YAN CHAI HOSPITAL ZONTA CLUB OF KOWLOON KINDERGARTEN

Our missions: To follow the principle of ‘benevolence and relief for humanity’ and establish the school according to students’ needs. A diversified school-based curriculum is provided. We teach according to students’ abilities and enlighten students to bring into play their potentials, foster independent thinking, creativity and good character. Our objectives: To put into practice the principle of ‘benevolence and relief for humanity’ and provide holistic education to train students as future pillars of the nation.

Our school focuses on Teachers-Students interaction. Our teachers combine different kinds of teaching methods, for example, “Project Approach” and “Thematic Approach” in designing all kinds of joyful learning activities and creating various scenes in order to improve students’ learning motivation, verbal expression, critical thinking ability, analytical ability, cooperating skills and problem solving ability. These can help inspiring their potential, raising their self-confidence, fully developing their social ability and finally laying a good foundation for their learning life. Our curriculum incorporates with the element of “Learning through Play '', enhancing children’s adaptability, creativity and problem-solving abilities. A well-organised learning environment can also foster children’s self-directed learning capabilities. We optimise the school environment and facilities, such as the physical activity room and set up a STEM wall.On the other hand, through all kinds of parent-child activities that we have arranged, the parent-child relationship can be improved and children’s physical and mental developments can be promoted. Teachers and parents can also explore the needs of the children through such activities. 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.

We arrange learning activities based on the innovative principle of ‘ enjoy learning, be effective in communication, have sense of commitment and be creative’. This is aimed to break through the framework of traditional classroom activities with the provision of a free environment in which children learn independently and choose learning activities which they are interested. This serves to enhance their attention and fulfill the goal of ‘child-orientation and learning to learn independently’. Through these, students will be fostered to have the want to learn, eager to innovate, ready to express themselves, love to think and try and forward-thinking. Various parent-child reading programmes are launched frequently to foster reading habit in parents and their children to lay sound foundation for life learning.