AS an English Schools Foundation primary class teacher, it was heartwarming to read the most recent letters in these columns, which expressed confidence in teachers and optimism in the ESF and its vision for the future.
ESF standards in education are high and it is fortunate in the pupils and staff that fill its schools and who generally are so highly motivated.
The overriding feeling for all concerned in ESF must be optimism in the future of Hongkong and the challenges new educational innovations pose in the international setting here.
The biggest changes taking place in classroom practice today come as a result of an entitlement curriculum for all. The ESF is committed to this idea and is placing it in the context of Hongkong and entering more into the community.
Primary head teachers from Chinese schools visit with ESF primary heads to talk education. This week Kennedy School welcomes 18 Y7 children from a Chinese primary school into its Y6 classes for a three-day cultural exchange. Next term 24 of our children will undertake a return visit.
All staff need time to meet together and think through the implications for classroom organisation and management that new approaches to learning at primary level pose.
