英文科
Aims:
- Develop learners’ English proficiency for communication, study and leisure
- Provide them with opportunities for personal and intellectual development
- Extend their knowledge and experience of other culture through the English medium
Current Year Objectives:
- To facilitate the development of ‘learning to read’ and ‘reading to learn’ culture by helping students acquire effective reading skills and strategies to promote self-directed learning.
- To develop students’ language learning skills and strategies by engaging students in learning set in meaningful and authentic contexts to develop their learning skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking (e.g. dictionary skills, vocabulary building skills, phonics skills, reading strategies, writing skills for different genres, presentation skills and discussion skills) helping learners master both language forms and functions for communication in various contexts (e.g. learning grammar in context)
- To create an effective language learning environment at school level by making use of the language-rich environment to immerse students with an abundance of texts and prints, oral and written language opportunities fostering among students positive attitude, responsibility and confidence in learning and using English through their participation in life-wide learning, project learning, self-directed learning, e-learning and language arts appreciation independently and collaboratively.
- To develop the skill-based curriculum, in order to develop pupils’ reading and generic skills. Elements of thinking and generic skills such as collaborative skills, communication skills, critical thinking skills, study skills, self-management skills, information technology skills are included.
- To build a print-rich environment on campus to foster literacy development in children. Such environment gives visual cues to student learning. It also helps students recognize words and give meaning to them.
- To create the opportunities and language environment, pupils have to use English to communicate with English teachers both inside and outside classroom.
School-based Curriculum:
Our school has been implementing the RWI Programme since 2007. Based on the synthetic phonics, the Programme integrates the four skills for students to learn English.
To further enhance the learning of English, our school has joined the Space Town Literacy Programme and PLP-R/W Programme which is organized by the NET Section of the Education Bureau. All Primary One students go to the newly refurbished English room to take part in the Programme twice a week. The English Room provides an attractive print rich environment that is conducive to learning English. Students participate in child-centred activities that allow them to further develop reading and writing skills taught in the General English lessons.
P.1 – 3 Lesson Timetable:
Week |
Shared Reading |
Shared Writing |
1 |
SR1 |
SW1 |
2 |
SR2 |
SW2 |
3 |
SR3 |
SW3 |
4 |
SR4 |
SW4 |
Activities Held:
Hong Kong School Drama Festival
English drama training can help enhance students’ confidence with enriched learning experiences. They can learn English in such a relaxing and stress-free atmosphere. Our school takes pride to participate in the Hong Kong School Drama Festival as the annual highlight. With the concerted effort of our teachers and students, we were honoured to have received Award for Outstanding Performer, Award for Outstanding Stage Effect and Award for Outstanding Cooperation in 2021. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic this year, students presented the unprecedented drama in a theatrical production setting via online meeting. Can you see their determination in the pictures?
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English Fun Day
On 10th December, 2021, the English Fun Day themed as Sea, Land and Sky was held successfully. The corridors on each floor were well decorated with the assigned themes during the inter-class comeptition earlier. There were various fun-filled activities including classroom games, movie appreciation and drama performance about Mr. Men Little Miss. To further engage students to prepare for the highlight of the English Fun Day – Fashion Show, a series of promotional activities were held during the month. Students got a better understanding of how to showcase their costumes on hallway. They also gained an invaluable chance to present their ideas on stage. It was a great day full of laughter and wonderful memories.
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English Speaking Day
Students enjoyed speaking English with our English Ambassadors and teachers during recess!
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English Room Activity
Come to have fun at our English Room!
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“Story to Stage” Puppetry Competition
Puppetry is an effective and versatile learning tool to the development of literacy skills in a fun and engaging manner. We chose students to select a story, devise a script, design puppets and props, and apply puppetry skills in their performance.
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Shakespeare4All Online Performance – King Lear
This year, 14 students joined “All the World’s Our Stage” Shakespeare Youth Drama Programme. They have completed the drama training held from November 2021 to April 2022. In the last session, they had an online performance of King Lear. Our students took pride to be awarded the prizes including Best Use of Voice, Best Smile, Best Improvement, Best Outfit, Best Drawing and Best Acting! Bravo!
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RWI Bridging Courses
Based on synthetic phonics, the RWI program seamlessly integrates the teaching of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It can help children sound out unfamiliar words and learn English effectively.
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