In order to further build a teaching and research environment with shared resources and complementary strengths, strengthen exchanges in basic education between Guangdong and Hong Kong, and promote the collaborative development of education in the Greater Bay Area, Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School visited ASJ on 3 November 2023 and carry out classroom activities on the same topic.
The delegation of Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School was led by the Principal of Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School, Ms HSU Eva Charisa. The main guests were the Vice Principal, Mr KWOK Kin Kee, the Deputy Principal, Ms ONG Siew Peng, as well as the Assistant Principal, Mr DELBOS Nicolas, the Assistant Principal, Mr TSANG Man Fat, the Assistant Principal, Ms LEE Kit Wa, the Assistant Principal, and the Assistant Principal, Mr CHIU Chun Ming, the Assistant Principal, and a number of other school leaders and subject officers，as well as the students and staff who took part in the cross-thematic classroom activities.
Tam Yatyuk, the Chief Principal of Guangzhou-ASJ; Lai Wingchun, the Academic Chief Inspector of ASJ; Feng Yan, the Executive Principal of Guangzhou-ASJ; Audrey Yang, the Director of Teaching and Learning of Guangzhou-ASJ; Crystal Huang, the Director of the School Office of Guangzhou-ASJ; Grace Yang the Director of Primary Schools of Guangzhou-ASJ accompanied the visit and research.
The delegation of Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School visited the campus under the introduction of the Executive Principal of Guangzhou-ASJ, Mr Fung Yan, to learn more about ASJ's distinctive teaching culture and to experience the campus atmosphere.
At the symposium, Tam Yatyuk, Chief Principal of Guangzhou-ASJ, on behalf of the school, firstly expressed his sincere thanks to the guests, and said that this exchange class activity was a new experience, and hoped that both sides could strengthen the exchanges and co-operation in the future, and create more opportunities for students to have exchanges and activities.
Mr Fung Yan, the Executive Principal of Guangzhou-ASJ, showed a promotional video of ASJ and introduced to the guests the basic information of ASJ and the practical exploration and effectiveness of the school since its opening in terms of development, curriculum and teaching, and student activities.
The Principal of Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School, Ms HSU Eva Charisa, said that this exchange activity is the first external teaching and learning exchange activity of the school after the epidemic, which is of great significance. At the meeting, Ms HSU also explained the campus facilities, special programmes and other aspects of the Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School through pictures, and invited our teachers and students to visit Hong Kong next year to participate in more exchange activities.
After the symposium, our school and the Affiliated School of Fukien Secondary School started the Same Topic Teaching and Learning Activity (STLA) with the theme of "The Effects and Impact of Smoking" as the topic of enquiry. The Same Topic Different Teaching Activity refers to different manifestations of the same theme teaching and research. That is to say, given an identical text or theme, teachers are allowed to design teaching and present different forms of classroom teaching according to their own speciality and students' reality.
Teachers Mok Hei Man and Teachers Chan Ka Wing from Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School set the class objectives from the students' existing knowledge, divided the class content into four main parts, and let the students think about the harms of smoking step by step and learn from each other in the discussion, and then finally concluded the effects of smoking, so that the students could exercise their thinking skills and recognize the consequences of smoking in communication and sharing.
Our teacher Mbali set up a number of inquiry and interactive sessions centred on the IB training objectives, allowing students to actively explore and communicate with each other, constantly thinking about the impact of smoking on themselves and society, and expanding their knowledge of the consequences of smoking through the production of posters on the spot.
After the teaching class, Audrey Yang, the Director of Teaching and Learning of Guangzhou-ASJ hosted a lesson evaluation meeting, in which both sides discussed and exchanged views on the same topic and different teaching activities. Audrey spoke highly of the two classes, from classroom design to teacher-student interactions, showing the adequate preparation and solid teaching skills of both teachers.
Ms Ong Siew Peng, the Deputy Principal of Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School, said that it was a successful classroom activity and commended both teachers for their clear teaching steps to enable students to understand the content quickly, and the classroom was intertwined, from depth to depth, so that students' thinking was not only confined to the classroom and themselves, but also extended to the social level, and allowed students to think about how to take action after they recognized the harms of smoking.
Finally, the Chief Principal of Guangzhou-ASJ, Mr Tam YatYuk, concluded that this activity was a good attempt and learning, in which both sides discovered the strengths of each other's classrooms and learnt from each other for mutual improvement. It is hoped that the two schools will keep in touch with each other in the future, and in the exchanges to promote mutual education between Guangdong and Hong Kong, learn from the excellent educational experiences and innovative practices, and add new vitality to the high-quality development of education in the Bay Area!
