Munsang College 民 生 書 院 Annual Report 2016 – 2017 8 Dumbarton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong Web Site: http://www.munsang.edu.hk E-mail: info@ munsang.edu.hk Contents Page Mission Statement, School Goals and School Major Concerns 1 Introduction 2 – 4 School Layout and Facilities 5 – 6 Administration Organization 7 – 11 Administration Structure Incorporated Manangement Committee Staff of the College Qualifications and Teaching Experience of Our Teaching Staff Executive Committee Working and Standing Committees Subject Departments Report on Academic Affairs 12 – 15 Curriculum 2016 – 2017 Class Structure Number of School Days (Including Form Test and Examination) Lesson Time for 8 Key Learning Areas for F.1 – F.3 Unfilled Places in the Classes Students’ Attendance Percentage of Early Exit Students in the School Year Financial Summary 16 – 20 Financial Summary 2016 – 2017 Use of Capacity Enhancement Grant Use of Diversity Learning Grant Use of Career and Life Planning Grant Use of Learning Support Grant Students’ Performance 21 – 22 F.6 Graduates’ Pathway 2016 – 2017 External Examination Students’ Achievements 2016 – 2017 23 – 45 External Awards Internal Scholarships Inter-school Activities and Competitions Reports of Committees 46 – 107 Reports of Subject Departments 108 – 214 Evaluation of School Major Concerns 2016 – 2017 215 – 219 School Major Concerns 2017 – 2018 220 Mission Statement We adopt “Light And Life” and “All For One, One For All” as our school motto, and our commitment is to offer to students a holistic education upon Christian principles and nurture in them a positive outlook on life, so that they can be self-motivated, resolute, devoted to making valuable contributions to the community, and prepared for the sublime state of life. School Goals 1. Nurturing academic excellence with a view to becoming life-long learners 2. Cultivating exemplary conduct, correct values and high moral standards 3. Advocating a strong sense of unity and social responsibility 4. Developing enlightened and dynamic leadership quality School Major Concerns 1. Enhancing learning and teaching effectiveness (a) Catering for learners’ diversity • Adopting differentiated instruction and tiered assignments to cater for students’ diverse learning needs • Using higher order thinking questions and assessing students learning outcomes • Using e-learning to cater for students’ different learning styles (b) Effective use of assessment • Using assessment to Identify students’ common areas of improvement and misconceptions help students’ self-reflection and self-monitoring facilitate teachers to make adjustment to their teaching strategies (c) Use of effective study skills • Cultivating students’ note-taking skills and study skills through school-based curriculum for F.1 and F.2 students • Adopting pre-lesson preparation to create space for deep learning 2. Building learning communities Strategies for students Enabling students to learn from their peers and share good practices Providing a platform for high achievers to learn from their peers, teachers and alumni Enhancing students’ capability of employing reflection skills in running OLE activities Professional development for teachers Inculcating a sharing culture among teachers Providing teachers with chances on experience sharing on teaching and curriculum planning Managing and sharing learning and teaching resources Facilitating communication and collaboration among teachers of different committees and subject departments 1 Introduction Academic Calendar The school year is divided into two school terms, September to January and February to July. Although there are no summer sessions, there is a great variety of activities organized during the summer vacation. Enrollment Secondary Section Form 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Number of Classes 5 5 5 5 5 (#6) 5 (#6) 30 # Five classes being splitted into 6 groups The normal class size is 18 to 42 students in each class. Facilities The school campus has eight principal buildings with a total building area of approximately 19,100 m2, a spacious sports ground of 5,500 m2, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a lecture theatre, a bible-study court, a chapel, an archives and the Centre for Advancement of Renewable Energy (CARE). All of the rooms on campus are air-conditioned. Medium of Instruction The medium of instruction is English, except for Chinese, Chinese History and Putonghua. Admission Form 1 entrants are allocated through a centralized system monitored by the Government of Hong Kong. Under the feeder system, about 85% of the places, after deducting the 30% discretionary places, are reserved for our own students from Primary 6. Administration Munsang College is a non-profit private institution run by the Munsang College School Sponsoring Body (SSB). The Hong Kong Government accorded the Secondary Section of the College the status of an “aided” school in 1978 which has been incorporated since September 2012. The existing Principal was appointed by the Ex-College Council and approved by the Government of Hong Kong. The Incorporated Management Committee gives directions on the formulation and implementation of school policies. Student Support Services The Student Affairs Office is responsible for the provision of “Student Support Services”. The Discipline Committee implements various measures to train students to be well-behaved and to foster their sense of responsibility. The Counselling Committee, school social workers and educational psychologist closely co-operate with the community to help students in need and to hold various counselling activities, talks and growth development services. The Careers Committee offers students career guidance support and a variety of programmes for enriching their career and life planning education. Through the Student Association, six Houses, and CCA groups, the Co-curricular Activity Committee helps developing students’ organization and leadership skills. To cater for students’ special educational needs (SEN), the medical history of students is collected in the beginning of the school year. The students with SEN are identified and followed by the working committees, school social workers and educational psychologist. Cross-disciplinary case conferences are held accordingly for them. With the Learning Support Grant of 2016-17, student helpers were hired to provide additional support to students such as after-school tutorials, oral examination practices and Bridging Programme. Speech therapy, training camps and workshops on mental health, study and executive skills were also organised for students with the funding. Co-curricular Activities Students are encouraged to participate in various co-curricular activities intended to build character and develop personality. It is also in this belief that Munsang College places special attention on religious activities such as Christ Ambassadors, Monday prayer, devotional and bible classes, etc. School teams are set up to build school spirit include basketball, football, badminton, volleyball, fencing, field training, swimming, dance class, orchestra, choir and so forth. There are groups for aesthetic development such as visual arts, drama, photography and campus TV. Groups for academic subjects such as English, French 2 and Mathematics nurture students’ knowledge. Students take part in various uniform teams such as Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, St. John Ambulance Brigade Cadets and St. John Nursing Cadets. Munsang College believes that platform for students to organise various large scale activities could develop their leadership potential and the heart of service. Student Association is responsible for organising the annual singing contest, teacher-student tournament, sports activity, thematic activity of the year and so forth. The six Houses also lead their fellow members to compete in numerous inter-house activities. In the post-exam period, various activities like inter-class competitions, debate competition, English Activity Day, etc. would be held. Service tour to different nations provides a platform for students to show their love and care to the needy. Various programmes are also organised to nurture students into dynamic individuals and excel in their areas of interest, such as Leadership Training Camp, and F.4-5 Service Learning Programme, etc. Teams are organised to take part in inter-school science and visual arts exhibitions, IT competitions, athletics meets, swimming competitions, music festivals, speech festivals, drama festival and the like. Career & Life Planning Comprehensive career and life planning education was flourishing in 2016-17, leading students to understand their own interest, capabilities and career aspirations, develop a positive attitude towards working and learning and integrate their aspirations into whole-person development and life-long learning. The orchestration of CLP was brought about by personal and small groups counselling services, CLP-in-class sessions coupled with Career Days for all Forms, focusing on the issues particularly addressing students’ needs and echoing to the framework of value and attitudes education set by the school. To help teachers tune in students’ CLP journey, a professional careers training workshop was offered as a staff development program, crafting the finale a pickup note for teachers’ capacity in supporting students’ transitional needs. To augment students’ global vision for multiple pathways for learning, we channeled connections with universities internationally: Cardiff (UK), ICU (Japan) and HGU (S Korea). We also