NET Scheme News 2023 Summer issue 44

Our more aural and visual learners loved our Song Dedication and clip-screening activities. We gave students a list of songs with positive lyrics and provided them with positive messages that they could select for the song dedication. The messages and songs were then broadcast on air. For the clip screening activity, we showed selected movie clips during the morning assemblies and asked students to answer questions online. The questions were designed to encourage students to think about positive values like perseverance and empathy. To emphasise the importance of cherishing life, our S3 students who were studying a chapter about wildlife created posters on protecting endangered species to remind schoolmates of the need to respect and love our diverse natural environment. Fostering Positivity through the Week of Positivity The Week of Positivity events took place during our school’s annual English Week in mid-May. Our initial goals were to make learning English fun, raise our students’ language proficiency, inspire creativity, and instil a passion for learning English. We not only achieved these goals, but also infused positive values in our students by creating learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom for learners of different styles. Many of our activities were multimodal. We redecorated the dice with positive words and used a sandbag board for our game booth called ‘Power Throw’. The ‘Read to Speak’ “Seed” project, the Filmit competition, and the Week of Positivity have helped lay the foundations for a love of English learning and a strong moral education. We look forward to creating more milestones in the coming school year by engaging students in more fun, theme-based activities that will promote English learning. Mr. Martin Tse, NET Pui Shing Catholic Secondary School 17 NET Scheme News Issue 44