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Canada Educational Trip, Day 4

5/2/2016

22 Comments

 
At the junior school's entrance
Tour-guided by a Year 12
School library for the senior students
School theatre
School Head speaks
In the junior library
In the junior library
Touring in the junior school
Souvenir presentation
Day 4 started our school visits. St. George's School was the first on our list. Like Ying Wa, St. George's is a boys' school providing education to children from Year 1 to 12 (P.1 - S.6).

We had a brief tour around the large campus of the senior school led by a professional student ambassador. His eloquence, confidence and sincerity really impressed us. I particularly liked his many badges attached to his classic blazer recognizing his involvement in various school activities.

A talk about the school by administrators followed and we couldn't agree more on their philosophy about teaching boys and that boys need a specialised curriculum. While YWPS has a motto of "winning is not everything...", St. George's School's sense of competition and academic excellence doesn't seem to be as strong as their desire to building "fine young men, one boy at a time"!

In response to our request, the YWPS team had a rare chance to visit their junior school as well. The beautiful castle-like main building and the large green area gave us the best welcome. Their admission officer toured us around the school and offered us a very detailed and thorough introduction along the tour. We could visit lessons and see their many special rooms. Yet, it was indeed a pity that the school discouraged photo-taking of their students, or else their energetic lessons could have been captured.

We did not have a very in-depth review of this school's teaching and learning environment, but the impression was clear - their children are enjoying a fun, fruitful and explorative childhood in the school where excellence is nurtured through a relaxing and natural learning context. Schools in Hong Kong are usually weak in building children into more than exam-takers. Seeing the happiness in St. George's, I am glad that our school takes a very rare path to both creating a creative and adventurous learning experience and sharpening students' skills in different disciplines to enhance competitiveness at a rather young age. And so far, our boys are on the right track in becoming a well-equipped global citizen, and we are absolutely proud to see that.

I simply can't wait to visit more schools tomorrow and have more inspiration about our own teaching and thinking.

​Dr H C Lee
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p.s. How come we could visit the USA in our Canadian tour?
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22 Comments
Justin Ng
5/3/2016 06:02:59 pm

The castle is very big and pretty.I want to ask what is the purpose to stick many post-it on the wall?

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Mrs Lam
5/3/2016 09:56:54 pm

The school encourages students to 'catch' the good deeds of others and write on the post-it. How wonderful ! In fact, we did it in Ying Wa months ago, remember ?

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Jason Hui
5/3/2016 06:19:07 pm

Wow, the school looks quite beautiful. Maybe we can re-build the English room with this kind of western style. The grass lands are big. It will be a perfect place for playing soccer.

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Marvin
5/3/2016 06:52:54 pm

The school was beautiful because it's front gate is big.The motto is hard that I don't really understand it and how did the teachers go to USA in Canada.

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kenneth kok
5/3/2016 07:09:47 pm

Actually Canada is right above USA. i have once take a coach to USA within 1 day

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Kenneth Kok
5/3/2016 07:08:40 pm

WOW!Dr.Lee and Mrs.Lam were so lucky. St. George's School was the top school in Vancover,and actually St. George's School also provide kindergarten(K1-K3)

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Dr H C Lee
5/3/2016 07:49:19 pm

The tour didn't mention about kindergartens but I'm still impressed by your knowledge in these matters. You're quite a traveller Kenneth!

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Bryan
5/3/2016 07:12:32 pm

It's very stunning that their school is such grand which there is a enormous opera and facilities are such advanced. I think it would be fun and I would have more interest in learning when learning there!

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Ms Ho
5/3/2016 08:50:24 pm

St. George's is the first school that we've visited in Canada. It's a boy school, just like Ying Wa. There are common values that we shared. Boys and girls do learn differently. They have different characteristics and needs. Ying Wa is definitely a school designed for boys!

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Jose Lai
5/3/2016 10:12:26 pm

Their school looks very big. I think the boys there will have real fun as they can run freely in the enormous school.

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Kyle Luc's Mom link
5/4/2016 09:02:47 am

Seems a really valuable experience. "Building fine young men, one boy at a time" is indeed inspirational. I am very thankful that YW is finding its unique way through the many parameters set by the educational environment in HK to protect the welfare of the boys and to nurture them into global citizens. Really proud of all of you, the YW leadership team, teachers and staff!!

And Dr. Lee, can't agree more that having batches attached to blazer recognizing the boys' involvement in various school activities is such a great idea.

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Cyrus Ho
5/4/2016 06:10:56 pm

The school is so big,this true that the children are enjoying a fun and have their own freedom

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Lau King Man
5/4/2016 06:22:14 pm

The appearance of St. George's School looks like a castle. The students are wearing uniforms. Is it a private or public school?

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Isaac Chan
5/4/2016 07:08:59 pm

I think you went to the region's area line, which touches the USA. You went somewhere near Vancouver, didn't you?

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Mr. Benjamin Wong
5/4/2016 07:40:53 pm

The outer-wall looks like a castle and the school is bigger than our school about two times ( I think) .

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Anson Fu
5/4/2016 08:03:37 pm

The school entrance is classic , and the school theatre is huge!

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Jasper Yeung
5/5/2016 04:54:34 pm

The campus looks big.The students can learn more easily and freely in the school.

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Jasper
5/5/2016 05:04:02 pm

Dr lee, I guess the school is near the south of Vancouver.Vancouver is just above the sate of Washington,USA.So you ,Miss Ho and Miss Chan walked to the edge of Canada and USA.

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Isaac wong
5/5/2016 06:40:03 pm

You visited the St. George's School ,it is so big.

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Mark Tse
5/5/2016 07:02:17 pm

The school has a big library for students and I hope our school has a same one.

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JERRY KUNG
5/7/2016 11:08:58 pm

I THINK THE SCHOOL IS VERY CLASSIC AND IT LOOKS LIKE A CASTLE,I LIKE THE SCHOOL VERY MUCH . IT SEEMS THAT ALL OF THE TEACHERS LIKE CANADA VERY MUCH.

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Ryan Chang
5/9/2016 06:00:25 pm

Rich school!

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