Shatin Pui Ying College Annual School Report 2016/2017 Contents A. School Vision and Mission 1 B. Our School 1 C. Major Concerns 1 D. Achievements and Reflection on Major Concerns 1. Implementing focused values education with a whole-school approach 2 2. Encouraging the professional development of teachers in the interest of enhanced learning 6 among students 3. Fostering life-planning education 8 4. Nurturing an international outlook and making better use of the global Pui Ying Network 11 E. Support for Student Development 13 F. Student Performance 15 G. Financial Report 1. School Financial Source 23 2. Teacher Relief Grant 23 3. Capacity Enhancement Grant 24 4. Senior Secondary Curriculum Support Grant 25 5. Extra Senior Secondary Curriculum Support Grant 25 6. Report on Life Planning Education and Career Guidance Service 26 7. Programme Evaluation Report for DLG-funded Other Programme (Gifted Education) 34 8. Programme Evaluation Report for DLG-Applied Learning Courses (APL) (2015-17 Cohort) 39 H. Key Issues for the Coming Years 40 A. School Vision and Mission 1. Vision Statement Together we nurture the lives of our students Hand in hand we witness the Love of Christ 2. School Mission a. Our school has ‘holistic education’ as its philosophy, with ‘Faith, Hope, Love’ as its motto. We are committed to the provision of a comprehensive range of quality education services, which aims to promote the moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual development of our students. b. We help our students grow in physical fitness, self-discipline, responsibility, independent thinking, creativity, leadership and social skills. c. Seeking to nurture in our students positive attitudes and Christian values, we want to see them develop into good citizens, serving the community and contributing to our nation. B. Our School 1. Shatin Pui Ying College was established in 1978. 2. It is a Christian EMI secondary school fully subsidized by the government with 4 classes each for S1 to S3. We split the 4 classes into 5 smaller classes in S4 to S6. This enables teachers to cater much more effectively to learner diversity and encourage student involvement. There is a total enrolment of 782 students. 3. All S1 freshmen are Band 1 students. 4. We have a full establishment of 54 teachers (including 1 native-speaking English teacher), 3 IT technicians, 3 laboratory technicians, 1 librarian, 9 clerical and administrative staff and 13 janitors. In addition, there are 6 teachers appointed under other government grants. To relieve teachers of their non-teaching workload, 5 undergraduates serve as part-time clerical staff. 5. Given that the quality of our students, the English proficiency of our teachers and the relevant supporting strategies are above the required standard, the Education Department has given us approval to use English as the medium of instruction since 1998. C. Major Concerns 1. Implementing focused values education with a whole-school approach. 2. Encouraging the professional development of teachers in the interest of enhanced learning among students. 3. Fostering life-planning education 4. Nurturing an international outlook and making better use of the global Pui Ying Network. Shatin Pui Ying College / Annual School Report (2016-2017) / P.1 D. Achievements and Reflection on Major Concerns Major Concern 1: Implementing focused values education with a whole-school approach Achievements: The qualities of “SPYC” for student development were successfully introduced: Through the sharing by our Principal on 1st September 2016 and students’ sharing on 2nd September 2016, the four core qualities of Pui Ying students “SPYC”– Servant Leaders, Passionate Learners, Youthful Seekers, and Compassionate Neighbours – were established. 71.9% of the students were satisfied with the assemblies and expressed that the message was clearly conveyed and would like to focus on one of qualities (Servant Leaders 15.1%, Passionate Learners 34.3%, Youthful Seekers 20.4%, and Compassionate Neighbours 30.2%) as their major area of development in the 2016-2017 academic year. An effective platform of leadership training was established to nurture our students to be Servant Leaders: Various leadership training programmes and courses were offered to students at the beginning of the term to equip them with necessary skills and qualities to better perform their roles and duties in different clubs, committees and school functions. Our school prefects, chairpersons and committee members, SPYC Student Ambassadors, and Christian leaders attended a series of workshops to arm themselves with team building and leading techniques in September 2016. Participants reflected that they were all better prepared and equipped with not only the skills but also the proper attitude of leadership through these experiences. Forty-four students took part in a two-day “Servant Leaders Training Camp” jointly organized by our School and the Arts Building Character Foundation Limited from 3rd to 4th December 2016. Our students learnt to be responsible, obedient and humble servants through all these training opportunities. Students were encouraged to become lifelong Passionate Learners: Academic talks were organized during Study Weeks. Senior students were invited to share effective learning techniques like note-taking skills in doing revision and question answering techniques in exams in the first term while students making significant progress in their studies were invited to give their fellows more encouragement in their course of self-enhancement in the second term. The ripple effect of these sessions was evident. Some S1 students took the initiative to form study groups in the second term to enhance their learning. Teachers of different subjects had also observed that many students had been applying the note-taking Shatin Pui Ying College / Annual School Report (2016-2017) / P.2 skills acquired during the lessons showing that the peer modeling effects of these sharing sessions were both far-reaching and highly effective. Our junior form students actively participated in the Interclass Academic and Current Affairs Quiz which had not only aroused students’ interests in social issues and general knowledge but also promoted class cooperation and team spirit. Several popular courses on science and technology were organized to arouse students’ interests in science investigation and research. These programmes had inspired some science enthusiasts to establish their own Science Research Team to carry out a study on a specific topic on astronomy with the minimal guidance of a teacher mentor. The Interclass Debate Competitions provided a platform for students to apply and sharpen the debating skills they had acquired in their Chinese Language lessons. Students spent a great amount of effort preparing for the debate and hence feedback on the competitions was very positive. The many activities and programmes organized in year 2016-2017 aimed to enable our students to establish clear goals, widen their horizons, make informed choices, and ultimately become Youthful Seekers. Tools like BMI and CII were adopted to help students identify their strengths and weaknesses. S1 Class Teachers’ Periods were used to help our new comers set clear targets and cultivate better self-management, time-management and inter-personal skills. Hong Kong Olympic Sailor Mr. Cheng Chun Leung Michael accompanied by Mr. Ching Sze Wing, our alumnus and renowned sports photographer, visited our School on 20th September 2016 and shared with our students their experiences at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They both reminded our students the importance of pursuing our dreams, striving for excellence and having clear goals. The Careers Guidance Committee mobilized our students to participate in a great variety of activities organized by external organisations to explore the world of work in areas like social work, nursing, aviation, flight attending and pet grooming. Our senior formers also visited various government departments like the Water Supplies Department and the Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department to broaden their exposure. With sufficient financial support from the Career and Life Planning Grant, talks and workshops run by the EDB and external organisations like PCCW, VTC, TDC and many alike were held for S2 and S4 students to enable students to better understand their strengths and interests so that they could set clearer goals for their studies and future careers. Shatin Pui Ying College / Annual School Report (2016-2017) / P.3 Activities organized this year aimed to instill in our students the core Christian morals of love and kindness, and educate them to be Compassionate Neighbours. Our students took part in “Adventure Ship” in November 2016. Participants had to design and accomplish two school services and a sea activity with their mentally challenged partners. They also had to share their experiences with their schoolmates in an assembly. Participants built their confidence, team spirit, understanding, empathy and sensitivity towards the disadvantaged and underprivileged through this activity. The Student Guidance Committee organized the Barefoot Project to let S2 students experience the hardship and poverty of children in some parts of Asia and Africa through barefoot walking and experience-based activities. Our students had a better understanding of the difficulties faced by people who have very limited resources, developed a greater sense of empathy towards people who live