The number of school-age students in Hong Kong continues to decline, coupled with the immigrants and the failure of cross-border students to return to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong academic community is facing a crisis of shrinking classes and killing schools.
At the beginning of the new school year, there is an estate school in Tai Po District, which has launched an English musical drama class during the summer vacation for primary school students. In the new school year, we will recruit foreign teachers and launch a new school-based English curriculum at primary school to encourage reading and hope that it will attract long-term attraction. More students.
Chen Shu-er, the principal of Cai Yantao Primary School of Ren Chai Hospital, explained that the number of cross-border students has fallen sharply in the past three years, and the number of school-age primary schools in Hong Kong has continued to decrease. Common sense, affection education and reading picture books are mixed into English courses.
In addition, in order to enhance the students' sense of belonging to the school, specially-appointed artists lead the students to design school picture books as murals; and arrange summer English musical drama classes for primary one freshmen to help them adapt to primary school life as soon as possible.
Chen Shuer said that the school currently has 26 classes with more than 600 students, of which about 100 are cross-border students.
She is happy that the whole school can resume half-day physical classes at the beginning of this year, but hopes that cross-border students can return to school as soon as possible. A lot of preparatory work, adding a space base, and the murals on the second and fifth floors, I hope my classmates will come back soon."
As the school started during the epidemic, the parent Mr. Zhang was happy that the children could resume face-to-face instruction. He believed that the students would be more involved in the classroom.
Huang Sheng and Huang Tai accompanied their son who was enrolled in elementary school to school today. The two said that during the summer vacation, the school offered an interest class in English musical drama. The son was already familiar with the school.
Huang Tai said, "You like to go back to school and want to be a good student for the first time. It's better to return half a day than the whole day to reduce the risk." Huang Sheng said that recently he has concentrated on training his son's self-care skills, "Teach him to go to the bathroom by himself, male Zai Kindergarten goes to the toilet without a zipper. I don’t know it. I have to mention it every time."
The number of cross-border students has fallen in recent years, the admission and language policies have been adjusted
The principal Chen Shu-er said bluntly that the number of cross-border students has fallen sharply in the past three years, and the number of school-age students has also decreased.
After discussion, the school decided in April this year to adjust the admission and language policies for the 2021/22 school year. The teacher team worked together to design new teaching materials and activities using the afternoon session of the previous school year and summer vacation: , Consider burying students’ interests and fun learning.”
Starting this school year, some classes in the first and second grades of the school have implemented a dual-class teacher system, recruiting foreign English as class teachers to enhance the English context. In addition, during the summer vacation, the vice principal is responsible for reorganizing the primary school curriculum, English and common sense. Overlapping curriculum integration, mixing affective education and picture book content, designing school-based textbooks in Chinese and English, "Previously general knowledge taught physical characteristics, 𠵱family teachers buried points to express emotions and emotions in English." She said that parents responded enthusiastically, primary one and primary two. There are only more than 20 new courses for each level, but more than 60 people have signed up.
Depending on the effectiveness of the trial, the school will expand the research to more grades.
She bluntly stated that the number of cross-border students has plummeted in the past three years, coupled with the decrease of school-age students, the whole school is concerned about the situation and hopes to recruit more students, but the school also hopes to do a good job in the curriculum and teaching, so the teacher team worked together to use the afternoon time of the previous school year , Designing new textbooks during the summer vacation, "Everything you do is not for admitting students, considering the interests of students and interesting learning."
Employ foreign teachers as class teachers to enhance English context
After discussion, the school adjusted its admissions and language policies for the new school year in April this year. Some classes in the first and second grades tried out a dual class teacher system. Foreign English teachers were hired as class teachers to enhance the English context. The principal is responsible for rearranging the primary school curriculum, integrating English and common sense courses, mixing affection education and picture book content, and designing Chinese and English school-based textbooks.
She said that the response from parents has been overwhelming. There are only more than 20 new courses for Primary One and Primary Two, but more than 60 people have signed up. The school will expand the study to more grades depending on the effectiveness of the trial.
In order to enhance the sense of belonging of classmates, the school arranged for local artists to lead senior students to draw cartoon murals.
Sixth graders Liu Siya and Chen Ni are both happy to be part of it.
Liu Siya said, "The original intention of the activity is to express the reading report in an artistic way, and choose the most favorite book protagonist as the main role." She is new and happy to participate in it, and looks forward to the beginning of school more than before. "This opportunity is so rare. Under the epidemic, all teachers are willing to teach me. I’m so happy that the teacher picked me in, and thinks the artist can do it first.” As for the fourth grader, Liu Zixuan said that Xiaoyi is already interested in painting murals, and he bluntly participates in it. It's "Happy to jump."
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