Education Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 38/2013
From: Secretary for Education To: Heads of All Primary and Secondary Schools
(This circular memorandum should be read by all school heads and teachers) Ref: EDB(CD)/ADM/150/1/228(2)
Date: 2 April 2013
Reading Fair 2013
Reading for Life - From Developing Interest to Facilitating Learning
(Note: This circular memorandum should be read by heads and teachers of all schools)Purpose
The purpose of this circular memorandum is to invite heads of schools and teachers to participate in Reading Fair 2013 scheduled for 20 April 2013 (Saturday).
Background
2. Since the launch of the Education Reform, reading has always been a key initiative in our schools. There is strong consensus among educators and parents, together with the experience of teachers and students, confirming that reading helps lay the foundation for effective learning. Through reading, students acquire and practise reading skills, learn new knowledge, and are exposed to a wider world and the variety and beauty of language. Reading can also enrich their imagination and inspire them to set and pursue their life goals. Life-long reading, therefore, is central to nurturing life-long learners, which our Education Reform sets out to accomplish.
Programme of the Event
3. It is our great pleasure to organise Reading Fair 2013 to share with schools and teachers the encouraging performance of our students in the recently announced results of Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011, as well as their implications. We also make use of this opportunity to share the good practices of our schools in their dedicated efforts to promote reading in various forms and modes to support and enable our students to learn to read, and
to read to learn so as to meet the challenges of learning, which, among others, include the New Senior Secondary Curriculum and the fine-tuned medium of instruction arrangements for secondary schools.
4. The event will be opened by Mr. Stephen YIP, Principal Assistant Secretary (Curriculum Development) of the Education Bureau (EDB), and followed by the keynote speech on PIRLS, Bilingual Reading: Present State and Sustainable Development, by Professor TSE Shek-kam of the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. There are then the parallel experience-sharing sessions in which a total of ten schools, four primary and six secondary schools have kindly agreed to share their valuable experience with us. For details, please refer to the programme in the Appendix.
Enrolment
5. Heads of schools and teachers are invited to enrol on Reading Fair 2013 online through the Training Calendar System (TCS) of the EDB at http://tcs.edb.gov.hk with Course ID CDI020131116 between 2 April 2013 (Tuesday) and 17 April 2013 (Wednesday). Enrolment will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis. Applicants will be informed of the application results through the TCS.
6. In the event of a public announcement by the EDB that all schools are to be closed as a result of adverse weather conditions (e.g. tropical cyclone or rainstorm), Reading Fair 2013 will be postponed until further notice.
Enquiries
7. For enquiries, please contact Mr. Jimmy LEUNG on 2892 6482 or Mr.
Raymond CHEUNG on 2892 6608.
Dr. K. K. CHAN for Secretary for Education
c.c. Heads of all EDB sections – for information ---
閱讀薈萃二零一三 Reading Fair 2013
終身閱讀 - 從培養興趣到促進學習
Reading for Life - From Developing Interest to Facilitating Learning
日期 二零一三年四月二十日(星期六) Date 20 April 2013 (Saturday)
時間 上午九時至下午一時 Time 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
地點 中華基督教會銘賢書院
九龍石硤尾偉智街 1 號 (石硤尾地鐵站 A 出口)
(請注意場地不會為參加者提供泊車設施。)
Venue CCC Ming Yin College
1 Wai Chi Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon (Exit A, Shek Kip Mei MTR Station)
(Please note that no car parking facilities will be available at the venue for participants.)
程序 Programme
9:00 am – 9:15 am 簽到 Registration
開幕致辭及專題演講 Opening Remarks and Keynote Speech (請於十分鐘前入座 Please be seated 10 minutes before the session starts)
地點: 禮堂 Venue: School Hall 9:15 am – 9:30 am 開幕致辭暨頒發感謝狀
教育局
首席助理秘書長(課程發展) 葉蔭榮先生
語言：粵語
Opening Remarks cum Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation Mr Stephen YIP, Principal Assistant Secretary (Curriculum Development) Education Bureau
Medium: Cantonese 9:30 am – 10:30 am 專題演講
題目: 雙語閱讀：現況與持續發展 講者: 香港大學教育學院
謝錫金教授
語言：粵語
Keynote Speech
Title: Bilingual Reading: Present State and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Professor TSE Shek-kam
Faculty of Education
The University of Hong Kong
Medium: Cantonese
10:30 am – 10:45 am 休息 Break
備註：報名結果將透過教育局培訓行事曆系統通知各報名者
Note: Applicants will be informed of the application results through EDB Training Calendar System (P) – 代表小學 primary schools; (S) – 代表中學 secondary schools
2 10:45 am – 11:45 am 經驗分享環節(一) Parallel Experience-sharing Sessions (1)
香港大學 聯同 播道書院 (P)
基督書院 (S) 迦密主恩中學 (S)
題目：閱讀悅有趣 題目：學習，從「悅」讀
出發
題目：建立「文學圈」，
豐富學生英文閱讀經歷
粉嶺救恩書院 (S)
題目: 當科學教育遇上英
語授課
東華三院馬振玉紀念中學 (S)
題目: 支援具學習動機及 有初階閱讀能力的初中學 生學會閱讀
語言：粵語
地點：204 室
語言：粵語
地點：205 室
語言：英語
地點：206 室
語言: 粵語 (輔以英語)
地點：203 室
語言：英語
地點：活動室 (二樓)
The University of Hong Kong cum Evangel College (P)
Christ College (S) Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School (S)
Fanling Kau Yan College (S)
TWGHs C.Y. Ma Memorial College (S)
Title: Reading is Fun and Interesting
Title: “Reading to Learn”
Starts from Enjoyment
Title:Organising
“Literature Circles” to Enrich Students’ English Reading Experience
Title: When Science Education and English- medium Teaching Meet
Title:Making Reading Happen with Motivated Early-Fluent Readers in Need of Support in the Junior Secondary Classroom
Medium: Cantonese
Venue: Room 204
Medium: Cantonese
Venue: Room 205
Medium: English
Venue: Room 206
Medium: Cantonese (supplemented with English)
Venue: Room 203
Medium: English
Venue: Activity Room (2/F)
11:45 am – 12:00 nn 休息Break
備註：報名結果將透過教育局培訓行事曆系統通知各報名者
Note: Applicants will be informed of the application results through EDB Training Calendar System (P) – 代表小學 primary schools; (S) – 代表中學 secondary schools
3 12:00 nn – 1:00 pm 經驗分享環節(二) Parallel Experience-sharing Sessions (2)
瑪利曼小學 (P) 東華三院高可寧紀念小學
(P)
聖公會仁立小學 (P) 寶血會上智英文書院 (S) 德信中學 (S)
題目：在英語課堂內、外 有效地融入兒童文學
題目：透過共讀教授解讀英 文字詞及閱讀理解的技巧 和策略
題目： 閱讀‧悅讀 題目: 閱讀---悅讀 題目: 提升男生閱讀興
趣和能力的策略
語言：英語
地點：206 室
語言：英語
地點： 活動室 (二樓)
語言：粵語
地點：204 室
語言: 英語
地點：203室
語言: 粵語
地點：205室
Marymount Primary School (P)
TWGHs Ko Ho Ning Memorial Primary School (P)
SKH Yan Laap Primary School (P)
Holy Trinity College (S) Tak Sun Secondary School (S)
Title: Incorporating
Children’s Literature Strategically into English Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom
Title: To Teach Decoding and Comprehension Skills and Strategies Explicitly through Shared Reading in KS2
Title: Reading for Fun and Joy
Title: Cross-curricular Approach: from e-Reading to Fun Reading
Title: Strategies to Enhance Boys’ Reading Interest and Competence
Medium: English
Venue: Room 206
Medium: English
Venue: Activity Room (2/F)
Medium: Cantonese
Venue: Room 204
Medium: English
Venue: Room 203
Medium: Cantonese
Venue: Room 205
