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Congratulations to our Drama Team!

5/27/2021

English Drama Team 2020-2021

[27 May] Today, with great pleasure I bring you the fantastic news that Ying Wa Primary School has received awards in 3 different categories for the play, “Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye” by Jason Sanford in the Hong Kong School Drama Festival, held on 19th April, 2021. They are:

Award for Outstanding Performer

(Keith Cheung 4A, Angus Cheng 4B, Anson Lo 5A, Nicholas Tang 6C)

Award for Outstanding Audio-Visual Effects
Award for Outstanding Cooperation

This was the first time ever that this event was held online owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Given the unprecedented and daunting circumstances, this was not an easy feat as it required a lot of “first time attempts” from all the members of our Senior Drama team, be it training, execution or management, since all of it was done online, in keeping with the current norms.

My sincerest gratitude to all the team members for their spirit and efforts in taking up this challenge head on and coming out with flying colours despite the constraints and difficulties. Congratulations to each and every one of you!

Mrs Abanty Paul

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Good News from Our Writers!

5/21/2021

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[22 May] Congratulations to the following awardees for English writing!

Ken Pan with Principal Chan

In the prestigious writing competition, " Hong Kong Young Writers Awards 2021 ", Ken Pan 6C is granted a Highly Commended Award for his work under the set theme Tales from China's Magical Mountains. His work will be published in the anthology to be produced by the organizer. We have been having some remarkable results ever since we first joined this competition a decade ago. Click here to see our boys' success so far.

(From left) Marcus Tsang, Dr Lee and Aden Su with their trophies

In the new writing competition, "My 2021 Essay Contest" (Superior Culture), Marcus Tsang 6D and Aden Su 6E entered their reflective essays and both earned a Gold Award (scored 90+) in the Primary School section whilst their teacher Dr Lee also received the same prize in the Open Group. Their work will be published in the FLAME Magazine in due course.

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72nd Speech Festival Winning Performances

5/18/2021

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[18 May] The 72nd Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival may have been over for a few months. However, good performances from our boys should always stay with us! Here are a few selected winning performances for your enjoyment!

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Good News from “21st Century Cup” Hong Kong Region Final

5/13/2021

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Aden Su (Senior Champion) during the competition

Aldon So (Junior First Runner Up) before the contest

[13 May] Congratulations to Su Yue Sheng (Aden) 6E and So Yu Hang (Aldon) 3E for winning Champion and 1st Runner Up in their respective Public Speaking categories at the "21st Century Cup" Hong Kong Region Final.

This is a reputable and very high quality English public speaking contest initiated in Mainland China over 20 years ago. The Hong Kong Region has been a part of it since 2017. The contest involves 3 rounds and in the Finals, 6 judges score each finalist's speech with two follow-up questions to which competitors have to respond immediately.

This year, Aldon So 3E got through to the junior final while Aden Su and Jayden Tang made it to the senior final. The finals were held on 8 May 2021 (Sat) and the results were launched yesterday (12 May). We are more than thrilled to receive a Champion and a First Runner Up in the end!

Aden who won the Champion of the senior group is invited to represent Hong Kong in the National Finals which will be held in the coming July/August. He will compete with winners from 80 other regions in China.

An award ceremony for the results of the Hong Kong Region Final will be held in July. More updates will be available soon.

Meanwhile, let's take a look at Aden's initial submitted video for the first round with the speech title of "Harriet Tubman is the bravest person in my eye":

Below is Aldon's initial submitted video for the first round with the speech title of "My Favourite Festival":

Congratulations to the two boys again!

Dr H C Lee

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YWPS Boys Shine at the 5th LCM Speech Festival

4/18/2021

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Aldon (left) and Jayden sparkle at the 5th LCM Speech Festival.

(From left) Dr Lee, Aldon, Jayden and Principal Chan celebrate together

[18 Apr] Congratulations to So Yu Hang (Aldon) 3E and Jayden Tang 6D for being awarded 1st Runner-up and Champion respectively at the their speech categories at the 5th LCM Speech Festival.

Organized by the London College of Music (LCM) under the University of West London, the 5th LCM Speech Festival was held today (18 Apr). It is the first time YWPS officially trains students for this contest. Aldon and Jayden became the first batch of students representing our school to fight for awards using their impressive speech and drama skills and it turned out that they also become the first batch of boys winning trophies in this relatively young contest.

In the morning session, Aldon was awarded the 1st Runner-up with his Read Aloud performance. The adjudicator appreciated his articulation, pronunciation, dramatic voice effect and use of intonation.

In the afternoon session, Jayden took part in the Public Speaking event and won his first Champion in Speech and Drama. The judge described him as a confident and cogent speaker. Jayden was also praised for his use of idiom, grammatical and pronunciation accuracy, range of vocabulary and his note-free style.

We are happy for their outstanding performances and that there are still platforms where students can attend live and onsite for speech and drama events.

Clearly, learning doesn't and shouldn't stop even with the pandemic!

Dr H C Lee

Take a look at Aldon's performance during his rehearsal at home.

Take a look at Jayden's performance during his rehearsal at home.

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Poll Results Announcement of “Your Favourite P.6 Presenters”!

3/13/2021

[13 Mar] Congratulations to our elected top P.6 presenters! The TOP 10 “Year of Ox” videos voted by YOU out of the 20 shortlisted videos are as follows:

WINNER: 6C Bryan Cheng (30%)
2nd PLACE: 6C Matthew Cheng (27%)
2nd PLACE: 6D Kasper Liu (27%)

4th PLACE: 6B Eros Tung (22%)
5th PLACE: 6E Aden Su (21%)
6th PLACE: 6C Nicholas Tang (20%)
7th PLACE: 6B Timothy Lo (17%)
7th PLACE: 6D Marcus Tsang (17%)
9th PLACE: 6C Max Yim (16%)
10th PLACE: 6B Ivan To (15%)

[Total amount of votes: 147]

Let’s watch the Top 3 videos again below:

Click here to watch again the whole list of 20 shortlisted videos.

Let's Vote: Choose Your Favourite P.6 Presenters Now!

3/9/2021

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(9 Mar) P.6 students have done a video presentation project on “The Year of Ox” over the Chinese New Year holiday. They talk about their holiday activities, the origin the Chinese Zodiacs, fun facts about oxen and many more directly or creatively related to “The Year of Ox”!

These boys creatively presented their chosen contents. We are impressed by the tremendous effort they put in. Now, teachers have shortlisted the videos as follows and now it is time for you to cast your vote! Please login to the eClass and go to the survey section to play now (till 12 Mar 2021)!

Students, parents and teachers of YWPS can vote. Let’s see who will be chosen as the best KOL of our school!

Thanks for enjoying the videos. Now, please login to the eClass and go to the survey section to cast your vote! This activity will end on 12 Mar 2021 (Friday). Hurry up!

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“Learning English Under the Pandemic” Video Awarded 1st Runner-up

2/24/2021

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[24 Feb] YWPS’s video presentation starring Paco Wong 6B and Jayden Tang 6D on “Learning English Under the Pandemic” was first released on 23 Jan 2021 in the “Let students talk about Education” International Conference 2021 (organized by Man Kwan Pak Kau College). We joined the “Learning Demonstration” section of the conference, which was also a contest of which the results are announced today.

We are glad to tell you that our video presentation receives the First Runner-up among the 15 participating teams covering a range of topics including STEM, Language and Social Science.

It is certainly a happy thing that our boys’ work receives recognition. But more importantly, we wish that all of us can have a positive impact from this video and can really implement the 3 “R”s as they do.

The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in June/July.

Dr H C Lee

Revisit the video here:

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My Radio Experience – Curtis Ho (P.5A)

2/23/2021

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Curtis Ho with the host RAI Marina (Photo source: rthk.hk)

[By Curtis Ho 5A]

In November 2020, my mum’s friend gave me a chance to have an interview at Radio Television Hong Kong and I agreed. I was very happy and excited because I could go on radio and there was no pre-set topic pre-made for the recording, so my mum’s friend told me that the topic was my experiences in the pandemic, and I like free topics.

That night, we went to the studio and the recording started. We talked about my experiences in this hard time, like how I kept my hobbies and my daily routine in this time at home. We also talked about my favourite books and my new mission: helping my little brother with his English. This greatly improved his grammar and pronunciations, and I am happy to assist him anytime!

In the end, the speaker told me that my English is like a fully-grown man, and this comment made me very happy. I hope to get another chance like this in future!

Note: The interview was broadcast on 20 Feb 2021, 8 pm, in the programme named CIBS Prorgamme: My Hong Kong Life: Lockdown Diaries. The programme could be revisited at https://www.rthk.hk/radio/pth/programme/p1119_lockdown_diaries?lang=en
(Curtis's part starts at 31:54)

The full version of Curtis's conversation with the host can be viewed below (provided by Curtis's mother):

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The Way: Funny Street Names That Are Actually Real!

12/18/2020

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Click to enlarge.

[18 Dec] We are glad to have completed a new board design at the G/F corridor under the school theme "The Way". You may refer to the picture above or the actual picture of the board below:

Click to enlarge.

We teachers of different subjects update our boards periodically. However, during the school suspension, students can barely see our new work, therefore, I think our design should better be posted here to share with you!

This time, as we have been having so much fun about street names this year, we are showing you some really creative street names that are actually real! Read the road signs above and their descriptions! I was really surprise knowing the backgrounds of them and I admire the humour of the creators of these names! My personal favourite is "Ha-ha Road". It is so interesting to know that the word "ha-ha" has a meaning of a sunken ditch! What a twist! Next time when I am in London, perhaps I should visit it myself!

Now, boys, which of the above street name is your favourite and why? And do you have any other funny street names or interesting stories with street names that you can share with us?

Stay safe and stay happy ^o^

Dr H C Lee

p.s. Many thanks to Mr Oscar Lum and teaching assistant Miss Yeung for the content and design of the board.

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Congratulations to our Drama Team!

Good News from Our Writers!

72nd Speech Festival Winning Performances

Good News from “21st Century Cup” Hong Kong Region Final

YWPS Boys Shine at the 5th LCM Speech Festival

Poll Results Announcement of “Your Favourite P.6 Presenters”!

Let's Vote: Choose Your Favourite P.6 Presenters Now!

“Learning English Under the Pandemic” Video Awarded 1st Runner-up

My Radio Experience – Curtis Ho (P.5A)

The Way: Funny Street Names That Are Actually Real!

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