Teach Unlimited Breeze (Nov 2013) OUR PEOPLE
Bulletins “Trick or Treat?” Halloween is a good time to organize fun English activities for students. Our program mentors held a number of events to promote learning of English in a fun way. Let’s see what we have done at Caritas Yuen Long Chan Chun Ha Secondary School.
Roger Ng PhD Chairman Tony Wong Vice Chairman MANAGEMENT TEAM Winnie Yip Fong Director of Operations
English Game Stalls on Halloween
PROGRAM STAFF
To motivate students to learn English outside of classrooms, four games stalls were set up in st
the covered playground on 31 October, 2013. Students came over during recess and lunchtime to play Tongue Twisters, Missing Pumpkins (listen and show), Spooky House (listen and draw) and Dot-dot-dot, I Forgot (dot-joining dictation). Treats were awarded to students who completed the games.
Brad Chan Chloe Chan Patricia Chan Addi Chung Gloria Lau Harmony Lai Shirley Leung Debbie Mak Grace Tse
With varying levels of difficulty to choose, the games attracted students from both junior and senior forms. It was a good example of how fun and learning can really go hand in hand.
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A Superstar-to-be William was a shy and quiet S6 student when I first met him in September last year. Our rapport began with a hand-written card in which I encouraged him not to conform to peer pressure and adopt a playful learning attitude. Since then, William took up the challenge of joining Daily English, a daily 15-minute English session with me.
As our rapport developed, I found out that William dreamed to become an actor. I encouraged him to take more actions to realize his dream, like joining the school’s drama club or attending an acting course outside. During our daily sessions, I often empowered him to think more about his dream by talking about drama, performing, movies, and etc. In one urgent occasion, I asked William on the spot to help. He bravely took up the challenge and hosted a game in a Halloween event. He stepped out of his comfort zone and tried hard to explain the game to his fellow students. Unfortunately, William had to leave school in March 2013 for the DSE study leave and since then, we could not talk as often as before. On the day of the release of DSE results, I met William and he told me with flying colours on his face that he had joined an acting course and enjoyed it a lot. William reached a remarkable milestone in making his dream come true. William and I still keep in touch and talk about various things these days. As program mentors, we don’t get to spend too much time with our students; but we work to empower and inspire them to dream and take the first step. Our rapports with students do not end when they leave school. Very often, it may just be the beginning of the next chapter of our mentor-mentee relationship. Shirley Leung (Program Mentor)