學生作品
學與教博覽 InnoSTEMer 2023
3名中四學生於15/12下午出席於會展舉行的學與教博覽 InnoSTEMer 2023的展覽活動。當日同學主動向參觀的人士介紹她們參加海洋公園舉辦的「STEAM學生大賽2023」並且在比賽中獲取佳績。
同學利用現時人工智能、物聯網及網絡安全概念,構想保育香港雀鳥方案並製作智慧人工鳥巢模型，先透過大量的資料搜集了解該物種的習性、出沒地點、繁殖期、生存所需及困難等,繼而針對彩鷸數量減少的問題構想合適的鳥巢設計。
設計除考慮到鳥巢的物料及大小外,還需設想其擺放的地點、所需收集的研究數據、加入適度的防護功能等元素。同學了解到泛濫是其中一個影響牠們哺育的因素,她們便想到利用荷蘭飄浮屋的設計套用於鳥巢上,令其可隨水位升降而保持穩固,不會被沖走或翻側。另外，同學也參觀其他學校的展覽作品，獲益良多。
「中小學數學應用創意信息圖設計比賽」獲獎
數學科與視藝科合作參加由教育局舉辦的「中小學數學應用創意信息圖設計比賽」，旨在透過設計信息圖，提高學生對學習數學的興趣，加強學生對數學在現實生活不同範疇的應用之認識。比賽鼓勵學生透過創意的手法設計信息圖，以平面設計融合圖像、圖表、文字、數式等，有效和清晰地表達數學在現實生活的應用，從而提升學生對數學在STEAM中的角色的理解，並鼓勵學生從多角度欣賞數學，發展他們的創造力和溝通能力。該次比賽主題是「數學的「築」跡 — 在「建築」範疇上展現數學」。本校學生3A葉詩詠、3B陳卓遙、3B鄭嘉妮、3D樊恩和3D黃巧妍獲得優異獎。
設計理念
這信息圖主要想帶出金門大橋當中的數學理念,包括拱橋懸索橋以及三角形。拱橋的原理是把人和車的力傳遞到兩惻,而力會漸漸減弱,從而分散重量。而三角形很常被用作建築,例如中銀大廈,橋亦不例外。由於三角形的長度是固定的,彼此制衡即使受拉力、壓力也依然堅固。
得獎學生作品 3B陳卓遙
設計理念
我曾看到一則英國新聞標題為「懂得着火的拋物線」，內容是有關一座大廈周圍的車輛無故被大火燃燒起來。此新聞十分有趣，所以我特意在網上尋找有關這座大廈的資訊。原來該大廈的外牆是採用了曲面設計，即是「拋物線」。拋物線是指平面內到定點與定直線的距離，相等的點的軌跡。當太陽平行直射到大廈外牆時，透過外牆的弧度，將所有光線凝聚到一個點上，稱為「焦點」。
得獎學生作品 3A葉詩詠
校長與得獎學生合照
得獎同學向校長講解作品的設計理念
得獎同學向學妹講解作品中涉及的數學概念
《中學生文藝月刊》145期的優秀作品
(English) 《中學生文藝月刊》145期的優秀作品 [......]Gold Award – The 15th English Radio Drama Competition 2023
The 15th English Radio Drama Competition is organized by Smart Education Charitable Foundation and sponsored by SCOLAR (Standing Committee on Language Education and Research). There are over 500 teams joining this year’s competition. Joining the competition, students need to create their own radio drama, from writing playscript to sound effect-making and even perform the radio drama on stage. A radio drama is an acoustic performance using only your voice and sound effects. It is surely an unforgettable experience for both the performers and audience.
This year, our team of five 1B girls was crowned as the champion with the Gold Award in the 15th English Radio Drama Competition on the 10th of June. The team was led by Ms. Miranda Li, who has guided the students to prepare the script, create all sound effects and perform the radio drama live on stage at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Despite being the youngest team among all secondary school finalists, our S1 girls managed to impress the judging panel with their creativity and performance on the topic “Fifteen Years Later”, defeating strong opponents from Hong Kong and Macau.
Congratulations to both Ms. Li and the team for their outstanding performance!
For more details about the competition and event highlights, please visit www.MySmartABC.com/drama
Watch their live performance here.
The Gold Award for the Secondary Section goes to… Hong Kong True Light College!
Team members
1B Cheung Ka Ying Denise
1B Drummond Hannah Martinez
1B Kwan Wing Nam Michelle
1B Lee Yin Man Emi
1B Ma Ka Wai Jovie
The five S1 girls, Denise Cheung, Michelle Kwan, Emi Lee,
Hannah Drummond and Jovie Ma (from left to right), ready to perform their radio drama
at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Students thanked their parents for being supportive
Champion – Hok Yau Club English News Commentary (senior)
Every year, Hok Yau Club organises the Students’ Top Ten News Election. This year, our students joined the English news commentary competition and got impressive results.
The competition results are available at: https://top10news.org/
We would like to congratulate our student, 5C Ng Wing Ki, Yuki, who was selected as the champion in the news commentary competition in senior form on the news about Queen Elizabeth. Her commentary entitled “Britain and the world bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth as state funeral marks end of era” has won accolades from the judging panel with her depth and breadth of knowledge on the news story.
5C Ng Wing Ki, Yuki, the champion of the Hok Yau Club News Commentary Competition (senior), with the Principal and her teacher, Ms. Jackie Chan
Read her news commentary here
Harvard Book Prize 2022
The Harvard Book Prize is awarded to exceptional S5 students who have accomplished academic excellence and have made impactful contributions as responsible members of society. On 27th of May, we were honoured to receive the Harvard Book Prize Essay Awards after joining the Harvard Book Prize Scholarship Competition. The ceremony was held at the Catholic Ming Yuen Secondary School and as one out of eleven semi-finalists in Hong Kong, Anna had an opportunity to be interviewed by the judges about her thought process while writing her essay. Later, she had photos taken with the judges and other semi-finalists for this prestigious award. Along with their certificates, the three winners of our school, 5A Anna Chan Jour-Yain, 5A Nicole Chan Cheuk Yu and 5E Sally Po Tsoi Nam, received a book entitled The Present by Spencer Johnson, which is about a man’s journey as he faces challenges during unprecedented changes just like how we have adapted to a “new normal” during this pandemic. As the semi-finalist, Anna has been invited to join the Harvard Mentorship Program and benefit from the meeting and learning from their alumni in Hong Kong.
5A Anna Chan Jour-Yain, the award semi-finalist, and the judging panel of the Harvard Club of Hong Kong.
5A Anna Chan was awarded the book prize with her teacher advisor, Ms Yeung.
Fittingly, we were asked to write an essay on a particular topic, experiencing alienation during the pandemic. We agreed that the contest was not an academic burden nor a waste of time, but in fact, it made us contemplate serious issues in our society and deepened our thinking. We believe that joining this writing contest has broadened our horizons and enhanced our writing skills. Overall, it was an invaluable opportunity to share our thoughts and receive constructive feedback from the judges.
In the end, we would like to express our gratitude to our English teacher, Ms. Yeung, who provided us with enormous support and guidance throughout this nomination process. As well, special thanks to Mr. Hedley who accompanied us to the ceremony, and we would like to thank the school for giving this priceless opportunity to participate in a contest hosted by such a widely-recognized institution.
5A Anna Chan and 5E Sally Po
You can check out Anna’s winning essay through here.
5E Sally Po and 5A Nicole Chan with their teachers Ms Yeung and Mr Hedley.
Bronze Award – The 14th English Radio Drama Competition 2022
A radio drama is an acoustic performance using only your voice and sound effects. It is surely an unforgettable experience for both the performers and audience.
This year, four of my friends and I joined the 14th English Radio Drama Competition hosted by the Smart Education Charitable Foundation. It was a competition against an astronomical number of schools in Hong Kong and Macau. Over 200 teams joined, but only 11 teams had the chance to perform their radio drama live in front of judges and an audience in the Final round. We never tried anything like this, so we gave our best shot during the whole competition.
First, each team had to submit a script based on one of three topics. We chose the topic about exploring “uncharted waters”, which was about stepping out of our comfort zones to search for our inner self or exploring the meaning of life. As a team, we collaboratively discussed the story we wanted to share and developed characters with distinct personalities.
Next, 30 semi-finalists were announced (15 from the Primary level and 15 from the Secondary level). As one of the semifinalists, we then had to perform a 5-minute radio drama and submit our recording. We recorded our lines and edited them with sound effects to engage the listeners. Our group worked tirelessly at the school library to create a lively and realistic radio drama. With all the effort we put forth, we were satisfied with the end-product.
Months later, the finalists were announced, and we were one of five teams from the Secondary Division invited to perform our radio drama live at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It was a unique experience performing live for a panel of adjudicators and audience which included our competitors, teachers and even some parents.
On the day of our live and final performance, we were up against four top schools in Hong Kong, making it quite nerve-racking at first. We gave our best performance, and alas, we were awarded the Bronze Award!
As such, this radio drama competition broadened our horizons, and we gained much more knowledge and ideas on this topic. It was a bittersweet moment since I will be leaving Hong Kong, but I am glad I had this truly unforgettable experience to collaborate with my friends at Hong Kong True Light College.
Performing at the 14th English Radio Drama Competition at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Being awarded the Bronze Award from the panel of adjudicators.
Arriving at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Awaiting our results from the competition.
Along with our trophy, we received gift bags with book coupons, stuffed toys, boxes of masks and other goodies.
Watch our live performa [......]
MI Young Writers Awards 2022
MI Young Writers Award 2022 is an annual English writing competition that aims to foster and recognize excellence in English writing by providing students with the opportunity to develop their expressive talents and creativity. This year, 2A Chow Ching Shun Lydia from the Junior Section, 5A Wong Tsz Ching Ada and 5E Lam Yu Kwan Yolanda from the Senior Section had their essays selected as the Top 50 essay among all Hong Kong contestants with the topics “Should smartphones be allowed in school?” and “If you became a social media influencer, what would you post about?” Congratulations to Lydia, Ada, and Yolanda for their achievements.
2A Chow Ching Shun Lydia and her teacher Miss Lam.
5A Wong Tsz Ching Ada (left) and 5E Lam Yu Kwan (right) with their teacher Miss Yeung.
You can read their winning essays through the following links:
(“Should Smartphones be Allowed in School?” by Chow Ching Shun Lydia)
(“Being an Inspiring Social Media Influencer” by Wong Tsz Ching Ada)
(“An Influencer, how?” by Lam Yu Kwan Yolanda)
The HKFYG English Public Speaking Contest 2022
This school year, selected students from Secondary 2 joined the annual HKFYG English Public Speaking Contest 2022 hosted by the HKFYG Leadership Institute. To prepare for the contest, students attended evening workshops on November 24 and December 1 at the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Building. It was an invaluable experience for students to get an opportunity to enrich their public speaking skills and share their speeches in front of their peers from different schools.
After the workshops, students entered the competition drafting their own speeches on a self-selected topic. Our students chose topics ranging from artificial intelligence to cloning to even the art of procrastination. On March 4, it was announced that 2B Melanie Wong and 2A Chara Yip had advanced to the District Semi-Finals with their captivating and relevant topics, the benefits of learning different languages and the implementation of VR in lessons, respectively.
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Yip Ho Ching, Chara 2A27 |
Certificate of District Semi-Finalist |
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Wong Yi Ching, Melanie 2B25 |
Certificate of District Semi-Finalist |
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Sherchan, Raeka 2A18 |
Certificate of Good Performance |
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Fung Hiu Nam, Hannah 2A10 |
Certificate of Participation |
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Chow Ching Shun, Lydia 2A08 |
Certificate of Participation |
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Wong Hoi Wing, Holly 2A25 |
Certificate of Participation |
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Ip Hei Tung, Renee 2B13 |
Certificate of Participation |
Congratulations to all the participants!
Reflections from:
2B Melanie Wong
This year, I joined the HKFYG English Public Speaking Contest. I was astonished and almost cried when I received the notice that I had been admitted to the District Semi-Finals as I didn’t expect that I would enter the Semi-Finals. I am usually full of dread when it comes to having to speak in front of people, especially strangers. However, through this experience, it boosted my confidence and improved my speaking habits. I have learnt the skills of how to change the tone of voice and body language, for example, by using hand gestures and facial expressions.
My speech is about the benefits of learning different languages. It is about the benefits and the importance of learning new languages. It helps us connect with other cultures, improves our memory and boosts our confidence.
2A Chara Yip
I participated in the HKFYG English Public Speaking Contest this year. It was a lot of fun, and a crazy experience since I was not expecting myself to get into the Semi-Finals of the contest. When I attended th [......]
