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Primary One Registration|The first round of interview videos under the epidemic of Yuanxuan Primary School replaced 17 people competing for 1 place last year

2020-08-03T23:37:23.920Z


Parents whose children are entering Primary One in the 2021/22 school year have noticed that the admission procedures of DSS schools have started one after another. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many schools have changed their registration and interview methods. The Po Leung Kuk Hong Kong Taoist Federation Yuanxuan Primary School, which has been very popular in recent years and about 17 people competing for one place last year, also changed the first round of interviews to short interviews. Principal Zeng Bixia revealed that the school attaches great importance to reading culture, which means that readers who love readers may "add impression points". The school will combine general knowledge and computer science in the next school year and launch a new curriculum of "Innovative Technology Courses (ICT & STEM)" involving computers. Programming and experiments, etc., hoping to train future research talents.


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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2020-08-04 07:30

Last update date: 2020-08-04 07:30

Parents whose children are entering Primary One in the 2021/22 school year have noticed that the admission procedures of DSS schools have started one after another. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many schools have changed their registration and interview methods. The Po Leung Kuk Hong Kong Taoist Federation Yuanxuan Primary School, which has been very popular in recent years and about 17 people competing for one place last year, also changed the first round of interviews to short interviews.

Principal Zeng Bixia revealed that the school attaches great importance to reading culture, which means that readers who love readers may "add impression points". The school will combine general knowledge and computer science in the next school year and launch a new curriculum of "Innovative Technology Courses (ICT & STEM)" involving computers. Programming and experiments, etc., hoping to train future research talents.

From left to right, Lai Shouyi, Head of English Section of Yuen Yuen Primary School, Hong Kong Taoist Federation of Po Leung Kuk, Principal Zeng Bixia, Vice Principal, Chen Wing Sze, and Director of Innovation and Technology (ICT & STEM) Leung Yuxuan. (Provided by interviewee)

In recent years, Yuanxuan Elementary School, which has promoted English teaching, is to test students’ English proficiency. Senior primary students will take the TOEFL Junior test. Taking primary 6 students in the 2019/20 school year as an example, about 7 adults will take the test during primary 5 or 6 Obtained the second level of English proficiency, of which more than 3 adults reached the third level.

Combining general knowledge with computers and launching new STEM courses next school year

The principal Zeng Bixia pointed out that the school uses English as the main language of communication and instruction. About 90% of its graduates enter the "English Secondary School". In addition to continuing to implement the "dual teacher" system in the main subjects of Chinese and English mathematics in the coming year (two teachers are responsible) One class of teaching, such as English foreign teachers responsible for speaking and reading, local teachers responsible for grammar and writing), will be developed towards STEM, and a new "Innovative Technology Course (ICT & STEM)" combining general studies and computer courses will be established.

The course team includes foreign teachers and teachers with STEM teaching knowledge. They will cooperate to develop teaching materials and courses suitable for students' level, interest and ability. Zeng Bixia said that the preliminary plan for the course is divided into 3 main parts, including basic computer courses (such as Google applications), computational thinking programming education (such as VR, AR, Scratch and App Inventor) and STEM education (such as science and technology experiments, hydroponic planting and 3D printing), and high school students will learn about genes, DNA, etc.

Po Leung Kuk Hong Kong Taoist Federation Yuanxuan Primary School mainly uses school-based teaching materials. (Provided by interviewee)

In the last school year, about 17 students

competed for 1 place. Yuanxuan Primary School is recruiting primary one freshmen in the 2021/22 school year. The school pointed out that the enrollment target for primary one in the coming year will remain 4 classes with 33 students in each class. The number of applicants for Primary One in the above academic year is about 2,200 to 2,300, which means that an average of about 17 students compete for 1 place. Readers who intend to apply for admission should prepare early.

In the first round of interviews under the epidemic, the short film Chinese and British self-introduction content cannot be repeated

Affected by the epidemic, the school changed the first round of interviews to short films of no more than 1.530 seconds. The first part of the short film is a 30-second self-introduction in both Chinese and English. The school mainly teaches in English and uses "General Education". Therefore, you can choose Cantonese or Putonghua in the self-introduction, but the content in Chinese and English should not be repeated. In the second part, students’ interests or strengths are displayed in no more than 60 seconds. Videos of extracurricular activities on weekdays can be taken.

Yuanxuan Primary School is recruiting primary one freshmen for the 2021/22 school year. The school revealed that there will be 4 primary school students in the next year, with 33 students in each class. (Hong Kong 01 drawing)

The principal shared admission requirements: re-reading in school, and hope that students will love reading

Those who pass the first round of interviews will be notified in mid-to-late October. As for the second round of interviews, the principal Zeng Bixia pointed out that he must decide to use the online or on-campus interview depending on the epidemic situation. She teaches Lu pointed out that the school emphasizes reading culture and has book role-playing activities from time to time. In addition, the school often develops teaching materials with customized themes. It is recommended that students who are interested in enrolling read different types of books.

The school is applying to adjust the tuition fee or increase by about 4.4% to 13,150 yuan per year

In terms of tuition, Yuanxuan Primary School currently has a tuition fee of RMB 12,600 per academic year. The school is applying to the Education Bureau to adjust the tuition fee for the 2020/21 academic year to RMB 13,150, which is pending approval. The epidemic continues to erupt. Zeng Bixia pointed out that it was originally scheduled to focus on revisiting the previous school year's courses in the first half of September and recovering the progress behind the suspension of classes. However, the epidemic is severe. "If classes start later, encrypted courses may be required." Review the situation, or prepare for the start of e-learning.

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