eNews  JAN 2009

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「現代中國」系列講座

「基金」與教育局和三個教師團體合作，就新高中「通識教育科」知識增益課程為教師續辦「現代中國」系列講座。第三場合辦的講座名為「從三門峽到三峽：中國水利事業的回顧與前瞻」，於11月17日下午舉行，李焯芬教授擔任演講嘉賓。

 

是次講座對象為通識教育科及公民教育的教師，出席人數約200多人。

“Learning for the Future” Series- First Conference

 

 The “Learning for the Future” Series- First Conference, organized

 by the Foundation, was held on Saturday morning, 10 January

 2009. Over 300 principals, teachers, parents, EF

 members/friends and other members of the community

 attended.

 

 The speakers shared their valuable insights and experiences with

 the participants. Their talks were well-received and the feedback by

 the participants was very positive.

 

 The details of the Conference, the powerpoint materials and

 video recording of all the speeches can be downloaded from our

 website.

 

 

 

EF

Recent Events

Staff Development and Team Building

 

Our Primary School held the Staff Development and Team Building Camp on 30 and 31 October 2008 in the Kadoorie Institute to enhance self-understanding and  mutual understanding, and to foster the harmonious relationship and full development of the staff team.

School Development Forum

 

In order to promote communication between the school and parents and to enhance parents' understanding of our development, the first School Development Forum of this school year was held on 21 November 2008.  The theme of the Forum was "Home-School Cooperation: Preparing Children for future challenges".

Parent Academy

 

The first session of the Parent Academy organized by the Primary School PTA was held on 27 November 2008.  A psychiatrist, Dr. LUM Choong Kein, Francis, was invited to speak on the topic “Management of Emotional Problems of Children and Adolescents”.  Two follow-up experience sharing sessions were held on 12 and 16 December 2008.

Christmas Performance

 

The evening of 16 December, 2008 was a special one for the College, where the first Christmas performance of its kind was given to a packed audience under the direction of Ms Jean Johnstone and Mr Steve Hirst.  The evening had a Victorian theme: the first-half was classic Christmas music, such as 'Joy To The World' performed by the school orchestra and band organized by Ms Janet Law.  In the second half, the students presented a version of the classic Dickens story 'A Christmas Carol' about a miserable miser’s change of heart after the events of one snowy London day.

 

Everybody - students, staff and PTA - worked very hard for this Christmas performance that has won rounds and rounds of applause from the audience.

 

Drama Photos — 'A Christmas Carol'

List of winners for the Christmas Card Design Competition 2008

 

1st place - Peter Tang S2CL

 

2nd place - Jenny Lee S2NT

 

3rd place - Lilyrose Chiu S2CP

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGM and Dinner Talk

 

The Foundation held the 8^th AGM and  Dinner Talk on 19 Dec 2008. The Meeting  approved the audited accounts and the EXCO report. At the Dinner, we were delighted to have Mr. FUNG Siu Por, Lawrence, Chairman of Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited as our guest speaker to share his insights on the topic of “Financial Turmoil and the Coming Recession”.

Modern China Series Talk

The third talk, 17 Nov 2008

 

The third talk was co-organized by the Education Bureau and the Foundation. The speaker was Prof. C.F. Lee, Director, HKU SPACE, and the topic was “From Sanmenxia to Sanxia: Past and Future of Water Resources Management in China”.

 

The talk was well received with the participation of over 200 teachers of Liberal Studies, Geography, Civic/National Education and other subjects.