Resource Teachers - RaC / LaC (in support of STEM / STEAM education)

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Teacher: Ms Elaine Chung

Information about expertise: Ms Elaine Chung serves as the English Panel Chairperson at The Church of Christ in China Kei Tsz Primary School. She has adeptly led the planning and implementation of Reading across the Curriculum programs at Key Stage 2. Her leadership fosters collaboration among teachers from various subject departments including General Studies, Information and Communication Technology, and Life Education. This collaboration aims to boost student engagement with non-fiction texts, enhance reading skills, and foster positive values and attitudes.

During the 2023/24 school year, Ms Chung was seconded to the Language Learning Support (LLS) Section, Education Bureau. She worked closely with supported schools to integrate curriculum initiatives such as values education and Reading across the Curriculum into their school English Language curriculum. Additionally, she represented Hong Kong teachers in the Hong Kong Teacher's Exchange Activities to the Mainland, co-organised by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the Department of Education of Guangdong, and the Education Bureau. Here, she collaborated with the Faculty of English at Shantou Jinyang Elementary School (汕头市龙湖区金阳小学), engaging in professional development activities that enhanced teacher growth in both regions.

Ms Chung also shared her experiences in curriculum leadership at various meetings within the Curriculum Leadership Development Programme and Learning Communities for English Language Teachers organised by the LLS Section, offering valuable insights as a seasoned curriculum leader.

Year becoming a resource teacher: 2023/2024

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School: The Church of Christ in China Kei Tsz Primary School

School telephone number: 2322 5122


Teacher: Ms Nicole Wang

Information about expertise: Ms Nicole Wang is the English Panel Chairperson at Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School, where she has led the implementation of Reading across the Curriculum programmes over the years. Her leadership has empowered her team to effectively use diverse school-based resources, fostering authentic learning environments and providing meaningful experiential learning opportunities for students.

During the 2023/24 school year, Ms Wang was seconded to the Language Learning Support (LLS) Section. In this capacity, she worked collaboratively with various schools to integrate key curriculum initiatives, such as values education, into their English Language curriculum. Her role extended beyond local schools as she represented Hong Kong in the Teacher's Exchange Activities to the Mainland, co-organised by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the Department of Education of Guangdong, and the Education Bureau. Stationed at Shantou Danxia Primary School (汕头市龙湖区丹霞小学), she engaged in professional development activities to share good practices and enhance collaboration with Mainland educators.

During her secondment, Ms Wang also contributed her insights into curriculum leadership through the Curriculum Leadership Development Programme and Learning Communities for English Language Teachers organised by LLS Section. Her involvement in these networking platforms underscored her commitment to advancing educational excellence.

Year becoming a resource teacher: 2022/23

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School: Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School

School telephone number: 2674 0538


Teacher:  Ms Eva Yau

Information about expertise:  Ms Eva Yau, Vice-Principal of Fanling Public School, possesses expertise in holistic curriculum planning, Reading across the Curriculum (RaC) and catering for learner diversity. She has led her team to conduct systematic curriculum planning across levels based on the Learning Progression Framework. She has also employed a variety of strategies such as setting differentiated learning goals and expected outcomes, and using flipped learning, e-learning, experiential learning and multimodal texts in task-based units and RaC projects at different levels to cater for students’ diverse needs, interests and language abilities. Through collaborating with teachers of other content subjects including General Studies, Mathematics and Visual Arts teachers to promote RaC, she has created an array of engaging and meaningful English learning activities for students to achieve whole-person development.

Year becoming a resource teacher:   2021/22

School:  Fanling Public School

School telephone number:  2670 2297


Teacher:  Ms Kylie Leung

Information about expertise:  Ms Kylie Leung, English Panel Chairperson of The Church of Christ in China Chun Kwong Primary School, led her team to broaden their school-based English Language curriculum through the integration of Reading across the Curriculum and self-directed learning in Key Stage 1. Specific features include:

  • using authentic fiction and non-fiction texts to promote values education;

  • designing meaningful and creative tasks to nurture students' self-directed learning capabilities including setting learning goals and evaluating learning outcomes;

  • adopting diversified assessment modes including self-assessment, peer assessment and e-assessment;

  • infusing life-wide learning through different parent-child activities; and

  • adopting a blended learning approach in response to the suspension of face-to-face classes due to the Covid-19 pandemic.


Year becoming a resource teacher:   2021/22

School:  The Church of Christ in China Chun Kwong Primary School

School telephone number:  2476 2696




Teachers:  Ms Heidi Chang, Mr Patrick Tseng & Mr Nathan Monaghan-Clarke

Level:  P6

Information about expertise:  Ms Heidi Chang, Mr Patrick Tseng and Mr Nathan Monaghan-Clarke of Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School are good at employing a variety of strategies for sparking students' curiosity and inspiring them to come up with more creative ideas for their writing using hands-on tasks.

Year becoming resource teachers:   2017/18

School:  Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School

School telephone number:  2647 6242




Teachers:  Mr Simon Chan & Ms Rita Wong

Level:  P5

Information about expertise:  Mr Simon Chan and Ms Rita Wong of Buddhist Wong Cheuk Um Primary School have experience in planning and implementing STEM education. They infused STEM elements into modular design to ignite students' sense of wonder by asking them to design a product using the closed circuit to solve some problems. The project was initiated by the English Language subject and extended to cross-disciplinary collaboration with General Studies, Visual Arts, teacher-librarian and the Information Technology teams.

Year becoming resource teachers:   2017/18

School:  Buddhist Wong Cheuk Um Primary School

School telephone number:  2576 2638




Teachers:  Ms Irron Wong, Ms To Yee Ching & Ms Brenda Li

Levels:  P5 & P6

Information about expertise:  Ms Irron Wong, Ms To Yee Ching and Ms Brenda Li, the English teachers of Shatin Tsung Tsin School, possess a lot of experience in promoting Reading across the Curriculum (RaC) at KS2. They collaborated with the General Studies teachers and the teacher-librarian to foster P6 students' reading of non-fiction texts and organized a cross-key stage RaC buddy reading programme for them to work with the Secondary 2 students of a neighbouring school. They also infused STEM elements into a P5 module.

Year becoming resource teachers:   2017/18

School:  Shatin Tsung Tsin School

School telephone number:  3576 3344