PROMOTING WHOLE-PERSON DEVELOPMENT

In education, we often talk about learning outcomes which refer to what you know, what you understand and how you apply all these in different situations during a learning process. Learning is, in fact, a cognitive process involving the construction of knowledge and the acquisition of generic skills such as collaboration skills, communication skills, creativity, critical thinking skills, information technology skills, numeracy skills, problem solving skills, self-management skills and study skills. To a certain extent, the construction of knowledge and the acquisition of some of these generic skills can be achieved through classroom learning and teaching. However, those of a social nature can only be exploited by other learning opportunities. That’s why co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are needed to complement the traditional teaching and learning. Promoting whole-person development as one of our major concerns shows that we do care about your well-being and all-round development. All our school policies are fundamentally centred with this goal in mind. It is always our intention to provide you with all sorts of learning opportunities beyond the classroom. For instance, the themes of the assemblies are varied from time to time covering aspects such as social and moral issues, media education and career development. The forthcoming Lifewide Learning Day is a very good opportunity for you to develop your social skills, inspire your leadership talents and creativity, or show your concern of a green earth. In general, if you are strong in academic areas, you can take part in subject-related competitions and Olympiads. If you are critically minded, you might like to join one of our debating teams. If you like to speak, you could participate in speech training. If you want to be a leader, you could help in organizing activities for your fellow schoolmates in a club or house as well as in the Students' Association. If you are good at sports, you would surely participate in our Swimming Gala and Annual Athletic Meet or the sports training programmes offered by the Leisure & Cultural Services Department. If you love music, of course you will join our school choir, the singing contest or instrumental classes. If you like to be creative, you can participate in art and design or even slogan competitions. If you want to explore or stretch your potential, there is the Hong Kong Award for Young People for you to work on. If you like to serve in the community, then join our Red Cross Youth Team or the voluntary service offered by the Social Services Group. In recent years, the Free Membership Scheme in joining clubs and societies allows you a greater flexibility in the participation of any kind of functions that are of interest to you. In response to the needs of our students, more school teams have been formed. In sports, we have the table-tennis team, volleyball team, swimming team, athletics team and rope jumping team in addition to the usual basketball team and badminton team. In music, we have the Chinese Orchestra and handbells choir in addition to the School Band and String Orchestra. The newly formed Odyssey of the Mind team enables our students to assert their talents and creativity, and to work collaboratively.

Metaphorically speaking, our School offers all these opportunities to you in the form of a supermarket, putting them on the shelves for you to pick and choose those that suit you best. The more initiative you take, the more rewards you will get from your secondary education. The shelves on the ground floor and by the side of the ECA noticeboard on the second floor contain a lot of information and pamphlets for you to look at or take, and inform you how to join if you are interested. Also you can login to the eClass and gather the information from its home page. If you want to join a programme, you can contact the teacher-in-charge for further details and submit the completed application form to a clerical staff in the office. It should be noted that personal development training embraces a range of active approaches to learning, which aims to develop one's ability to learn from experience, that is by taking part in something actively, not by being a passive recipient. Do yourself this favour and you will be rewarded with a colourful and meaningful secondary school life.