National and Values Education Team
- Rev. Cheung Lap Tak Paul
- Mr. Lee Pui Yeung
- Mr Lai Ka Chun
- Mr Ip Chi Ming
OBJECTIVES
- ⦁ To develop students’ abilities of independent thinking and self-learning, so that they can face adversity, make reasonable judgments and deal with different challenges.
⦁ To create a favorable learning environment for students and cultivate students’ positive values and attitudes, so that they are equipped to be competitive and reasonable global citizens.
⦁ An extensive variety of activities are conducted by our department to nurture students’ twelve priority values and attitudes: “Perseverance”, “Respect for Others”, “Responsibility”, “National Identity”, “Commitment”, “Integrity”, “Benevolence” (Optimized in December 2023), “Law-abidingness”, “Empathy”, “Diligence” (Newly added in November 2021), “Unity” and “Filial Piety” (Newly added in December 2023), in order to cultivate students’ positive values and attitudes from an early age, in preparation for the challenges they face in their studies, in their daily life and while growing up.
⦁ To develop students’ ability to identify the values embedded, analyze objectively, and make reasonable judgement in different issues they may encounter at different developmental stages so that they could take proper action to deal with the challenges in their future life.
National Education
An extensive variety of activities are conducted by our department to nurture students’ ten priority values and attitudes. Junior form students are mainly involved in the process of understanding, learning and participating while more emphasis is put on organizing, promoting and providing practical training for senior form students. Some of the national education-related activities organized by our committee are listed below.
Sharing of National Education during the Morning Assembly
To help students building a better understanding of our country and increase their sense of national identity, student representatives regularly share the recent development in China with the whole school during the morning assembly under the guidance of our teachers.
Elements of Values Education: “Responsibility”, “National Identity”, “Commitment”
Weekly National Flag Raising Ceremony
To aid students develop a sense of belonging to the country and enhance their sense of national identity, our school conducts the national flag-raising ceremony weekly and the national anthem is played and sung during the national flag-raising ceremony.
Elements of Values Education: “Responsibility”, “National Identity”, “Commitment”, “Law-abidingness”, “Unity”
Flag Raising Ceremony Training
To train students to learn the proper flag-raising ceremony procedures, our committee invited some external organizations to provide training for students. During the training, students learnt about the basic foot drill, flag-raising etiquette, lowering of the flag and knowledge of and history of our country. Thereby promoting national education and strengthening students’ recognition of their national identity.
Elements of Values Education: “Perseverance”, “Responsibility”, “National Identity”, “Commitment”, “Diligence”, “Unity”
Study Tour to Mainland
Our department organizes study tours to the Mainland to enhance Hong Kong young people’s awareness and understanding of their home country, fostering exchange with the Mainland people and strengthening their sense of national identity.
Elements of Values Education: “Respect for Others”, “National Identity”
External Competitions - "My Future Hong Kong" Drawing competition
The NVE Committee invited students to participate in the “My Future Hong Kong” Drawing competition to encourage them to illustrate their ‘dream homeland’ and express their vision of Hong Kong as an ideal place to live through imagination and creativity. Two of our students won the outstanding award and their artworks are shown below:
Elements of Values Education: “Perseverance”, “National Identity”, “Commitment”, “Integrity”, “Diligence”
External Competitions – “National Day 2022: Love Hong Kong” Photo Competition
The NVE Committee invited students to participate in the “National Day 2022: Love Hong Kong” Photo Competition to celebrate National Day together. Students can present the most aesthetic and unique side of Hong Kong by taking pictures of the beautiful scenery of Hong Kong. Simultaneously, students can appreciate the city and appearance of Hong Kong with the use of their imagination and creativity and share it with others. At last, two students from our school won the Bronze Award in the youth category and three students won the most distinguished award in the youth category. Their artworks are shown below:
Elements of Values Education: “Perseverance”, “National Identity”, “Commitment”, “Integrity”, “Diligence”
Environmental Education
An extensive variety of activities are conducted by our department to nurture students’ ten priority values and attitudes. Junior form students are mainly involved in the process of understanding, learning and participating while more emphasis is put on organizing, promoting and providing practical training for senior form students. Some of the environmental education-related activities organized by our committee are listed below.
Environmental Leaders and Environmental Ambassadors
Environmental awareness should be cultivated from a young age, so that we will have the awareness to care for the earth. To promote environmental protection and raise students’ environmental awareness, the NVE Department trains students to be Environmental Protection Ambassadors. They regularly assist teachers to promote environmental protection in the school and they learn about different environmental knowledge and skills, so that they can develop green habits. At the same time, they also promote environmental awareness to their fellow students. To better equip students in promoting green practices in school, they are nominated to participate in various internal and external outdoor environmental activities such as the “Basic Environmental Badge” organized by the Environmental Campaign Committee.
Elements of Values Education: “Perseverance”, “Responsibility”, “Commitment”, “Benevolence”, “Diligence”, “Unity”
Sharing of Environmental Education during the Morning Assembly
To enhance students’ awareness of environmental protection, environmental leaders would regularly share the school’s environmental protection measures and recycling tips with the whole school during the morning assembly under the guidance of our teachers.
Elements of Values Education: “Responsibility”, “Commitment”, “Benevolence”
External Competitions related with environmental conservation
To inspire students’ creativity, broaden their horizons and raise students’ awareness of environmental issues outside the classroom, the NVE Committee encourages students to enthusiastically participate in competitions related to environmental protection so that their creativity and competition experience can be increased. The NVE Committee invited students to engage in the “Go Green, Act Green Interschool Contests” and they had outstanding performance. Our student Liu Yilin had won the “Greenest Coloring Award’ in the creative colouring competition in 2022 and Ng Ching Yi had won the “Greenest Slogan Award” in the Slogan Competition in 2021.
Elements of Values Education: “Perseverance”, “Responsibility”, “Commitment”, “Integrity”, “Benevolence”, “Diligence”
"Reward Scheme related to Environmental Conservation
To encourage students participate more in activities related to environmental protection and to contribute to the protection of the global environment, the NVE committee recommends students participate in relevant award schemes. Many students stood out in the program and obtained excellent results. An S5 student Ng Ching Yi had won the 7th Hin Sang Scholarship – Environmental Protection Reward Scheme and “The Surein Foundation (Loveramics) Environmental Education Scholarship 2023”. In addition, some students actively participated in environmental protection activities at school. Thus, they were recommended to receive the award of Outstanding Student Environmental Protection Ambassador by the Environmental Campaign Committee.
Elements of Values Education: “Perseverance”, “Responsibility”, “Commitment”, “Integrity”, “Benevolence”, “Diligence”
" Upcycling" Campaign
To arouse students’ interest in waste recycling and reduce waste, as well as to support waste recycling through action, the NVE Committee organizes upcycling workshops regularly to instruct students how to transform waste materials into more valuable products.
Elements of Values Education: “Responsibility”, “Commitment”, “Benevolence”
Other Values Education Activities
An extensive variety of activities are conducted by our department to nurture students’ ten priority values and attitudes. Junior form students are mainly involved in the process of understanding, learning and participating while more emphasis is put on organizing, promoting and providing practical training for senior form students. Some of the civic education-related activities organized by our committee are listed below.
“Visual Accessibility 2022” Barrier-free Photography Competition for Secondary School students
The NVE Committee invited students to participate in the “Visual Accessibility 2022” Barrier-free Photography Competition for Secondary School students. Students are encouraged to use photos to enhance the public awareness of the visually impaired, mutual respect and acceptance, and to build an equal and inclusive society. At the same time, they have met different needs of the community through the photography society. Their artworks are shown below:
Elements of Values Education: “Commitment”, “Benevolence”, “Empathy”, “Diligence”
Volunteer service - Distribution of anti-epidemic service bags
During the epidemic period, students showed warmth and love through their actions. They made anti-epidemic service bags and sympathy cards after-school and sent them to all teachers and students. Through their actions, they helped and cared for those in need around them.
Elements of Values Education: “Commitment”, “Benevolence”, “Empathy”, “Diligence”
Volunteer service – Visiting the elderly
On the activity day, students from our school went to the community center to visit the elderly. During the activity, they talked with them and shared the warmth and care.
Elements of Values Education: “Benevolence”, “Empathy”, “Diligence”, “Filial Piety”
Value Education Sharing and Talk
Different committees in our school collaborate to organize different types of sharing and talks for students to help them establish positive values and attitudes and promote physical and mental health.
