Special remarks: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in this academic year, nearly half of the
lessons were conducted in the real-time online mode on Zoom while the rest were conducted
face-to-face on a half-day basis. Hence, there was severe disruption to teaching and learning and
adjustments were promptly made to cope with the challenges.
1. CLP Guidance for S4
This year, S.4 students were provided with CLP guidance with the collaboration of the
Careers Department. For instance, a new assembly was designed and held for S.4 students in
October 2020 to introduce goal-setting and study skills. Also, in February 2021, a S.4
Orientation Day was held on Zoom. One of the highlights was alumni’s sharing of their
experience of learning different subjects with the S.4 students, whose feedback about the
arrangement that day was positive.
2. Promoting eLearning
Most classes were held on a half-day basis in this academic year. Due to the ever-evolving
development of the novel coronavirus, all teachers were requested to conduct face-to-face or
online lessons on campus. Regarding online teaching, all teachers could comfortably
adjust to a wide range of new online teaching tools, such as ZOOM, Google Meet and
Microsoft Teams. They also made use of other remote learning tools like Google Classroom
and Google Forms for assignments and assessments to ensure that the teaching materials
were delivered in a timely manner.
3. Promoting independent learning
According to last year’s plan, the award scheme for the promotion of independent learning
was piloted in Secondary 1. There were two phases in the first term with one being held
before the first uniform test and the other being held before the First Term Exam. As most
of the students attended face-to-face lessons in the initial stage, many of them participated
in the competition and performed well. However, fewer students joined the competition
when they switched to remote online learning. Also, many subject teachers had difficulty
assessing students online, which might have affected the recording of students’
performances. The third phase took place during the entire second term. With half of the
Secondary 1 lessons being conducted online remotely and the other half face-to-face, we are
still in the progress of assessing their performances (at the time of writing this report).
4. Promoting gifted education
Despite the spread of COVID-19, a number of gifted education programmes were kept, with
the great effort of teachers. For instance, the English and Chinese debating teams conducted
debating competitions online. The Chinese debating team entered the quarter-final in the
inter-school Chinese debating competition organized by the Hong Kong Schools Debate
Federation. Also, the English public speaking team remained active this year. Apart from
restarting the Youth Leadership Programme, team members joined the“21st Century Cup”
National English Speaking Competition (Hong Kong Region) and three students entered the
Grand Final.
5. Cross-curricular collaboration
Two subject panels, Chinese Language and Performing Arts, collaborated on the CEATE