2022-08-06

A team of Form 4 & 5 Biology students participated in the Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition on 6 August 2022. The competition was jointly organised by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, Education Bureau and Hong Kong Science Museum to promote the interest of Hong Kong’s youth in science and technology. The participants were inspired by the innovative and scientific projects done by various schools.

2022-07-22

In order to develop students’ competency in Innovation and Technology, the staff from the Education Bureau as well as the principals and teachers from the secondary schools in the Shatin district came to visit our school and observed our various latest developments in STEAM and Innovative Technology Education.

During the sharing session, our principal, Mr. Law, showcased the curriculum design and the features of our school-based STEAM curriculum designed for Form 1 to Form 4 students, including the STEAM-related activities, workshops, projects and competitions. He also introduced the design concepts, renovation progress, facilities and the acquisition of hardware and furniture for the STEAM Room and Quantum Lab as well as sharing his experience of using various fundings effectively.

Mr. Law guided our guest to tour around our school campus to understand the details of the other on-going projects conducted in our school. The guests visited the Quantum Lab, the rooftop garden, the Cookery Room, Biology Lab and CMCAP Room. The guests were amazed by the diversified development of our school.

It was a precious experience for principals and teachers from different schools to share the experience of promoting STEAM and Innovative Technology Education in school with one another.

2022-07-21

Ten Australian crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) were delivered to our school for the continuation of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project. 28 Form 5 students placed the crayfish in the aquaponics system of our Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room. The project is to further promote sustainable indoor aquaculture and aquaponics in the crayfish-vegetable-fish ecosystem.

An aquaculture expert gave the students a briefing on how to identify the sex of the crayfish, simple techniques in daily operations, and skills in water quality maintenance. Our students learnt a lot from the sharing and showed great interest in raising the crayfish.

All students are welcome to visit the crayfish in the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room!

2022-07-21

Freshwater mussels were delivered to our school for the continuation of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project. 29 Form 4 Biology students attend a course on freshwater mussels, and visited the freshwater mussel setup outside the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room. The project is to further promote sustainable indoor aquaculture and aquaponics in the crayfish-vegetable-fish ecosystem.

An aquaculture expert gave the students a briefing on the importance of freshwater mussels to the ecosystem, simple techniques in daily operations, and skills in water quality maintenance. Our students learnt a lot from the sharing and showed great interest in raising the freshwater mussels.

All students are welcome to visit the crayfish in the setup right outside the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room!

2022-05-27

On 27 May 2022, the Principal, Vice-principals and teachers from Sha Tin Government Secondary School visited our school. The two schools shared their experiences on the implementation of STEAM, IT and Green Education.

Mr. Law delivered a brief introduction to the guests about the current development of STEAM and IT Education in our school, including the school-based curriculum design, STEAM activities and the on-going F4 STEAM projects. The guests visited the STEAM Room, Quantum Lab, the rooftop garden, the Cookery Room, Biology Lab and CMCAP Room to observe the various projects. Mr. Law described the design concept, renovation progress of the STEAM Room and Quantium Lab as well as the different facilities, learning programmes and hardware acquired for teaching and learning purposes.

2021-12-10

Our Biology teacher, Mr. L. Pang, was invited to speak at the InnoSTEMer Showcase during the Learning and Teaching Expo 2021 on 10 December 2021. The topic of the presentation was the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project. In the presentation, Mr. Pang shared the mission and vision of the project, the development of flipped classroom learning in our school, the ongoing STEAM development of various courses and how the school promote sustainable education through various projects and entrepreneurship education.

Through promoting integrative interdisciplinary self-regulated learning and STEAM at school, our students built a stronger ownership of their own learning as well as further developing their creativity and critical thinking skills.

The sharing could be viewed here.

2021-11-16

Natalie Kwok (4C) and Jobe Luk (4D) were awarded the Championship in the Creative Problem-solving Competition organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong as part of STEAM@Soybeans project. One of the prizes includes having an innovative start-up company to remake their winning design.

Mr. Calvin Nip, Operations & Project Director of Farmacy, and his colleague had a meeting with our students to discuss their design and how to adopt it to practical use. Mr. Nip also taught our students new knowledge regarding programming, and robotics.

The competition aims at consolidating the soybean planting experiences of students, and re-evaluate the difficulties they faced, and gave the students an opportunity to re-think how to use technology and engineering to solve problems. The competition encourages creativity, by asking participants to redesign or improve existing tools to develop smart farming in Hong Kong.

Through the programme, students learnt about the intricacy of farming in Hong Kong, and the difficulties farmers faced. They also used their creativity in designing smart solutions to reduce farmers’ workload and help encourage farming in outdoor and indoor conditions.

2021-11-11

Our School has joined the ECF Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge organised by the World Wide Fund. The Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics project team organised a data collection trip in Happy Valley to record the biodiversity surrounding the school on 11 November 2021. The iNaturalist app was used to record various species discovered surrounding the school premise.

The ECF Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge is part of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project to promote STEM and green education. Under the guidance of the WWF team scientists, students jotted down information about various organisms using the iNaturalist app.

iNaturalist is a global social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity across the globe. Up to February 2021, iNaturalist users had contributed approximately 66 million observations of plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms worldwide, and around 130,000 users were active in the previous 30 days.

2021-11-09

Our School has joined the ECF Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge organised by the World Wide Fund. The Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics project team organised a data collection trip in Happy Valley to record the biodiversity surrounding the school on 9 November 2021. The iNaturalist app was used to record various species discovered surrounding the school premise.

The ECF Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge is part of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project to promote STEM and green education. Under the guidance of the WWF team scientists, students jotted down information about various organisms using the iNaturalist app.

iNaturalist is a global social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity across the globe. Up to February 2021, iNaturalist users had contributed approximately 66 million observations of plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms worldwide, and around 130,000 users were active in the previous 30 days.

2021-11-09

On 11 November 2021, Form 4 students joined the second Livin Farms lesson. In the lesson, instructors from Livin Farms introduced how mealworm frass can be used to grow microgreens. Students learnt a lot during their hands-on experience on experiments with microgreens and growing mealworms using the Hive Explorer machine.

Livin Farms is an Austrian company that pioneers in sustainable technologies for waste processing through insect farming. They empower students to co-create a healthy and sustainable future. Their Hive Explorer is a smart regulated insect incubator that showcases how tiny creatures can have a great impact. The Hive Explorer teaches the students about circular systems and promotes sustainable living by bringing a piece of nature indoors.

2021-11-04

On 4 November 2021, team scientists from World Wide Fund brought our students to walk around Happy Valley for a data collection trip to record the biodiversity near our school premise. The ECF Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge is part of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project to promote STEM and green education in our school. Under the guidance of the WWF team scientists, students jotted down information about various organisms using the iNaturalist app.

iNaturalist is a global social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity across the globe. Up to February 2021, iNaturalist users had contributed approximately 66 million observations of plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms worldwide, and around 130,000 users were active in the previous 30 days.

2021-11-03

On 3 November 2021, Form 4 students joined the first Livin Farms Insect Farming lesson. In the lesson, staff from Livin Farms introduced the Hive Explorer, edible Insects, and various insect growing technologies. Students learnt a lot during their hands-on experience on growing mealworms using the Hive Explorer machine.

Livin Farms is an Austrian company that pioneers in sustainable technologies for waste processing through insect farming. They empower students to co-create a healthy and sustainable future. Their Hive Explorer is a smart regulated insect incubator that showcases how tiny creatures can have a great impact. The Hive Explorer teaches the students about circular systems and promotes sustainable living by bringing a piece of nature indoors.

2021-10-28

Twenty-three Form 4 students took part in the STEAM@Soybean Rhizobia Workshop & Investigation Programme which were organised by the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics project team, with the support of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. On 28 October 2021, students diluted and added bacteria, Rhizobia, to the soil of the soybeans. The bacteria was given by the CUHK, and it will help with the growth of the soybeans by converting nitrogen in the atmosphere to nutrients to further fertilise the soil.

Under our students’ care and hard work, the soybeans have sprouted. Our student helpers will monitor and record their growth situation as part of the investigation. Through the programme, our students learnt the importance of responsibility and building a green school environment.

2021-10-25

On 25 October 2021, Form 4 and Form 5 students joined the first Livin Farms mentoring session. Staff from Livin Farms introduced the programme, conducted ice-breaking activities and talked about various concepts that would be covered in the upcoming nine lessons. Students learnt a lot during the discussion of sustainability, social enterprise, and sustainable business innovation.

Livin Farms is an Austrian company that pioneers in sustainable technologies for waste processing through insect farming. They empower students to co-create a healthy and sustainable future. Their Hive Explorer is a smart regulated insect incubator that showcases how tiny creatures can have a great impact. The Hive Explorer teaches students about circular systems and promotes sustainable living by bringing a piece of nature indoors.

2021-10-30

A guided tour was held after the PTA AGM on 30 October 2021. It was conducted by our School Principal. The 16th and 17th PTA committees had a tour around the renovated school campus. They visited the platform garden, School STEAM Lab, Quantum Labs, Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room and the Cookery Room. After the presentation, the parents had an in-depth understanding of the latest curriculum development of the school especially related to STEAM and IT. They were all amazed with the enthusiasm of the School in embracing changes and challenges.

2021-10-29

On 29 October 2021, the Principal, Ms. Hui, together with the Vice-principals and teachers of the STEAM Education Team from True Light Middle School of Hong Kong (TLMSHK) visited our school to observe the STEAM development of our school. The visit started with an introduction given by our Principal, Mr. Law, about the details of our QEF project on the school-based STEAM lessons. Mr. Law explained the design concepts of our School STEAM Room, including the renovation, room facilities, hardware and lesson materials as well as the structure of the STEAM curriculum.

Followed by the introduction session, there was a campus tour prepared for our TLMCHK counterparts. They visited our newly designed Quantum Lab for the innovative and technological elements inside the room; the renovated Cookery room for the IoT mobile farming project; the CMCAP room for the growth of soybeans and Australian Crayfish cultivation project; and the green facilities for the environmental measures in our school. All the guests expressed their appreciation of our school development in various domains.

Through the visit, principals and teachers from both schools exchanged ideas and experiences on the implementation of STEAM Education and other projects, which were valuable resources for teachers to enrich the content of teaching.

2021-10-28

On 28 October 2021, 10 Australian crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) were delivered to our school for the continuation of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project. 28 Form 5 students placed the crayfish in the aquaponics system of our Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room. The project is to further promote sustainable indoor aquaculture and aquaponics in the crayfish-vegetable-fish ecosystem.

Mr. Pang, teacher advisor of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project, gave the students a briefing on how to identify the sex of the crayfish, simple techniques in daily operations, and skills in water quality maintenance. Our students learnt a lot from the sharing and showed great interest in raising the crayfish.

All students are welcome to visit the crayfish in the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room!

2021-10-28

Our Principal, Mr. Law, attended the Prize Presentation Ceremony of the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence 2020 on 28 October 2021. On behalf of the School, Mr. Law received the Gold Award for Schools (Secondary) from Mr. Wong Kam-sing, GBS, JP, Secretary for the Environment. Congratulations to all Paulinians, teachers, parents, the Green Team, the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project Team, the STEAM Education Team, PTA and the OLE Team on their excellent green works that contributed to carbon neutrality and sustainable green development of the School.

[Photo Credit: ECC]

2021-10-20

On 15 October 2021, a STEAM talk on Aquaponic Farming and Entrepreneurship was held for Form 4 students. The staff from Green Skies Aquaponic Farming, including Ms. Pace Tang, the General Manager and Mr. Keith Wong, the Aquaponic Technical Consultant came to our school and introduced the details to the students.

During the talk, the guest speakers explained the scientific concept and operation of the aquaponic system and why it is crucial to maintain environmental sustainability. They also talked about how the Aquaponics is being applied in various aspects such as education, social service, ornament and commercial production as well as illustrating the design concept and facilities in our CMCAP Room. As another feature of the talk, they shared their idea and experience on setting up a start-up company, which provided a precious opportunity for students to get in touch with the business operation in real life.

2021-10-05

Our School received the Gold Award of the 2020 Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (Secondary School Section). The Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project and our recycling programmes were parts of our school’s contribution to environmental excellence and conservation.

The World Wild Fund invited Jamila To (6C), Katie Wong (6C), Rainliy Yip (6D), Natalie Kwok (4C) and Jobe Luk (4D), members of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project Public Relationship Team, to introduce and share their learning experiences. During the interview, students presented the concept of design, working principles and skills needed in raising Chinese Mitten Crabs and Australian Crayfish. Our school is the first school in Hong Kong to commence the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project, which inspired students with ideas of environmental protection. Ivana Wong (4C) was also invited to introduce the recycling programmes of our school.

Their interview will be played during the Online Sharing Session of HKAEE 2021 and the prize presentation ceremony of HKAEE Award. This was a valuable opportunity for our students to present themselves and share their learning in front of the camera.

2021-09-24

The teams of Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project and STEAM@Soybeans organised the Soybean Cross Pollination Harvest Workshop on 24 September2021. Following up on the Soybean Cross Pollination Workshop on 6 July 2021, students who had cross pollinated soybeans from Laoshan in China and South Africa harvested the soybeans they had grown.

The successful cross-pollinated beans will be DNA profiled and mailed to South Africa by CUHK as part of Hong Kong's effort in supporting farming worldwide. The planting of soybeans has an international impact and supports the notion of sustainable education.

2021-07-19

On 19 July 2021, Natalie Kwok (3B) and Jobe Luk (3B) participated in the STEAM@Soybeans Creative Problem-solving Competition Prize Presentation Ceremony organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Their team won the Championship in the competition. Congratulations!

Mr Calvin Nip, Operations & Project Director of Farmacy, was the guest of honour and presented the prize to them. Professor Lam Hon Ming, Chief Organiser of the STEAM@Soybeans project gave a holistic overview of the importance of soybeans to Hong Kong, China and the world. Our students also presented their winning project to other participating schools and teachers who are interested in joining the programme next year.

The competition aims at consolidating the soybean planting experiences of students, and re-evaluate the difficulties they faced, and gave an opportunity to the students to re-think how to use technology and engineering to solve problems. The competition encourages creativity, by asking participants to redesign or improve existing tools, to solve farming problems to develop smart farming in Hong Kong.

During the competition, students not only learnt about the intricacy of farming in Hong Kong, and the difficulties farmers faced. They also used their creativity in designing smart solutions to reduce farmers workload and adapt farming from outdoors to indoors.

2021-07-18 & 19

On 17 and 18 July 2021, Wing Chan (5D), Alice Chiu (5D), Tippi Lin (5D) and Melody Ng (5D) reached the Final of the Hong Kong Secondary School Marketing Contest 2021, co-organised by Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Jockey Club, and the Consumer Council. The theme of the competition is sustainable fashion. It aimed at encouraging students to learn basic marketing skills, business senses, and provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to share experiences with them. After two days of intensive workshops and business marketing presentations, they were presented the Best Creativity Award. Congratulations!

In the competition, students were required to design social media posts or videos to promote sustainable fashion, educate and encourage responsible consumption culture. During the preparation, students not only learnt about the reasons for responsible consumption and sustainable culture, but also used their creativity and practiced their promotional skills.

2021-07-05

The teams of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project and STEAM@Soybeans organised the Soybean Cross Pollination Workshop on 6 July 2021. Students had the opportunity to open up soybean flowers using fine tweezers, and transfer the pollen of Soybean flowers from one to another. The soybeans come from two places, namely Laoshan in China and South Africa.

If the cross-pollination is successful, the matured cross-pollinated beans will be DNA profiled and mailed to South Africa by CUHK as part of Hong Kong's effort in supporting farming worldwide. The planting of soybeans has an international impact and supports the notion of sustainable education.

2021-06-25

Three students, Jamila To (5C), Mandy Fong (4C), and Bernice Yang (4C), along with teacher, Mr Pang, and our school principal, Mr Law, joined a Zoom exchange with our Shanghai Sister School, Nord Anglia Chinese International school Shanghai on 25 June 2021. The Zoom exchange was organised by the Sister School Scheme (Shanghai), and the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project Team.

Through the programme, Mr Law shared how the School dealt the COVID-19 pandemic and the practice of online lessons while Mr Pang shared the development of our QEF project, how flipped classroom videos were incorporated into the curriculum, and the development of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room.

Our students also shared their experiences during various activities, including their experiences in HKUST Go Green! Secondary School Aquaponics System Design Competition 2021, in which they were award the Championship, and experiences in planting soybeans in the STEAM@Soybeans project.

Mr Li, the principal of our Sister School, along with Mr Yan, head of STEM education, shared their teaching experiences during the pandemic and how their school carried out the Chinese Mitten Crabs project at home while face to face lessons were prohibited. It was a good opportunity for both schools to learn from each other, and further strengthened the bond between both schools.

2021-06-25

To celebrate the aerospace achievements of China, and as a part of the Space-Exposed Seed Nursery project, our School joined an online talk on the astronomical and engineering knowledge, which was organised by the Education Bureau on 25 June 2021. The sharing was conducted by the leading Chinese aerospace scientist, Qi Faren (戚發軔). The participants learnt a lot from Qi’s sharing and were inspired by his passion for aerospace engineering.

Qi is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. He was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame in 2019. Qi took part in the research and design of the People's Republic of China's first satellite - the Dong Fang Hong I, which was successfully launched, and stayed in orbit, in 1970. He was then appointed as the Chief Designer of China's spacecraft in 1992, including the Shenzhou manned spacecraft.

2021-06-15

The Principal, Vice-principals, subject panel heads and teachers of the Chinese Foundation Secondary School visited our school on 15 June 2021. The visit began with an introduction of the school delivered by our Principal who addressed the school theme, development goals and on-going projects.

The guests visited the School STEAM Room to understand the school-based STEAM lesson project; the OGCIO Innovation Lab which covers the four key topics, namely Big Data, IoT, AI and VR; the Cookery Room to observe the newly installed IoT Mobile Farming Machine, the plastics recycling facilities; the Green wall for celebration of the school 60th anniversary and the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room to observe the Australian Crayfish.

Principals and teachers from both schools exchanged their ideas on various areas pertaining to STEAM and IT in Education. They all agreed that credits should be given to all teachers’ contribution for the development and maintenance of the interdisciplinary curriculum. We are all looking forward to our future cooperation.

2021-06-04

On 4 June 2021, our Principal, Vice-principal and teachers visited the Chinese Foundation Secondary School (CFSS) to observe and exchange ideas on the development of STREAM education. STREAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Reading & Writing, Engineering & Robotics, Art & Design and Mathematics.

The programme commenced with a welcoming speech from the Principal of CFSS, Mr. Ho Tik Shun, to introduce the school facilities as well as the latest STREAM projects and achievements done by CFSS. The element of ‘R’ in ‘STREAM’ stands for Reading and Writing. CFSS focused on cultivating the reading and writing skills of their students during science activities, which developed their students into all-round individuals.

The participants also visited the Hall of Fame of Science, Science & Sustainable Development Resource Centre, seed bank, library, China Resource Centre, Science Laboratory, 3D Modelling Laboratory, STREAM Cell Biotechnology Research Centre, and Geography & Climate Change Research Centre. During the visit, our teachers experienced the advanced laboratory instruments, various types of plants, herbs and rocks as well as new concepts in drafting the STEAM curriculum.

Our staff members have learnt a lot from our CFSS counterparts. Teachers from both schools have exchanged ideas on how to refine the STEAM curriculum. Our teachers will certainly adapt the new ideas and further promote STEAM and IT Education in SPSS.

2021-05-22

Congratulations to Mandy Fong (4C), Bernice Yang (4C), Jamie Yu (4C) and Katie Wong (5C) of team Campus Aquaponist, for being awarded the Championship in the Go Green! Secondary School Aquaponics System Design Competition 2021 organized by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on 22 May 2021. The competition aimed to provide an opportunity to the students to design an aquaponic farm which yields fishes and vegetables with the least consumption of resources and to demonstrate that green business is profitable and can promote environmental awareness.

Through the programme, the participants demonstrated creativity, ability to integrate STEM knowledge, sustainability, and incorporated environmental considerations into their aquaponics system design.

Thanks must be given to Professor Davis Bookhart, Head of HKUST Sustainability Unit, Professor Arthur Lau, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Education, Division of Environment and Sustainability, and Professor Li Ling, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for the valuable comments and suggestions given to our students.

2021-05-13

The members of the STEAM Education Team and IT Innovation Lab visited Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College to observe and discuss good educational practices. Dr. Kai Sze Fai, the Principal, gave a welcome speech introducing the school development and achievement in the recent years, including remarkable awards in the areas of technology and sports. The school is one of the partner schools in the Enriched Information Technology (IT) Class Programme which provides intensive IT enrichment training to secondary school students. The participants visited the Dr. Yung Yau 3D animation studio & learning centre, the computer room, Maths laboratory and the butterfly garden. Through this visit, our teachers were in touch with the latest 3D animation production technology, the STEAM curriculum integration and also applied Maths concepts on daily problems.

Developing students’ ICT creativity has always been an important mission and objective of Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College. Students start to study computer programming and design systematically under the school-based ICT curriculum from Secondary 1. They are encouraged to develop and design their own innovative ICT computer systems, and participate in various local and international competitions actively.

Over the years, students have won awards in a number of international and local competitions. By participating in the competitions, students learn and practise their communication and cooperation skills, as well as marketing and presentation techniques. The school hopes to strengthen students’ sense of achievement and interest in designing ICT systems, thereby enabling students to further equip themselves to become ICT professionals.

2021-05-12

Our teachers and students participated in an online joint school STEM Faire organized by the Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College on 12 May 2021. The programme started with a keynote speech on the Secret in Promoting STEM Learning delivered by Dr. Woo Kam Tim, Associate Professor of Education Engineering at the University of Science and Technology. It was then followed by an online inter-school STEM exhibition and two Inter-school teachers' workshops, namely AI Collaborative Coding Course and Python x Drone Coding.

During the STEM faire, our Biology teacher Mr. L. Pang, Jamila To (5C) and the CMCAP PR team, shared one of our school’s major STEM projects, the Chinese Mitten Crab Aquaponics Project. It is a project funded by the Dedicated Funding Programme for Publicly-funded Schools under the Quality Education Fund in 2019-20.

Link to the Chinese Mitten Crab Aquaponics Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQJ3rJb_iDA

This programme enabled our teachers and students to think more broadly about the concept of STEM as a flexible mode of learning and to know more about how STEM can be practically and meaningfully applied in a bid to benefit people in their daily lives.

2021-05-05

On 5 May 2021, 20 Australian crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) were delivered to our school for the continuation of the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project. 30 students, along with our Principal, Vice-principal, Assistant Principal, and teachers placed the crayfish in the aquaponics system of our Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room.

Staff of the delivery organisation gave the participants a briefing on how to identify the sex of the crayfish, simple techniques in daily operations, and skills in water quality maintenance. Our students learnt a lot from the sharing and showed great interest in raising the crayfish.

Students are welcome to come to the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room to visit the crayfish!

2021-05-04

2021-05-01

Four students of Form 4 and Form 5 participated in the Go Green! Secondary School Aquaponics System Design Competition 2021, which was organized by the Aquaponics Team of HKUST. The competition aimed at promoting green business and environmental awareness. It demonstrated a workable aquaponic farm to be implanted in an orphanage in Cambodia in a bid to create a self-sustainable community.

In the competition, students were required to make a video to promote scientific ideas regarding aquaponics and design a system that can suit the school’s needs. During the preparation, students had got a deeper understanding of how aquaponics work, and exercised their creativity to design a new system that was adaptable to various situations.

2021-04-30

Ten Form 3 and Form 4 students, forming three teams, participated in the STEAM@Soybeans Creative Problem-solving Competition organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The competition aimed at consolidating the soybean planting experiences of students, re-evaluating the difficulties they faced during the project and applying the use of technology to solve the problems. The competition encouraged creativity by asking the participants to redesign or improve the existing tools to solve farming problems to develop smart farming in Hong Kong.

During the competition, students not only learnt about the intricacy of farming in Hong Kong, and the difficulties farmers faced. They also used their creativity in designing smart solutions to reduce farmers' workload and adapt farming from outdoors to indoors.

2021-04-23

On 23 April 2021, sixteen Form 4 and Form 5 students, forming four teams, participated in the Hong Kong Secondary School Marketing Contest 2021, co-organised by Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Consumer Council. The theme of the competition this year is sustainable fashion. It aimed at encouraging students to learn basic marketing skills, business senses, and provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to share experiences with them.

In the competition, students were required to design social media posts or videos to promote sustainable fashion, educate and encourage responsible consumption culture. During the preparation, students not only learnt about the reasons of responsible consumption and sustainable culture, but also demonstrated their creativity and practised marketing skills.

To help our students enter the final round, do click the following link. "Like" and share their work!

Group 37A Group 37B Group 37C Group 37D

On 7 May 2021, one of the groups has been selected as one of the finalist teams out of 127 teams from 40 schools. Congratulations!

2021-04-20

2021-04-10

The committee members of PTA had first-hand information on the latest development of our school on 10 April 2021. Apart from leaving their footprints on our STEAM Room and OpenMaker Space, they also visited the Green Wall and the Chinese Mitten Crab Room.

2021-04-09

Dr. Kai, together with the Vice-principals and the IT representative from Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College visited our School on 9 April 2021 and engaged in a professional dialogue with Mr. Law, Mr. M. Lai, Mr. H.Y. Wong and Mr. L. Pang on the topics of STEAM and IT in Education.

Our Yung Yau College counterparts visited the STEAM Room and Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Room and listened to our presentations on the renovation of the rooms, acquisition of equipment and hardware, the consolidation of STEAM elements in various subjects and the multifarious workshops and activities conducted.

Principals and teachers from both schools exchanged their ideas on various areas pertaining to STEAM and IT in Education in order to seek continuous improvement and keep abreast of the latest educational trends.

2021-03-27

On 27 March 2021, the STEAM Education Team organized the Parent-Child STEAM Workshop for Form 2 and Form 3 students and their families. The participants explored different features and basic functions of the new BBC micro:bit V2. They designed amazing sports gadgets through coding the Micro:bit board. They also had the opportunity to reuse old materials such as fabric, plastic bottle caps and lids, which were provided by the Visual Art Department and Home Economics Department, to design and decorate their products without producing unnecessary waste. The participants were given the opportunity to display and present their outstanding designs to one another.

The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized codeable computer. The micro:bit V2 is the latest version recently released with the new features including an on-board speaker, a microphone with LED indicators and a touch sensitive logo.

After the workshop, parents and students had a tour to the new Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project Room and STEAM Room of the school and learnt about the facilities in the rooms as well as the projects and activities which will be held in the future.

2021-02-28

Six Form 5 students were divided into two groups and participated in the Ocean Park STEAM Student Competition 2021. The theme of the competition is Innovation of Conservation. It is aimed at encouraging students to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired from STEAM-related disciplines in proposing their innovative animal conservation solutions.

The competition topic is Butterfly Friendly Garden. Butterflies play an important role in ecology as they help to pollinate the flowers during feeding. However, their habitats are gradually destroyed by humans and it is getting difficult for them to survive.

In the competition, students were required to design an installation butterfly friendly garden in order to provide an ideal living environment for the butterflies and maintain the variety of butterflies. During the preparation, students not only learnt about the habitat requirements of butterflies and the difficulties they are facing, but also practised their creativity as well as research and problem-solving skills.

2021-02-05

Form 2 and 3 students attended a Zoom talk on Biodiversity and Citizen Science organized by the World Wide Fund. Through the talk, our students learnt about the work of WWF, the importance of conservation and how students can record biodiversity with their smartphones.

2021-02-16

The fourth agrobiotechnology talk has been delivered by Prof Francisco Cisternas, Assistant Professor of Marketing, CUHK Business School on ‘Digital transformations effects on Agricultural Products and methods to assess market trends’ on 16 February 2021. Prof Cisternas, Assistant has introduced digital transformations effects on agricultural products as well as methods to assess market trends, and discussed the challenges and opportunities for producers in the market affected by technological advances.

2021-01-08

On 8 January 2021, ‘The Importance of Seed Quality in International Seed Trade’ was held at the CUHK and online via zoom with a total of 50 participants attended. In this talk, Dr Anthony Tse, Chairman of the Clover Seed Co., Ltd and Hong Kong Seed Trade Association Co., Ltd., introduced the international definition of high-quality seeds and discussed the importance of these seeds to international seed trade, economic value, agricultural productivity, and environmental impact.

It is the third of a series aiming to promote agrobiotechnology and enhance understanding of the potential applications of agricultural products. The target audience includes international scholars, researchers, agricultural industry as well as the general public.

2020-12-22

To continue the School’s Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics Project and further enhance STEAM education, forty-two Form 3 to Form 5 students joined the STEAM@Soybean Investigation programme organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong this year.

Under our students’ care and hard work, the soybeans have sprouted. Our student helpers will monitor and record their growth situation as part of the investigation. Through the programme, our students learn the importance of responsibility and help build a green school environment.

2020-12-04

Prof May Chu from the CUHK introduced how food risks are regulated globally and discussed the challenges to regulatory enforcement at the national and domestic levels. The talk was held online via zoom with 47 participants from Asia, Europe, North America and Africa, that includes international scholars, researchers, agricultural industry as well as the general public attended. They had an in-depth discussion on the topic.

2020-12-02

The student enrichment talk was organised through zoom. Center Director Prof. Hon-Ming Lam has delivered the mini lectures to close to 300 students from 18 participating schools on the theme “Importance of Soybean in Economy, Agriculture and Environment”.

2020-11-28

On 28 November 2020, sixteen Form 1 students and their parents participated in a Parent-Child STEAM Workshop jointly organized by the STEAM Education Team and the Parent-Teacher Association at the School Hall. The participants explored different features of the new BBC micro:bit v2 and designed creative products by programming and upcycling various old materials provided by the Visual Arts Department and the Home Economics Department.

The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized programmable computer. The micro:bit v2 is the latest version recently released with new features including an on-board speaker, a microphone with LED indicator and a touch-sensitive logo.

After learning about the basic functions of the micro:bit v2, the students and their parents collaborated to design their own products using the single board computer together with the upcyclable materials, such as scrap fabric, unwanted textiles and plastic bottle caps and lids. The families happily presented their creative products, e.g. step counter, alarm, timer and compass in the sharing session.

It was a workshop full of inspiration and fun. The parents enjoyed the programming and process of product design with their daughters.

2020-11-23

Our School has joined the ECF Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge organised by the World Wide Fund. The Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics project team organised a data collection trip in Happy Valley to record the biodiversity surrounding the school on 23 November 2020. The “iNaturalist” app was used to record various species discovered surrounding the school premise.

2020-11-18

The Agrobiotechnology talk series is organized by Centre of Soybean Research, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology to promote agrobiotechnology and enhance understanding of the potential applications of agricultural products.

The first series speaker was Dr Joanna Chen, the former Group Chief R&D and Quality Officer of Vitasoy International Holdings Limited. She introduced how crops are turned into flavourful meals, flavouring components and tasty/aromatic processed foods and drinks full of pleasing flavour surprises. This online talk held successfully by broken the time hurdle in different time zone around the world, and a total of 94 participants (84 via zoom) from Asia, Europe, Africa, South America and Australia joined this international meeting.

2020-11-02

Our School has joined the ECF Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge organised by the World Wide Fund this year. In November, the Chinese Mitten Crabs Aquaponics project team organised a data collection trip in Happy Valley to record the biodiversity surrounding the School by using an “iNaturalist” app.

2020-10-18

HKUST iGEM team and CityU iGEM team co-organised a public environment talk, How Can We Solve Plastic Pollution: The Conservation and Synbio Approaches, together with a guest speaker Gordon So the Conservation Officer of World Wide Fund for Nature, Hong Kong. It was targeted at the general public and we hoped to increase the public’s exposure to environmental issues and different methods to solve them, as well as urging them to be green-adopters.

2020-10-28 to 2021-02-01

2020-09-19

The student enrichment talk was organised through zoom. Center Director Prof. Hon-Ming Lam has delivered a mini lecture to near 500 students from 18 participating schools on the theme “Food Security and Climate Change”. The interactive workshop has deepened the students’ understandings on the relationship between poverty, food security and climate change, while at the same time provided them new perspectives on how STEAM elements play their roles in face of the challenge.

2020-08-31

Congratulations to

Champion: 5E Tiffany Huang

1st Runner-up: 5A Tiffany Liu

2nd Runner-up: 5E Ovtavia Fung

2020-01-08

2019-12-12

2019-12-10

2019-12-06

2019-11-22

2019-10-19

The School STEM Education Team and the Parent-Teacher Association jointly organized a Parent-Child STEAM Workshop for Form 1 students and their parents on 19 October 2019. Thirty families participated in the workshop and designed creative products with the application of the sound controlled LED badge. The programme also included an introduction to the STEAM curriculum and the Quality Education Fund project, "Chinese Mitten Crab Aquaponics Project" and visit to the feeding room.

After assembling the LED badge, parents and students collaborated on making a STEAM product, applying various skills about Science, Visual Arts and Home Economics. Sample products were bottle shakers, gift cards, wind chimes, party lights and decorations.

Through the creative and fun activities, all the participants enjoyed a fruitful and joyous afternoon. Parents were glad to know more about students' school life and the development of STEM education in the School.

2019-09-23

2019-09-21

2019-09-13