Teacher:  Ms Nicole Wang

Information about expertise:  Ms Nicole Wang, the English Panel Chairperson of Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School, has experience in planning and implementing Reading across the Curriculum programmes. She has empowered her teacher team to make effective use of different types of resources, including school-based resources at school, to facilitate the smooth preparation and running of these programmes. She has also demonstrated her expertise by creating authentic contexts and giving students opportunities to demonstrate their English-related learning meaningfully inside and outside the classroom through related life-wide learning and experiential learning activities.

Year becoming a resource teacher:   2022/23

Good practices:  'Cultivating positive qualities and responsibility for learning through Reading across the Curriculum' in the 'SB Curriculum Practices' section

School:  Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School

School telephone number:  3698 4079

Teacher:  Ms Ellen Hui

Information about expertise:  Ms Hui is experienced in cultivating students' positive values and attitudes through the learning and teaching of reading. In her capacity as the English Panel Chair of St. Mary's Canossian School, Ms Hui was able to engage and enable her colleagues to strengthen values education through optimising their school reading curriculum. This involved: guiding students to read and explore a variety of value-laden issues, nurturing students' reading and higher-order thinking skills, and engaging students in multifarious value-related learning experiences.

Year becoming a resource teacher:   2022/23

Good practices:  Cultivating positive values for leaders of tomorrow through strengthening cross-curricular learning and reading across the curriculum

School:  St Mary's Canossian School

School telephone number:  2368 4204

Teacher:  Mr Jacky Hung

Information about expertise:  Mr. Jacky Hung, the English Panel Chairperson of Tin Shui Wai Government Primary School, is an experienced educator committed to nurturing students' positive values and attitudes through enriching the English Language curriculum. By including lessons on positive values and attitudes as a core component of the existing writing programme, Mr. Hung provides students with meaningful opportunities to apply their learning to real-world contexts. He employs strategies like aligning textbook themes with relevant values, and using life events and personal stories as springboards for writing assignments. Through his innovative and holistic approach, Mr. Hung has successfully enabled students to develop positive values and attitudes while improving their writing abilities.

Year becoming a resource teacher:   2022/23

Good practices:  Cross-Border Exchange: P4 English Lesson Observation on Chinese Culture & National Identity for Professional Growth (2022/2023)

School:  Tin Shui Wai Government Primary School

School telephone number:  2447 4288

Teacher:  Mr Michael Wong

Information about expertise:  Mr Michael Wong, English Panel Chairperson of Concordia Lutheran School has a wealth of experience in utilising e-learning to foster self-directed learning among students, enhance their language proficiency, and accommodate learner diversity. Furthermore, he has demonstrated proficiency in promoting values education by holistically integrating national security education elements into the school English Language curriculum and employing a diverse range of meaningful strategies and activities both within and outside the classroom.

Year becoming a resource teacher:   2022/23

School:  Concordia Lutheran School

School telephone number:  2380 8837

Teacher:  Ms Jessica Lo

Information about expertise:  Ms Jessica Lo, English Panel Head of St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, is experienced in infusing values education into the school-based reading curriculum. Ms Lo has been guiding students through “reading within the text” and “reading beyond the text” to develop not only students’ reading skills such as locating specific information and reading between the lines, but also the positive values and attitudes embedded in the text. In promoting values education, she is good at using a life event approach to supporting students to achieve whole-person development.

Year becoming a resource teacher:   2021/22

School:  St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School

School telephone number:  2389 0428