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Science Education

Science Education plays a key role in helping students acquire scientific knowledge which is
indispensable to an all-round education of students. In our school, Integrated Science (IS) is a
compulsory subject in F.1 and F.2. Physics, Chemistry and Biology are compulsory subjects
in F.3 while they are electives in the senior forms.

To be in line with the global trend, we have incorporated STEM Education in our science
curricula in recent years with the aim of equipping students for the rapid economic, scientific
and technological developments ahead. Students start to learn coding in F.1 and apply the
scientific knowledge acquired in various STEM projects, e.g. constructing ecospheres in F.1
and F.2, and designing egg-protectors, water rockets and robots in F.3.

Self-regulated learning is also one of our emphases. Science books are regularly purchased to
foster students’ habit of ‘Reading to Learn’. Junior form students are required to read at least
15 science books per year and complete their learning diaries every week. From time to time,
teachers upload interesting science articles, useful website links and lists of recommended
science books onto our self-learning platform.

We believe that diverse activities taking place within and beyond the school campus help our

YEARS OF EXCELLENCE students expand the breadth and depth of learning. Our Science teachers encourage students
to take part in a wide array of co-curricular activities such as Mathematics, Science and
Technology Week, exhibition on the annual Open Day, visits to the Science Museum, Space
Museum, Science Park and science-related institutes in Mainland China and Taiwan. We also
40 recommend students of great talent in science to attend courses held by the Chinese University

of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education so as to further
develop their potential in learning science. Moreover, we invite our alumni who have brilliant
performance in different fields of science such as nursing, pharmacy, aviation and computer
science to share their learning and working experiences with our students.

Thanks to the funds allocated by the school, all our laboratories were renovated and our
equipment was renewed over the past years. All these help to provide an ideal learning
environment for our students. In addition, our teachers have never ceased to extend their
professionalism through joining the Quality School Improvement Project organized by CUHK
and participating in the programme of Self-directed Learning in the Science Education Key
Learning Area held by the University of Hong Kong. Experts from both universities have
provided us with valuable advice on enhancing teaching effectiveness in science.

Our efforts put into Science Education are well recognized. During the Focus Inspection
conducted by the Education Bureau in 2015, the quality of teaching and learning of science
subjects in our school was highly commended. The academic performance of our science
students in the HKDSE Examination has been encouraging. In 2016, we attained the highest
value-addedness, a stanine score of 9, in Chemistry and 66% of our students attained level
5 or above in Chemistry in the HKDSE Examination. The figure was much higher than the

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