Category Archives: Learning and Teaching

Student-Centred Learning in CFSS

Learning and Teaching

The Paradigm Shift of Teaching There has been an overwhelming reform of teaching pedagogies over the past 20 years – from traditional ‘direct teaching’ to ‘knowledge-based teaching’ and ‘teacher-centered’ approaches’ to the current ‘inquiry-based’, ‘skill-based’ and ‘student-centered approaches’. In light of school-based management introduced by EDB, the teaching pedagogies adopted in Hong Kong’s primary and secondary schools vary. Some schools still adopt the traditional ‘chalk and talk’ approach while some others prefer project-based teaching, activity approach or e-teaching; some schools like CFSS may adopt various…

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Demonstration Lesson of the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence

Learning and Teaching

Our school collaborated with the Education Bureau to launch a demonstration lesson showcasing the Chief Executive Award for Teaching Excellence for teachers in the territory on 19 February 2019. Our Assistant Principal Mr. Ho Tik Shun demonstrated the use of mobile learning to facilitate students to explore strategies of plants on optimization of photosynthesis and reduction in water loss in our school Environmental Trail. The exploration was followed by group discussion and feedback sessions. A post-lesson session was launched to allow professional sharing amongst teachers.

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Popular STREAM Workshop – Identifying Succulents and Cacti

Learning and Teaching

Green Gurus of our school launched a Popular STREAM activity titled “Identifying Succulents and Cacti” Workshop after school on 13 December 2018. Students took reference from the Popular Science books stationed in Reading Paradise of our Main Roof to study plant taxonomy. Then, students identified and labelled these succulents and cacti in Environmental Trail and Main Roof. On top of this, green gurus also helped preservation of Traditional Chinese Medicine specimens in Science & Sustainable Development Resource Centre by adding drying agents into the reagent…

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PBL Hall Presentation Day 1718

Learning and Teaching

PBL Hall Presentation Day 17/18 was successfully held on 6th March. Themed “Care for the World” this year, it was a whole-day event, with all twenty-five PBL groups delivering presentations on their projects, sharing their new discoveries with parents, teachers and their S.2 schoolmates. Students demonstrated high level of confidence, collaboration and presentation skills on stage along with their thorough understanding of their research work. A number of parents attended the event to show their support and encouragement to their children as well as the…

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Chief Executive’s Award for Teacher Excellence [CEATE]

Awards, Learning and Teaching

Our Science teachers Assistant Principal Mr. Ho Tik Shun, Ms. Leung Yue Shan Jennifer, Dr. Chan Pik Ying and Mr. Chung Cheuk Hung Vincent have received the honour of Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence (CEATE) in Science Education Key Learning Area. Our teachers have fostered biodiversity conservation through a series of teaching-related workshops by utilizing resources from online knowledge platform and Environmental Trail of our campus. The group has advocated the sustainability concept to the community through Community Roadside Tree Project. Our school hereby…

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CFSS Was Awarded Both the Gold Award and the Most Enthusiastic Sharing Award

Awards, Biodiversity Education, Learning and Teaching

GAIA awards presentation ceremony was successfully held on 26th May. Our school was awarded the Gold Award and the Most Enthusiastic Sharing Award of the Year.  At the same time, Assistant Principal Ho Tik Shun was also awarded the Most Outstanding Guru Award and the Most Enthusiastic Guru Award for his active participation in the GAIA energy saving platform.

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CFSS Students Returned Gladly with The Silver Medal in International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP)

Awards, Learning and Teaching

International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) is a sustainable development science research project contest jointly organized by the Cosmos Foundation (CF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Targeting contestants from secondary schools, the contest, held every May in Houston, is renowned for resource technologies. I-SWEEEP is of the highest level and the largest of its kind around the globe. Three S.4 students (Nicole Fong, Bernard Chan and Felice Tang) were successfully qualified and belonged to…

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CFSS Gloried in her “School and Distinction Award” and “Outstanding Organization Award” of the 28th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC)

Awards, Learning and Teaching

“School of Distinction Award” was set up by Intel Corporation to reward renowned elementary and secondary schools in the United States on their outstanding performance in Science and Mathematics Education. Starting from the 25th China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) in 2010, the organizing committee has been co-operating with Intel (China) Co., Ltd. to launch an annual contest by selecting the top 10 outstanding primary and secondary schools in Science Education from China (including Hong Kong and Macau), with award presentation in the…

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HKSciFest 2017 – Unveiling the Magic Behind Chinese Herbs

Biodiversity Education, Community Service, Learning and Teaching, Special Programme

Housing more than 1000 plant species, our School provides a good learning platform of the uses of medicinal plants and conservation on plant biodiversity for the public through mobile learning. In this workshop, participants can explore the details of herbs in a boundless setting in Environmental Trail and Medicinal Plant Garden on our rooftop. They can acquire basic concepts of plant properties and their uses together with simple species identification skills, to promote the use of plants for the health of the society.

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