Aspects and Rationale Aims Enhance the professional development for English teachers working with NCS students; and Improve literacy levels of students in reading and writing through catering to learner diversity

Objectives To work closely with the school personnel in developing a School-based Curriculum which focus on: Textbook adaptation Teaching of reading through the five strategies Teaching writing through shared writing and process writing Using drama to enhance teaching and learning

Mode of Collaboration with Seed schools Teacher Secondment – one secondee per year, three LETs over three years Option of no Secondment – the school will spare a co-ordinator for taking up the adaptation task with flexible deployment during the week. Environment – storage for Big Books and Guided Readers and notice board for display of students’ work * Please refer to the Information Pack for full details regarding commitment!

Commitments for Joining School-based Curriculum Development Plan and develop a school-based curriculum Schedule timetabled co-planning meetings for at least an hour per week on a regular basis Allow teachers to attend CPD, cluster and school-based PD workshops

Schools in the NCS Seed Project Key Stage 1 (Using the PLP-R/W) Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tuen School Li Sing Tai Hang Primary School Key Stage 2 (Developing school-based units) Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School

Experience Sharing – NCS Project Schools

Schools in the NCS Seed Project Key Stage 1 (Using the PLP-R/W) Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tuen School Li Sing Tai Hang Primary School Key Stage 2 (Developing school-based units) Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School

Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tsuen School PLP-R/W Program Video clip

Common Features of NCS students Often strong oral skills Reading does not match oral skills Their writing is much weaker than their listening, speaking and reading skills Very vocal and highly responsive Parent support sometimes lacking

Nationalities in Our Schools Pakistani Filipinos Nepalese Indians Chinese Others A 19% 35% 9% 23% 5% B 54% 7% 20% 6% C 27% 37% 12% 8% Others include: Russian, Polish, Myanmar, Iranian, Burmese, Korean, Sri Lankan, Japanese, African, Indonesian, Egyptian, Mexican, English, Australian, Canadian, American, Bangladeshi, German, Thai

NCS SEED Project-SEKPS School Teacher Students

SEED Project -SEKPS School Teacher Students SBC Activities matched with Textbook- My Pals are Here Reading Writing Co-planning Co-teaching Lesson plan Resources GR /activities Matched to book levels SR/GR H.R. Writing (SW/IW) Assessment School Teacher Students

Drama Adaptation

Teacher’s workshop - Drama

Drama Adaptation

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