英文

Aims:
  1. To enhance pupils’ speaking, listening, reading and writing proficiency
  2. To promote self-directed learning to enhance students’ learning proficiency
  3. To enhance classroom teaching to promote students’ high-order thinking skills
Characteristics of the English curriculum :
Curriculum Content
Main area of concern 1: Promote value education, enhance students’ whole-person development
  1. 1. I Care+: Different sub-theme of each grade:
    • P. 1 Care
    • P. 2: Empathy
    • P. 3: Gratitude
    • P. 4: Perseverance
    • P. 5: Law-abidingness
    • P. 6: Respect
  2. English Activity:
    • Book Character Day (Hall / Classroom activities with different moral values)
  3. Lesson design should include elements from different National security major interconnected fields
    • Each grade designs learning activities related to national security topics to promote national security education (At least 1/term - specific content must be listed on the schedules and collaborative lesson plans).
    • Each subject's curriculum design may include a component on promoting Chinese culture to family members/others, helping students deepen their understanding of the country and strengthen their sense of national identity.
Main area of concern 2: Deepen positive education and explore the meaning of life
  1. Promote the inclusion of mental health elements in P. 1 curriculum:
    • Positive emotion
    • Engagement
    • Relationship
    • Meaning and
    • Accomplishment
  2. Review and enhance career and life planning curriculum:
    • P.6 will design one module with Career and life planning elements.
Main area of concern 3: Extend gifted education, promote the effectiveness of teaching and learning
  1. Review of the gifted learning curriculum (English)
  2. BRAINY Classroom elements to optimize and foster the teaching framework:
    • Balanced Stimulation
    • Reflection Loop
    • Affective Anchors
    • Interlink Challenges
    • Your Connection
  3. P.4 Integrated lessons
    • Modules are designed to have joint-class lessons
    • ➤3 subject-based / term

      ➤1 cross curricular / term

  4. To promote students’ reading and writing skills and develop their creativity in writing
    • Reading to writing strategies and materials developed from previous School-based Curriculum Development from EDB (Primary) Section will be made sustainable.
Routine Work of the English subject
  1. Part-time NET lesson
  2. ➤P.4-6: 1 lesson / class / week

    ➤Main focus: Speaking activities from Listening and Speaking Workbook.

  3. Reading
  4. ➤Promote students to borrow more printed books

    • According to certain textbook topics, P.3, 5 and 6 students are encouraged take turns (e.g. 6 students at a time) to borrow printed books from the library and introduce them on padlet.

    ➤Raz-Kids online reading platform

    • Assignments, activities and prizes are organized and given to encourage students to read, listen, record and do reading comprehension exercises on the platform.

    ➤Reading at Home:

    • Students are encouraged to read English printed books, e-books, newspaper articles or magazine articles. They need to fill in the Reading at Home reading record form and certificates will be awarded accordingly
  5. Digital Education:
  6. ➤The use of Google Classroom, Padlet and Lango Plus

    • Google Classroom and Padlet are used e.g. before (preparation), during (interaction) and after (consolidation) class.
    • Lango Plus
      • Tasks will be assigned to P.5, 6 students in alternate weeks so they can practice interview skills at home.
      • Tasks will be assigned / done in P. 6 Thursday Speaking Class.
      • Their progress will be supervised by the English teachers and incentive scheme will be established to encourage them.
      • Through parents meetings the related information on how to operate the app will be transferred.

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