ENGLISH

Objectives

Key Stage 1

To build up students’ basic competency in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
To raise students’ phonological awareness for reading and spelling in language acquisition.
To scaffold students’ language development strategies.

Key Stage 2

To strengthen and develop students’ competency in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
To further scaffold and foster students’ language development strategies.
To strengthen students’ self and peer assessment skills and self-reflection ability.
To make use of language arts to develop students’ creativity and imagination.

Key Stages 1 & 2

To provide great yet fun opportunities for students to use English in purposeful communication both within and beyond the classroom.
To adopt the learner-centred approach to cater for learners’ diversity.
To strengthen values education within and beyond classroom.
To nurture generic skills and develop confidence in expression, imagination and creativity.
To develop and enhance a self-directed learning habit.
To cultivate an interest in extensive reading and develop an active reading habit.

Distinguishing Features

‘Brain-based Learning’ teaching strategy is used to enhance students’ engagement, motivation and learning effectiveness.
‘Blended Learning’ approach is adopted to foster and develop students’ self-directed learning ability and habit.
An e-reading platform – Highlights Library is used to cultivate students’ habit of reading English books.
Reading Award Scheme – Reading Dinosaur is launched to motivate students’ to develop an active reading habit.
An ‘English-As-the Basis’ class is offered in P.4, P.5 and P.6 respectively.
A team of English Ambassadors led by the NETs to create and promote a language-rich learning environment.
English Day (every Tuesday) provides fun-filled, meaningful and educational activities to prompt students’ use of English in an interesting way.
English Expo (a yearly event) cultivates language-rich experience with positive attitudes, imagination, creativity and free expression.

English Day

Photos

English Expo

English Fun Time

Lessons with NET

Choral speaking

Drama

English Self Learning Website

Super Why!
https://pbskids.org/superwhy/#/home
Simple English News
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/simple-english-news.html
Watch TED-video
https://www.ted.com/watch/ted-ed
British Council Learning English Online
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/

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Reading Award Scheme - Reading Dinosaur 2025

「喜閱恐龍」- 英語閱讀獎勵計劃

To motivate students to read and cultivate an active reading habit among students, a 3-level reading award scheme has been launched since 2022. Students are encouraged and rewarded to make use of both the e-reading platform (Highlights Library) and the school library resources.