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"To Be Continued..." Chapter 2 Launched!

11/15/2021

[15 Nov] The adventure of Bong, Hinson and Chi-yin continues as the 2nd Chapter of "To Be Continued..." was launched last week. Through the Hoop Portal, the team of heroes arrived at an unfamiliar region where, out of everyone's expectation, some mermen had a quarrel with a German in the 18th century.

What happened in the process and how did the team receive the C-shaped item? Watch this thought-provoking chapter again:

"To Be Continued..." — Chapter Two

The dice throwing part ends with these items revealed: String, King, Tomb, Theft, Music and Hidden.

What are waiting for these young problem-solvers in their quest to obtain the sacred items? This story is "To Be Continued"...

Now boys, question time. Here are two thoughtful questions for you. See which one you can handle better:

1. Bong doesn't seem to enjoy being a part of this team. What makes such a conflict and what should Bong do to regain trust from his teammates?
2. The German alchemist in this chapter, Böttger, found a way to solve his problem after suffering from an accident. Please share with us a similar problem-solving case you experienced yourself!

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"To Be Continued..." Opens up an Intriguing Adventure

10/10/2021

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(10 Oct) Another very interesting and fruitful year of learning for YWPS boys starts with an adventure story "To Be Continued..." which is also the title of this year's YWPS Diverse Learning Experience.

The story comes out chapter by chapter, and so far, the "Introduction" and "Chapter One" have been released through the "big book" at the main entrance, live broadcast at assemblies and the Google Classroom. And you may revisit them here:

"To Be Continued..." — Introduction

"To Be Continued..." — Chapter One

Every clip ends with a dice-throwing act giving "hints" for the next part of the story. Some of these hints are also hidden in secret corners of in our school campus! Have you noticed them?

For the next chapter, the hints are: C-shaped, Palace, Ancient Time, Mistrusted Person, Water, and Beach of Hazard.

Now, boys, to further activate your curious minds, here are some important questions for you:
1) What are some of the "messages" of the story so far? Can you explain them with support from the content of the story?
2) What would happen in the next chapter or future chapters? Imaginative suggestions are welcomed. We may end up using some of your ideas! Make the story yours!

Enjoy the adventure of Bong, Hinson and Chi-yin and we will discuss further soon!

To be continued...

Dr H C Lee

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Aden Su x Allan Zeman: A Cross-generational Interview

7/20/2021

[20 Jul] Aden Su (6E) earned a chance to speak to a Hong Kong Business Magnate Mr Allan Zeman GBM, GBS, JP. Aden won the National English Speaking Competition (Hong Kong Region) and thus received an invitation from China Daily to have a conversation with Mr Zeman a month ago.

The meeting took place in Ocean Park and the video has just been released. Let's take a look at what they talked about:

YWPS Debaters are Champions!

7/6/2021

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[6 Jul] Good news from our Debating Teams in the past few days. Read the reports below:

Principal Chan (left) shares her happiness with our Junior Debate Team and Team Coach Miss Fung

Congratulations to Roderick Yuen 4B, Ethan Wu 5E and Randolph Cheng 5E from our Junior Debate Team for winning Champion in the “22nd HKPTU Debating Competition” in the primary junior division 1A (Results announced on 30 June).

The format of this competition has been revised due to the pandemic situation. Instead of having a face-to-face live debate, each team was required to submit a video of the speeches of the three speakers debating for the stance of their choosing based on the motion “That online learning is effective for primary school students.” Our team chose to debate against the motion. The whole preparation of the debate was done entirely online from scratch, starting from introducing the concept of debate to submitting to the video for the competition.

We’ve had countless online meetings and conducted all the researches, discussions, and emendation completely online. My sincerest gratitude to our three boys for their tremendous effort, determination, and dedication in every aspect of preparation for this competition.

Also, a big thanks to the boys’ parents for helping record the videos at home and their unconditional support along the way.

Miss Vera FUNG

Screenshot of the moment when our team was announced as winner

Senior debating team takes out Grand Final match

In a COVID-19-stricken year, our Senior English debaters faced the tough challenge of conducting all lessons and debating matches online. Despite facing many difficulties, our team still managed to win one of the HKSSDC Grand Final debates earlier this week. The topic debated was, “This house believes that the elderly are better taken care of in nursing homes than living with their children.” As the affirmative team, our boys successfully defended the motion against a traditionally strong debating outfit (in Pun U Wah Yan Primary School) and winning the match by the slimmest of margins!

Our debaters in the final were:

1st speaker – Bryan Cheng 6C;
2nd speaker – Nicholas Tang 6C; and
3rd speaker – Aden Su 6E

Incidentally, Aden was named the Best Speaker of the Grand Final! I also wish to give a hearty thanks to Rosco Chan of 6D for his invaluable contribution to this team during the opening three debating rounds.

Mr Thomas CHING

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Speech Gala 2021 Online Results

6/16/2021

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Speech Gala 2021 Online First Place Winners and Popularity Awardees

[16 June] Congratulations to all the awardees of Speech Gala 2021 Online! The first ever online version of Speech Gala was successfully held in Apr-May through submitted videos from every student. Thanks to our Adjudicator this year, Dr Gary Harfitt, our results were announced via videos in Google Classrooms earlier this month.

The results are recapped as follows:

Speech Gala 2021 Online Results

P.1 Verse Speaking
Winner Lee Sze Chai 1C 17
2nd Place                  Tyrus Butt 1C 01
3rd Places                 Adrian Hon 1B 11, Lau Ka Wing 1D 17

Popularity Award    Adrian Hon 1B 11
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P.2 Verse Speaking
Winner Chow Pak Yiu 2B 05
2nd Place                  Nathan Fu 2A 08
3rd Places                 Wong Zi Feng 2D 31, Ng Nok Lam 2E 20

Popularity Award    Hui Lok Tim 2D 07
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P.3 Verse Speaking
Winner So Yu Hang 3E 21
2nd Place                  Marcel Tsim 3B 27
3rd Places                 Chan Chung Yin 3C 01, Hayden Fu 3A 16

Popularity Award    So Yu Hang 3E 21
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P.3 Prose Reading
Winner Tang Cheuk Yiu 3C 20
2nd Place                  Fei Xuehanrui 3B 33
3rd Place Owen Ng 3E 16

Popularity Award    Mok Yui To 3D 16
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P.4 Verse Speaking
Winner Auryn Chan 4A 34
2nd Place                  Granville Chan 4E 01
3rd Places                 Law Cheuk Tung 4D 17

Popularity Award    Law Cheuk Tung 4D 17
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P.4 Prose Reading
Winner Roderick Yuen 4B 33
2nd Places Jayden Chau 4C 03, Anson Wong 4D 29
3rd Place Leung Yat Ching 4A 22

Popularity Award    Roderick Yuen 4B 33
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P.5 Verse Speaking
Winner Sky Lau 5C 09
2nd Place                  Randolph Cheng 5E 03
3rd Place Kado Law 5A 15

Popularity Award    Randolph Cheng 5E 03
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P.5 Public Speaking
Winner Tony Choy 5C 04
2nd Place Yau Cheuk Lap 5B 30
3rd Place Ethan Wu 5E 27

Popularity Award    Tony Choy 5C 04
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P.6 Verse Speaking
Winner Nicholas Derek Li 6B 23
2nd Place                  Lau Yat Nam 6A 18
3rd Place Cyril Chan 6C 02

Popularity Award    Su Yue Sheng 6E 17
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P.6 Public Speaking
Winner Marcus Tsang 6D 24
2nd Place Matthew Cheng 6C 04
3rd Place Gordon Cheng 6E 02

Popularity Award Alfred Ng 6B 20
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Thank you all for joining the Gala. For the history of the event, please visit here. See you next year!

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Congratulations to our Drama Team!

5/27/2021

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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 his certificate

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.