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A Conversation with 2 Old Boys (Dr Lee x Argus x Genper)

8/31/2020

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Argus Lam (right) meets Dr Lee (Aug 2020).

Argus Lam in 2014

Genper Wong (left) meets Dr Lee (Aug 2020).

Genper Wong in 2014

[31 Aug] I feel blessed to have the chance to speak to these two wonderful young gentlemen earlier last week amidst our busy schedules.

Both Argus Lam and Genper Wong are graduates of YWPS (2014). I was so thrilled to have heard about their great achievements in the HKDSE Examination 2020 that I thought I should find a chance to kind of "interview" them, so that their young school brothers could learn from their stories and attitudes and be inspired.

I didn't teach Argus back then and I only briefly taught Genper in an after-school English Enhancement Course when he was in P.6. Fortunately, both of them swiftly agreed to return to school to speak to me.

These happy conversations are compiled into a short video released recently. I wish these two boys all the very best in their endeavours. As the school term begins, I also wish all our YWPS boys healthy, happy and a very fruitful learning journey with us this year!

Dr H C Lee

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Novice Debaters Awarded in Revamped Competition

6/15/2020

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P.5 debaters in a training session

[15 June] CONGRATULATIONS to Nicholas Tam (5C), Aurelius Wong (5C) and Aden Su (5E) for coming SECOND in their category in a territory-wide English debating competition run by the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union (HKPTU).

With the coronavirus hampering all chances of debating face-to-face, the HKPTU offered teams the opportunity to continue competing under a revised format. Based on the topic, “That private cars should be banned in Hong Kong” each team was allowed to choose which stance to take, and the organizer provided each debater with pre-determined rebuttals to which they needed to address. Teams were given time to research and prepare speeches, with final speeches recorded and sent to the organizer for adjudication.

Since all schools were shut throughout this period, our team meetings and discussions were conducted using online platforms. While we all felt that this format was not ideal for us to learn the art of debating live against an opponent, we all agreed that we were able to develop some of the more vital skills necessary of becoming successful as a debater.

Thanks must go to our three P.5 students for showing their maturity and determination to complete this task with such wonderful results; to their parents for facilitating and accommodating our schedules; and to Miss Vera Fung for providing our P.5 students with a good foundation to becoming a better debater next year!

Mr Ching
Debate Coach

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Calvin Tong Snatches Gold at "Read Out Loud" Competition

6/8/2020

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Principal Chan (left) and Dr Lee (right) presented the trophies to Calvin Tong in the School Hall on 8 Jun, the first school day after the pandemic school suspension.

[8 Jun] Calvin Tong of 6C earned his GOLD AWARD at the 14th Daily Readers “Read Out Loud Competition” final which was held on 30th May. The prizes were announced right after the contest but the ceremony had to be done at school after the trophies arrived at school from the organisation.

This contest required the submission of a read aloud audio file of one of the chosen poems for the preliminary round, a live online read poetry performance in the semi-finals and a live online poetry performance plus poetry comments for the finals. As a multiple Speech Festival top prize winner, Calvin smoothly entered the final and snatched Gold!

“I’d like to thank my parents and my teacher Dr Lee for the long training. This is my first time joining this competition and I never thought I would win the top prize. And I’d like to thank the judges for allowing me to win. I hope to come back next year!” Calvin said after the award announcement.

Due to the pandemic, the live shows were all shifted to online shows using a web conferencing platform. And Calvin didn’t seem to be affected by the change of mode, which showed beyond his speech competence. This is our second time joining this competition. The first time was two years ago when Lawrence Ma took the challenge and also went home with a Gold Award.

CONGRATULATIONS to Calvin and here is Calvin’s final performance as recorded live:

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Jadon Lee Comes Top at Hong Kong Young Writers Awards 2020 (Non-Fiction)

4/15/2020

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Jadon with his certificate

Good news comes from the Hong Kong Young Writers Awards (HKYWA) 2020 amidst the gloominess of the extensive school suspension period.

Jadon Lee Ching-ho of 6E is honoured as WINNER in the Non-Fiction category of the prestigious writing competition in the senior primary group.

Under the theme of "Future Adventures of the Greater Bay Area", Jadon, a member of the English Enhancement Class, chose to enter the non-fiction category with his work titled "Future Facts of the Greater-Bay-Area", which turned out to be a very well researched piece full of mature and innovative thoughts, not to mention that his English writing and organization skills are truly superb for his level.

Click here to view his published work.

YWPS has been joining this writing contest for a decade with awarded poetry and fictional works from our boys several times. But the last time our boy had actually won in a category was indeed back in 2012. Jadon's achievement here is our second WINNER in this competition and this is also our first time having a non-fiction piece being recognized by HKYWA.

Although the award ceremony is understandably postponed, his achievement still deserves to be shared and appreciated. Big CONGRATULATIONS to Jadon!

Dr H C Lee

P.S. See our past achievements in HKYWA here.

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Results of P.6 One-min Water-themed Video Challenge Announced

2/22/2020

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1st Place: Mars Chan 6B; 2nd Place: Jayden Chow 6C; 3rd Place: Felix Ho 6D

e-class survey results

CONGRATULATIONS to Mars, Jayden and Felix, coming first, second and third in our poll for the people's favourite one-min water-themed videos. All these shortlisted videos are great but viewers may have their different preferences. Did you pick the winning videos?

Interestingly, the first two places go to videos which talk about the same thing – a magical pen which can draw things that come to life in the water! I wonder where I can get one!

The third place goes to a magic act with a glass of water which we all can learn and do! Good work!

Thanks to all of you who have watched the videos and voted. Be creative, flexible and wonderful, like water! We'll play this game again soon! Stay tuned!

Dr H C Lee

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P.6 One-min Water-themed Video Challenge 2020

2/12/2020

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Hello to all! Here is a fun poll for you during our prolonged holiday – the 15 newly shortlisted 1-min water-themed videos from our creative P.6 boys are now waiting for your votes! Please enjoy them all, login to e-class, go to the survey section and then vote for you favourite one(s).

The voting begins now till 21 Feb (Friday). The top 3 videos will be celebrated! Have fun viewing and stay healthy! ^o^

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Speech Gala 2020: A Decade's Brilliance

1/24/2020

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[21 Jan 2020] The 10th episode of our annual speech and drama event “Speech Gala” seems to have displayed to the audience a new stream of energy flow with our new School Principal Ms Sylvia Chan officiating the event for the first time, with HKU’s Senior Lecturer Miss Nicole Tavares adjudicating the competition for the first time, with twin winners in the P.6 Public Speaking category for the first time and so much more.

Personally, I feel that this year’s Speech Gala is extraordinarily special because I finally had the chance to meet Miss Tavares after over a decade since I last met her in HKU where I completed my teaching diploma. Miss Tavares was my teacher and mentor. Her professionalism, cheerfulness and positiveness have been staying in my mind. She carried on with all these precious qualities to my school and appreciated and supported our boys to the fullest. Seeing her at work made me feel like a student all over again!

While the Gala gives all the boys equal opportunity to take part in the learning and training of the language arts materials, I am surprised every time by the different ways the finalists employ on stage to give a distinctively new life to the piece they perform. So much effort and innovation is shown year after year!

I congratulate all participants in the finals and thank all my English Teaching teammates for making the event educational and entertaining again.

I am already looking forward to witnessing the next Speech Gala!

Dr H C Lee

Check out the event’s photos in here.

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Great Experience for Our Great Speakers

1/19/2020

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GOOD NEWS from some of our great English speakers!

Jadon receives his trophy and certificate on stage.

[18 Jan] Jadon Lee (6E) was awarded FIRST RUNNER-UP at the prestigious 21st Century Cup – National English Speaking Competition (Senior Primary Section, Hong Kong Region). Guests of Honour such as the Secretary for Education Mr Kevin Yeung JP and former President of the Legislative Council Mr Jasper Tsang GBM JP officiated the event.

Jadon went through the video submission stage, a semi-final and a final to receive this tremendous result. This speaking contest required him to do a prepared speech titled "Colours of the World" with a question-and-answer part for the semi-final and final. This is the first year that a Primary Section was introduced in this competition and we are glad that two students of YWPS reached the finals. Congratulations to Jadon again and hopefully more of our boys will experience this next year.

Lincoln (3rd from right) receives his certificate of Commendation from Ms Tong Po-chun along with other awardees.

Good job Lincoln!

[17 Jan] Today, the Prize-winners' Recital of the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival was held in our own School Hall. This was an amazing experience to our teachers and students.

Congratulations to Lincoln Kong (6C) for being invited to perform in the occasion as he was commended by judges as one of the most outstanding English performers in this year's Speech Festival. His Verse Speaking performance of "Daddy Fell into the Pond" earned him 90 marks. Good job Lincoln!

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Dr Lee Awarded Champion in "Love Is All Around" Writing Competition

1/12/2020

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Moment of awarding the Champion of the English Open Section

All awardees of the English Open Section

Dr Lee with Mr Jasper Tsang GBS JP, an Honorary Director of the competition

Dr Lee and a Merit Prize recipient, Ms Janice Getzlaf

[11 Jan] By Dr H C Lee

This afternoon was memorable in many ways. I was unbelievably fortunate to be granted winner in the English Open Section of "Love Is All Around" – The 2nd Chinese & English Essay-Writing Competition.

The writing task was an interesting one. We were asked to review/respond to a 6-min animation known as "The Last Knit", which is a popular video created by Laura Neuvonen. I wasn't sure if poetry would be a good idea for this writing contest but still decided to try regardless of the result. I submitted a 1300-word poem titled "Cocoon" in response to the video as I thought that the video was poetic in the first place. In my acceptance speech, I thanked the judges for recognizing my use of poetry and wished all people to have the wisdom not to live in an invisible cocoon.

The award ceremony was held in a hotel in Wanchai. I was happy to bump into a friend, Ms Janice Getzlaf, whom I knew from the Speech Festival. I also got chances to speak with my fellow awardees and guests in the ballroom. It was a great atmosphere in the occasion and I thought it was too good to be true.

For those of you who are curious about my winning piece...well, you need to watch that video first to be able to make sense of my verse. While it may not be the best poem I've ever written, it's certainly the longest one. Hope it brings some inspiration to you all.

You may download the poem here:

cocoon.pdf
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Junior Choral Speaking Team Claims Top Prize!

12/9/2019

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[9 Dec] A huge congratulations to Ms Jenny Ho and Miss Janice Chui's Junior Choral Speaking (P.1-3) group winning yet another FIRST PLACE in the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival this afternoon.

Their interpretation of the verse "The Sad Story of a Little Boy That Cried" (anon.) impressed the judge, who awarded them 89 marks. The imaginative poem describes how a crying boy loses himself and becomes a big mouth which occupies his entire body. The team dramatized and visualized it cleverly.

The judge wrote: "...Interesting asymmetrical grouping. A very lively collective sound. Rhythm very well contrasted. The orchestration was most inventive - and movement and gesture were very well synchronized. Well shaped by pause - the lyrics delivered with clarity and energy! All "faces" were involved fully. Exciting visual aids!!!"

Huge effort from the teachers and boys has led to a huge success. Congratulations again and we are all proud of you!

Dr H C Lee

P.S. This is the team's 8th win since YWPS relaunched in 2003.

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A Conversation with 2 Old Boys (Dr Lee x Argus x Genper)

Novice Debaters Awarded in Revamped Competition

Calvin Tong Snatches Gold at "Read Out Loud" Competition

Jadon Lee Comes Top at Hong Kong Young Writers Awards 2020 (Non-Fiction)

Results of P.6 One-min Water-themed Video Challenge Announced

P.6 One-min Water-themed Video Challenge 2020

Speech Gala 2020: A Decade's Brilliance

Great Experience for Our Great Speakers

Dr Lee Awarded Champion in "Love Is All Around" Writing Competition

Junior Choral Speaking Team Claims Top Prize!

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