Aims：

• To provide every student of English with further opportunities for extending their knowledge and experience of the cultures of other people as well as opportunities for personal and intellectual development, further studies, pleasure and work in the English medium.
• To enable every student to prepare for the changing socio-economic demands resulting from advances in information technology; these demands include the interpretation, use and production of materials for pleasure, study and work in the English medium.

Learning activities:

⃟    Reading

• Incorporate readers of different themes into a school-based curriculum. Teachers design different learning activities to develop students' language skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening and higher-order thinking skills. Holistic reading strategies will be infused to enhance students' reading skills.
• To develop students' reading habits and interest in reading through school-based reading activities such as Morning Story Reading Time, Reading Buddies Programme, Rising Readers Reading Programme and STEAM Reading Corner.
• To facilitate the development of a reading culture by collaborating with Library Department and utilizing the e-reading platform in order to promote values education.

⃟    Project Learning

Students acquire generic skills such as collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking,  problem solving, computer literacy, values and attitudes through project learning. Creativity and presentation skills will be promoted. Students are able to demonstrate their information technology skills by using different software or Apps such as Google Slides, Google Docs, Book Creator etc.

⃟    Self-directed Learning and e-Learning

• To leverage e-Learning through the effective use of IT tools and interactive screen to enhance students' learning motivation, participation and facilitate self- directed learning.

⃟    School-based Professional Support (EDB)

• To further promote priority values and attitudes and life-wide learning, Reading across the Curriculum (RaC) will be implemented in P.4 English lessons.     
• Diversified learning experiences inside and outside classroom through promoting self-directed learning. Additional reading materials will be incorporated.

⃟    Cross-curricular Learning Activities

• To promote Language across the Curriculum (LaC) and enhance English learning context at school by conducting an English Fun Day.

• To enrich students’ learning experiences by providing students with a variety of extra-curricular activities.

• To enhance students’ speaking skills by integrating different speaking activities for diversified learning.
  • Grammar Hunt (P.1)
  • Storytelling and Craft (P.2)
  • Smart Talk (P.3)
  • Dramatic Fun (P.4)
  • English Speaker (P.5)
  • Fun and Games (P.6)

• Other learning activities / programmes
  • English Fun Day
  • English Chat Day
  • SJS Channel
  • Competitions
    • e.g. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award
    • EEGU Penmanship Competition
    • SOW
  • Interview training
  • Rising Reader Reading Programme (P.2)
  • Reading Buddies Programme (P.1,3)
  • STEAM Reading Corner (P.5, 6)
  • Morning Story Reading Time (P.1-2)

NET teacher chats with students during the English Chat Day.

Our students play interactive games in the English lesson.

Our student makes his own puppet for the puppet show.

Prize giving ceremony for the best performers in the puppet show.

Students learn about intangible cultural heritage during the Cross-curricular Fun Day.

English ambassadors host different game booths during the Cross-curricular Fun Day.

Our NET ~ Mr. Murphy

It is the start of the new 2024-2025 academic year here at S.K.H. St. James’ Primary School. I hope everyone is looking forward to the new academic year and getting back to learning. I will be teaching Primary 1 to 3 once again. Both the classroom English teachers and I will do our best to help the students improve their English language development in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

Try your best and enjoy the NET lessons!                                                                                                                                 

I want to remind the students and parents of S.K.H. St. James' Primary School about learning English:

1. It's hard work.

2. The students will need help.

3. Don't be afraid to make mistakes.

4. Be persistent and consistent.

5. Keep motivating yourself.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in the classroom!