(1)Examples of Life-wide Learning Activities (Primary Schools) Key Learning Areas (KLAs) or Subjects/ Interdisciplinary KLAs or Subjects/ Essential Learning Experiences Learning Areas/Themes Activities Learning Goals 1

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Examples of Life-wide Learning Activities (Primary Schools)

Key Learning Areas (KLAs) or Subjects/

Interdisciplinary KLAs or Subjects/

Essential Learning Experiences

Learning Areas/Themes

Activities Learning Goals

1. Chinese Language

Education Reading Reading safari To help students learn more about the community, develop an interest in reading and acquire the ability to collate information through field studies, interviews with shop assistants and neighbours, and reading of books on the community.

2. Chinese Language Education

Integrated skills Inviting drama troupes to perform at school or participating in drama activities outside school

To conduct activities on drama appreciation for helping students to establish relevance to their life experiences, analyse the text and structure of dramas, understand the moods of playwrights, and to encourage students to engage in drama performances for enhancing their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

3. Chinese Language Education

Integrated skills Chinese culture

Visits to exhibitions To deepen students’ understanding of the Chinese opera and culture, in alignment with the curriculum through visits to museums or performing venues (e.g. arranging for students to visit the Hong Kong Heritage Museum or Xiqu Centre upon reading of works on Cantonese opera).

4. Chinese Language

Education Integrated skills

Chinese culture Chinese culture day To enhance students’ understanding on Chinese culture through organizing Chinese culture day. For example, organising activities near Chinese New Year such as learning Chinese calligraphy, guessing riddles, and organising talks about the origin of the festival or Lion Dancing etc.

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5. English Language Education

Care and compassion for animals

A talk in English by a veterinary surgeon from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and a visit to the SPCA

- To expose students to the authentic use of English.

- To enable students to learn more about a pet owner’s responsibilities and pets’ needs.

6. English Language

Education Global awareness and

cultural sensitivity The Human Library - a platform for

international

volunteers to interact with students and talk about inspirational events and people from their countries

- To provide students with opportunities to use English in authentic situations.

- To provide students with opportunities to meet with “human books” and interact with them to learn more about events and people from their countries.

7. English Language Education

Global awareness and cultural sensitivity

International Day of Culture

The International Day of Culture includes catwalk and talent shows, exhibitions and activities (a 3-day event concluding &

celebrating a 4-month discovery learning programme):

- To provide students with opportunities to use English in authentic situations.

- To provide students with opportunities to research cultures/countries in different parts of the world and to learn

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to respect, accept and embrace other cultures and people in the course of organising the International Day.

8. Mathematics Education

Generic skills (mathematics and information technology)

Mathematics trails To increase students’ interest in learning mathematics through different mathematics games and learning activities outside the classroom, and to provide more opportunities for students to apply information technology to solve problems through activities featured by using apps to identify directions, using QR codes to assist in data searching, etc.

9. Mathematics Education

Application of

mathematics to science and technology

Visiting the

Guangdong Science Center

To enchance students’ understanding of the applications of mathematics to science and technology, and to increase their interest in learning mathematics through learning activities at the Guangdong Science Center.

10. General Studies History and culture Museum learning To engage students in museum learning (e.g. visits to thematic exhibitions) that ties in with the subject-based learning elements (e.g. development of Hong Kong and features of the Chinese culture), and to enable students to explore what they have learnt by viewing museum exhibits and making an optimal use of learning booklets.

11. General Studies Interact with nature Eco-tours To enable students to have direct contact with nature, appreciate different species of creatures and build an awareness of the environment as well as sustainable development through outdoor

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visits and eco-tours that tie in with the subject-based learning elements (e.g. biodiversity and environmental conservation).

12. Physical Education Physical education Fencing classes To enable more students to engage in fencing activities for developing an interest in sports, and to nurture in students positive values and attitudes through participation in sports.

13. Physical Education Physical education A three-day tour to the Mainland on sports training and exchange of sporting culture

To enhance students’ skills in sports through training in the Mainland, and to broaden students’ understanding of the country’s sporting culture and widen their horizons through exchange activities with local students.

14. Arts Education/

Visual Arts

Art of upcycling Workshops on art of upcycling

To acquaint students with the recycling process through organising talks on waste reduction and recycling and paying visits to resources recovery centres, and to promote the awareness of “upcycling” and cherishing resources. Under artists’ guidance, students learn to excavate “wastes” (e.g.

paper, plastic and fabric) in daily life, and explore their features and offer them a new lease of life through art making.

15. Arts Education/

Visual Arts

Traditional crafts Experiencing traditional crafts

To help students respect and treasure traditional crafts and enhance their cultural literacy through visiting to craftsmen’s workshops, during which students learn more about traditional paper crafting featured by bamboo splints (e.g. making of lanterns and lion heads) and grasp the related basic skills.

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16. Arts Education/

Visual Arts

Tie-dyeing/

environmental protection/

STEM education

Eco-friendly DIY for tie-dyeing

To help students develop an awareness of respecting and cherishing food through tie-dyeing activities, in which students collect raw leftovers (e.g. veggie leaves and fruit skins) from markets for making natural dye, explore colour extraction, and use tools to produce different dyeing effects on fabric.

17. Arts Education/

Visual Arts

Ceramics Workshops on

contemporary ceramics

To enable students to appreciate contemporary ceramics through visiting exhibitions and communicating with ceramicists.

Under the guidance of ceramicists, students experience the malleability of clay, and express sentiments and showcase imagination through ceramic making.

18. Arts Education/Music Vocal percussion Workshops on vocal

percussion To help students learn how to imitate the soundof percussion with vocal articulation and perform music of different genres in a cappella for broadening musicalexperience.

19. Arts Education/Music Multimedia expression Creative activities on music and multimedia

To conduct student workshops on creating instrumental music that incorporates multimedia elements (e.g. images, stage and lighting effects, body movements) for nurturing students’

capability in artistic expression.

20. Arts Education/Music STEM education Making of musical

instruments To conduct workshops that help students identify the relationship between musical instruments and STEM education, apply relevant subject knowledge, make musical instruments (e.g.

ukulele and recorder) with different types of materials, enhance

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their understanding about the structure of musical instruments, for developing students’ problem-solving skills and fostering a sense of exploration.

21. Arts Education/Music Harmonica Harmonica band To help students learn to play harmonica with instructors’

guidance, nurture their responsibility and collaboration skills through ensemble activities, and develop appraising ability in appraising harmonica music and performing skills through attending concerts and masterclasses.

22. STEM Education STEM education STEM activity days To organise for each grade level STEM education activities in line with the curriculum (e.g. General Studies and Mathematics), which help students develop problem-solving abilities and creativity by integrating and applying STEM-related knowledge and skills.

23. Physical Education and STEM Education

Physical

education/STEM education

A two-day dinghy sailing activity as a strategy to implement the STEM education curriculum in Physical Education

To promote water sports for students to grasp the basic skills and safety precautions of dinghy sailing and cultivate positive values and attitudes, and to conduct STEM education activities related to dinghy sailing (e.g. making of land yachts and anemometers), which enahnce students’ knowledge and interest, and develop their creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and problem-solving skills.

24. STEM Education (Gifted Education)

STEM education Primary STEM Project Exhibition

To arrange visits to the Primary STEM Project Exhibition (which features the winning entries of innovation and technology contests) held every May for gifted/high-ability students to

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interact and learn, enhance scientific literacy, and arouse interest and enthusiasm in science.

Before the visits, teachers may discuss with students the criteria for evaluating entries. During the visits, students may, on a group basis, select several entries they consider the best according to the criteria for presentation at school. When students deliver presentations, teachers may make use of the chosen entries to further discuss with students the features and core elements required of outstanding scientific exploration and innovation.

25. Moral and Civic Education

Values education Establishing a caring campus

To conduct school-based activities (e.g. life dramas, growth groups, adventure-based training and a variety of interest classes), which enable students to meditate on the values of life, identify their character strengths, form personal characters, think more positively, strengthen support and connection among peers, and thus create a school culture that features mutual support and care.

26. Community Service Service learning Visiting the Hong Kong Wetland Park with the elderly

To mobilise students of the schools with elder academies to form partnership with the elderly by visiting the Hong Kong Wetland Park and engaging in learning activities together.

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27. Community Service Service learning Visiting and serving the needy in the community

To arrange for students undergoing volunteer and leadership training to engage in service learning at local social welfare agencies (e.g. elderly homes and centres for ethnic minority children) so that they could apply what they have learnt and cultivate empathy and qualities required of a leader.

28. Community Service (Gifted Education)

Pull-out affective education: leadership qualities

Serving the needy in the community

To further nurture gifted students as a leader by encouraging them to read the life stories of outstanding world leaders, and to help gifted students apply knowledge and cultivate qualities required of a leader through organising service learning activities.

29. Career-related

Experiences Physical education Visits to the sports and scientific research facilities in local universities/Hong Kong Sports Institute

To enhance students’ understanding of sports science through visits to the sports and scientific research facilities in local universities/Hong Kong Sports Institute, and to help students learn more about local sports facilities and physical education programmes through field studies so as to equip them for further study or career development.

30. Career-related Experiences (Gifted Education)

Affective education Passing on school traditions with alumni

To match alumni who excel in their professions (not necessarily celebrities or personages) with exceptionally gifted students for sharing of study and life experiences, and to arrange workplace visits that provide a favourable setting for gifted students to learn and develop positive values such as a sense of responsibility and perseverance.