On October 15th, we had our first grade parents’ meeting. The parents listened to the introduction of the teachers. They carefully made notes and most importantly showed great interest in what they heard.
融合部小學課程協調員鄧老師介紹了融小課程的設置。包括六大主題超學科教學以及“浸潤式”的教育模式。
Ms. Lizzy, who is the Coordinator of the Primary Division of the Integrated Department, explained the features of our learning programme. It includes six trans-disciplinary themes and fosters an “immersive” teaching environment.
Ms. Lizzy introduced the class system of our school. Each class has a Chinese head teacher, a foreign head teacher and a teaching assistant. The roles and responsibilities are outlined as follows:
The Chinese head teacher is responsible for Chinese. The foreign teacher is in charge of English activities. In order to make students better bilingual learners, we also implement the system of a “Half Day.” The Chinese head teacher and the foreign head teacher will each work in the classroom for half a day. They provide a bilingual environment in order to give children a step-by-step language process. It also lays a foundation for the next stage of language learning. In addition, our class system incorporates a bilingual Chinese and English reading system as it cultivates good reading habits. The teacher assistant is responsible for assisting the head teacher and caring for the students.
Trans-disciplinary inquiry identifies six different themes. "Who we are, Where we are in place and time, How we organize ourselves, How the world works, How we express ourselves, and Sharing the planet", it provides students with a real learning experience unfettered by traditional discipline boundaries and encourages children to explore independently based on real situations. Let children become active learners, pay attention to practical problems in social life at home and abroad, promote learners' and effectively reach their full potential.
Moreover, the English curriculum involves a perfect grading reading system. Famous educator Vasyl Sukhomlynsky said: “Students' intellectual development depends on a good reading ability.” We have carefully selected the reading list in both Chinese and English for students, and improved the grading reading system in both Chinese and English to cultivate good reading habits for children. The goal is to accumulate English reading during childhood, and strive to cultivate a balanced development of talents.
In our school, a variety of physical education is essential. Students in different grades need to take different types of physical education, such as swimming, taekwondo, football amongst others. We regard physical education as an integral part of development. We have different Physical clubs every week. Hence, the curriculum allows for enough time for outdoor activities and physical education which help students develop their athletic ability.
The traditional Chinese cultural course is indispensable in integrated courses. The time-honored traditional culture of the Chinese nation is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors over thousands of years. In the course of traditional Chinese culture, students in different grades learn different courses of Chinese culture. All courses of traditional Chinese culture require students to recite and inherit traditional Chinese culture.
We also provide a lot of personalized learning guidance for our kids, including Spelling bee clubs, science, math, art and competitions. We hope that students can find their own advantages and stimulate their initiative in this process. At the same time, we celebrate student growth with assessments. Taking the fifth grade graduation exhibition as an example, Ms. Lizzy also showed us the fifth grade curriculum exhibition, in which students choose the topics they are interested in, under the guidance of their tutor. Parents are looking forward to it!
Ms Wang the pastoral supervisor, explained to parents the influence of a good moral education on children's physical and mental development with her own personal experience.
At school, we have class meetings, from behavioral habits to emotional intelligence. In addition to class meetings, the journey of survival is also a big feature of the curriculum. Self-protection is a necessary ability for children to grow up happily and healthily. Only when children learn to protect themselves from danger can they have happiness and enjoy a good life. Safety has always been the top priority for us, and we can never ignore it. We hope that through different themes of annual survival trips, children will learn how to deal with emergencies.
Children's education is inseparable from home-school cooperation. Free but not wild, caring but with boundaries, strong rulesbut not oppressive. Let our children be learned but humble, gentle but strong, open and independent, able to enjoy the best and endure the worst.
Ms. Ma and Miss Mei, who are in charge of Grade One, introduced the curriculum and outlined the important activities of grade one to the parents. Taking the "who we are" inquiry unit as an example, they show how subjects are taught around themes and how students' learning methods are developed in teaching. First, grade activities are colorful and we hope that the children using a range of all kinds of activities find a place to show their talent. Finally, all the head teachers of the first grade came on stage to share their teaching experience; each teacher said sincere words and motivational words. I believe that in their company and care, the children will be able to add wings to their dreams and spread these wings.
家長感言 The parents wanna say
So many thanks for today’s gathering to give us an important opportunity to understand “the Target, the Way and How Parents Could Do” during whole integratedperiod.To make Freddy to be an unique guy in the future, it seems enjoying the process of study itself, team work and how to recover from the failure are more important than the result. Meanwhile, children’s mental health is another important thing to be paid attention by parents. We hope to keep good communications among teachers, parents and children to make everything in the primary shcoolperiod amazing.
As the parent of a first-year student in primary year division, I was so glad to be invited to attend the parent orientation which shared the education concept and elaborated how to put the concept into practice through well-organized courses and colorful activities. I felt clearer about and more confident in the course I chose for my daughter. Also, I was inspired by the teachers who gave so appealing presentations. I am looking forward to seeing the growth of children in such warm and positive environment provided by the active and close cooperation between home and school.
Lizzy’s comprehensive and detailed course introduction not only gave me an in-depth understanding of our courses, but also showed us a corner of future courses. I am looking forward to the future study of my children. Linlin’s speech made me more clear about what aspects need to focus on the children, and how parents better cooperate with teachers to help children grow up.