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First Staff Development Day Secondary One Student
A talk on ‘Mental Health of and Parent Orientation Day 18 July 2017
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Students’ by speakers from The Hong This was a full day event, which started from 8:45am until
Kong Federation of Youth Groups was 5:00pm. In the morning, as the Pre-S1 students sat for their
held on 6 October 2017 on our First tests, parents attended various talks presented in the TSK Hall.
Staff Development Day. Teachers were Our principal, Ms. Carol Yang, gave a welcoming speech
reminded of the importance of mental and introduced our Guidance Master, School Social Worker
health of both teachers and students. The and Career Counsellor. After her speech, various committees
speaker also provided some guidelines and topics were presented to our parents. These committees and
for teachers in locating students who may topics include: Parent-Teacher Association, S1 Curriculum and
need help, and some useful resources in Assessment, Boarding Life, Study Tour, Exchange and Immersion,
this area. STEM Education, Extra-curricular Activities, eLearning for S1
Teachers were grouped together Students, Instrumental Learning Programme, School Development Plan, DSS Special
to brainstorm new ideas for the School Programmes, Preparation for Secondary School Life, and Home-School Partnership.
Development Plan for the coming 5 years. After lunch, as the students attended a campus tour given by our school’s docent
team, parents attended several talks. The first talk was given by our Principal, Ms. Carol
Yang, regarding the school development plan. Our Deputy Principal, Mr. Lam, shared
about DSS Special Programmes followed by Deputy Principal, Mr. Chan, who shared
about Home School Partnership. Ms. Susan Poon (School Social Worker) shared about
‘Bridging the Primary
and Secondary.’ Lastly,
a talk about Boarding
Life presented by our
school’s Senior Dormitory
Officers, Mr. Paul Poon
A talk on mental health of student and Ms. Grace Yuen.
Secondary One Admission Talk Harvest Day

The College successfully hosted an open house for The Creativity Programme offers junior form students
two Saturdays in October for parents and students from our opportunities to design, engage in, and reflect on creative
Preparatory School and other primary schools around Hong projects that contribute to aesthetic and analytical knowledge
Kong. Principal Ms Yang shared about the distinguishing features creation. The programme aims to develop capacities for students
of the College as well as new developments in the College to approach challenges or situations in innovative ways and come
Curriculum. Parents and their children also learned about the up with new ideas and solutions. In addition to the teachers-
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme as well as the in-charge, this programme is supported by a group of experts:
admission process to St Stephen’s. Visitors took part artist-in-residence Mr Wong Ping Kwong, local writers Mr Tsui
in the campus tour led by our students. With Cheuk Yin and Mr Leung Wai Lok, visiting composing artists Mr
close to 3,000 parents and primary school Lau Jun Yin Jim and Dr Lai Nga Ting Ada, and the staff at the
students registering for the Admission Talk, renowned HKNGCA Science Innovation Centre.
there was a full house at St Stephen’s. Three years of harvest was shared with more than 500
students on October 12. Creative works produced by Form Four
students were on display at Tang Shiu Kin Hall. This is not only
an occasion for students to showcase their good work, but also
an opportunity for them to share their experiences and learn from
each other. Their work is the
fruit of the six strands of
the Creativity Programme:
1) Creative Ceramics,
2) Creative Business, 3)
iEngineering, 4) Scientific
Project, 5) Creative Music
and 6) Creative Writing.

Creative Ceramics

Creative Writing
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