新界校長會舉辦了「慶祝中華人民共和國成立70周年」學生徵文比賽。可譽小六級王瑤同學在是次比賽中榮獲小學組亞軍，可喜可賀！

香港，是我們熟悉的家。那大家認為甚麼物件能代表我們的家呢？王瑤同學想出了「霓虹燈」。她認為香港的霓虹招牌正逐漸消失，她想把霓虹燈放在天宮二號太空站，待八十周年國慶時取出，為這別具意義的歷史符號賦以獨特的價值。

        作為香港的一份子，王瑤認為自己有責任去保存香港獨有的文化。透過這個徵文比賽，王瑤積極表達霓虹燈與香港文化的關係，希望能盡一己之力，把香港獨特的一面保留並推廣出去。

To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of The People’s Republic of China, New Territories School Heads Association organized a Chinese essay writing competition. We are pleased to announce that our P.6 student, Wang Yao, has won second place in the Primary Section.

Hong Kong is our beloved home. What can we symbolize it with? Wang Yao thought of ‘neon lights’ when she thought of Hong Kong. Neon lights are a shining example of Hong Kong’s heritage though it is gradually disappearing in the city. In her essay, she desired to place the neon lights onto China's Tiangong-2, a prototype of a space station, and take them back at the 80th Anniversary. This, she believed, should make the history more remarkable and meaningful.

As a Hongkonger, Wang Yao recognizes the importance of the cultural heritage and feels responsible for preserving it as far as she can. She hopes that by writing about the relationship between neon lights and Hong Kong, she can help raise people’s awareness and promote the need of preservation to the public.

        可譽推行自主學習多年，老師們求學的步伐沒有停止，在2019年11月，梁惠芳校長帶領可譽6位老師，參加了由李雪英校長作領隊的「嗇色園聯校台灣適性學習考察團」，觀摩台灣的教育發展。

吸引著老師前往台灣的原因來自「適性教學」的概念與發展完善的「因材網」。「適性教學」指老師因應學生能力與學習需要，課堂作出適當調整，而台灣的「因材網」能配合當地教學的需要。經過幾天的參觀交流活動，幾位老師參考了「因材網」的概念，思考著能否遷移到可譽的教學。

        我們有一點慶幸，慶幸於可譽教師之間早已有共享資源、共同備課的文化。我們還在日常課堂採用不同的網上教學系統，收集學生的學習數據。加上學校提供不同的硬件和軟件配套，能有效地讓老師教學，讓學生學習。雖然「因材網」不存在於可譽，但是我們會參考其理念，嘗試發展可譽獨有的學習網絡。

        教育之路無邊無際，我們作為老師有所承擔，努力在路上探索。

As active learners, Ho Yu teachers grasp every opportunity to enrich their knowledge of different aspects. Led by the former principal Lee Suet Ying and Principal Leung Wai Fong, six teachers attended a study tour to Taiwan aiming to explore the mode of ‘Student Adaptive Learning’ and education development in Taiwan in November, 2019.

The concept of ‘adaptive instruction’ to cater to learners’ diversity and learning needs appealed to the teachers immensely. Learning about the concept of ‘Student Adaptive Learning’ which has been successfully adopted in Taiwan, teachers would examine the possibility and feasibility of its implementation at Ho Yu. 

Ho Yu has already met the most essential criteria for adopting the learning mode, such as shared resources, common periods, computer hardware and software, online platforms and data collection of students’ learning progress. With successful experience and positive feedback from teachers in Taiwan, Ho Yu teachers will continue to explore and develop a unique and effective learning approach which fits students’ needs and abilities.

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在去年10月，幾位可譽同學參加了由民政事務處舉辦的4天3夜上海杭州交流團。在旅程中，同學們親身體驗當地獨特的文化。除了遊覽當地的著名景點，同學們還參觀了汽車公司總部，見識了在香港難得一見的重工業。在港商投資的上海環貿iapm商場和二十國集團峰會的會場，同學們感受到經濟全球化的急速發展，並為當地的成就而驚嘆。

同學們有幸到訪當地中學及著名的上海交通大學。透過觀課、體育競賽和模擬畢業等活動，同學們體驗了上海學生的生活。中四級余詠琪同學十分欣賞上海的教育，她認為上海的物理課比香港深奧很多，學生上課時非常安靜和認真。但是，她更喜歡活潑又互動多的香港課堂，慨嘆內地學生的考試壓力頗大。

這次上海之旅，讓同學增廣見聞，了解內地的文化與經濟發展水平，而作為香港未來的主人翁，同學們更省思了香港的優勢和不足，期望透過積極裝備自己，將來在不同範疇能為香港的發展出一分力。

In October, 2019, our students joined a four-day study tour to Hangzhou, Shanghai. Organized by the District Office, the tour provided an opportunity for the participants to experience the unique culture of Hangzhou. Besides exploring some famous tourist attractions, our students also paid visits to different places. At the headquarter of an automobile company, they enriched their knowledge about distinctive heavy industries which they rarely come across in Hong Kong. Through visiting Huanmao iapm Mall and the venue of G20 Leaders Summit, students realized the fast globalisation of the world economy and were amazed by the achievements of the local community. 

During the trip, our students also got involved in class observation, sports competitions and mock graduation activities at various institutions including several high schools and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. After experiencing local students’ life, one of our S.4 students, Yu Wing Kei, showed appreciation towards the education system of Shanghai, particularly the Physics curriculum. While most Hong Kong students are active and communicative, she observed that the mainland students are highly attentive in class and they are under even greater exam pressure. 

Without a doubt, the tour enabled our students to widen their horizons and have a deeper understanding of the cultural and financial developments of Shanghai. It was such a rewarding trip which inspired students to equip themselves to prepare for the challenges ahead and contribute to a better Hong Kong in the near future. 

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