THE HONG KONG HARBOUR MISSION CHURCH YAN OI KINDERGARTEN

We follow Jesus’s principle of education and provide all-round and balanced pre-primary education, foster and encourage development of children’s potentials, stimulate thinking and foster development of good character and holistic development.

The curriculum is formulated with reference to the Guide to Pre-primary Curriculum prepared by the Curriculum Development Council of the Education Bureau. It is child-centred curriculum designed in accordance with children’s learning abilities and interest. ‧To help children develop the abilities to ‘listen’, ‘talk’, ‘read’ and ‘write’ so as to promote the learning of languages. ‧ ‘Christianity course’ is provided to promote spiritual development so children follow the example of Jesus Christ’s ‘love’. ‧ ‘Putonghua and English language courses’ are provided to develop bi-literate and tri-lingual abilities so they are confident to communicate in these languages. ‧ ‘Life education’ fosters positive and active outlook on life and character, so that children learn to be thankful, love themselves and the others and cherish their lives. ‧ ‘Orff music course’ integrates various arts such as music, dance, drama, literature and drawing to stimulate development of children’s potentials, imagination and creativity. We will follow the “Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide” (2017) to plan curriculum. Children of nursery classes will not be asked to write, and there will not be mechanical copying exercises and drills on calculation.

‧ Theme-based , activity-based and project approaches are adopted. ‧ Various learning media are employed. Through multiple ways of learning, children are fostered to learn voluntarily, ready to try and develop problem-solving ability and innovation through projects, observation, exploration, group sharing, site visits, and application of technology. ‧ Children are also arranged to learn through games to enhance their interest in learning.