The school's new 'Theatre Thursday' program kicked off at the school's English Corner with a bang this week. This program aims to foster students' appreciation for the arts and English in a wonderful and interesting way during the school day. The inaugural event featured a screening of ‘Dog Gone’. Over 35 students attended and were fully engaged throughout the movie while enjoying the complimentary popcorn. The English Panel and students alike are thrilled with the success of Theatre Thursday's launch and look forward to a rewarding term of movies, and sitcoms, as well as other English activities.
In February, our Native English Teacher offered after-school cooking classes to the Form 1 boys. They were engaged and interested in learning how to make a simple, practical dish they could reproduce at home. In one of the 'Cooking with Kevin' Class sections, the students learned to cook 'Mac and cheese'. ‘Mac and cheese’ is an American dish that appeals to many kids, and it is a good recipe for students to learn basic cooking techniques.
In the cooking class, the teacher provided clear, step-by-step instructions and demonstrated key steps like boiling the pasta, making a cheese sauce, and combining ingredients to produce the finished dish. We believed that providing both written and visual guidance was helpful for students, who may have different learning styles, to learn efficiently.
Essential cooking skills were reinforced to students in the cooking class, such as measuring ingredients, following a recipe, using kitchen tools safely, and learning proper food safety practices. These fundamental skills will be useful for students any time they cook.
Overall, the cooking classes were practical and engaging which demonstrated useful cooking skills while producing something tasty to eat. Providing this type of positive, rewarding cooking experience should inspire students to cook more in the future.
Parents’ Day was successfully held on 19th February 2023. It was a meaningful day both for parents and school as it was the first face-to-face Parents’ Day since the epidemic outbreak 3 years ago. Parents’ Day provided precious opportunities for teachers, parents and students to do instant face-to-face communication and to exchange views on learning, teaching and parenting.
Besides, report cards were distributed on Parents’ Day. The cards not only served as an overview of the students’ performance in the first semester but were also useful for making a comprehensive and concrete study plan for students for the second semester.
We hope that all students will set greater goals in the final exam and pay more effort to achieve them.
We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to our student F.6B Ng Lik Hei Christopher! Christopher, who was our School String Orchestra chairman, participated in "The GalaMusica • School Chamber Compositions 2023". The competition was presented by the Arts Education (AE) Section of the Curriculum Development Institute and the Education Bureau, co-organized by the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild and was sponsored by the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong.
On 10th February 2023, Christopher’s award-winning composition work was performed by professional musicians in the theatre of the Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre.
With his excellent work, Christopher was awarded the Outstanding Composition Award and he was selected to join the “Hong Kong Composers’ Guild Mentorship Scheme”. In the coming year, he will have the chance to learn from experienced composers with full sponsorship.
May Christopher create more excellent work and achieve bigger success in the future!
