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EDUCATION BUREAU
CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM NO. 43/2017 From: Secretary for Education
Ref.: EDB(CD/C&S)/SC/1/0/1(7) Date: 12 April 2017
To: Supervisors and heads of primary and secondary schools
(excluding English Schools
Foundation schools and international schools)
Ongoing Renewal of the School Curriculum:
Briefing Sessions on the Updated Key Learning Area Curriculum Guides (P1 – S6) and General Studies Curriculum Guide (P1 – P6)
(Note: Please circulate this circular memorandum among teachers of the eight Key Learning Areas and primary General Studies, and encourage them to enrol for the
briefing sessions.)
Summary
This circular memorandum invites primary and secondary schools to attend the briefing sessions on the updated Key Learning Area Curriculum Guides (KLACGs) and latest development of the General Studies (GS) for Primary Schools Curriculum Guide to be held between April and July 2017.
Details
2. Curriculum development in Hong Kong has entered an era of ongoing renewal.
Between November 2015 and February 2016, a series of briefing sessions cum territory- wide school surveys was arranged to share with schools the proposed updates of the eight Key Learning Areas (KLAs) as well as to gauge their valuable comments and suggestions for the way forward. Following professional deliberations in the Curriculum Development Council (CDC) Committees of the respective KLAs and ongoing feedback collection from various channels, the CDC gave its final recommendation to the updated Key Learning Area Curriculum Guides (KLACGs) in December 2016. In addition, the GS curriculum has been updated. Between November 2016 and January 2017, school briefing sessions on the proposed updates and recommendations of the GS for Primary Schools Curriculum Guide were conducted, coupled with a territory-wide school survey to collect views from schools.
3. To share with schools the major updates and related support measures of the eight KLAs and GS, briefing sessions will be held from April to July 2017. Primary and secondary school personnel of the respective KLAs are invited to enrol for the briefing sessions. Since the briefing sessions are conducive to deepening teachers’ understanding of the future directions of the eight KLAs and GS for primary schools, school heads are advised to encourage their teaching staff to enrol in the sessions as far as practicable.
Please refer to the Annex for the details of the respective briefing sessions. For enrolment, please apply via the Education Bureau (EDB)’s Training Calendar System.
2 Enquiries
4. Information related to the ongoing renewal of the school curriculum is available at www.edb.gov.hk/renewal. For enquiries related to enrolment in briefing sessions, please contact the responsible officers whose contact information is in the Annex. For general enquiries, please contact Mr Pablo HON on 2892 6327 or Ms Janice TAI on 2892 6433 of the Council and Secondary Section, Curriculum Development Institute.
Sheridan LEE
for Secretary for Education
c.c. Heads of Sections – for information
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Annex Briefing Sessions on the Updated Key Learning Area Curriculum Guides (P1 – S6)
and General Studies Curriculum Guide (P1–P6) (In order of the date of briefing sessions)
KLA/Subject Date Time Venue Capacity School Level Contact Person &
Tel. No.
Mathematics Education
25 April 2017
(Tue) 3 – 5 pm
WP01, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre (KTESC)
200 Primary
Ms Sammy SIU 2153 7453 28 April 2017
(Fri) 3 – 5 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong
Space Museum 190 Secondary
2 May 2017
(Tue) 3 – 5 pm WP01, West Block,
KTESC 200 Secondary
10 May 2017
(Wed) 3 – 5 pm WP01, West Block,
KTESC 200 Primary
Arts Education
8 May 2017
(Mon) 3 – 5 pm W301, 3/F, West Block,
KTESC 200
Primary and Secondary Mr WONG Tsz-hei 3698 3541 10 May 2017
(Wed) 3 – 5 pm W321, 3/F, West Block,
KTESC 120
Science Education
8 May 2017
(Mon) 3 – 5 pm Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West
Block, KTESC 440
Primary and Secondary Mr LIU Shing-po 3698 3445 16 May 2017
(Tue) 3 – 5pm Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West
Block, KTESC 440
Technology Education
9 May 2017 (Tue)
9:45 am – 12 noon
WP01, West Block,
KTESC 200
Primary and Secondary Ms Cindy POON 3698 3142 11 May 2017
(Thur) 2:30 – 4:45 pm W301, 3/F, West Block,
KTESC 200
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KLA/Subject Date Time Venue Capacity School Level Contact Person &
Tel. No.
Physical Education
10 May 2017
(Wed) 2:30 – 4:30 pm
School Hall, Lung Cheung Government Secondary
School
600
Primary and Secondary Mr Ken WONG 2760 7794 22 May 2017
(Mon) 2:30 – 4:30 pm Theatre, Sheung Wan
Civic Centre 480
Chinese Language Education (including Putonghua)
13 May 2017 (Sat)
9:15 am – 12:30 pm
W301, 3/F, West Block,
KTESC 200
Primary and Secondary
Mr YU Man-sang 2892 5878
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Dr CHOW Kin 2892 6448 27 May 2017
(Sat)
9:15 am – 12:30 pm
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West
Block, KTESC 440
English Language Education
23 May 2017 (Tue)
9:30 am – 12 noon
WP01, West Block,
KTESC 200
Primary and Secondary Ms Connie HUI 2892 5433 26 May 2017
(Fri) 2:30 – 5 pm WP01, West Block,
KTESC 200
31 May 2017
(Wed) 2:30 – 5 pm WP01, West Block,
KTESC 200
Personal, Social and Humanities
Education
28 June 2017
(Wed) 2:30 – 5:30 pm W301, 3/F, West Block,
KTESC 200
Primary and Secondary
Ms Rachel HO 2892 5865
/ Dr Edith LAI
2892 5863 30 June 2017
(Fri) 2:30 – 5:30 pm Lecture Hall, Hong Kong
Space Museum 190
General Studies for
Primary Schools
30 June 2017 (Fri)
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
W301, 3/F, West Block,
KTESC 200
Primary Ms Karman CHEUNG 2892 6469 7 July 2017
(Fri)
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West
Block, KTESC 440
Remarks: Details of individual briefing sessions are available at the EDB Training Calendar System.
