(Strengthening values education including moral and civic education, Basic Law education, Reinforcing the learning of Chinese history and Chinese culture, Extending “reading to Learn” to “Language across the Curriculum”, Fostering an entrepreneurial spirit, Diversifying life-wide learning experiences, Stepping up gifted education and enhancing the teaching of Chinese as a second language.) According to the “Secondary Education Curriculum Guide” with the curriculum development and the needs of our students, the schools is fully implementing the new three-year school development plan -- Make change and go forth. Date Items Details 23/8/2018 The First Staff Meeting To tie in with the development of the curriculum and cater for the needs of our students, 2018-2019 all subject panels fully implemented the "Secondary Education Curriculum Guide", and the plans were discussed at panel meetings before the implementation. 9/2018-5/2019 To implement the The school has launched a new three-year school development plan for 2018-2021 -- three-year school "Make change and go forth”. development plan to students 8/4/2019, School Leaders’ The school leaders made the whole-school curriculum development plans in the 11/4/2019 Workshop on workshop which was organized by the EDB Whole-school Curriculum Planning 24/5/2019 The Fifth Staff To review this year's school development plan and make recommendations for next Development Day(PM) year. 7/2019 The Third Panel Subject panels reviewed the curriculum development of this year, and made Minutes—All amendments and related preparations for next year's curriculum. Department Critical Evaluation & Plan for 2019/2020: 1. According to the "Secondary Education Curriculum Guide", our subject departments and functional groups can continue to fully implement the school-based curriculum. Good progress has been made. 2. The school has launched a new three-year school development plan for 2018-2021 -- "Make change and go forth”. See 3-year School Development Report for the review and progress. 2b. STEM Education (English Version Only) (i) STEM program in lessons Subject(s) STEM program Form(s) involved Evaluation S1 IS, Biology, DNA Extraction The science concept of DNA extraction was a bit difficult to students. Chemistry (DNA Model, However, the hands-on activity motivated students to do further reading Lysis Solution) on DNA in spare time. S1 IS, Biology, STEM activity: Students enjoyed this STEM activity. They had outing and could earn a Mathematics, lot of knowledge about bird watching skills. Physics, Bird In lessons, they could apply the scientific skills to find out the Part I: Visit to HK Wetland watching club relationship between different shapes of wings and flying ability of birds. Park Their feedbacks were positive and looking forwards to having similar activities in the future. To learn how to observe the characteristics of bird and obtain watching bird skills. To know more about living organisms in mangroves Part II: To design the paper plane How do different shapes of wings affect the flying ability of birds? Collect data and analyze the results S1 & S3 IS, Biology Design a ‘Robotic Arm’ to Students were able to make at least one robot arm each. Some robot (Robot solve daily life problems. arm were improved by using different cardboard and ropes, some were class) re-designed so that objects were easier to be picked. Schoolmates in the robot class use programmes, metal plates, Servo and motor to make 3 different types of metal robot arms to pick up heavy weights.