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EDUCATION BUREAU CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM NO. 45/2012

From : Secretary for Education To : Heads of Primary and Secondary Schools

Ref. : EDB(CD)/ADM/50/1/2(1)

Tel. : 3540 7418

Date : 2 April 2012

Curriculum Development Institute

Application for Participation in Educational Activities and Events

(April 2012)

(Note: This circular memorandum should be read by heads of all primary and secondary schools)

Summary

The purpose of this circular memorandum is to invite primary and secondary schools to

participate in the coming educational activities and events organised, co-organised or announced by

Curriculum Development Institute, Education Bureau. The educational activities and events to be

organized include Schools Speech Choir Showcase 2011/12 – Finale Performance, Applied

Learning Scholarship (2011/12 School Year), “Harvard Book Prize” Programme for Secondary 5

Students in 2011/12, “Digichem” Video Production Competition for Hong Kong Secondary Schools

2012, Scientific Investigation Poster Design Competition, Hong Kong Student Science Project

Competition 2012, “Visit to Riding School and Pony Ride” 2012, 48th

Schools Dance Festival

Winners’ Performance cum Prize Presentation and The Sunflower Primary Schools Epilepsy

Education Programme (Education and Training Talk on Epilepsy Knowledge and Seizure First Aid

Management).

Details

2. The educational activities and events are-

a) For primary schools:

Key Learning

Area/ Subject

Title For the attention

/action of

Remarks Annex

i) Arts Education /

Music

Schools Speech

Choir Showcase

2011/12 – Finale

Performance

School heads and

Music teachers

Application

deadline:

15 May 2012

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ii) Physical Education “Visit to Riding

School and Pony

Ride” 2012

School heads, PE

panel chairpersons

and teachers,

Co-curricular

Activities

Coordinators and

teachers

Application

deadline:

23 April 2012

7

Key Learning

Area/ Subject


/action of

Remarks Annex

iii) Physical Education

and Arts Education

48th

Schools Dance

Festival Winners’

Performance cum

Prize Presentation

School heads and

teachers-in-charge

of dance

Performance

period:

2 to 6 May 2012

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iv) Moral and Civic

Education The Sunflower

Primary Schools

Epilepsy Education

Programme

(Education and

Training Talk on

Epilepsy

Knowledge and

Seizure First Aid

Management)

School heads,

coordinators and

teachers of

Extra-curricular

Activities/ General

Studies/ Guidance

Team / Student

Support Team/

School Social

Worker

Booking of the

service is open

throughout 2012.

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b) For secondary schools:

Key Learning

Area/ Subject


/action of

Remarks Annex

i) Arts Education /

Music

Schools Speech

Choir Showcase

2011/12 – Finale

Performance

School heads and

Music teachers

Application

deadline:

15 May 2012

1

ii) Applied Learning Applied Learning

Scholarship

(2011/12 School

Year)

School Heads and

teachers

in-charge-of

Applied Learning

Application

deadline:

5 September 2012

2

iii) School Library “Harvard Book

Prize” Programme

for Secondary 5

Students in 2011/12

School heads Application

deadline:

27 April 2012

3

iv) Science Education “Digichem” Video

Production

Competition for

Hong Kong

Secondary Schools

2012

School heads and

teachers of Science

Education Key

Learning Area

Application

deadline:

8 June 2012

4

v) Science Education “Scientific

Investigation”

Poster Design

Competition

School heads and

teachers of Science

Education Key

Learning Area

Application

deadline:

8 June 2012

5

Key Learning

Area/ Subject


/action of

Remarks Annex

vi) Science Education Hong Kong Student

Science Project

Competition 2012

School heads and

teachers of Science

Education Key

Learning Area

Co-organised by

Innovation and

Technology

Commission, Hong

Kong Federation of

Youth Groups,

Education Bureau

and Hong Kong

Science Museum

Website:

http://hksspc.hkfyg.

org.hk

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vii) Physical Education “Visit to Riding

School and Pony

Ride” 2012

School heads, PE

panel chairpersons

and teachers, OLE/

Co-curricular

Activities

Coordinators and

teachers

Application

deadline:

23 April 2012

7

viii) Physical Education

and Arts Education

48th

Schools Dance

Festival Winners’

Performance cum

Prize Presentation

School heads and

teachers-in-charge

of dance

Performance

period:

2 to 6 May 2012

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3. Details and Application Forms of the above activities and events are stipulated in the

respective Annexes.

Enquiry

4. For enquiries, please contact the respective contact person as listed in the respective

Annexes.

Dr K W CHEUNG

for Secretary for Education

c.c. Heads of Sections – for information

Annex 1

Schools Speech Choir Showcase 2011/12 – Finale Performance

Aims/ Objectives

This is to invite primary and secondary schools to attend the above Finale Performance.

Details

2. The Schools Speech Choir Showcase is jointly presented by the Arts Education Section of

the EDB and the InTuition Creative Learning. It is also supported by Youth.gov.hk and sponsored

by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

The aims of the Showcase are to cultivate students’ creativity and promote creative music making in

schools.

3. The Finale Performances for the primary and secondary sessions will be held in the

Auditorium of Tsuen Wan Town Hall at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. respectively on 25 May 2012

(Friday).

4. School heads, teachers and students are encouraged to attend the Finale Performance.

Owing to the limited number of seats, seating is allocated on a first-come-first-served basis in

accordance with the following:

i) Schools participating in the Finale Performance -40 seating each

ii) Schools not participating in the Finale Performance -10 seating each

5. Schools interested in attending the Finale Performance should complete and return the

Reply Slip at Appendix 1a by fax to 2336 8510 on or before 15 May 2012 (Tuesday).

6. For information about the Schools Speech Choir Showcase, please refer to the website:

http://www.edb.gov.hk/speechchoir.

Contact Person

7. For enquiries, please contact Ms NG Debbie of the Arts Education Section, Curriculum

Development Institute on 3698 3533.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/speechchoir

Appendix 1a

Reply Slip 回條 Deadline for submission of Reply Slip: 15 May 2012 (Tuesday)

截止遞交回條日期 : 2012年 5月 15日（星期二）

Fax No. 傳真號碼：2336 8510

To: Senior Curriculum Development Officer (Music)

Arts Education Section, Education Bureau

(Attn: Ms Debbie NG)

致：教育局藝術教育組

高級課程發展主任（音樂）

( 吳美珠女士經辦 )

Schools Speech Choir Showcase 2011/12 – Finale Performance

2011/12 學校動感聲藝展 — 最後匯演

Our school would like to attend the Finale Performance of the Showcase (primary / secondary)* to

be held on 25 May 2012 (Friday). __________ persons from our school will attend. We are:

本校欲出席觀賞於 2012 年 5 月 25 日（星期五）舉行的學校動感聲藝展最後匯演

（小學／中學） *，出席人數共人。本校是：

i) one of the schools participating in the Finale Performance **

參與最後匯演的學校

ii) not the schools participating in the Finale Performance

非參與最後匯演的學校

Signature of School Head

校長簽名：

Name of School Head

校長姓名：

Name of School

學校名稱：

Name of Teacher-in-charge

負責教師姓名：

School Chop 校印

Contact Tel. No.

聯絡電話：

School Fax No.

學校傳真號碼：

Date

日期：

* Please delete whenever inappropriate. 請刪去不適用者。

** Please put a “” in the appropriate box. 請在適當方格內加上「」號。

(Please complete the mailing slip below. 請填妥以下回郵地址。)

School Head 校長

School 學校

Address 地址

Annex 2

Applied Learning Scholarship (2011/12 School Year)

Aims

This is to invite schools offering Applied Learning (ApL) courses (including Adapted ApL

courses) in the 2011/12 school year to nominate students for the captioned scholarship.

Details

2. The ‘ApL Scholarship (2011/12 School Year)’ (‘the Scholarship’) is co-organised by the

Law’s Charitable Foundation (LCF) and the Education Bureau (EDB) to show our appreciation to

students who demonstrated positive learning attitude and achieved good progress in their study of

ApL courses in the 2011/12 school year. A maximum of 550 students will be awarded for the

scholarship.

3. All schools with students taking ApL courses in the 2011/12 school year are eligible to

nominate students for the Scholarship. The maximum number of nominees from each school is set

according to the total number of Secondary 5 students enrolled in ApL courses in the 2011/12

school year (e.g. schools with less than 30 ApL students can nominate one student for the

Scholarship, while schools with 31 to 60 ApL students can nominate two students, etc.). Each

winner of the Scholarship will be awarded HK$1,000 and a certificate by the LCF.

4. To provide schools with more information about students’ learning progress in ApL

courses, EDB will send schools a report showing students’ interim results via the Communication

and Delivery System (CDS) by late June 2011. Schools may refer to the report in nominating

students for the Scholarship.

5. All schools with students taking ApL and Adapted ApL courses are encouraged to

nominate their Secondary 5 students for the Scholarship by completing the attached nomination

form (Appendix 2a). The completed form(s) should be submitted to the LCF Secretariat on or

before 5 September 2012 (Wednesday). For details, please refer to the website of LCF at

www.lawscharitable.org.hk.

Contact Person

6. For enquires, please contact the LCF Secretariat:

Telephone: 3605 2081

Fax: 3020 6179

Email: [email protected]

http://www.lawscharitable.org.hk/

mailto:[email protected]

Applied Learning Scholarship (2011-12 School Year)

Co-organizers: Law’s Charitable Foundation & Education Bureau

Nomination Notes & Forms

Notes on Nomination:

1. This English form is translated based on the Chinese version of the document. For details of

the Applied Learning (ApL) Scholarship (2011-12 School Year), including the nomination

criteria and instructions, please refer to the Chinese version of the document. The Chinese

version shall prevail should there be any inconsistency.

2. Schools should use ‘Form H’ for their nominations. Course Providers (CPs) should use ‘Form

G’ for their nominations. ‘Form H’ and ‘Form G’ differ only in Part I. Part II to Part IV of

the two forms are the same.

3. Part I of ‘Form H’ and ‘Form G’ should be completed by the nominating School and CP

respectively. Each nominating school has to submit Part I once only for its nominations.

Each CP has to submit Part I once only for its nominations under each ApL course.

4. Part II of the form should be completed by the Nominator (either from School or CP). Part III

should be completed by the Student Nominee.

5. Student Nominees who would like to enter for the “Special Awards” should also complete Part

IV of the form, and should be willing to share their personal experiences in pursuing their

studies of ApL course(s) so as to encourage and inspire the other fellow students.

6. Electronic copies of the forms can be downloaded at the website of the Law’s Charitable

Foundation: www.lawscharitable.org.hk

7. Please feel free to add extra pages if there is not enough space.

8. Schools and CPs should submit the completed form in triplicate to the Law’s Charitable

Foundation (LCF). The original and a copy of the form should be submitted in person or by

mail, while one more copy should be submitted by email or fax. Deadlines for submission of

nominations:

- For CPs: 22 August 2012 (Wednesday)

- For Schools: 5 September 2012 (Wednesday)

9. For any enquiries, please contact LCF at:

- Tel: 3605 2081

- Fax: 3020 6179

- Email: [email protected]

- Address: 37/F, Saxon Tower, 7 Cheung Shun Street, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon

Appendix 2a

http://www.lawscharitable.org.hk/


Applied Learning Scholarship (2011-12 School Year) ─ Nomination Form H

☆Part I - School Information (To be completed by School)

School

Name (Chinese):

Name (English):

Address:

Contact

Person

Name (Chinese): Name (English):

Title: Email (frequently used):

Tel. no.: Fax. no.:

Total number of students and list of Nominees:

(Please state if the student is enrolled in more than one ApL course; please add extra pages if needed)

Please provide the following figures:

Total number of Secondary 5 students enrolled in ApL courses at our school

in the 2011-2012 school year:

Total number of students being nominated by our school for

the ApL Scholarship (2011-12 school year):

(1)

Name of Student Nominee#: Class (in 2011-12 school year):

ApL Course: Course Code:

Course Provider:

(2)



Course Provider:

(3)



Course Provider:

(4)



Course Provider:

(5)



Course Provider:

#Please provide the full name of the student

Signature of School Principal:

School Chop:

Name of School Principal:

Date:

Official Use Only Date Received

Original

e-Copy

Applied Learning Scholarship (2011-12 School Year) ─ Nomination Form G

☆Part I – Course Provider(CP) Information (To be completed by CP)

CP

Name (Chinese):

Name (English):

Address:

Contact

Person



Tel. no.: Fax. no.:

Total number of students and list of Nominees:

(Please submit separate list for each ApL course; please add extra pages if needed)

Please provide the following information:


Name of Tutor:

Total number of Secondary 5 students enrolled in this ApL course

in the 2011-12 school year:

Total number of students being nominated by our institution

for the ApL Scholarship (2011-12 school year):

(1) Name of Student Nominee#: Class (in 2011-12 school year):

School:


School:


School:


School:


School:


School:

#Please provide the full name of the student

Signature of ApL Coordinator of CP:

CP Chop:

Name of ApL Coordinator of CP:

Date:

Official Use Date Received

Original

e-Copy

☆☆Part II - About the Nomination

(To be completed by the Nominator, whom

could be the School Principal/ Teacher/ Social Worker or Course Tutor)

Nominator

Name of School/ Course Provider:



Tel. no.: Fax. no.:

Student

Nominee

Name of Student:

ApL Course:

Grade Attained in this Course:

How did you get to know the Student Nominee? How long have you known him/her?

What do you know about the Student Nominee (e.g. learning ability, inter-personal relationship, attitude

and values towards life)?

What have you considered when you decided to nominate the student?

Please tick () the appropriate box(es) and/or provide supplementary information.

Outstanding achievements in the ApL course Supplementary Information:

Talented and performed excellently in the course

Diligent(e.g. attentive, punctual for classes & homework)

Good learning attitude & participated actively in the course

Significant progress in overall learning and personal growth

Good conduct (e.g. polite, responsible, willing to help)

A good team player, with positive influences on others

Others (please specify, e.g. student’s family circumstances)

What expectation(s) do you have on the Student Nominee?

Please tick () the appropriate box(es) and/or provide supplementary information.:

To continue studies in a relevant field of the ApL course Supplementary Information:

To develop a career in a relevant field of the course

To develop interest and skills in relevant fields

To achieve good results in the HKDSE

To fulfill his/her own dreams & goals

To make good use of knowledge to contribute to society

Declaration: I hereby declare the information provided above is based on my best understanding

on the student I nominated here.

Signature of Nominator:

Date:

Official Use Sch ref no Student ref no

Application

Vetting

Result

☆☆☆Part III - Self Description (To be completed by the Student Nominee)

Please express in words whenever possible.

Students with special education needs (SEN) can be assisted by teachers or social workers

(words or other means of expressions would be accepted for students with SEN).

Student

Nominee


Class (in 2011-12 school year): Sex:

Tel. no.: Email (frequently used):

ApL course(s) enrolled in:

(1)

(2)(if applicable)

Self-introduction:

Why you think you would be nominated for the ApL Scholarship?

How will you make use of the ApL Scholarship that you might be granted?

What are your self-expectations and life-goals?

Pledge: I hereby pledge to pursue excellence in my learning and endeavor to the best in the ApL course(s).

Signature of Student Nominee:

Date:

☆☆☆☆Part IV - Personal Learning Experience

(To be completed by Students who wish to enter for the “Special Awards”)

This part should be submitted together with Part III of the form.

Please express in words whenever possible.

Students with special education needs (SEN) can be assisted by teachers or social workers

(words or other means of expressions would be accepted for students with SEN).

I

intend to share my personal experiences to encourage my fellow students

and to enter for the “Special Awards”. do no intend to

For those who wish to enter for the “Special Awards”, please describe your personal encounters and

experiences along your way in pursuing your learning and studies. In particular, how has ApL changed

and impacted you?

Declaration：I hereby declare that the above information is all true and honest.

Signature of Student Nominee:

Date:

Annex 3

“Harvard Book Prize” Programme for Secondary 5 Students

in the 2011/12 School Year

Aims / Objectives

The purpose of this annex is to inform secondary schools of the “Harvard Book Prize”

programme and invite schools to participate.

Details

2. The “Harvard Book Prize”, administered by the Harvard Club of Hong Kong, seeks to

reach out to all local and international secondary schools in Hong Kong. The Club is prepared to

award Book Prizes, i.e. one winner and two runners-up, to each school. Schools may select their

own criteria for awarding the Prize(s) such as excellence in academic achievement, citizenship,

language skills, improvement, etc, in the 2011/12 school year.

3. School heads are encouraged to nominate and select the recipients for these prizes.

4. Details of the programme are available at the Harvard Club of Hong Kong’s website:

http://www.harvardhk.org/bookprize. Interested schools should apply via the Harvard Club of Hong

Kong’s website.

5. A Harvard Book Prize-giving Ceremony will begin registration at 6:00 pm and the

ceremony will be held from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm on 23 May 2012 (Wednesday) at the Lecture

Theatre, 4/F., West Block, Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19

Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon.

6. Schools that wish to join the programme should register at 5:00 pm on 27 April 2012 or

before. Book Prize-winners or their school representatives must attend the Harvard Book

Prize-giving Ceremony to collect the Prize Book on stage. This year participation in the ceremony

is mandatory.

Contact Person

7. For enquires, please contact Ms Liza Boltz of the Harvard Club of Hong Kong on 9332

7184 or email to [email protected].

http://www.harvardhk.org/bookprize

Annex 4

“Digichem” Video Production Competition

for Hong Kong Secondary Schools 2012

Aims / Objectives

This is to invite secondary schools to participate in the captioned competition.

Details

2. The “Digichem” Video Production Competition for Hong Kong Secondary Schools 2012 is

jointly organised by the Science Education Section of the Education Bureau, the Hong Kong

Association for Science and Mathematics Education and the Hong Kong Chemical Society. It is an

experiment-based video making competition and aims at promoting the interest of students in

learning Chemistry and developing students’ problem solving, communication and science process

skills through demonstrating and explaining interesting experiments.

3. Regulations and Application Form are set out in Appendices 4a and 4b.

4. Secondary schools interested in nominating their students to participate in the captioned

competition are requested to complete the Application Form and return it together with the report of

the video by post to the Science Education Section of the Education Bureau, Room E232, 2/F, East

Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon. The deadline

for the entry submission is 8 June 2012 (Friday). Late submission is not accepted.

Contact Person

5. For enquiries, please contact Mr CHAN Chi-keung of the Science Education Section,

Education Bureau on 3698 3438.

Appendix 4a

“ Digichem” Video Production Competition

for Hong Kong Secondary Schools 2012

Regulations

1. Aims

The competition aims at:

- promoting students’ interest in learning Chemistry;

- developing students’ problem solving, communication and science process skills through

demonstrating and explaining interesting experiments; and

- encouraging students to communicate scientific ideas to the public in a meaningful and creative

way.

2. Participants’ Qualification

Participant must be a secondary student of a whole-day school.

3. Requirement of entry

(a) Theme:

- Experimental Home Chemistry

(b) Video:

- The duration of the video is 1 to 2 minutes.

- The chemistry experimental work should be conducted in the school laboratory using

materials obtained at home or any daily products. Risk assessment should be conducted

before starting the experiment. Supervision from the teacher should be provided when

the students carrying out the experiments.

- The content could be presented in either Cantonese or English. Mixed-code is not

accepted.

- The video should be uploaded on YouTube (URL: www.youtube.com) before submitting

the Application Form and the report.

(c) Report:

- The video should be accompanied by a report including the experimental principle and the

safety-related aspects for the experiment. The coverage of the report should not exceed

two single sided A4 papers. The idea can be illustrated by texts, diagrams or photos, etc.

- A cover page with the title of the video, school name and full names of the students in both

Chinese and English should also be included.

- The language used in the report should be consistent with that used in the video.

4. Rules

(a) The competition consists of Junior Secondary Division and Senior Secondary Division:

1. Junior Secondary Division: Students of S1 to S3.

2. Senior Secondary Division: Students of S4 or above.

(b) Teams, comprising not more than three students in a team, must be nominated by schools.

Each school can nominate a maximum of two teams and each team can only submit one entry.

A team who submits more than one entry will be disqualified.

(c) Each entry should include a video and a report.

(d) Entries must be the participants’ original work that have not been published previously, nor

submitted for other competitions.

(e) Entries must not infringe any intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party.

5. Submission of Entries

The report(s) for the video(s) should be submitted together with the attached Application Form via

schools by post to “Science Education Section, Room 232, 2/F, East Block, EDB Kowloon Tong

Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon”. Please mark clearly on the envelope

“Digichem”. The deadline for the entry submission is 8 June 2012 (the postal chop date will be the

date of receipt).

6. Judging

(a) The judging panel for the competition will comprise representatives from the Education Bureau,

the Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education and the Hong Kong

Chemical Society.

(b) Entries will be marked according to the following criteria:

- How the experiment and the report are presented and elaborated;

- Whether the idea of experiment is creative; and

- Whether the entry is interesting, original, scientifically accurate and engaging to ordinary

audience.

7. Awards

(a) The competition consists of the following awards for each junior secondary and senior secondary

levels:

- One Champion : One trophy and book coupons worth HK $1,500

- One first runner-up : One trophy and book coupons worth HK $1,000

- One second runner-up : One trophy and book coupons worth HK $500

- Five merit awards : One award certificate and book coupons worth HK $100 each

(b) All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

(c) Winners will be notified of the competition results before mid July 2012, and be invited to

receive their awards in a prize-giving ceremony, details of which will be given in due course.

8. Copyright

All entries will not be returned and will become the property of EDB. EDB will have the right to

use the videos and reports.

Appendix 4b

“Digichem” for Hong Kong Secondary Schools 2012

Application Form

(Submission deadline: 8 June 2012)

To: Science Education Section, EDB

Room 232, 2/F, East Block,

EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre

19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon

(Attn: Mr Ken CHAN)

I nominate __________ team(s) of students(1)(2)

to participate in the captioned competition. I

certify that all entries are the original work of my students. The following are the details of

participating students and their video:

Participating Team(s) :

Team A Team B (if any)

Class Name Email Class Name Email

Division: Junior / Senior* secondary Division: Junior / Senior* secondary

Title of the video:

Title of the video:

URL of the video:

URL of the video:

Responsible Teacher(s) :

Mr / Ms* Mr / Ms*

Email: Email:

* Please delete as appropriate

Note: (1) Each school can nominate up to 2 teams of students and each team should not consist of more than 3 students.

(2) Each team can only submit one entry.

School Name:

School Tel. No.:

Name of Principal:

Signature of Principal:

Date: School Chop

Annex 5

“Scientific Investigation” Poster Design Competition

Aims / Objectives

This is to invite secondary schools to participate in the captioned competition.

Details

2. The “Scientific Investigation” Poster Design Competition is jointly organised by the Science

Education Section of the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Association for Science and

Mathematics Education. The competition aims at arousing students’ curiosity and creativity, as

well as their interest in science through designing a poster on scientific investigation.

3. Regulations and Application Form are set out in Appendix 5a and 5b.

4. Secondary schools interested in nominating their students to participate in the captioned

competition are requested to complete the Application Form and return it together with the

entry/entries by post or by hand to the Science Education Section of the Education Bureau, Room

E232, 2/F, East Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon.

The deadline for the entry submission by post is 8 June 2012. The period for the entry submission

by hand will be from 6 to 8 June 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Late

submission is not accepted.

Contact Person

5. For enquiries, please contact Mr LAM Ming-chong of the Science Education Section, EDB

on 3698 3447.

Appendix 5a


Regulations

1. Aims

The competition aims at arousing students’ curiosity and creativity, as well as their interest in science

through designing a poster on scientific investigation.

2. Participants’ Qualification

Participant must be a secondary student of a whole-day school.

3. Requirement of Poster

(a) Size: A2 (420 mm 594 mm)

(b) Design:

- Participants are required to take a creative approach to identify topics or questions of

everyday context for scientific investigation and to express the innovative theme for the

investigation through poster design. Participants should consider the feasibility of the

scientific investigation. However, it is not necessary for the participants to conduct the

actual investigation.

- Participants may use drawings (e.g. cartoon, flow diagram, etc.) or photographs to express

the theme of and/or ideas for scientific investigation. The design should be

2-dimensional and suitable for mass printing.

- The titles or captions should be in either Chinese or English.

4. Rules

(a) Entries will be classified into junior secondary (S1 – 3) and senior secondary (S4 or above)

levels.

(b) Each participant may submit only one entry via the school. A participant who submits more

than one entry will be disqualified.

(c) On the back of each entry, a label must be attached with the following information: (1) the

name of participant in English and Chinese, (2) class and class number of the participant, (3)

school name, and (4) name of teacher and his/her contact telephone number.

(d) Entries must be the participants’ original work that have not been published previously, nor

submitted for other competitions.

(e) Entries must not infringe any intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party.

5. Submission of Entries

Entries should be submitted together with the attached Application Form via schools, either by hand

or by post, to “Science Education Section, Room E232, 2/F, East Block, EDB Kowloon Tong

Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon” (for entries by post, the postal chop date will

be the date of receipt). Please mark clearly on the envelope ‘“Scientific Investigation” Poster

Design Competition’. The deadline for the entry submission by post is 8 June 2012. The period

for the entry submission by hand will be from 6 to 8 June 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

to 5:00 p.m. Late submission is not accepted.

6. Judging

(a) The judging panel for the competition will comprise member(s) of the Curriculum

Development Council Committee on Science Education, and representatives from the Hong

Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education and the Education Bureau.

(b) Entries will be marked according to the following criteria:

- Whether the idea of the scientific investigation is creative.

- Relevance of the theme to daily life and practicality of the proposed investigation.

- Feasibility of the scientific investigation.

- Participant’s understanding of science knowledge and the application of science.

- Whether the entry is visually pleasing and interesting.

7. Awards

(a) The competition consists of the following awards for each of the junior secondary and senior

secondary levels:

- One Champion : One trophy and book coupons worth HK$1,500

- One first runner-up : One trophy and book coupons worth HK$1,000

- One second runner-up : One trophy and book coupons worth HK$500

- Five merit awards : One award certificate and book coupons worth HK$100 each

(b) All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

(c) Winners will be notified of the competition results before mid July 2012, and be invited to

receive their awards in a prize-giving ceremony, details of which will be given in due course.

(d) The EDB may consider printing and disseminating the winning entries to secondary schools.

8. Copyright

All entries will not be returned and will become the property of EDB and EDB will have the right

to use the posters.

Appendix 5b


Application Form

(Submission deadline: 8 June 2012)

To: Science Education Section, EDB

Room E232, 2/F, East Block,

EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre

19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon

(Attn: Ms Maggie LAU / Mr M C LAM)

I nominate students* to participate in the captioned competition. I certify

that all entries are the original work of my students. The following are the details of participating

students:

Name (in English) Name (in Chinese) Class (Class No.)

1 ( )

2 ( )

3 ( )

4 ( )

5 ( )

6 ( )

(Please make copies of this form if necessary)

* Each student can only submit one entry.

School Name:

School Tel. No.:

Name of Teacher:

Contact Tel. No.:

Name of Principal:


Date: School Chop

Annex 6

Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2012

Aims / Objectives

This is to invite secondary schools to participate in the Initial Judging cum Exhibition and

the Final Judging cum Award Presentation Ceremony of the captioned competition.

Details

2. Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2012 is jointly organised by the

Innovation and Technology Commission, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, the

Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Science Museum. It aims to promote the interest of our

youth in science and technology, to develop their creativity through better understanding and

innovative application of science and technology, and to inspire their intellectual and career interest

in science and technology.

3. “From Theory to Practice Develop Science Potential” is the theme of the 2012

competition, which is the fourteenth of its series. The competition has received 220 entries by

students this year, under two divisions, the Junior Division (S1-3) and the Senior Division (S4-7) and

under the categories, Inventions and Investigations of Scientific Phenomena or Applications of

Scientific Theories.

4. The Initial Judging cum Project Exhibition will be held on 12 May 2012 (Saturday) at

Lakeside 2 of the Hong Kong Science Park from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Final Judging cum

Award Presentation Ceremony will be held on 2 June 2012 (Saturday) at Charles K. Kao Auditorium

and Conference Hall 04-07 of Lakeside 2 of the Hong Kong Science Park from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Both events are open to the public, teachers and students of all schools are invited to participate.

There will be a “Best Participation Award” for the school with the most participation in the Initial

Judging.

5. Schools may visit the website of the Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition

(http://hksspc.hkfyg.org.hk) for further information. The programme rundown and reply slips are

attached for reference (Appendix 6a - 6d).

Contact Person

6. For enquiries, please contact Mr Kimpton SO of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth

Groups, the Secretariat of the Competition on 2561 6149.

http://hksspc.hkfyg.org.hk/

Appendix 6a


Initial Judging cum Exhibition

Programme Rundown

Date : 12 May 2012 (Saturday)

Time : 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Venue : Lakeside 2, The Hong Kong Science Park

Shatin, New Territories

Programme:

9:30 a.m. Presentation by Teams cum Project Exhibition

1:00 p.m. Lunch

2:15 p.m. Team Registration

2:30 p.m. Exhibition by Teams

4:45 p.m. Announcement of “Visitors’ Favourite Award”

Projects of all participating teams will be displayed at the Atrium Link, G/F of Lakeside

1, G/F and 1/F of Lakeside 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00

p.m.

Appendix 6b


Visit to the Exhibition at the Initial Judging To : Mr Kimpton SO The Secretariat, Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition

(Fax No.: 2565 8345)

Reply Slip

*Please reply by 3 May 2012 (Thursday) Please tick the appropriate box below and provide relevant information. Our school will attend the Exhibition.

1. No. of Teachers: No. of Students:

Others (please specify): _____________ ( No. of persons : )

2. We shall come in the following session:

12/5 Morning Session (9:30 am ~ 1:00 pm)

12/5 Afternoon Session (2:30 pm ~ 5:00 pm)

(You are welcome to attend more than one session.)

Information of Contact Person

Name of School: ________________________________________________

Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss___________________(English)_______________(Chinese)

Position held:______________________ Email address:_________________

Contact Tel. No.:____________________ Fax No.: _____________________

Date of Reply: _________________

Appendix 6c


Final Judging cum Award Presentation Ceremony

(Tentative Programme)

Date : 2 June 2011 (Saturday) Time : 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Venue : Charles K. Kao Auditorium and Conference Hall 04-07, Lakeside 2,

Hong Kong Science Park, Shatin, New Territories

Programme：

8:45 a.m. Reception

9:00 a.m. Presentation by Finalists

12:00 noon Discussion among Judges and Selection of Winning Teams

12:35 p.m. Award Presentation Ceremony

1:30 p.m. End of Ceremony

The finalised programme rundown will be sent to participants by late-May 2012.

Appendix 6d


Final Judging cum Award Presentation Ceremony

To : Mr Kimpton SO

The Secretariat, Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition

(Fax No.: 2565 8345)

Reply Slip

*Please reply by 24 May 2012 (Thursday)

Please tick the appropriate box below and provide relevant information.

Our school will attend the Final Judging cum Award Presentation Ceremony.

1. No. of Teachers: No. of Students:

Others (please specify): _____________ (No. of persons : )

2. 2/6 9:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 noon (Final Judging, Junior Division)

2/6 9:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 noon (Final Judging, Senior Division)

2/6 12:35 p.m. ~ 1:30 p.m. (Award Presentation Ceremony)

(You are welcome to attend both the Final Judging and the Award Presentation Ceremony)

Information of Contact Person

Name of School: ______________________________________________________

Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss___________________(English)__________________(Chinese)

Position held:______________________ Email address:_____________________

Contact Tel. No.:____________________ Fax No.: _________________________

Date of Reply: _____________________

Annex 7

“Visit to Riding School and Pony Ride” 2012

Aims / Objectives

This is to invite primary and secondary schools to organise visit to riding school and pony

ride activities for helping students to strengthen their understanding and interest in Equestrian Sport.

Details

2. The Hong Kong Equestrian Federation (HKEF), with the subvention from the Leisure and

Cultural Services Department, invites primary and secondary schools to visit the Tuen Mun Public

Riding School (Address: 45 Lung Mun Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories). The participants will

watch a video on “Understanding Equestrian Sports”, walk through the stables and horse riding

arena, and gain the experience of riding on Shetland ponies.

3. Each visit may accommodate 35 to 40 students with 2 accompanying teacher(s) or school

appointed person(s). Priority will be given to schools that have not participated in similar

activities organised by the HKEF; all other applications will be processed on a first-come-first-serve

basis. The HKEF will provide free transportation service connecting the venue and the

participating school campus. Further details are available at the HKEF website

(http://www.hkef.org).

4. Schools interested in applying for the visit may complete the application form in Appendix

7a and return it to the HKEF on or before 23 April, 2012 by fax (Fax No.: 2966 5082) or by post

(Address: Hong Kong Equestrian Federation, 6/F., Central Complex, HKJC Shatin Race Course,

Shatin, Hong Kong). The HKEF will inform applicants of the accepted time slot and related

arrangement in writing or by phone on or before 26 April, 2012. Schools that are not contacted by

30 April, 2012 should deem their applications unsuccessful.

5. The visit will be cancelled when the Hong Kong Observatory issues the Red or Black

Rainstorm Warning Signal, or Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 3 or above two hours before

the activity commences.

Contact Person

6. For enquiries, please contact Mr Albert Chan of the HKEF (phone: 2966 5081 or email:

[email protected]).

http://www.hkef.org/


Appendix 7a

“Visit to Riding School and Pony Ride” 2012

Application Form

School Name︰______________________________________________________________

District︰__________________ Phone︰_________________ Fax︰________________

Address︰___________________________________________________________________

Contact Person︰____________________________ Phone︰____________________

E-mail︰____________________________________________________________________

Choice of Time Slots:

Item Date and time slot Priority Item Date and time slot Priority Item Date and time slot Priority

May 2012 May 2012 July 2012

1 3 May (Thu)PM 17 24 May (Thu) PM 32 4 July (Wed) PM

2 8 May (Tue) AM 18 25May (Fri) AM 33 10 July (Tue) PM

3 8 May (Tue) PM 19 29 May (Tue) AM 34 11 July (Wed) PM

4 9 May (Wed) PM 20 29 May (Tue) PM 35 13 July (Fri) PM

5 10 May (Thu) PM 21 30 May (Wed) PM

6 11 May (Fri) AM June 2012

7 15 May (Tue) AM 22 20 June (Wed) PM

8 15 May (Tue) PM 23 21 June (Thu) PM

9 16 May (Wed) PM 24 22 June (Fri) AM

10 17 May (Thu) AM 25 22 June (Fri) PM

11 17 May (Thu) PM 26 26 June (Tue) AM

12 18 May (Fri) AM 27 26June (Tue) PM

13 22 May (Tue) AM 28 27 June (Wed) PM

14 22 May (Tue) PM 29 28 June (Thu) AM

15 23 May (Wed) AM 30 28 June (Thu) PM

16 24 May (Thu) AM 31 29 June (Fri) AM

Please use “1”, “2”, “3” and “4” to indicate the preference of time slots (with “1” being the first preference; four choices at

maximum)

Remarks: the AM session is from 9:30 am. to 12:00 nn and the PM session is from 2:30 to 5:00 pm.

Name(s) of Teacher on the Event Date Mobile Phone (For emergency contact on the event date)

1) ______________________________ ______________________________

2) ______________________________ ______________________________

Name of School Head：_____________________________

Signature：_______________________________________ School Chop

Date：___________________________________________

Annex 8

48th

Schools Dance Festival

Winners’ Performance cum Prize Presentation

Aims/Objectives

The captioned event aims to enhance sharing among schools in dance education, and provide

an opportunity for students and the public to enjoy watching the brilliant performances of selected

winners of the 48th

Schools Dance Festival.

Details

2. The School Dance Festival is jointly organised by the Education Bureau and the Hong

Kong Schools Dance Association Limited, with venue and ticket charges sponsored by the Leisure

and Cultural Services Department. Its competition phase was successfully completed in February

2012; the Winners’ Performance cum Prize Presentation will be held on 2 to 6 May 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

to 10:15 p.m. in the Auditorium, Shatin Town Hall. Winning teams from primary, secondary and

special schools will perform various types of dance. Details are as follows:

D a t e T h e m e

2 / 5 / 2 0 1 2 All Types of Dance

3 / 5 / 2 0 1 2 Oriental Dance

4 / 5 / 2 0 1 2 Chinese Dance

5 / 5 / 2 0 1 2 Modern Dance/ Jazz & Street Dance

6 / 5 / 2 0 1 2 Western Dance

For the programme details, schools may refer to the following websites:

EDB - http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_3223/48sdf_e.htm

HKSDA, Ltd. - http://www.hksda.org.hk/48th/48th.html.

3. Tickets at $50, $60 and $70 are available at all URBTIX outlets from 2 April 2012 (Monday)

onwards. Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens, people with

disabilities and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. A 10% discount will be offered

for the purchase of 10 or more tickets for each performance (except for half-price tickets).

Contact Person

4. For enquiries, please contact Ms NG King-lam, Chrissy of Hong Kong Schools Dance

Association Limited on 3741 2973 or Ms CHAN Mei-yuk, Yonny of Physical Education Section,

Curriculum Development Institute on 2110 3019.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_3223/48sdf_e.htm

http://www.hksda.org.hk/48th/48th.html

Annex 9

The Sunflower Primary Schools Epilepsy Education Programme

(Education and Training Talk on Epilepsy Knowledge and Seizure First Aid Management)

Aims / Objectives

This is to invite heads and teachers-in-charge of primary schools to arrange the above talk

for their teachers and/or students.

Details

2. Enlighten-Action for Epilepsy (www.enlightenhk.org) is a non-medical charity that aims

to benefit anyone directly or indirectly affected by Epilepsy. ‘The Sunflower Primary Schools

Epilepsy Education Programme’ is one of the Education and Training programmes of

Enlighten-Action for Epilepsy. Through this programme, they offer FREE bi-lingual ‘Epilepsy

Knowledge and Seizure First Aid Management’ educational talks to Primary Schools throughout

Hong Kong.

3. Enlighten-Action for Epilepsy has developed a 40 minutes to 1.5 hours on-site training

talk for teachers and/or students that aims to:

Improve the knowledge and understanding of Epilepsy in Hong Kong schools to

ensure that today’s children /adolescents becomes tomorrow’s supportive society.

Develop teachers/children/adolescents’ skills needed to deal with Epilepsy so that

everyone can manage seizures effectively and safely.

Ensure that teachers/children/adolescents establish an inclusive environment in which

people with, and who are affected by Epilepsy have a more proactive school life.

Develop the children/adolescents’ empathy skills and ensure that they can create and

grow up in an inclusive community, free of bias and discrimination.

Promote equal opportunity.

4. The target audiences of the above talk are (1) Teaching staff, (2) P.1 – 3 Students, (3) P.4 –

6 Students and (4) Parents. There is no restriction on the number of attendees for each talk, however,

a maximum size of 60 people is suggested to ensure the participants receive and understand the

information thoroughly. In addition, due to the limited sponsorship, the above talk will be provided

in 3 different seasons with 20 sessions at most in each season. For details, please refer to the

reply slip (Appendix 9a).

http://www.enlightenhk.org/

5. Schools are invited to organise the above talk in their schools. Those who wish to

organise the programme by December 2012, are invited to complete and return the reply slip

(Appendix 9a) by fax (fax no.: 3020 3314) to Enlighten-Action for Epilepsy. Schools are welcome

to indicate other preferred dates for training talks on the reply slip, should not arrangements be

possible during the specified period.

Contact Person

6. For enquiries, please contact Ms Alice YIP, Education and Training Unit, The Sunflower

Primary Schools Epilepsy Education Programme, Enlighten–Action for Epilepsy on 2820 0111 or

email to [email protected].

Appendix 9a

Reply Slip To: Enlighten – Action for Epilepsy (Attn: Ms Alice YIP)

Fax No.: 3020 3314

Tel. No.: 2820 0111

Website: www.enlightenhk.org The Sunflower Primary Schools Epilepsy Education Programme

(Education and Training Talk on Epilepsy Knowledge and Seizure First Aid Management)

2012 Programme Time Schedule

(Maximum 20 talks/sessions in one season, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.)

Season 1

(Apr to Jun 2012)

Season 2

(Jul to Sep 2012)

Season 3

(Oct to Dec 2012)

Application Deadline 25th Jun, 2012 24th Sep, 2012 17th Dec, 2012

Please the appropriate circle and fill in the blanks below.

○ Our school is interested in the above event and please conduct the said programme in our school as

specified below (you can choose more than one group and organise more than one training):

Student Training:

Student Group A ( P.1 - P.3 ) Student Group B ( P.4 - P.6 )

Please select a suitable date and time below:

_________(DD)_________(MM)________(YYYY)

(A.M. / P. M.)

Number of Participant(s)︰_______________


_________(DD)_________(MM)________(YYYY)

(A.M. / P. M.)


Teacher or Parents Training:

Teaching Staff Group Parents Group


_________(DD)_________(MM)________(YYYY)

(A.M. / P. M.)



_________(DD)_________(MM)________(YYYY)

(A.M. / P. M.)


○ Our school is interested in the above event but cannot arrange in the specified period. We would like to

invite your organisation to conduct the said programme in our school on

(dd/mm/yy). Please contact the teacher-in-charge below to discuss the details.

School Name:

Teacher-in-charge:

Tel: Fax: Email:


Name of Principal:

Date:

School Chop

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