Tag Archives: Environmental Conservation

CFSS Students Taking Part in Soyvestor STEAM@Soybean Gansu Study Tour

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The Soyvestors STEAM Project aims to promote STEAM education in secondary schools through investigations of soybean cultivation. It not only builds on the expertise of university scientists, educators, and secondary teachers to teach the younger generations, but also integrates frontier soybean research with STEM technology and teaching models. On July 17 to 21, a group of S.3 and S.4 students from our school joined the Gansu study tour organized by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Soyvestors Co. Limited and Big Education Platform. With Prof.…

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Biology field trip to Mai Po

Learning and Teaching

To consolidate student’s subject knowledge and equip them with more in-field exposure, S.5 and S.4 Biology students had joint the field trip at Mai Po Nature Reserve on 3rd April 2023, organized by the World Wide Fund (Hong Kong). 35 Students studying Biology had visited the vast habitats in Mai Po, including Gei Wai, mangroves, mudflats etc. In the guided tour, students were taught to use binoculars to observe and identify different bird species in birdwatching houses. They also observed different adaptive features of mangrove…

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Whole-school Approach in STREAM Education – SoyVestor STEAM Project

Special Programme

Our school has been promoting Popular Science to all CFSS students through STREAM education. In School Year 2022/23, we joined a whole-year STREAM Education programme, titled “Soyvestor STEAM Project”. From September to December 2022, we were honoured to have Prof. Lam Hon Ming and his team to deliver various workshops and seminars for junior form students, enriching our knowledge about soybeans. Enriching knowledge aside, students also cultivated their high-order thinking capabilities. students were requested to evaluate the effects of global warming on soybean growth and…

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CFSS Students Sharing the School-based Approaches in Biodiversity Education and Conservation Strategies in the Youth Biodiversity Forum

Biodiversity Education

On 10th December 2022, 13 students took part in the online Youth Biodiversity Forum organized by The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation. The students presented the school-based approaches in biodiversity education and conservation from three main perspectives: (1) Green Gurus on biodiversity education;(2) Popular STREAM and other Sustainable Development approaches;(3) Smart-related ICT initiatives on biodiversity conservation. On top of our students’ sharing, we also listened to the biodiversity education and conservation strategies from other high schools, including Wuhan Foreign Languages School (Jiangnan Branch),…

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Green Guru Fish Printing Workshop

Biodiversity Education

To promote awareness on biodiversity and to incorporate art and culture, the Green Guru Team had held the Fish Printing (Gyotaku) Workshop on 10th October 2022. 20 students had learnt the history and cultural value of the traditional art of Gyotaku. Through the workshop, students had learnt the importance of sustainable fishery and various fishing method. Several species of fishes were provided to demonstrate the diversity of fish morphology. Students had made their fish printing on cloth and xuan paper as a bring-home art piece.…

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CFSS Sharing Our Strenuous Efforts to Foster Student-Centred Learning in the Long COVID in the 17th International Conference on Genomics

Learning and Teaching

“Student-centered learning” broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student. This is particularly important for schools to cultivate students with learning autonomy and learning independence under the pandemic. On 15th September 2022, the Principal Mr. Ho Tik Shun and STREAM Coordinator Mr. Tsang Ka Ho shared our strenuous efforts to foster student-centered learning during the long COVID in the 17th International Conference on Genomics. Teachers make good use of the campus resources and e-learning platforms to…

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Prize Presentation for the 6th Hong Kong Specimen Drawing Competition

Awards

Thirty-six students of our school have participated in the sixth Hong Kong Specimen Drawing Competition as presented by the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Society of Biology in December 2021. They have been selected by the adjudicator panel in recognition of their remarkable drawings and received the awards as listed below. Due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, the official Prize Presentation Ceremony had been cancelled this year. We were honoured to have our Principal, Mr. Ho Tik Shun presenting the certificates to the…

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FarmacyHK “Grow For Future” Programme 2022

Biodiversity Education

Decline in arable land and growing population have worsened the food shortage crisis, and as global warming aggravate, global food supply and security has become an international issue with top priority. In light of this, the school has partnered with FarmacyHK, a company specialized in agricultural technology, to organize the “Grow For Future” Programme 2022, starting from 16/5/2022 (Monday). A mobile farming device has also been set up in school to showcase how decentralized and smart farming can be achieved in urban area to lower…

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CFSS Tree Project

Special Programme

A panel of professionals, including Prof. Lam Hon Ming (Professor of Life Sciences of CUHK), Mr. George Jor (Founder of Grateful Green Group), Mr. Ricci Wong (Founder of HK Timberbank) and Mr. Fritz Pang (Registered Educational Psychologist), visited CFSS on 20 April 2022 (Wed). A discussion session and a campus tour were launched to understand the endless effort of CFSS in promoting Biodiversity Education in the past years. The professional panel discussed with the teaching team the details of kicking off “CFSS Tree Project” on…

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Winner of the ‘Most Active Participation School Award’ & ‘Best Performance School Award’ on the Low-Carbon Living Online Q & A Competition

Awards

To foster students’ understanding of the ways to practise low-carbon living, all of our students participated in the “Low-Carbon Living Online Q & A Competition” on the E-Learning Platform on Decarbonisation which is organized by the Council for Sustainable Development and the Education Bureau. CFSS has been awarded the ‘Most Active Participation School Award’ & ‘Best Performance School Award’.

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