ESF Pilot Chinese At Kowloon Junior School ESF Pilot Chinese At Kowloon Junior School

General features

1.One of three ESF schools to pilot daily Chinese 2.Designated Chinese classrooms at Rose Street 4.Year 4-6 students have a 30 or 45 minutes lesson every day 5.Students are sorted into 3 pathways at the beginning of the academic year 6.Assessments are made regularly 7.Groupings are adjusted accordingly 1.One of three ESF schools to pilot daily Chinese 2.Designated Chinese classrooms at Rose Street 4.Year 4-6 students have a 30 or 45 minutes lesson every day 5.Students are sorted into 3 pathways at the beginning of the academic year 6.Assessments are made regularly 7.Groupings are adjusted accordingly

The Pilot Chinese Curriculum at KJS

1) Based on the new ESF Chinese curriculum 1) Based on the new ESF Chinese curriculum

2) Use published texts and materials : Pathway 1: Chinese Made Easy for Kids 1 Pathway 2: Chinese Made Easy for kids 2 Pathway 3: 小学华文 from Singapore (Other commercially published materials and home-made resources are also used to support the programme) 2) Use published texts and materials : Pathway 1: Chinese Made Easy for Kids 1 Pathway 2: Chinese Made Easy for kids 2 Pathway 3: 小学华文 from Singapore (Other commercially published materials and home-made resources are also used to support the programme)

3) The basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing are taught simultaneously. 4) Focusing initially on listening and speaking in order to build up a good foundation. 5) Regular homework is set to enhance student learning. 3) The basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing are taught simultaneously. 4) Focusing initially on listening and speaking in order to build up a good foundation. 5) Regular homework is set to enhance student learning.

6) Reading scheme is built into the programme.

7) ICT is also being integrated with more software & interactive games used in teaching & learning.

Chinese Team & Staff Allocation Chinese Team & Staff Allocation

Currently there are 5 teachers supported by 5 Mandarin speaking EAs working collaboratively in the Chinese department of the school. 3 teachers are deployed specifically for the pilot program with an extra one day per week support of another teacher namely: Ms Clara Pang （ 彭老师 ） - Pathway 1

Ms Ningfang Duan （ 段老师 ） - Pathway 2 Miss Erica Siu （ 萧老师 ） - Pathway 3

Ms Fanny Chau （ 周老师 ） - at Rose Street every Tuesday to provide extra support to the pilot programme and the children of special need. She works at Perth Street for the rest of the week. Ms Michelle Choo （ 朱老师 ） – 2 days per week working at Perth Street.

Thank you ! 谢谢 !