1. To provide every student of English with further opportunities for extending their knowledge and experience of the cultures of other people as well as opportunities for personal and intellectual development, further studies, pleasure and work in the English medium; and
2. To enable every learner to prepare for the changing socio-economic demands resulting from advances in information technology; these demands include the interpretation, use and production of materials for pleasure, study and work in the English medium.
English Fun Day
This is a fabulous fun activity for students to use English. It will be carried out in June this year.
English Recess Activities
The NETs in the school will design interactive and challenging tasks for students at recess time. It is a valuable opportunity for students to communicate in English actively and to think in creative ways.
Primary 1
High Frequency Words (HFW)
The Primary 1 students learn 220 HFW from Dolch during the summer holidays and in September. We also encourage the parents to be their children’s partners and to learn with them.
Primary 1-3
Language Arts
Students appreciate the beauty of the English language through various language arts. Primary 1 and 2 students read poems, chants and sing songs. Primary 3 students have a taste of readers’ theatre. They will have follow-up activities in the Multiple-Intelligence lessons.
Primary 1-6
Reading Lessons
It is largely conducted in the co-teaching lessons with the NETs. During the lessons, students will read classic stories like Oliver Twist and Treasure Island and other famous children’s literature.
Primary 5 and 6 students will read Posties, an English newspaper for young English learners, to learn about the format of non-fiction writing. At the same time, the articles on fun facts, social issues, events happening around the world help them broaden their horizons.
Teachers also provide students with extra multi-modal reading materials to match with the topics students are learning.
Speaking Lessons
The NETs provide students with authentic tasks and opportunities to speak English in the lessons whenever appropriate. For Primary 4 to 6, topics related to current issues, interview skills and debating components are introduced to prepare students for secondary school interviews.
Rhetoric
Learning rhetoric enables students to use the language in a more active and creative way.
Examples and practices are given in our school-based exercise L Log.
Phonics
It is mainly taught in the NET’s lessons through games, songs, videos and other interactive activities. The phonics learnt will be used in other lessons whenever it is appropriate to help students consolidate what they have learnt.
Primary 1
100th Day of School
In this project, the Primary 1 students learn about the people, places and objects in the school during the lessons with the NET and the local English teachers. There are many fun activities and a celebration on the 100th day. We can’t wait for the day to come!
Pets (Third Term)
In this project, the Primary 1 students read a lot about different animals and try to ask their parents to let them keep a pet!
Primary 2
Getting Around (First Term and Second Term) and Friends (Third Term)
In this project, the Primary 2 students learn about transportation (First Term and Second Term) and what makes a good friend (Third Term) through a diversity of texts and activities.
Primary 3
Healthy Eating (First Term and Second Term)
In this project, the Primary 3 students learn about different food groups and the food pyramid. They will also develop some healthy eating habits.
Wealth by Virtue (Primary 1-6)
The programme is launched by Chinese University of Hong Kong. It aims to strengthen financial literacy and to cultivate virtues among primary students. Students will know about different elements in the Financial Competency Framework.
Students will enter the competitions below:
Penmanship Competition
Schools Speech Festivals (solo-verse speaking and choral speaking)
Public Speaking
UNSDGs Debating Competition
Hong Kong School Drama Festival