Theodore
Roosevelt once said, “The more you know about the past, the more prepared you
are for the future.” The knowledge of the past, to a large extent, has
constituted to the present achievements. In order to deepen your understanding of the old days, “Footsteps from the
past” was chosen as the main theme of the
Humanities Week this year.
Last
week, there was a big crowd in the school hall at lunchtime. There were S1 and
S3 students showcasing their projects about the roads in Hong Kong and their
dream products in relation to Industrial Revolution respectively. There were
also students from different forms of the school, who acted as audience,
learned from the presentations and showed appreciation towards the presenting groups.
The hustle and bustle of the showcase reminded me of the genuine sense of your
ownership of learning. Well done, everyone!
While
the students were sharing their projects with others, you were also given
chances to try the traditional Chinese snacks, such as Ding Ding Candy and
Dragon's Beard Candy. I am sure you know the
origins and stories of the snacks now. Stay sweet at all times!
Speaking
of stories, it is our honour to have Ms, Fran Stallings, a world renowned professional
storyteller, with us in the Humanities Week.
Ms. Stallings told stories and
brought messages of the past to the junior form students in our Humanities
lessons. Ms. Stallings' session gave a different taste of the learning of
Humanities to our students. The stories told are truly fascinating and
thought-provoking.
Field
trips were organised for S1 and S2 students to extend their learning beyond the classroom. For S2 students, a visit
to the religious premises in Hong Kong was organised. They went to different churches and learned about the religious development in
Hong Kong. For S1 students, an electric tram journey was arranged for advancing their knowledge about the development of Hong Kong Island. The smiles on their faces are the symbols of what happy learning should be!
Mr. Bryan To Ka Ho
The following quote from Richard
DeVos, the Co-founder of AmWay, tells what I learned from this year’s
experience from Humanities Week.
“The only thing that stands
between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it
and the faith to believe that it is possible.”
Yes, success comes after attempts,
perseverance and failures. Our group never thought we could complete the 2015
item with flying colours when Ms. Fung first gave us the guidelines of the
project. But, we make it in the end! By the end of Hum week, we received 35 ‘Likes’
from both teachers and students.
The topic of Form 3 students’
project was “Changes and Continuities”. We had to choose a product that was
invented in the past and research on its changes and continuities over time. We
were also asked to design the future version of our chosen product based on the
needs of people and condition of our environment. We chose telescope and gave
our future product a cool name – Skyniscope. A name combining ‘sky’, ‘universe’
and ‘telescope’. Our design aimed at bringing you the amazing views of the
universe and inspire user to jump out of the box.
Our design is connected to a
satellite in the universe, which brings views of the universe to the users. The
proudest functions we added in are ‘photo-taking’ and ‘3D printing’. The user
can choose to have a photo or a tiny 3D model of the planets they directed at.
We came across a lot of
difficulties, ups and downs during the discussion, research and preparation for
the project. We had arguments and disputes because of the project. However, we
solved the problems together and worked as a team to make our design come true.
We did not focus on only making our model a creative one, but also apply
scientific knowledge from our research and considerations of the need of modern
world. We redid the models for 4 times until we were all happy with the design.
Many teachers and also our principal Ms. Tam appreciate our
effort and gave us a “like”. We were very happy and truly learned a lot from
this group project, including how to work with others and the influence of the
past. Most of all, I learned not to fear failures. If you believe you can
succeed, you will succeed after overcoming the difficulties.
Finally,
I would like to thank my group members who achieved this success with me and a
big thank you to all the teachers who supported us.
Yumi So (3S)
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