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Canada Educational Trip, Day 7

5/5/2016

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A grand entrance, Crofton House School
Presentation by an administrator
The junior school's main building
The English Room for Grades 6 & 7
Some innovative poetry/art work displayed
An interesting display at the junior library
The school's forest
The senior library
The school canteen
The art room
The cooking room
Mrs Lam represented the DSS group to present souvenir to Crofton's representative
Day 7 is the second last day of the tour to be reported. As we have experienced in Canada for days, we have more or less got the idea of what it feels like to study in this country. However, the visit to the prestigious Crofton House School did not fail to wow us.

This girls' school was built in the 19th country but its current site was renovated in the past decade. It looked so clean, luxurious and classy as we walked into the main entrance. I thought it looked more like a hotel than a school! We listened to a talk from the management team and was led by a talented Year 12 girl to tour around the junior and senior schools. The spacious campus with soothing colour tone gave me a very welcoming and academic feeling. Its junior school was a hub for comfortable and supportive learning. The canteen was unbelievably bright, large, and tidy! Their "forest" was particularly motivating. Also, its curriculum provided a balanced school life to students. In Canada, admission to a university does not rely on just one set of examination results; school performances and involvement in extra-curricular activities are equally important. Thus, having a school that offers different possibilities and dimensions of learning is vital. Hong Kong does not have enough land to offer a castle or forest for students to explore, yet we can keep widening students' horizon when designing our curriculum. Encouraging overseas/out-of-classroom learning and bringing overseas experience back to school have always been part of our teaching strategies, right?
Natural light in the main building, KPU
Mrs Lam with Principal Chen (YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College) at the textile design room
We also paid a visit to KPU - Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Like the other schools we visited, KPU offers very practical courses. We enjoyed visiting their classroom for textile design and were interested to learn that they had successful and professional fashion show productions to showcase students' good work.

Well, tomorrow is our final full day in Canada in this tour. Will be a busy day as well. Stay tuned.

Dr H C Lee
p.s. We bumped into the place below in Richmond (which used to hold a BIG event)...does anyone know anything about this place?
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Marvin
5/6/2016 08:48:26 pm

The forest in the first school is gorgeous,I wonder if someone will get lost in there.Our library could plant some plants like the Crofton House School,the theme next year could be about plants!I wanted to check the place where there are people training but I could not do it since I don't know this place names.

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Au Ting Hei Oscar
5/6/2016 08:54:27 pm

I think I know where this place is. It is Richmond Olympic Oval. My brother once had a football summer course there. It is an indoor arena for different sports and was built for the Winter Olympics. Many sports courses are held there during summer.

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Dr H C Lee
5/6/2016 09:53:05 pm

Bingo Oscar, fast and accurate! There'll be a prize for u!!! ^o^

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Mrs Lam
5/6/2016 11:14:21 pm

You got it ! I have a gift for you. Can you guess what it is ?

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Au Ting Hei Oscar
5/7/2016 09:53:43 am

Thank you Mrs Lam and Dr Lee! I still remember playing badminton there vividly. Mrs Lam, let me guess, is it a souvenir that represents the city of Vancouver, just like how the Olympic Oval represents the country Canada?
Enjoy your last day in Canada! Will you go to anymore universities?

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spencer chan
5/7/2016 02:45:25 pm

WOW!A school in the forset i have never listen before,and i wonder how the workers build the school,i really want to find out

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Isaac Chan
5/7/2016 05:39:42 pm

I didn't expect there were forests which were un-decorated except for the forbidden one in Hogwarts! It must be great walking in there. Also, I think that place in Richmond is mainly for gymnastics and dancing events as I can see a lot of materials there.

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Anson Fu
5/7/2016 09:07:37 pm

I have never seen a school which has a forest ! It is cool !

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Timothy Yau
5/8/2016 08:33:46 am

Yes, I totally agree that examination results; school performances and involvement in extra-curricular activities are equally important. However, I think that self-management and friendship-building is very important as well. It is because we will leave our parents one day. We will need these traits in those days.

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Timothy Yau
5/8/2016 08:28:53 am

Yes, I totally agree that examination results; school performances and involvement in extra-curricular activities are equally important. However, I think that self-management and emotion-controlling are also very important as well. It's because we will leave our parents one day, in this situation, self-management will be very important.

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Benjamin Wong
5/8/2016 03:10:22 pm

I have never seen a school which has a forest ! Sooo cool !

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Matt Leung
5/9/2016 05:37:48 pm

It was amazing!

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Ryan Chang
5/9/2016 05:49:04 pm

What a great school!

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kenneth kok
5/9/2016 08:59:14 pm

i always go to richmond for siwimming and other sports in the sport center around KPU

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