2. Aspects and Rationale Aims Enhance the professional development for
English teachers working with NCS students; and
Improve literacy levels of students in reading and
writing through catering to learner diversity

3. Objectives To work closely with the school personnel in
developing a School-based Curriculum which focus
on:
Textbook adaptation
Teaching of reading through the five strategies
Teaching writing through shared writing and
process writing
Using drama to enhance teaching and learning

4. Mode of Collaboration with Seed schools
Teacher Secondment – one secondee per year, three LETs over three years
Option of no Secondment – the school will spare a co-ordinator for taking up the adaptation task with flexible deployment during the week.
Environment – storage for Big Books and Guided Readers and notice board for display of students’ work
* Please refer to the Information Pack for full details regarding commitment!

5. Commitments for Joining
School-based Curriculum Development
Plan and develop a school-based curriculum
Schedule timetabled co-planning meetings for at least an hour per week on a regular basis
Allow teachers to attend CPD, cluster and school-based PD workshops

6. Schools in the NCS Seed Project
Key Stage 1 (Using the PLP-R/W)
Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tuen School
Li Sing Tai Hang Primary School
Key Stage 2 (Developing school-based units)
Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School

7. Experience Sharing –
NCS Project Schools

8. Schools in the NCS Seed Project
Key Stage 1 (Using the PLP-R/W)
Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tuen School
Li Sing Tai Hang Primary School
Key Stage 2 (Developing school-based units)
Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School

9. Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tsuen School
PLP-R/W Program
Video clip

10. Common Features of NCS students
Often strong oral skills
Reading does not match oral skills
Their writing is much weaker than their listening, speaking and reading skills
Very vocal and highly responsive
Parent support sometimes lacking

11. Nationalities in Our Schools
Pakistani
Filipinos
Nepalese
Indians
Chinese
Others A
19%
35% 9%
23% 5% B
54% 7%
20% 6% C
27%
37%
12% 8%
Others include:
Russian, Polish, Myanmar, Iranian, Burmese, Korean, Sri Lankan, Japanese, African, Indonesian, Egyptian, Mexican, English, Australian, Canadian, American, Bangladeshi, German, Thai

12. NCS SEED Project-SEKPS
School
Teacher
Students

13. SEED Project -SEKPS School Teacher Students SBC
Activities matched with Textbook-
My Pals are Here
Reading
Writing
Co-planning
Co-teaching
Lesson plan
Resources
GR /activities
Matched to book levels
SR/GR
H.R.
Writing (SW/IW)
Assessment
School
Teacher
Students

14. Drama Adaptation

15. Teacher’s workshop - Drama

16. Drama Adaptation

17. Thank You!