Special remarks: The outbreak of the COVID-19 from January 2020 caused class suspension in
Hong Kong for more than four months. Therefore, much work concerning learning and
teaching has been impeded.
1. Promoting eLearning: Though lots of work was halted due to the epidemic, eLearning
took another leap forward because of the introduction of online learning. Starting from
early February, teachers designed and delivered online assignments to students. From
mid-February to the end of class suspension, online teaching, mainly in ZOOM teaching,
was gradually introduced. Starting from mid-March, full-wing online teaching in
proportion to the existing timetable was implemented in all academic subjects in all forms.
It was easy for our students to adapt to the learning mode as eLearning has been earnestly
promoted for years. For teachers, our eLearning skills, such as Zoom teaching and teaching
video producing, have been tremendously enhanced as every one of us had to embark on
online teaching. In terms of teacher training, a lot of IT training and support had been
given. For instance, an informal WhatsApp group was set up to facilitate the exchange of
eLearning skills among colleagues.
2. Promoting independent learning
In the first term, the Studies Department designed a new award scheme to promote
independent learning. Under the scheme, students would be rewarded if they could
complete special learning tasks in the core subjects according to their learning goals. A
pilot programme was supposed to be launched in S.1 in the second term. However, it was
called off due to the epidemic. It is hoped that the scheme will be launched next year.
3. Cross-curricular collaboration: This year the collaboration between the Chinese and the
Performing Arts panels continued. Great effort was made in promoting situated teaching by
designing and trying a number of teaching plans for different texts in Chinese education.
Different strategies such as ‘drama in education’ and ‘virtual reality teaching’ were
promoted.
4. Enhancing the academic performance of students
Under lots of limitations, we strove to enhance the students’ performance in the public
exam using different strategies such as action plans from panels, mass drilling with
debriefings, special enhancement and remedial programs (SERP), etc. Though teachers
could not offer pre-DSE drilling face-to-face with the students, they adopted different
means to drill students. For instance, they provided drilling using ZOOM, and extended
their drilling once the HKDSE was postponed to late April. Such professionalism is very